1,253 result(s) for international award
Expanding Sziget Festival Program In 2015
- 3 Apr 2015 9:04 AM
- entertainment
More and more names are added to the 2015 line-up of Sziget. The end is still far away as the 7 day long festival holiday hosts around 1000 programs altogether. This time new names have been added to the music section, but Szitizens can expect more venues and programs to be announced in the upcoming weeks. Discounted 'Advance Round 1' tickets are only available until the end of April.
Intercontinental Budapest Wins A Series Of Fresh 'Best Of Budapest' Awards
- 2 Apr 2015 2:00 AM
- specials
Budapest Week Publishing has been asking its readers and business partners as well as the committee members of the publisher every year since 1993 who they consider the best in the domestic catering, hotel and other service spheres. Based on these votes, strictly supervised by the publisher, the ‘Best of Budapest’ title is awarded in some 60 categories.
Films In Competition On Titanic International Film Festival
- 31 Mar 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Titanic International Film Festival runs between 10-18 April in five different venues in Budapest. Since 2005 Titanic operates as a Competition Festival: this year 8 films are in competition for the Breaking Waves Award representing 10 nations. Two of the competition films are feature debuts and each of them are extraordinary women stories speaking about contemporary social tensions, motherhood, ...
Hungarian Writer Nominated For Man Booker Prize
- 31 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai is among the ten nominees for the 2015 Man Booker Prize. This year, the jury selected writers from ten countries – authors from Hungary, Libya (Ibrahim al-Koni), Mozambique (Mia Couto), Guadeloupe (Maryse Condé), South Afrika (Marlene van Niekerk) and the Republic of the Congo (Alain Mabanckou) are among the select ten top literary figures for the first time.
Scandinavian Film Festival, On Until 29 March
- 26 Mar 2015 3:00 AM
- entertainment
Like movies? Interested in Scandinavian life? If so you're warmly invited to join in this special cultural festival in Budapest at Örökmozgó. Supported by the Embassy of Denmark, the Embassy of Norway, the Embassy of Sweden and the Hungarian 'Ministry of Human Capacities', tickets are just HUF 1000. Get venue and all program details below, plus see a trailer for award winning film 'Palme'.
Titanic International Film Festival Kicks Off On 10 April
- 24 Mar 2015 8:04 AM
- entertainment
The 22nd Titanic invites audiences to five different venues in Budapest between 10-18 April: Toldi Cinema, Puskin Cinema, Uránia National Film Theatre, Örökmozgó Cinema and A38. Titanic 2015 offers 52 films representing 34 nations in 8 sections. The crowd favorite may well be Still Alice. This year there will be 8 films in competition for the Breaking Waves Award. The current selection of films ...
EU Film Festival In Chicago Brings Europe To American Movie Lovers
- 20 Mar 2015 7:59 AM
- entertainment
“Hungary is country full of contradictions, a very colorful place that's a happy and depressive place at the same time. I think Budapest is an exeptionally beautiful capital and it's important to me that people abroad feel the same way about it.” Says Gabor Reisz, the director of the Hungarian comedy “For Some Inexplicable Reason” (Van Valami Furcsa es Megmagyarazhatatlan).
Xpat Report: Annual Poetry Competition In Budapest
- 19 Mar 2015 11:30 AM
- community & culture
Recently the Ninth Poetry Festival hosted by Britannica International School took place in the elaborately decorated Auditorium, festooned with Memory Jars, on the theme of ‘Remembrance’. This year, three other prestigious International Schools from Budapest attended, including The American International School, The British International School of Budapest and the International Christian School ...
Hungarian Pálinka House Named 'Distillery Of The Year' At International Competition
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- food & drink
Destillata, the largest-scale European competition of fruit brandys (pálinka), liquors, whiskies and other spirits, came to a close with outstanding Hungarian success. This was the 23rd occasion the most prestigious Central European championship of distilleries was held. This year, the awards gala took place in the Esterházy Palace of the town of Eisenstadt, Austria.
