Hungarian Filmlab Department
The Hungarian Filmlab is Hungary’s most prestigious postproduction studio. It has provided complete post production services for more than 60 years for both Hungarian and international clients combining traditional laboratory services with digital procedures. Due to its continuous advancement, it is equipped with the newest devices. We provide on set post production services such as data backup, digital dailies, colour grading, VFX supervising, DCP creation. Besides the postproduction of features, TV films and commercials, one of the main missions of the Filmlab is the restoration of archive films.
Head of the Filmlab Department
László Aradi
Film Archive Department
As a result of a reorganization in 2017 January, the Hungarian Film Archive operates under the Hungarian National Film Fund.
The Archive (founded in 1957) preserves more than 70 000 titles. The main goal and the top priority of the Archive is to preserve, restore and screen all Hungary related materials. One can find here footage of the Chain Bridge filmed by the Lumière brothers back in 1896 or the early works of great names such as Michael Curtiz, the Korda brothers, André De Toth and Vilmos Zsigmond – remarkable figures of Hollywood who started their careers in Hungary. The country’s entire film production of over 26,000 items, including news reels, documentaries, short files and features is kept and, if needed, restored in the archives. Foreign films shown in Hungary are also kept, and copies are lent to educational institutions and film clubs.
The Archive also restores old Hungarian films and makes them available domestically and abroad.
Head of the Film Archive Department:
György Ráduly
Financial Department
The financial department is responsible for handling all acquisitions, public procurements, end-to-end accounting, financial tasks and payroll calculations. This directorate is responsible for managing the administrative and financial tasks concerning the deposit account; it concludes the disbursement contracts with those depositing and those applying for disbursal. It is also responsible for disbursement.Above the aforementioned roles, it is the duty of the financial department to handle the incoming applications, including checking the formal requirements, handling the process for incomplete applications and proposing the complete applications to the Decision Making Board, in cooperation with the fellow departments who are in charge of the professional evaluation.
Head of Financial Department
Orsolya Surguta
International and Sales Department
The international department is responsible for the global representation, festival presence and sales of Hungarian films as well as their attendance to non-commercial events. With its extensive network, this department supports international coproductions, film shootings, participates in concluding international contracts and endorses Hungarian film industry representatives. It represents Hungary at international organizations, such as Eurimages or European Film Promotion.
Head of International and Sales Department
Csaba Bereczki
Legal Department
The legal department is responsible for the Film Fund’s legal and regulatory tasks, is involved in preparing and executing the decisions from a legal aspect and reviews the contract This directorate tracks the regulatory laws and participates in their modifications and is in contact with the governmental organization of the film funding system.
The Location Office falls under the legal department too; its primary role is to manage the use of public places and real estates for film production purposes (including administrative tasks, handling the authorities etc.).
Head of the Legal Department
Dr. Ivett Szimics
Head of Location Office
Dr. Béla Bottyán
MAFILM Department
This department provides services including studio-, set-, wardrobe-, props- and weapon rentals. It also operates the studio sites in Fót and Budapest and handles their lease.
Head of MAFILM Department
Ildikó Andrea Oettinger
Production Department
The production department handles the incoming applications for project development, production and support for special projects and proposes them to the Decision Making Board with their professional recommendation. In case of favourable decision, the department evaluates the application documents from a production perspective and continuously monitors the realization of the project and controls it from a professional and financial aspect.
Head of Production Department
Gábor Váradi
Script Development Department
Consists of experienced screenwriters and dramaturgs. The primary role of the department is to provide professional support to writers who received funding for script development. The department is also involved in proposing the decisions to the Board, as well as the development and execution of the professional programs.
Head of Script Development Department
Bálint Hegedűs
Training and Innovation Department
The Fund is strongly committed to developing the local film industry as a whole. In order to increase the competitiveness of the domestic film production the Fund has launched the Film Training Program in 2016 with the primary aim of eliminating the skill shortage currently present in many areas and to offer various training possibilities to film professionals and to make way to new entrants.
In September 2017, the Training and Innovation Department kicked off its operation with the Fast Forward Program, a unique set of workshops targeting several areas of the industry. The pilot year offers film marketing, distribution, film business, scripter, script writing, directing, post-production, pitching, co-producing in Europe, acting (coaching), editing, producing etc. workshops held by internationally recognized experts.
Head of the Training and Innovation Department
Eszter Lányi
