While the several million euro-budget production of Márta Mészáros is still waiting for Hungarian support, Slovakian director Juraj Jakubisko will launch his own project about the life of Erzsébet Báthory with Hungarian participation. Most of the EUR 10 million budget is already in place. In addition to the Czech and Slovak partners, British and Hungarian companies are involved in the project.

According to press reports, the court has ordered the liqudation of   one of Hungary’s most successful and internationally renown animation studios, Varga Studio, founded by Csaba Varga and András Erkel.