Expanding Sziget Festival Program In 2015
- 3 Apr 2015 9:04 AM
- entertainment
More and more names are added to the 2015 line-up of Sziget. The end is still far away as the 7 day long festival holiday hosts around 1000 programs altogether. This time new names have been added to the music section, but Szitizens can expect more venues and programs to be announced in the upcoming weeks. Discounted 'Advance Round 1' tickets are only available until the end of April.
Intercontinental Budapest Wins A Series Of Fresh 'Best Of Budapest' Awards
- 2 Apr 2015 2:00 AM
- specials
Budapest Week Publishing has been asking its readers and business partners as well as the committee members of the publisher every year since 1993 who they consider the best in the domestic catering, hotel and other service spheres. Based on these votes, strictly supervised by the publisher, the ‘Best of Budapest’ title is awarded in some 60 categories.
Films In Competition On Titanic International Film Festival
- 31 Mar 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Titanic International Film Festival runs between 10-18 April in five different venues in Budapest. Since 2005 Titanic operates as a Competition Festival: this year 8 films are in competition for the Breaking Waves Award representing 10 nations. Two of the competition films are feature debuts and each of them are extraordinary women stories speaking about contemporary social tensions, motherhood, ...
Hungarian Writer Nominated For Man Booker Prize
- 31 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai is among the ten nominees for the 2015 Man Booker Prize. This year, the jury selected writers from ten countries – authors from Hungary, Libya (Ibrahim al-Koni), Mozambique (Mia Couto), Guadeloupe (Maryse Condé), South Afrika (Marlene van Niekerk) and the Republic of the Congo (Alain Mabanckou) are among the select ten top literary figures for the first time.
Scandinavian Film Festival, On Until 29 March
- 26 Mar 2015 3:00 AM
- entertainment
Like movies? Interested in Scandinavian life? If so you're warmly invited to join in this special cultural festival in Budapest at Örökmozgó. Supported by the Embassy of Denmark, the Embassy of Norway, the Embassy of Sweden and the Hungarian 'Ministry of Human Capacities', tickets are just HUF 1000. Get venue and all program details below, plus see a trailer for award winning film 'Palme'.
Titanic International Film Festival Kicks Off On 10 April
- 24 Mar 2015 8:04 AM
- entertainment
The 22nd Titanic invites audiences to five different venues in Budapest between 10-18 April: Toldi Cinema, Puskin Cinema, Uránia National Film Theatre, Örökmozgó Cinema and A38. Titanic 2015 offers 52 films representing 34 nations in 8 sections. The crowd favorite may well be Still Alice. This year there will be 8 films in competition for the Breaking Waves Award. The current selection of films ...
EU Film Festival In Chicago Brings Europe To American Movie Lovers
- 20 Mar 2015 7:59 AM
- entertainment
“Hungary is country full of contradictions, a very colorful place that's a happy and depressive place at the same time. I think Budapest is an exeptionally beautiful capital and it's important to me that people abroad feel the same way about it.” Says Gabor Reisz, the director of the Hungarian comedy “For Some Inexplicable Reason” (Van Valami Furcsa es Megmagyarazhatatlan).
Xpat Report: Annual Poetry Competition In Budapest
- 19 Mar 2015 11:30 AM
- community & culture
Recently the Ninth Poetry Festival hosted by Britannica International School took place in the elaborately decorated Auditorium, festooned with Memory Jars, on the theme of ‘Remembrance’. This year, three other prestigious International Schools from Budapest attended, including The American International School, The British International School of Budapest and the International Christian School ...
Hungarian Pálinka House Named 'Distillery Of The Year' At International Competition
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- food & drink
Destillata, the largest-scale European competition of fruit brandys (pálinka), liquors, whiskies and other spirits, came to a close with outstanding Hungarian success. This was the 23rd occasion the most prestigious Central European championship of distilleries was held. This year, the awards gala took place in the Esterházy Palace of the town of Eisenstadt, Austria.