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8 Mar

44th Hungexpo – Travel Fair @ Budapest – 2022.

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This year, the 44th Travel Fair and the 30th Budapest Boat Show at the Hungexpo Budapest Congress and Exhibition Center were successfully concluded. One of the main lessons of the four-day event is that although the epidemic has severely battered the tourism industry, domestic tourism and boating have been able to boost. The central theme of this year’s exhibition was the relaunch of tourism and security.

The domestic guest of honor at this year’s Travel exhibition was the Veszprém-Balaton region, which will become the European Capital of Culture in 2023. Many people visited the project’s 140-square-meter stand, where they presented the rich cultural and tourist offer of Veszprém, Lake Balaton and the Bakony region with special digital solutions.

The foreign guest of honor at the exhibition was Egypt for the first time this year. The resort in the Middle East presented the country’s tourist attractions and program opportunities on its own stand. Ghada Samir Shalaby, Egypt’s Deputy Minister of Tourism and Antique Tourism, also attended the opening of the exhibition.

In addition to the Travel exhibition, several events awaited the visitors this time as well. Many people visited the Caravan Salon, where almost 50 vehicles and 15 exhibitors presented their products and services related to living caravans and 1,500 square meters.

Central and Eastern Europe one-and-only … four-day international Africa thematic forum returned to the Travel exhibition, this time at the 10th Hungary Helps Africa Expo Budapest. In cooperation with the Hungary Helps Program, 22 organizations representing fifteen African countries presented themselves at the event, which was supported by the Hungary Helps Program.

Riport: Aggie Reiter

7 Mar

Herald News: Watch out! The 12th Francophone Film Days are approaching!

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Between March 17-27, 2022 among the latest award-winning films, the Hungarian audience will be able to see @ Budapest’s cinemas, and thereafter the movies in 15 cities around Hungary.

The Hungarian audience can watch 23 contemporary francophone works in the original language with Hungarian subtitles.

These films will be screened at the Urania National Film Theater and Toldi Cinema, Art + Cinema and the French Institute @ Budapest.

Several of the competition programs of the largest international film festivals, as well as the nominees and winners of the César Prize, will be on display. The opening film for the event is François Ozon’s latest film, “Everything Goes Right”.

A lineup of historical films, dramas, comedies, family films, thrillers, crime films and several documentaries are on offer and special additional programs add color to the series.

Horror Film Marathon will be held on March, 18., the next day after the screening of Laurent Garnier – “Off the Record”

Screening dates at the Urania National Film Theater and list of films can be followed in English language: https://urania-nf.hu/en/esemenyek/2045/2022/03/17/_12th-francophone-film-days.

Update by Aggie Reiter

6 Mar

Herald News: “We Are Growing Up Tonight” @ Central Theater – Budapest 2022

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Runtime: 2.20 minutes

Central Theater – Budapest – District, VI., 18. Révai Street

Directed by Kirsty Patrick Ward

After the London premiere, this is the second in the world to see the latest production of the legendary Mischief Company’s play @ Budapest’s Central Theater.

On March, 5, 2022., was domestic premiere of the highly successful comedy by the Hungarian creative team. The irresistibly amusing work of the Mischief Theater was presented to the audience in a replica performance, directed by Kirsty Patrick Ward – We Fail Tonight. The play is in Hungarian language.

Even though the play has been written in 1994 can be traced of to-day’s happenings about kids age 6 to 30, a band of classmates. They quarrel and play, but they rarely test the assumption that their character is formed in childhood. The authors of the piece, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, collected seemingly absurd yet real-life situations and conversations. The piece was translated by György Baráthy.

The comedy takes the audience on a journey through the lives of kids, their kindergarten experience within five characters rolling in timeline off to their high school experience, thereafter a few years later following them at high school reunion experiences.

In a nutshell …The comedy takes the audience on a journey through the lives of 5 kids met in the kindergarten in 1994. Friendships are formed and there personalities begins to develop. By the time they reach their teenage years and see them again, their characters have slightly changed. In their teens the hormones and ambitions had pushed their characters in different stage. As they gathered again their adult years are much different when they were children … Or either not really?

The actors brilliant young talents : Moon – Eszter Földes, Spencer – Zoltán Schmied, Katie – Katalin Ágoston, Archie – Tibor Fehér, Simon – András Mészáros, Paul – Mr. Whit, Miss Murry & Chemise Murry – Nóra Trógán.

The play is also special because the actors play their same role as young children, teenagers and adults in their thirties. The fabulous cast is loading up the stage with gags and the audience continuously breaks out with hilarious laughter and big applaud.

