Official: Hungarian film strives to get to larger audiences

Hungarian producers want to reach larger-than-ever audiences through ambitious international co-productions, the government commissioner for developing Hungary’s motion picture industry said in an interview posted on www.screendaily.com film industry website on Friday.

Csaba Káel welcomed that in the year that marks the 120th anniversary of the Hungarian film industry four films will be featured at the Cannes international film festival. The titles include Ildikó Enyedi’s new feature film entitled The Story of my Wife competing for the Golden Palm top award, Oliver Rudolf’ FONICA M-120, Kornel Mundruczo’s Evolution and Marta Meszaros’s Diary for my Children.

The commissioner noted that Hungary’s first ever film, The Dance, premiered in 1901, and the country later turned out renowned filmmakers including William Fox, Adolph Zukor, Michael Curtiz and Alexander Korda.

“Now Hungary, one of Europe’s biggest production service hubs,

is aiming to grow the international profile of the local industry through new co-production and distribution strategies,” he said.

“If we are making a Hungarian film, the local market is 10 million. But if we are making a co-production with multiple European partners, we can

potentially access more than 100 million people,”