Blanka Elekes Szentagotai
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Big budget Eragon cranks up in Hungary
Stefan Fangmeier'sbig budget fantasy picture Eragon has just started shooting in Hungary,at a built set near Budakeszi, just outside of Budapest.
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Hungarian distributors unveil Cannes acquisitions
Two of Hungary'spremiere arthouse distributors acquired high profile titles at this year'sCannes Film Festival.
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Hungary's IMA launches Polarlight sales arm
Hungarian distribution and production companyInternational Media Agency Entertainment (IMA) has launched a new sales arm,Polarlight.
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Transylvania Festival to open with Oldboy
The fourthedition of the Transylvania International Film Festival will kick off on May 27in Cluj, Romania with the gala screening of Korean title Oldboy.
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Copying Beethoven tunes up in Hungary
Director AgnieszkaHolland's Copying Beethoven is shooting this month in Hungary - thelatest in a string of productions attracted to the country because of its lowcosts and film tax breaks.
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Fateless attracts the crowds at Hungarian Film Week
The 36th edition of the Hungarian Film Week (February 2-8)saw a major admissions increase this year according to the organisers.
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Dealer wins Hungarian critics' prize
Benedek Fliegauf's Dealerwas named the best Hungarian film at this week's Hungarian Film Critic'sawards.
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HUNGARY 18 January
Despite five new and verydifferent films on offer last weekend for Hungarian cinema-goers, NationalTreasure was able to top the admissions chart for the second week and willeasily reach 100,000 admissions.
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Hungarian film week to open with Dallas Pashamente
The 36th edition of theHungarian Film Week will kick off on February 2 with the screening of directorRobert Pejo's Berlinale Forum contender Dallas Pashamente.
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ROMANIA 17 December
Despite a much laterrelease than in most international territories, Shark Tale proved anearly Christmas success in Romania when it opened with 12,500 admissions lastweek on just five prints.
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Vajna, Eszterhas team for Olympic bloodbath
Prolific producerAndy Vajna and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas are developing an as-yet untitleddrama about the historic encounter between the Hungarian and Soviet water poloteams at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
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HUNGARY 10 December
The Incredibles saw off the challenge from seven newreleases at the Hungarian box office last weekend. The film managed to stay atthe top of the chart and is now standing at nearly 70,000 admissions. IstvanSzabo's Being Julia has also maintained its strong performance and hasalready passed the 55,000 admissions mark.
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ROMANIA 10 December
Despite challengesfrom Dodgeball and Exorcist: The Beginning, Cellular hasmaintained its top position at the Romanian box office despite a forty-twopercent loss in its second weekend admissions.
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Concorde launches Hungary's first film fund
Leveraging theopportunity created by the recently introduced Hungarian Film Law, Hungarianbanking outfit Concorde Securities has established the country's firstfilm financing fund, the Concorde Film Trust.
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HUNGARY 1 December
While worldwidesuccess The Incredibles easily grabbed the top spot at the Hungarian boxoffice with nearly 30,000 admissions on an impressive thirty-seven prints, lastweek's real success story belonged to the French title Les Gaous, thefeature debut of director Igor Sekulic.
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Reflections shine at Bucharest festival
Young Swedishdirector Stina Bergman's Reflections of the Sun won the DaKINO Trophy(including a purse of $5000) at the first edition of the BucharestInternational Film Festival (BiFest).
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HUNGARY 24 November
Veteran Hungarian director Istvan Szabo's Being Julia was the talk of the town inHungary last week when it managed over 16,000 admissions on twenty-threeprints, an incredibly strong performance for a costume drama.
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HUNGARY 10 November
With yet anotherseven new releases hitting the cinemas last week in Hungary, a decentperformance is becoming more and more of a challenge for any production.
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HUNGARY 28 October
Despite five new films hitting the screens in Hungary lastThursday, not one of them could capture the admissions' top spot, a positionsecured by the Bruce Willis comedy TheWhole Ten Yards in its second week of release.
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ROMANIA 22 October
Anacondas proved to be real favorites in Romania when released last weekend alongwith four further new titles but Romanian comedy Italian Chicks (Italiencele) was the talk of the town.