23rd Titanic International Film Festival – Budapest – 2016.

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 Titanic International Film Festival for 10 days

April, 7. 2016. – April, 16. 2016.

The films are screened in original language with English subtitles and Hungarian voice-over translation, except when indicated otherwise. The music films are screened in original language.

Highlight venues screening at Uránia – Toldi – Örökmozgó – Puskin

The 23rd Titanic International Film Festival is the biggest annual festival in Hungary. The opening will take place at the Uránia cinema in Budapest on April, 7 starting with an Australian movie, titled: Tanna. The film is concentrating on the story of a young couple who are resisting the strict traditions of a tribe in the Pacific Ocean.

Movie lovers will have the opportunity during the 10 days to view films at the Uránia, Puskin, Toldi and Sugár cinemas. Also on the River Danube on the A38 boat.

Twenty-nine county’s movies, including international premiers and Hungarian films are in the program.

The festival awards will be presented at the Uránia Cinema on April, 15. 2016. The most outstanding movie of the festival is voted on unanimously by an international jury and will be rewarded with the „Breaking Wawes Award”.

Tickets are available at the cinemas ticket office ont he spot.

Update by Aggie Reiter

The Sparrow – Icelandic drama on screen April, 21. 2016.

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Original title: Prestir / Sparrows.

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The SCOPE100 program is sponsored by the French Institute

Life is not exactly  a ” Rose Garden.” The thorns are there and certainly  isn’t boring.

Sparrows, written and directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson is a coming of age drama from Iceland and Denmark which played recently at the 2015 51st Annual Chicago International Film Festival.

Ari played by Atli Oskar Fjalarsson is a 15-year old, introduced to us literally as “a choir boy” singing with a choir in a church in Reykjavik, was born to Icelandic parents from a small fishing village somewhere in northwestern Iceland.  Since his parents divorce, he had been living with his mother in Reykjavik.  But his mum was recently remarried and she with her new Danish hubby.  Mum was putting Ari on a plane and sending him back to his dad to a small fishing village in northwestern Iceland.

Ari don’t want to go, but at 15, LIVING ON A ROCK in the middle of the freakin’ North Atlantic where, once one gets out of Reykjavik there really do seem to be as many “seals and birds” as there are people around, he really doesn’t have much of a choice.  Anyway his mom reminds him Grandma’s really looking forward to seeing you again.

Distributed by: Hungarian ant.

To find out what happens with Ari further on, it is worthwhile to go to the movies. Up to for people over 16 years. Length: 99 minutes.

Update by Aggie Reiter

Two plays in April, subtitled in English – Átrium Film and Theater Budapest- 2016.

Átrium Film and Theater

Location: District II.,  –  55 Margit Blvd.  – Budapest.

Tickets can be purchased through below, or on the spot.

http://atriumfilmszinhaz.jegy.hu

Date: April, 16. 2016 at  3 p.m.

“THE LONESOME WEST”

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 The superb play is back on stage at the Atrium Theater. Here are two previous updates already published after the  previous premiere:

VAKNYUGAT (THE LONESOME WEST) FRATRICIDAL STRUGGLE IN TWO ACTS AT THE ATRIUM-FILM-THEATER – BUDAPEST

CONTEMPORARY CULTURE FOR FOREIGN COMMUNITIES IN HUNGARY

Another Hungarian theater performance to be seen  also by foreigners with subtitled in English language:

HEAVENLY SHIFT

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… A  Hungarian, black comedy … Death does not select, man does …

April, 20 and 27. 2016. at 8 p.m.

A peak into the story in brief … Heavenly Shift uses dark humor to tell the story of a young paramedic, who gets introduced to the night life’s cruel world, but eternal truth: death does not select, man does. MILÁN (András Ötvös) the half Serbian, half Hungarian guy deserted from the Croatian army in 1992, the second year of the Yugoslav war and escapes from Yugoslavia to Hungary. As a former medical student he gets a job for himself  at the Hungarian paramedics. He has two unalterable, steady colleagues on the emergency ambulance KISTAMÁS (Tamás Keresztes) the driver of the ambulance and FÉK DOKTOR (Roland Rába) to be the leading paramedic of the team. It is a cold shower for the young enthusiastic and conscientious emergency care assistant when he realizes that his companions make a selection from the patients. While they are saving lives, sometimes they allow old people or mortally ill to die, or indeed it occurs that their death is hurried by them. MILÁN soon finds out that there is a business side to the illegal euthanasia events taken place at the back of their ambulance. In order to finance his fiancée’s rescue from the war MILÁN needs money, so he makes a deal with his companions. He gradually becomes involved in the horrors and sin. While he is turning into a skilled paramedic, and lives through the euphoric moments of lifesaving, he recognises innumerable faces of the death.

