Budapest Spring Festival to feature over 40 events
The Budapest Spring Festival will feature over forty events at thirty venues, including theatres, exhibition and concert halls between April 29 and May 12.
End-of-winter Buso festivities to begin in Mohacs on Thursday
The end-of-winter masked carnival Buso festivities, a registered UNESCO cultural heritage event, begins in Mohacs, in southern Hungary, on Thursday.
Hungarian set decorator among 2024 Oscar contenders
Hungary's Zsuzsa Mihalek is among the nominees for the 2024 Academy Award for Production Design announced on Tuesday.
Hungarian, Turkish public media chiefs sign cooperation pact
Hungarian and Turkish public media chief executives on Monday signed an agreement on cooperation and an exchange of content in connection with the joint Hungarian-Turkish cultural season, the press and marketing office of Hungary's Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA) said.
2024 Sziget Festival to feature Fred Again, Sam Smith, Big Thief
Organisers of next year's Sziget Festival in Budapest on Tuesday announced 40 performers expected to attend the event, including Fred Again, Martin Garrix, Sam Smith, Stormzy, Louis Tomlinson and Big Thief.
1929 Hungarian silent film recovered, remastered to be shown under EU programme
Prisoner Number Seven, a 1929 silent film believed to have been lost, will be screened in Budapest's Urania cinema on December 15 as part of this year's Season of Classics Films programme supported by an EU cultural scheme, the National Film Institute (NFI) said ...
Semmelweis wins best film in Toronto
Semmelweis, a feature directed by Lajos Koltai, has won the main prize, based on the audience's rating, at the 19th Toronto European Film Festival, the National Film Institute (NFI) said.
International Veszprem Jazz Festival to start on Thursday
The Veszprem Jazz Festival to be held as part of the Veszprem-Balaton 2023 European Capital of Culture scheme will feature international stars, experimental performances crossing musical borders, as well as young Hungarian jazz musicians playing between Thursday and Sunday.
Reisz’s ‘Explanation for Everything’ bags two awards at Chicago Film Festival
Hungarian filmmaker Gabor Reisz's "Explanation for Everything" won awards in two categories at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival, the film's distributor, Cirko Film, said on Saturday.
Historical feature Semmelweis to receive pre-premiere in New York
Lajos Koltai's romantic historical film feature focusing on the life of celebrated Hungarian obstetrician Ignac Semmelweis, known as the savior of mothers, will be screened at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York on the October 23 national holiday marking the 1956 ...