Probably many even have their own childhood in mind to sympathize with the characters – for many to recall this-and-that.

Snap from the Central Theater

Riport by Aggie Reiter

25 Feb

44th Travel Exhibition @ Hungexpo – Budapest

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“Here comes it’s active weekend”

March, 3-6. 2022.

Venue: District X., 10. Albertirsai Road –  Budapest

Thursday – Saturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Hungexpo, which has undergone the most significant transformation in recent decades, now offers its partners more than 70,000 square meters of covered space and 36 hectares of free space. By 2021, the country’s most modern conference center with 26 section rooms and a plenary room for up to 2,000 people was built.

The foreign guest of honor for the first time will be Egypt. The popular holiday destination presents the country’s tourist attractions and program opportunities on its own stand.

The domestic guest of honor will be Veszprém – Lake Balaton which won the title of European Capital of Culture 2023. Veszprém awaits visitors with colorful programs at their stand.

Budapest Boat Show 2022 guest of honor will be Lake Tisza. Their stand awaits visitors with a presentation of the wildlife of the Hortobágy National Park and an invitation in tasting of the rich fish samples from Lake Tisza.

On the 3rd of March … 10th Hungary Helps Africa Expo Budapest awarded the support of the Hungary Helps Program, whereas 22 organizations will be present on 480 sqm, representing 15 African countries in the newly built H Pavilion of HUNGEXPO. Expo exhibitors are partly non-profit organizations.

Continuing the traditions of previous years, the largest boat meeting in Hungary will be held at the same time as the Travel exhibition. The Caravan Salon whereas will feature almost 50 vehicles and 15 exhibitors on the 1,500-square-meter during the Travel Exhibition. The visitors can get to know the latest boat innovations and view the offer of the biggest boat brands on the spot. The main theme of the exhibition this time is the Olympics, which will play an important role both on the stage and on the Program Island.

About 100 exhibitors from 30 countries are waiting for those interested in Hungary’s most important tourism event, the Travel exhibition, which was held for the 44th time this year. Nearly 20 countries are represented at the HUNGEXPO Budapest Congress and Exhibition Center with independent stands. This year’s event will take place in the renovated Pavilion H, while the Caravan Salon will take place in Pavilion F. Visitors can see almost 100 boats at the 30th anniversary Budapest Boat Show and the largest Hungarian boat show. With the renewal of Hungexpo, Budapest will have the opportunity to host an international congress or conference of virtually any size.

Caution: Epidemiological regulations … under current legislation, events can only be attended with a valid security card, which is checked at the entrance by the police.

Entry tickets available at the ticket booth on the spot.

Update: Aggie Reiter

23 Feb

Breton and Irish Evening @ Buda “Fonó” House of Music.

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Monday, February, 28. – 7 p.m.

District, XI., 3. Sztregova Street – Budapest.

After last year’s huge success, there will be a Breton and Irish evening at Fonó – Buda House of Music again. After the two concerts, free joint music, ie a session, completes the evening and the musical encounter with the audience. Musicians from the westernmost tip of the Brittany Peninsula bring with them the musical heritage that lives in their homeland as a small Celtic island. Folk musicians from the West of Ireland bring the atmosphere of traditional Irish reels and jigs to Fonó and the sessions of the pubs in Limerick and Ennis.

Tickests on the spot: Buda Fonó House of Music

Update: Aggie Reiter

23 Feb

Gypsy Folklore – “IT’S NOT PAST” – National Dance Theater – Budapest

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Tuesday, March, 1.  – 7.30 p.m.

District, II., 16-20 Kis Rókus Street – Budapest

One-time show

The Danube Dance Workshop will present its latest performance with the dancers and guest performers of the Danube Art Ensemble in less than a week.

On March 1, their show entitled Never Passing, which feeds mostly on the world of gypsy folklore, will debut on the stage of the National Dance Theater. The new performance of the Danube Dance Workshop revolves around mysticism and transience.

During the production, which is nourished by gypsy folklore, magic songs and songs in the language of folk dance and contemporary dance guide the viewer and the listener.
The performance is imbued with shivering, fear of passing away, the mystery of death, incomprehensibility, but also the passionate joy of life and the courageous confrontation with passing, in which the hope of inheritance lies.

Update. Aggie Reiter

18 Feb

The Danube Art Ensemble Performance Entitled “Beautiful Field” @ Budapest

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The hugely successful Hungarian Folk Art Show will be shown again on the Müpa stage Saturday, February, 19. and  Wednesday, March, 30. 2022.