The crew of the play: Director-script: Márk Bodzsár, Cast: András Ötvös, Roland Rába, Tamás Keresztes, Sándor Zsótér, Natasa Stork, Cinematographer: Dániel Reich Producer: Unio Film,  Editor: Zoltán Kovács, Sound: Tamás Dévényi,  production designed by  Gábor Valcz, Costume designed by  János Breckl, Music by  Gábor Keresztes, Production of Unio Film.

Update by Aggie Reiter

Saint Patrick’s Day – Parade in Budapest – 2016.

The story of St. Patrick

Wishing a Cheer kinda Day!

Eat … Drink and Be Irish, because everybody can be Irish on this day!

Sunday,  March, 20. 2016.  

WHERE!?! … District V.,  Szabadság Square – Budapest

WHEN!?! … 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.

A huge gathering is expected to take place at the Szabadság tér once again. The local families, friends and tourists are awaiting to be Green for a day and take to the streets of Budapest. It going to be a celebration of St Patrick’s Day. The parade will be led by a premier bagpipe group and  a giant floating of St Patrick will be on the venue.

On St Patrick’s Day it is customary to wear shamrocks  or  what-so-ever color green clothing or accessories. So be sure  wearing green to be at the “in” crowd. St Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish.

Welcoming families  to enjoy Celtic face painters, arts and craft activities, Irish Dancers and street entertainers, along the green-green grass at the Szabadság Square.  The spirit of Irish folklore and legends such as CuChullainn, the Irish Wolf Hound appears on the coat of arms of early Irish Kings along with the famous Shamrock and Harp, so be a part of it!

Guinness, crunchy-munchy cracks with line up of 20 traditional bands will keep the party rolling on.

Update by Aggie Reiter

Open-Air Theater – Margaret Island – Summer Festival – Budapest – 2016

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Three months of  full entertainment for all tastes, starting off on June, 10. 2016!

Five-star summer nights in Budapest … how does that sound!?!

Open-Air Theater at Margaret Island available from IBUSZ. With the joint Budapest Summer Festival and IBUSZ tourist experience package, guests can obtain hotel rooms in Budapest and VIP tickets to the super production at the Open-Air Theater on Margaret Island, which includes admission to the Water Tower, a welcome drink, boat transfer tickets and numerous other special services at significant savings.  It’s advantageous to reserve the best 12 summer weekend five-star offerings now! For years, the affordable and increasingly popular Sleep in Budapest with a theater ticket! Complete tourist experience feature offered by the Budapest Summer Festival has included a hotel stay and admission to the productions at the Open-Air Theatre on Margaret Island, together with numerous additional amenities and gifts. The festival organizer Szabad Tér Színház Nonprofit Kft. with one of the most significant domestic travel agencies IBUSZ, together expanded this offer for the 2016 summer theatre season, so that more theatre goers and tourists visiting the capital could take advantage of the preferential services.

The „Five-star Summer Nights in Budapest”, is available exclusively at IBUSZ and offers a Gold, Silver and Bronze package with the following: Two night stay with breakfast at a chosen 3, 4 or 5 star Budapest hotel. Admission ticket to the Star Parade on Margaret Island performance, by VIP admission to the performance with a separate entrance, out of turn admission ticket to view the 105-year-old Water Tower lookout and exhibition. Welcome drink at arrival before the performance (a glass of champagne) and boat transfer with return from the city center.The affordable 38000HUF price offers are available for two nights for a minimum of two people from Friday until Sunday by showing the hotel room reservation or the admission ticket. Guests get a further 25% discount on tickets to the Walking Route (little railway) on Margaret Island, admission to the Palatinus pool, tours of the city on the CityTour HopOn-Off tour busses and Jazzy Tower concert tickets.

