All articles by Blanka Elekes
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Local film wins Romania's debut Transylvania festival
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
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 ...