Chameleon is the first Hungarian film to lense at Korda Studios"A hospital, a surgery, an apartment and a TV studio are going to be built in Etyek" - was in the press release of Chameleon. Krisztina Goda's third feature film is being shot at Korda Studios. The staff spends half of the shooting time (forty eight days), almost twenty days, in Etyek.
25 January 2009
Filmklik reaches 100 million people
On Media Information Day in Cannes Péter Bognár represented Hungary and talked about the results of the first VoD competition of Filmklik VoD-platform and Mediadesk. Filmklik initiated by Budapest Film is one of the biggest distribution companies which operates a VoD system in the European market. Despite the fact Filmklik can reach 100 million people, we must wait for a VoD explosion.
25 January 2009
Hungary was represented in all significant categories at the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival: feature films, short films, projects and producers were present in the Croisette. The Hungarian participation is evaluated by MMK secretary-general Erzsébet Tóth and HungariCom managing director Zsuzsa Kálomista.
25 January 2009
Young Hungarians at the Croisette
Kordnél Mundruczó has been the second Hungarian in twenty years to compete for the Palm d'Or in the full-length features category Canes. Dániel Erdélyi's short film 411-Z is being weighed against eight other shorts for the Golden Palm in its own category. Géza M. Tóth is presenting his work at Critics' Week, while Balázs Simonyi is going in for the off programme at Critics' Week. Dalma Hidasi is participating at the event entitled ‘Producer on the Move' while Benedek Fliegauf's new film script has been entered for the Atelier.
25 January 2009
Chances of Hungarian Cinema in the EU
Considering Brussels's observations, the Ministry of Education and Culture would modify the film law in Hungary.Filmhu discussed the necessities of changes and significances with vice artistic director Balázs Sámuel and Tamás Csutak, head of Abacus Consult Kft., a company participating in working out the modifications.
25 January 2009
