Budapest Reporter

16/12/2025

Held on January 16–17 at MOME’s Zugligeti campus and the Toldi Cinema, Friss Kakas Animation Film Days once again centers on the presentation of MOME Anim’s latest diploma films. The screenings remain the event’s main draw, providing an annual reference point for how new Hungarian animation talent is developing. Complementing the films, the first day […]

Held on January 16–17 at MOME’s Zugligeti campus and the Toldi Cinema, Friss Kakas Animation Film Days once again centers on the presentation of MOME Anim’s latest diploma films. The screenings remain the event’s main draw, providing an annual reference point for how new Hungarian animation ...

12/12/2025

Fuller’s First Feature Anchored by Veteran Talent Bryan Fuller—acclaimed for television series such as Hannibal and Pushing Daisies—makes his feature film directing debut with Dust Bunny. Known for his distinctive narrative style and ability to blend dark thematic material with emotional nuance, Fuller transitions to long-form filmmaking after an extensive career in television. The film […]

Fuller’s First Feature Anchored by Veteran Talent Bryan Fuller—acclaimed for television series such as Hannibal and Pushing Daisies—makes his feature film directing debut with Dust Bunny. Known for his distinctive narrative style and ability to blend dark thematic material with emotional nuanc...

08/12/2025

A Platform Shaping Hungary’s Next Generation of Filmmakers The Budapest Debut Film Forum (BDFF) celebrates its sixth edition as the country’s largest and most influential workshop for first-time feature directors and their producers. Running entirely in English and supported by the National Film Institute of Hungary, the four-day program brings together up to eight selected […]

A Platform Shaping Hungary’s Next Generation of Filmmakers The Budapest Debut Film Forum (BDFF) celebrates its sixth edition as the country’s largest and most influential workshop for first-time feature directors and their producers. Running entirely in English and supported by the National Film...

05/12/2025

A Festival Built Around Agency—and a Striking Poster to Match For its 12th edition, BIDF unveils a program architecture centered on one idea: the future is in your hands. The festival’s bold poster—featuring a confident pregnant woman smiling as she rests a hand on her belly—sets the emotional tone. Festival co-founder and director Ágnes Sós […]

A Festival Built Around Agency—and a Striking Poster to Match For its 12th edition, BIDF unveils a program architecture centered on one idea: the future is in your hands. The festival’s bold poster—featuring a confident pregnant woman smiling as she rests a hand on her belly—sets the emotion...

02/12/2025

What happens when your leading lady is pure code—and one leaked file, one rival model, or one legal loophole could blow up an entire Budapest production overnight?

30/11/2025

Budapest is gearing up to welcome a milestone event in the cultural calendar with the first European edition of the La Femme International Women’s Film Festival (LAFIFFE) arriving in June 2026. Originally founded in Los Angeles by producer and film advocate Leslie LaPage, La Femme has spent over two decades championing women filmmakers and their […]

Budapest is gearing up to welcome a milestone event in the cultural calendar with the first European edition of the La Femme International Women’s Film Festival (LAFIFFE) arriving in June 2026. Originally founded in Los Angeles by producer and film advocate Leslie LaPage, La Femme has spent over t...

26/11/2025

As Hollywood game shows flee soaring L.A. costs, even Rob Lowe admits the next stop is obvious: “100 percent… we’d be in Budapest.”

25/11/2025

A Five-Decade Career Across Europe and Hollywood Kier began acting in the late 1960s and quickly emerged as one of the most distinctive screen presences in international cinema. His early collaborations with Paul Morrissey on Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula gave him cult status, while roles for Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Werner Herzog solidified his reputation as […]

A Five-Decade Career Across Europe and Hollywood Kier began acting in the late 1960s and quickly emerged as one of the most distinctive screen presences in international cinema. His early collaborations with Paul Morrissey on Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula gave him cult status, while r...

24/11/2025

The Made in Hungary Film Festival took place in Los Angeles from November 21–23, 2025, presenting recent Hungarian film releases at the Lumiere Cinema in Beverly Hills. Organized by the National Film Institute Hungary in cooperation with the Liszt Institute New York and the Hungarian Cultural Center, the event continued its aim of annually introducing […]

The Made in Hungary Film Festival took place in Los Angeles from November 21–23, 2025, presenting recent Hungarian film releases at the Lumiere Cinema in Beverly Hills. Organized by the National Film Institute Hungary in cooperation with the Liszt Institute New York and the Hungarian Cultural Cent...

22/11/2025

For the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, Park City prepares for an edition defined by both remembrance and reinvention. Redford’s death in September 2025 marked the end of an era, leaving independent film without one of its most central figures. In response, the Sundance Institute created the Luminary Award to honor artists whose vision and dedication […]

For the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, Park City prepares for an edition defined by both remembrance and reinvention. Redford’s death in September 2025 marked the end of an era, leaving independent film without one of its most central figures. In response, the Sundance Institute created the Luminary...

20/11/2025

Studios Are Spending Again — and Budapest Is Perfectly Placed to Catch the Overflow

18/11/2025

A Landmark Governors Awards Night The Governors Awards, held November 16 in Los Angeles, once again served as one of the Academy’s most strategic nights of the year. The event, which operates outside the competitive Oscars, honored Debbie Allen, Wynn Thomas, and Dolly Parton — with Parton receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award — but […]

A Landmark Governors Awards Night The Governors Awards, held November 16 in Los Angeles, once again served as one of the Academy’s most strategic nights of the year. The event, which operates outside the competitive Oscars, honored Debbie Allen, Wynn Thomas, and Dolly Parton — with Parton receiv...