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September 17, 2025
Filmed in Hungary: Newly Released TV Series 2025
Budapest has long been favoured by international productions as a filming location, repeatedly proving its ability to stand in for a range of places. In these newly released (or soon to be) TV shows, we’ll be able to watch parts of our favourite city morph into Italy, a town in the U.K. and Vienna. The…
September 9, 2025
Hungary Shines at Venice Film Festival: A Big Year for Hungarian Cinema
Hungary arrived at the Venice Film Festival with not one but two films in competition for the Golden Lion, claiming some well-deserved international limelight on the Lido. It’s been over half a century since two Hungarian films ran side by side in Venice’s main competition. This year, László Nemes’s ORPHAN (Árva) and Ildikó Enyedi’s SILENT…
August 30, 2025
10 Films and TV Series Filming in Hungary 2025
Hungary has long been considered one of the top filming destinations in Europe for international productions. As summer draws to a close, we’ve scoured industry news to get more details on some of the major international films and TV series filmed in Hungary so far this year and when we can expect to see them…
August 17, 2025
Hungarian Film Talent on Display at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival
The Sarajevo Film Festival 2025 is currently underway, showcasing the best of regional and world cinema, including several Hungarian films that are in competition. Founded in 1995 during the siege of Sarajevo, the festival has grown into one of the largest film festivals in Southeast Europe and one of the most prestigious in Europe. Each…
August 10, 2025
Location Scout in Budapest: Parisi Udvar
A Lavishly ornate building built at the beginning of the 1900s that housed shops, bank offices and apartments, fell into disrepair during the Communist years but regained its former glory after extensive restoration work in 2019. The building was constructed on the site of a former department store, Brudern House, one of the first of…
July 28, 2025
Venice Film Festival 2025: Spotlight on Hungarian Talent
The 82nd Venice Film Festival has announced an impressive lineup of new features from several big-name directors, including two veterans from Hungary: Ildikó Enyedi and László Nemes. One of the world’s oldest film festivals, and one of the “Big Five” worldwide (the others being Cannes, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance), the 82nd Venice Film Festival will…
July 20, 2025
THE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM IS DOWN and MATCHBOX: Both Filmed in Budapest
News from two high-profile (and very different) films that wrapped production in Budapest over the last few months: Ruben Östlund’s THE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM IS DOWN and the MATCHBOX film from director Sam Hargrave. The Entertainment System is Down As reported by Screen Daily, Östlund was recently in Croatia participating in Slano Film Days while he…
July 10, 2025
DUNE: Part Three Filming in Budapest
The third instalment of the sci-fi saga DUNE officially kicked off production in Budapest at Origo Studios this week. Turns out the rumours were true. Sightings of Zendaya (who plays Chani in the previous DUNE films) in Budapest over the last few days had led to suspicions that DUNE: Part Three was about to start…
June 30, 2025
Movies & Thermal Baths in July in Budapest
It’s heating up and we’re not just talking about the weather, or even the number of international productions filming in Budapest. It’s been announced that CineSpa is back, an event that combines two of our favourite activities. Hungary has a rich thermal bath culture thanks to an abundance of natural hot springs, over 100 just…
June 19, 2025