Hungarian FilmLab Acquires CORTEX
BUDAPEST: Postproduction house Hungarian FilmLab (Magyar Filmlabor), announced the purchase of MTI Film’s dailies processing division CORTEX:Dailies Ultimate Edition.
Janos Szasz’s KVIFF Prize Winner Hits Hungarian Screens
BUDAPEST Hungarian director János Szász’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival winner The Notebook opened last weekend (18 September 2013) with 25 copies in Hungary.
Hungary Extends Tax Rebate through 2019
BUDAPEST: The European Commission approved the continuation of Hungary’s tax rebate system for films through 31 December 2019. Production companies can claim 20 percent of costs under the scheme.
FESTIVALS: Germany, Singapore Take Top Prizes at 10thCinefest Hungary
MISKOLC: Katrin Gebbe’s Nothing Bad Can Happen (Tore tanzt) won the Emeric Pressburger Grand Prize of the 10th edition of the Jameson CineFest, named in honor of the Miskolc-born Academy…
PRODUCTION: Hartley-Merrill Winner Goes into Production
BUDAPEST: Weekend, the Hungarian winner of the International Hartley-Merrill Screenwriting Award, will begin a seven-week shoot on locations in Budapest, rural Hungary and in Transylvania in Romania in mid-October.
FNE at Jameson Cinefest- Miskolc IFF 2013: International Competition Announced
MISKOLC: The 10th Miskolc International Film Festival (12 - 22 September 2013) will screen 17 features in the main competion, and three other regular competition section for short films, documentaries…
Török to Shoot City Romcom
BUDAPEST: Ferenc Török (Istambul, Overnight, Moscow Square) starts his six-week romantic comedy shoot for Nobody's Island 27 August, mostly in Budapest with some seaside locations.
Hungary Backs Five Projects
BUDAPEST: The second summer round of funding by the Hungarian Film Fund sees two new projects in production, both by directors with rising stars, László Nemes Jeles and Lili Horváth.
Production: Csaba Fazekas's Swing Shooting
BUDAPEST: Csaba Fazekas (Boldog születésnapot!) is shooting his second feature, Swing, a musical comedy inspired by Hungarian hits. The story is driven by three desperate women who join together to…
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month Gabor Csurdi
FNE together with Europa Distribution continues its Distributor of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they face, especially…
Production: Hungary's Pejo Shooting Paw
Robert Adrian Pejo, the Romanian-born writer-director who won praise for Dallas Among Us in 2005 and for The Camera Murderer at Karlovy Vary in 2010, has announced he is shooting…
Hungary to Tweak Film Funding
KARLOVY VARY: Two years since it was launched, and 18 months since it gave its first grants, the Hungarian National Film Fund ( www.filmalap.hu ) is taking a look at…
Hungary Starts New Chapter with The Notebook
KARLOVY VARY: All eyes will be on the world premiere of Janos Szasz’s The Notebook (Le Grand Cahier) screening in the main competition of the 48th Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.com…
PRODUCTION: Palfi Casting Epic Toldi
BUDAPEST: György Pálfi (Taxidermia, Hukkle) has moved into the final stages of preproduction for a September 2013 start date on the mega-production Toldi.
Gyorgy Palfi’s Toldi scores in latest round of Hungarian grants
BUDAPEST: The Hungarian Film Fund has announced the third round of grants in less than a week, with the largest grant, 900 m HUF, going to Gyorgy Palfi’s Toldi.
Hungary Adds Four More Film Grants
BUDAPEST: Hungary’s film fund is handing out an additional four grants to the six grants recently announced.
Hungarian Film Grants for June
BUDAPEST: Three films received production support in the latest round of Hungarian grants funding.
Cinenuovo Expands into Hungarian Distribution
BUDAPEST: Hungarian exhibitor Cineuova will launch distribution activities in July 2013, company CEO Dániel Maresch told FNE.
Hungary Gives Grants for Development
BUDAPEST: Two films received development support in the latest round of grants from the Hungarian National Film Fund, in addition to four films which received production support and six films…
FNE at Cannes 2013: Land of Storms start sales including North America
CANNES: Adam Csaszi's male love story Land of Storms which is in postproduction has already been sold by the German sales outfit, m-appeal to several territories during Cannes Film Festival.