It is by no accident that Budapest has become the world’s second best city based on the votes by an esteemed international travel magazine (Conde Nast Traveller).  It’s magical image, exciting nightlife, diverse and rich cultural offerings and unmatched recreational possibilities have renewed its attraction not only for foreign guests but for domestic visitors as well.   This new initiative by the Budapest Summer Festival and IBUSZ fulfills two tasks: thanks to the renovation in recent years, the grand stage on Margaret Island has become one of Central Europe’s nicest summer playgrounds, and in its attractive setting popularize Hungarian art, and by stimulating cultural tourism, increases the number of nights visitors stay in Budapest. The 2016 will be the year of romance at the Budapest Summer Festival with the assistance of national and international stars such as Andrea Rost, Erika Miklósa, Zoltán Kocsis and the National Philharmonic Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry, Gergely Madaras, Domonkos Héja, Yuja Wang pianist, Marc Heller, Sébastien Guéze, and Giuseppe Filianote opera singers, jazz diva Stacey Kent, Stanley Jordan jazz guitarist, the Globe Theater of London and the Monte Carlo Ballet Company. From among Verdi’s most popular operas, Traviata and Othello will be performed, there will be a 3 tenor opera gala world premiere, romantic ballet music and dance, Romeo and Juliet ballet performance, the musical Evita, the Revue Circus and concert by the Virtuosos.

For more information visit: http://eng.szabadter.hu/

Press release – Budapest Summer Festival

Update  Aggie Reiter

Rock Symphony – Edvin Marton – Budapest – 2016.

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Edvin Marton  – Prince of the Violin – Budapest

7.30 p.m. Crossover Concert

Budapest Congress Center
District XII., 1. Jagelló Road – Budapest

Still a month to go, yet if you are curious to be at Edvin Marton’s show it is your time to purchase your ticket/s cause they mostly sell out fast all over the world. So it happened on the day  the tickets were out. Originally, Edvin Marton’s concert was sold out in just hours, so on the same day which is  Sunday, April, 17. 2016. there will be held another concert. So if you do not wish to miss being there, it is worthwhile to get your seat at:

https://www.jegy.hu/program/edvin-marton-rock-symphony-lemezbemutato-koncert-65969

Edvin Marton, is a world-famous Hungarian violinist and every time he step on stage he simply is enchanting his audience with his unique, suggestive performance. Already played around five continents countries.  He is an Emmy Award winning composer and performer. Studied at such prestigious schools as Tchaikovsky Music School in Moscow, Music Academy in Budapest, Music Academy in Vienna and Juilliard School of Music in New York.

Witness his captivating style of playing greatest classical, rock music and presenting his own original hits have made him a Gold and Platinum artist in Europe, Russia and China as well. At the show with his rock band Edvin Marton plays the greatest hits from his new album titled ’’Rock Symphony’’. Can hear Marton’s style of playing Vivaldi rolling over to Metallica.  Just to mention a few to be heard from hos repertoire: Vivaldi – Storm, Coldplay – Clocks, Queen –  Bohemian Rhapsody, Metallica – Nothing Else Matters and a bunch of more.

He plays on his highly esteemed 1699 Antonio Stradivari violin in a way you have never heard before. His compositions will certainly blow you away with emotions, move the spirit and rock the house!

Edvin Marton is a winner of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest seen by more than 200 million people. Other awards include a 2008 MTV Europe Award and an American Television EMMY Award for Best Original Composition (ABC Television Network).

Update by Aggie Reiter

World Poetry Day … Budapest … March, 21, 2016.

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Julius Meinl coffee and tea premium quality since 1862.

Coming up … Friendly Invitation!

Monday, March, 21. 2016.
From 6 a.m. until a minute just before midnight!

Inspiring poets day is held since the  middle of the XIXth century.

It is not a day to reinvent the sealing-wax, yet to-day dozen-and-dozen of countries celebrate the World Poetry Day when it is common to pay with a poem. A poem is replenishment, guidance or even provide relaxation even to-day when life speed most of us up. Mind you, you don’t have to be a poet … but everyone is a poet in their own way having the ability to be so and maybe also be surprised to see,  reveal  the secret as to be a poet inside of you.

Choose your favorite “Julius Meinl” coffee or cuppa tea and instead of paying with currency, pay with currency of written emotions by you. Try it … every sip you take will bring your own message, own fantasy … write it down and pay with that. This only a one day event so come together by inviting your friends, family, hubby on this special day.

Come along … probably heard about this before … anyway here it goes again … “Julius Meinl inspires you, and being inspired, you inspire others.”

List of Coffee House especially roasted for you soon to be established!