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Previously, the Danube Art Ensemble presented its performance entitled Szépséges Mezőség  last year  in  October. The Danube Art Ensemble evoked the colorful music and dance culture of the Transylvanian Mezőség in its new performance presented in October, in which monumental, movable set elements and eye-catching lighting technology reminded the audience of the hills of the Mezőség. The audience celebrated the premiere with applause, praising the work of both the dancers and the director and choreographers. In preparation for the presentation, several excellent professionals helped the work of the Ensemble: the piece is based on the choreographies of Enikő Kocsis, Dezső Fitos, Tamás Farkas and Zsolt Juhász.

At the beginning of 2022, the audience will be able to see the performance twice at the Müpa, which will feature contributors such as the Andrea Navratil Liszt Prize winner, the Hanga Junior Prima Prize-winning folk singer and the actor Károly Tóth.

After the highly successful performance “Our Love, Kalotaszeg”, the Danube Art Ensemble wanted to continue the principle of editing limited to the region, in the spirit of which a presentation about the Transylvanian Field was made, for which the Ensemble could prepare in its new, renovated headquarters. The stage image basically shows the field hills. Viewers can see monumental, rollable podiums, the surfaces of which are colored by projection with a modern light painting technology.

In 2022, the Danube Art Ensemble will celebrate its 65th anniversary, with a gala show and a new performance, but their performance entitled Szépséges Mezőség will also fit into the jubilee period.
On February 19, 20, and March 30, 2022, anyone who would have missed out in October will also be able to watch the performance, as it will be on display again at Müpa.

The presentation of the performance “Beautiful Field” is organized by the Müpa as a program of the Liszt Festival International Cultural Festival.

Update: Aggie Reiter

16 Feb

Free Concert @ St. Teresa of Avila Church with Saint Ephraim Male Choir – Budapest

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Saturday, February, 19 at 6:30 p.m.
Parish Church of St. Teresa of Avila
District, VI., 2. Pethő Sándor Street- Budapest

After the free concert following the mass.

The contemporary works of Miklós Fehér celebrating its 20th birthday this year. There will be a double premiere with two new works by Miklós Fehér written specifically for the St. Ephrem Men’s Choir. Anastasia Bednarik plays the organ in the first piece, and then Miklós Fehér’s Requiem is performed. From the very beginning, the promotion of Hungarian contemporary classical music and the presentation of new works have been of paramount importance for the vocal formation, which is unique in Hungary. Two new works composed by Miklós György Fehér written specifically for the Saint Ephraim Male Choir will be presented. At the evening Mass, a mass composed for men and organ will be played, in which Anastasia Bednarik will play the organ. After the four-part mass, the audience can also listen to Miklós György Fehér’s Requiem. Miklós György Fehér is a composer, born in 1951 in Budapest. From 1956 to 1971 he studied piano, oboe and composition at the Bartók Conservatory in Miskolc, then in Budapest and later again in Miskolc, and then in 1976 at the Liszt Ferenc College of Music where he received his diploma in composition.

Several contemporary masters – – László Sáry, Barnabás Dukay, Miklós Mohay, Péter Zombola, Péter Tornyai, Boldizsár Csiky – loves the unique sound of the 20-year-old Saint Ephraim Male Choir and so composed works for the ensemble and many others wrote pieces for the ensemble. Among them is Miklós György Fehér, whose works have been sung by the male choir for more than 10 years.

Hungary’s most popular chamber vocal ensemble was established in 2002 by Tamás Bubnó, Hungarian Artist of Merit and Liszt Award laureate. The choir’s name comes from Saint Ephraim the Syrian (306-373), who was a celebrated hymn composer, aptly nicknamed “harp of the Holy Spirit’ by his contemporaries. They consider the establishment of intercultural dialogue to be a kind of peace-building role between the East and the West, but at the same time they put great emphasis on the playing of new compositions of European contemporary music and the nurturing of the Hungarian male tradition (Liszt, Bartók, Kodály).
In 2012, the Saint Ephraim Male Choir received the Pro Cultura Minoritatum Hungariae Award for nurturing Ruthenian ethnic culture, and in 2014 it received the Hungarian Heritage Award. In the same year, the General Assembly of the Capital of Budapest awarded them Budapest Brand Award for their outstanding cultural and artistic activity.

