Standouts included How Could I Live Without You?, which drew over 1 million viewers in Hungary (plus 200,000 abroad in Transylvania, Slovakia, and Vojvodina) and ran 53 weeks.

Nóra Lakos’s I Accidentally Wrote a Book hit 160,000 admissions, topped youth film records post-transition, and earned 30 global awards plus a European Film Academy nomination.

At Venice, László Nemes’s Orphan and Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend (six awards, including FIPRESCI) competed officially. The TV series Hunyadi averaged 1 million viewers per episode, topping Hungarian charts and screening in 10 countries.

Streaming hits like I Accidentally Wrote a Book and Tonight We Kill dominated charts post-theater.

NFI supported 11 features, 37 TV projects, and 69 total efforts with 13 billion forints. Expect more historical dramas, docs, comedies, and sequels in 2026.

Csaba Káel, NFI president, highlighted audiences rediscovering Hungarian cinema.

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