Update by Aggie Reiter

 

First Marzipan Festival – Retro Sweets – Budapest – 2016.

                   

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District V.   Elisabeth Square – Budapest

March, 14 to 15. 2016.

10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Free of Entry!

Have a sweet tooth, or not … never-the-less meet with family, friends at the world of past, present and future of sweetness brought to you by

Királyi Marcipán Kft. – Royal Marzipan Ltd.!

For decades under socialism sweets packaging looked terrible, often sticky liquid and frankly they were mainly sugar-by-sugar. However, at the time being grandparents, parents, even to this day retain the flavors in their mouth. Slowly the sweets and candy factory manufactures had pulled down the curtain.  A dumping of new sweets arrived, but for some reason these long gone delicacies interestingly were reborn in foreign land and again they appeared for the customers at sweet festivals in Hungary. These reborn sweets are named to-day as “Retro Sweets” and in the past years these retro sweets became popular more than ever. Especially, when parents and grandparents  with a wide smile meet them again and told their child or grandchild that they grew up eating these for example both the dentist’s nightmare … the törökméz –  honeycomb toffee –  and the krumplicukor – potato sugar, téli fagyi – winter ice-cream, Diana sugar (chocolate covered alcohol), Balatonszelet – slice of Balaton, medvecukor – licorice, kakas nyalóka cock shape lollipop and a huge selection in size and forms of other lollipops, Zizi – sugar-coated puffed rice grains, all sort of sugar jellies that a generation ate them.

On March, 14-15. 2016., grannies, grandpops, parents may take a ride back to the past decades yummies they had to the „Sweetville” at the Akvárium Club – Budapest.  Each day music programs.  As for Monday, March, 14. can enjoy the wonderful voice of Milán Szakonyi and on March, 15. István Fekete, both day’s concert starts off a 3 p.m.

Now within bringing back a bit of history the Királyi Marcipán Ltd., deploys dozens-and-dozens of their only hand-made marzipan dessert of a selection of 150 different fillings in flavors. Here jus mentioning a couple of yummy variations of flavors: whiskey, rum, apricot and plum pálinka,  Red wine from Villány and the noble Tokaj wine as fillings of marzipan, steeped in French cherry brandy for the wise guys. All these Marzipan are covered with Belgian chocolate.

Many entertainment programs such as face painting for children, clown jokes and also the children may learn the secret of hand-made marzipan. A huge collection of chocolate bars are also available on the spot, especially the Royal Marzipan Ltd. bars,  the Csokimobil – chocolate Mobile having the latest version of mobile phone with pictures on the cover. More special chocolate bars for special occasions: Valentine Day, Birthday,  Name Day, Easter, Women’s Day, Kids messages,  Pictures of Hungary’s famous sight-and-sound on the cover.

A good excuse to taste sweets-over-sweets, so hop over to the First Marzipan Festival  a spend a day to  recall, remember and look for their other venues to visit for young and old.

Update and snaps Aggie Reiter

Co-events at Travel 2016 – Hungexpo Budapest Fair Center!

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Hungexpo Budapest Fair Center

 District, X., 10, Albertirsai Road – Budapest

Open daily throughout the Travel 2016 exhibition.

10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The 2016  year beside many other facts  the eyes will be focusing on Rio de Janeiro whereas will be ho the Olympic Games, and at the Travel Fair Brazil is  the Guest the Culture. The visitors may spend a full day to watch hot rhythm dancers, shows, taste the real Brazil coffee and some special snacks  during the exhibition.

Africa Expo and Fair

At the Africa-focused exhibition visitors can learn about Africa’s cultural and gastronomic traditions and values.

Caravan Salon

Presenting a widest range of caravans and trailers available in Hungary.  Besides the caravans, all camping equipment , items and related accessories are awaiting the visitors The visitors may get to know, learn about all sorts camping accessories beside the caravans.

Bringaexpo

This is the largest bicycle trade fair in Hungary, and at the same time the visitors may view, test bicycles and purchase these special bikes at the Bringaexpo 2016. Indeed, the mood is hilarious.

 

Update and snaps Aggie Reiter

 

Day2 – Travel – 2016. Hungexpo – Budapest – Hungary

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Spending pretty much time at the Travel Fair would like to share some collected information for those who could make it to be around during the time being!