They have performed with renowned musicians such as King’s Singers, Lebanese singer Abeer Nehme, are regular contributors to the productions of the State Folk Ensemble and the Danube Artists’ Ensemble, and are happy to tour other genres with performers such as Anna and the Barbies, Palya Bea and László Dés, Gábor Presser, János Lackfi and János Háy writers, as well as the Óbuda Danubia Orchestra, the Szent István Orchestra and the Budapest Strings.

Recommender: Aggie Reiter

14 Feb

Japanese Film Festival – Online 2022.

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JAPO film festival 2022

Streaming for free in 25 countries, is finally open!

With a fantastic selection of 20 films representing the variety and depth of Japanese cinema, including new releases which were a hit in Japan in 2021, animated features, documentaries, and Akira Kurosawa’s classic film RASHOMON, the JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL ONLINE 2022 is officially open today and will run simultaneously for two weeks in February of 2022.

Hereby can view interviews with Miwa Nishikawa, director of Under the Open Sky, and Soushi Matsumoto, director of It’s a Summer Film! The directors taking about the ideas that went into their films, and got a behind the scenes of the production.

Director Miwa Nishikawa speaks about Under the Open Sky, ONLINE. Q.: What did depicting a former organized crime member reveal to her? and about issues in Japanese society, which treats convicts like monsters and demands conformity.

Director Soushi Matsumoto sits down to talk about his first feature film, It’s a Summer Film! We gain insight into the thoughts of Director Matsumoto, who cleverly weaves together the elements of “a high school girl who loves period dramas” … “movie making,” … ‘Sci-Fi’ to create a new teen film that goes beyond a simple love story or tale about growing up.

Three years after the release of his previous film, internationally acclaimed animated film director Makoto Shinkai has announced the release of his upcoming film, Suzume Locking Up the Doors, in fall 2022. It is a road movie set in the ruins of cities across Japan, and follows a young girl as she closes doors through which disasters come.

Also … Short film series MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season 2 debut

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In an age when just about anyone can make a movie, MIRRORLIAR FILMS aims to create boundary-crossing films with freedom and originality. The second installment of this short film production project, MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season 2, created by film producer Chikara Ito, is set to debut in theaters across Japan on February 18th.

Update: Aggie Reiter

25 Jan

Neil Labute: FAT PIG – Karinthy Theater – Budapest

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Karinthy Theater – New Grand Stage
District, XI., 130 Bartók Béla Road – Budapest.

Tickets available on the spot.

The comedy of the Year … January, 28. 2022.  7 p.m. comedy 2 Part at the Karinthy Theater in collaboration with Budapest Playhouse (Budapest Playhouse is one of the newest independent production workshops in Hungary, founded by director and visual designer Árpád Iványi and actor Barnabás Réti who both dreamed up this play in the style of a modern theater of international standards.

The famous satirical comedy of the celebrated American author and screenwriter Neil LaBute will be presented to the Hungarian audience for the first time at the Karinthy Theater – Budapest. Neil LaBute’s satire revolves around the question of the beauty ideal of the modern age, in light of how important appearances are to success and recognition and how compelled one is to change oneself to succeed.

Main protagonist Andrea Balázs, who plays the title role, will appear as a real femme fatale, twisting the men’s heads. Also staring Tibor Pásztor, Szilvia Lilla Tóth, Barnabás Réti.

The famous satirical comedy of the celebrated American author and screenwriter, FAT PIG (Fat Pig), will be staged in Hungary for the first time. The performance is courtesy of the original copyright holder of the work, with the assistance of the Theatrum Mundi Theater and Literary Agency. Most recently, it was made into a contemporary opera which is now being performed in New York!

The original premier of Neil LaBute’s satire was held on Off-Broadway in 2004 and the piece was nominated for an Olivier Award in the Best Comedy category.

The FAT PIG (Fat Pig) one of the protagonists is Tom, an emerging employee of a large company who, by chance, gets to know the free-spirited and insanely funny Helen, who is very different from the current ideal of beauty due to her rather plus size figure. Still, Tom has tender feelings for him, but as their relationship deepens, the jokes and secrets at work about Helen’s make-up are increasingly repeating their lives and putting Tom’s faith and loyalty to the test. The piece is a satire of success-oriented, outward-looking society and relationships today. Raises a number of important questions such as … where is our own happiness compared to what we want to show others? How much do we embrace what our environment tells us about? Can our faith in ourselves be maintained? How does our physical appearance affect our lives? Overall …To this day, it’s a love story that is extremely provocative, thought-provoking and fun at the same time, society today is like that, we laugh, we pay off and we don’t feel how many wounds we’ve inflicted on others.

Update Aggie Reiter

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