BUDAPEST: Hungary’s Megafilm Service is set to begin principal photography on its upcoming romantic comedy One More Wish / Még egy kívánság in the autumn of 2025. The film will be directed by Kata Dobó and co-directed by Fanni Szilágyi.

BUDAPEST: Hungary is currently hosting several major international productions, reaffirming its status as a top-tier European filmmaking hub. High-profile projects like The Entertainment System Is Down, 3 Body Problem Season 2, Matchbox, Ponies, the upcoming Dune: Messiah, and the newly announced Alpha Gang and The Billion Dollar Spy are taking advantage of Hungary’s attractive 30% tax rebate, recently extended through 2030, to maximise production value while benefiting from world-class facilities and skilled local crews.

BUDAPEST: The National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI) has distributed 8,230,741 EUR in production grants for five domestic feature and animated films in 2025.

BUDAPEST: The National Film Institute has distributed 4,021,579 EUR in production grants for 22 projects, including documentaries, animated films, docuseries, and a TV fiction film since January 2025.

BUDAPEST: Hungarian cinema has experienced a remarkable start in 2025, with the films supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI) amassing 642,305 admissions in theatres throughout March, resulting in a total box office gross of 3.9 m EUR / 1.528 billion HUF.

BUDAPEST: Hungarian director and writer Laszlo Illes is currently in postproduction with his horror film Ever After, which is an American production starring Bonnie Aarons, Michael Berryman, Kane Hodder, Mark Sheppard and Malcolm McDowell.

BUDAPEST: Hungarian films have been dominating the national box office for weeks, marking a rare phenomenon in decades. In the third and fourth week of 2025, the top 3 was occupied entirely by Hungarian films.

BUDAPEST: One of the most anticipated events for the Hungarian film industry in 2025 is the upcoming release of Rise of the Raven / Hunyadi. The country’s first big-budget TV show produced in international cooperation led the lineup of Beta Film at MIPCOM 2024, where it premiered, and is set to debut nationwide on TV2 in March 2025. To feed the suspense, the producers haven't disclosed the exact date of the premiere yet.

BUDAPEST: The 44th edition of the Hungarian Film Review will be held at the Corvin Cinema in Budapest from 3 to 9 February 2025 after a 13-year hiatus. The Competition Programme includes 25 feature films, while 127 works will screen in seven competition categories, including short fiction films, experimental films, long documentaries, short documentaries, animated films, short animated films and TV series.

BUDAPEST: As Hungary has extended its successful film production incentive for a further six years, international productions are expected to continue to shoot in the „continental Europe’s biggest production hub”, as stated by Csaba Káel, government commissioner for the development of the Hungarian film industry.