Visit Italy –  visitors to the Italian stand were warmly welcomed by fully information about the whereabouts to spend their vacation, offering 4star hotel at Park Gallanti Village, or for families, friends at the Ferrari Lido on the white sandy beach for all age. The selection of accomodation is wide to choose from a real recharge for one who would like to spend their holidays at modern greenery venue within reach from the sea. Was told the at the stand the Park Gallanti Village is a combination of wellbeing oases … real relaxation for both body and mind. They offered real Italian coffee, pizza cheese and wrapped with Italian ham.The visitors were treated with true Italian hospitality, received real Italian coffee, cheese and Italian ham rolled in pizza.

Visit Indonesia cannot be to roam around all the islands  having more than 17 thousand of islands, but to  choose spot to have the flavor of their rich culture, waves to surf, deep blue pristine seas swimming with the  dolphins, dugongs or the large mantrays, white sandy  beaches, rainforest – for instance at Sumatra where indeed also rich in arts  and crafts, tradition dances and music is worthwhile  heard as a drop of information gained at the Travel  2016 – Hungexpo  Fair. For those planning to visit the Islands, heard not to be missed the Komodo Island to see one of the real wonder of the world, the Komodo Dragon at the National Park. Once they lived  across Indonesia and Australia. These large  lizzards body size remained the same for over 3,8 million years. So to get a little shiver of seeing these creature in several movies one can see them in real size. The only time to think it over to visit the place is between May and August during their mating time when they are not so friendly and a bit restless.  The Italian stand

As for the locals, the inland offers were plenty to choice from,  because might have already heard about the fact that Hungary is having  somewhere around in Budapest and even at several regions, each week-ends a fair or festival.

Mentioning a couple of sites  to see beside Budapest, because Hungary is not just all about events in the Capital …

Visit Gyula … shortly March,11-15 the city will hold a real Sodar festival. Smoked flavors and aroma will fill the area. During the long-weekend will be the VI. Gyulai Sausage “Sódarmustra” – culinary festival.  Taste not only the sausages,  but purchase the local producers real meat preparations for Easter, directly from farmers. In addition to the range of delicious meat products armies entertainment are waiting for those who spend a long weekend to Visit Gyula. Each day during the festival can choose among several programs.  There will be something for everyone! Programs for small and younger children as spending time with arts and crafts, theme park awaits for all age.

Probably may already know that at the four corners of Hungary  is rich in the land of hot thermal water with medical treatments.

Lenti –  is a place of jewelry box of health. Earth energy waves were discovered in Lenti Thermal Spa in 2002. On the territory of Lenti Thermal Spa the Saint George Energy Park, which is unique in Europe, is situated at the meeting point of energy lines with beneficial effects. Here guests can find more efficient recreation, fulfillment, and healing due to the combined impact of the spa and this special energetic place. The types of Earth waves, i.e. Saint George lines, were called Dragon Currents in Eastern cultures. In ancient cultures, these types of Earth lines or “neural currents” were worshiped as saints. At the intersections of such lines, sacred places were built such as Stonehenge, Lourdes, Fatima, Machu Picchu, the Egyptian pyramids or churches in the Árpád era.

Zalakaros   is situated in the vicinity of the Little  Lake Balaton, organizing attractive and diverse programs, events and festivals, but also plenty of  spa programs and event.  A family friendly place with  a land of  Waterworld, playhouse, mini adventure park, children can watch the Waterworld from a tower, and there is also climbing wall, playground, nursing room, a kitchen and a changing room for the babies.

BócsaVincze Riding Center offers a wide range of possibilities for riding sport lovers … training, riding tours, horse-drawn coach or slate excursions, riding camps, as well as therapeutical riding instruction. Besides all these, they are engaged in breeding and training of price winning horses. The Vincze Riding Center is situated in Bócsa, about 100 kms. from Budapest, located in the Kiskunság National Park. The dunes and steppes of Bócsa-Bugac venue  having sand plains, dunes, sodic lakes and marshes, make it one of the most complex areas of the national park.

Nagykanizsa  – At the representatives booth was testing by tasting the „Kanizsai dödölle„ Typical regional folk pasta. This year will be held for the 11th time the Kanizsai dödölle and Wine Festival – September, 9-10. 2016., which is famous for its folk Zala Country’s food. During the festival will be  held cooking competition between amateur and professional chefs, a battle to win the wine’s title called „Dalnoki”  and colorful programs for children and adults. For locals and foreigners not o be missed!

Update and snaps Aggie Reiter