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Filmmaker Tarr to do Opener at Budapest Pride, with Lilu Hosting on 6 June

• 15 May 2025 12:51 PM
• Hungary Around the Clock

Renowned film director and screenwriter Béla Tarr will deliver the opening speech at this year’s Budapest Pride on June 6, the event’s organisers announced yesterday via Facebook.

Tarr, who has won both the Kossuth and Béla Balázs awards, as well as numerous international prizes, said he accepted the invitation because Pride represents freedom, a value he strongly supports.

The announcement comes in the wake of a controversial new law signed by President Tamás Sulyok in March.

The legislation allows authorities to ban events that “promote homosexuality,” with organisers and participants facing fines of up to Ft 200,000.

The law has sparked several protests in Budapest.

Ildikó “Lilu” Kovalcsik will host the Pride opening.

She has previously spoken out against government criticism of the event and said she accepted the role because “it is our responsibility to build the kind of country we want for our children.”

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