Mari Törőcsik died at the age of eighty-five
Mari Törőcsik, star of "Caroussel" (1956), the Kossuth, Jászai Mari and Béla Balázs-Prize recipient died at age 85, on Friday.
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György Szomjas, acclaimed Hungarian film director, died
His films with an ironic easy to understand tone, witty dialogues, deep content and very hard, serious sayings have always been a great audience success.
After 2017 the Golden Bear may return to Hungary’s hall of fame in 2021
This is a special year for Berlinale as there are two Hungarian nominees with a big chance of bringing the award home.
Hungarian film by Lili Horvát among 2021 Oscar contenders
Hungarian film “Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time” is among the contenders for the BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATUREs in the 2021 Oscars
Hungarian filmmakers at crossroads – due to tax system changes
Thousands of Hungarian filmmakers protest against tax system change, planning significant changes to their daily fees
The autobiographical volume of Adolf Zukor and William Fox is now published in Hungarian
The autobiographical volume about the Hungarian founders of Hollywood, Adolf Zukor, and William Fox have been published as part of the „Magyarok Hollywoodban” (Hungarians in Hollywood) book series.
Hungarian Award-Winners – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Hungarian or Hungarian-related awards are not particularly famous, certainly there are not a lot of them, but Hungary is proud of all of them. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi is one of the few members of this group, with her documentary Free Solo (2018) she won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Hungarian Award-Winners – László Nemes-Jeles
There are 51 Hungarian or Hungarian related Oscar Award-Winners. Not a lot of people know about them, but one name stands out. László Nemes-Jeles, who won both the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film Award with Son of Soul (2015) is considered one of Hungary’s most famous directors and screenwriters. His journey in the film industry is truly an outstanding one.
Nimród Antal to direct Liam Neeson in Retribution
Nimród Antal has been set to direct Liam Neeson in Retribution, a thriller that puts a businessman in a Speed-like dilemma when he discovers that a bomb has been planted in the car he’s driving by an unknown assailant, who tells the driver to execute a series of commands throughout the day or the bomb will be detonated. Making things worse, the businessman is accompanied in the car by his family.
Interview with Gábor Ferenczy about the “42 strokes” – How a film is produced in Hungary?
The producer of „Martfűi rém”, Gábor Ferenczy has been working on a project for several years about the first Hungarian handicapped Olympic Gold Medalist, even though back in the early 20th century, Paralympics didn’t exist. The movie is called: 42 Karcsapás (42 Strokes). Right now, it seems, that the long-awaited dream is about to finally come true. An interview with Gábor Ferenczy.
Kristóf Deák – the latest hungarian Oscar winner
The latest Hungarian Oscar winner is Kristóf Deák, who received the award for Best Live Action...
Szabó István – Hungarian director
Istvan Szabo is one of the most critically acclaimed Hungarian film directors of the past few...
The first hungarian Oscar goes to Vilmos Sándorházi
Vilmos Sándorházi (William S. Darling) was born in 1882 in Sándorháza in the Austro-Hungarian...
