All articles by Blanka Elekes

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    HUNGARY

    2003-12-24T00:00:00Z

    As it is usual In Hungary at this time of the year, the latest releases have been films aimed at a younger audience, with the third episode of the Spy Kids trilogy being the big winner.Robert Rodriguez's film is the second on the list from the director with the more ...

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    Local film wins Romania's debut Transylvania festival

    2002-06-11T04:00:00Z

    Cristian Mungiu's Occident, which screened in Director's Fortnight in Cannes, won the top prize at the inaugural Transylvania Film Festival in Romania. Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land was voted the viewer's choice award winner.Occident is the story of young and old Romanians who all dream about going abroad and realising ...

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    Hungary's Mafilm faces coproduction starvation

    2001-08-28T20:34:00Z

    Mafilm, Hungary's largest film production company, responsible for many local and international successes such as last year's award-winning Hungarian movie, Jadwiga's Pillow, is fighting the erosion of its dominant hold on the country's filmmaking business."A new Hungarian opera-based film, Bank Ban which has a budget of $2.9m (800m Forint) hasn't ...