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Features
How Pioneer Pictures’ Ildiko Kemeny became the face of Hungarian cinema for international productions
Kemeny’s co-producer credits in the last two years alone include Poor Things, Maria, Dune: Prophecy and FBI: International.
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Hungarian 30% film tax incentive extended for six more years
Hungary has reached $910m annual film production spend.
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First Budapest International Film Festival launches with independent Hungarian fund (exclusive)
The fund will support one Hungarian feature and one short, from script to release.
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Hungarian director Bela Tarr to receive Tokyo film festival honour
The filmmaker is known for features including ‘Werckmeister Harmonies’ and ‘The Turin Horse’.
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European and Middle Eastern film execs talk challenges and opportunities of preserving film heritage
Screen International roundtable at the Venice Film Festival explored topics such as AI, costs and technology of restoring classic movies.
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Brady Corbet, director of 215-minute ‘The Brutalist’, says runtimes talk is “silly”
Corbet says the film is about character “who flees fascism only to encounter capitalism.”
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Munich festival’s admissions rise as ‘To A Land Unknown’ leads winners
The festival reported 71,000 admissions to films and events, up from 58,000 in 2023.
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Reviews
‘Kix’: Transilvania Review
Transilvania doc winner captures the life of a Hungarian boy over more than a decade
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Films Boutique acquires Ildiko Enyedi’s ‘Silent Friend’ starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai (exclusive)
Ildiko Enyedi won the Golden Bear for ‘On Body And Soul’ in 2017.
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‘Agent Of Happiness’: Sundance Review
Audience-friendly documentary explores the reality of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness policy
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‘Without Air’: Thessaloniki Review
Debut feature explores Hungarian conservatism through the microcosm of a high school scandal
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‘Explanation For Everything’: Venice Review
Hungary’s political divisions are manifested by a teenage student facing unrest both at home and school
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News
HBO Max pledges ongoing support of vibrant doc scene in central and southeastern Europe
“Topics like diversity, equity, the environment, LGBTQ projects are really important to us,” says HBO’s Tereza Keilová.
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Films Boutique takes on sales for Gábor Reisz’s Venice Horizons film ‘Explanation For Everything’ (exclusive)
Hungarian director’s third film explores the tensions of a polarised society.
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Reviews
‘Four Souls Of Coyote’: Annecy Review
Native American teenagers confront an oil pipeline project in this Annecy Jury Award-winning animation from Hungary
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Emmy-winning Hungarian cinematographer Elemer Ragalyi dies aged 83
Ragalyi worked with filmmakers including Istvan Gaal, Istvan Szabo.
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Berlinale animation ‘White Plastic Sky’ lands Europe, Asia sales (exclusive)
Films Boutique are close to further deals in China and Italy.
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Reviews
‘Narrow Path To Happiness’: Thessaloniki Review
A gay Hungarian couple attempt to write a musical based on their lives in this charming, hopeful documentary
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Production to commence in Budapest on next ‘Alien’ film produced by Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott, Michael Pruss producing through Scott Free.
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María Elena Wood, Bastian Griese team for Chile-Germany co-production ‘Dear Eszter’
The film wiill be written and directed by Alex Balassa.