Actually it is like an Oscar ceremony, on 13th March the awards are presented in London.” – said Tibor Bánóczki to film.hu. »

The third feature by the director of Pleasant Days (lauded at Locarno in 2002) and Johanna (selected in Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2005) also picked up the Gene Moskowitz Prize awarded by foreign critics and the prize for Best Original Score. (via cineuropa.org) »

Derdák deems it absurd that there is a functional industry producing valuable films every year and there is also a network of cultural institutes and these systems hardly ever connect. Head of the institute in Paris, Derdák shared his experience on propagating Hungarian movies. “Our film club is frequented by some 50 patrons”, revealed Derdák, who thinks the mission of the institute fails on this level. »

Instead of an opening movie, indie rock band Hollywoodoo entertained the filmmakers present at the opening ceremony of the 39th Filmweek in the Millenáris Theatre, where the most significant industry prizes, such as the Árvai Jolán prize, the lifetime achievement awards of the Filmweek and the Master of Hungarian Motion Picture prize were handed out. »

Minimizing these risks, it is in the best interest of production companies to have insurance. Discussing film insurance are deputy director of Allianz Hungária Bence Ötvös and director of product development Katalin Kerekes. »

He also appeared in A New Life by French director Philippe Grandrieux, Roland Vranik’s Black Brush, as well as Ferenc Török’s Szezon and Overnight. »

The support certificates issued have reached one and a half times as great as the sum in 2006 – said András Elek, director of the National Film Office of the National Office of Cultural Heritage (KÖH). »