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50 years of Kecskemétfilm
Generations grew up watching the Hungarian Folk Tales series, which has since gained the “Hungarikum” qualification; the legendary Water-Spider, Wonder-Spider animation series was also produced in Kecskemét; international productions made here gained three Oscar nominations and a César Award.
A series will be made of the saints of the House of Árpád
Kecskemétfilm can start the production of a new animated film series with the support of the College of Comprehensive Artwork Programmes of the National Cultural Fund of Hungary. The informative series titled The Saints of the House of Árpád will be directed and designed by Sándor Békési, who in addition to theology and teaching at...
Zsolt Richly (1941–2020)
After the discontinuation of Pannónia Film Studio he was a colleague at the Kecskemét Studio from 2003. He directed a total of 8 films here (The Tales of Aunt Ida, Stonemason Kelemen, Tales of István Kormos), but we also collaborated in his last work, the series titled The Life of Martin Luther, which he made on request from the Evangelical...
The animation film studio as a visitors’ centre
Year by year, more and more people visit the studio of Kecskemétfilm to gain insight into the making of animated films. Last year, 178 groups – 4641 visitors altogether – attended the studio. The guided tour introducing traditional and digital filmmaking is an exciting experience for school and kindergarten groups, and for groups from Hungary...
Over 100 million YouTube views
Uploaded to the biggest video sharing website, the series Hungarian folktales can bear more than 100 million views. Operating since November 2008, an English-dubbed version of all the 100 episodes became available in addition to the originally Hungarian-dubbed episodes. The popularity of the series is shown by the amount of subscribers: the...
Summer internship in the Film Studio
In addition to film production, the studio strongly focuses on professional recruitment, creating opportunities with local workshops and professional residency programs for young talents. It is the fourth year since students are coming from the Faculty of Fine Arts and Graphic Design of Partium Christian University, who get professional...
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Chinese media delegation
Early September, the Chinese Zhejiang Radio and Television Group made their visit in the Kecskemét studio. The public media company of Zhejiang province is responsible for local film, animation and television products, and is a key supporter of the CICAF international animated film festival, which has a decade-old relationship with the...
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100 Hungarian Folktales books for the newborn babies of Kecskemét
From June 2019, the municipality of Kecskemét grants gift bundles for the town’s newborn babies and their families. In the gift bundle, a book containing all of the 100 Hungarian Folktales is also included besides baby care products.
Awards to Gypsy Tales and Urban Legends at KAFF
Among so many great films, two awards were given to our directors at Kecskemét Animation Film Festival: the Award for Best TV Series (ex aequo) was given to the episode of Riza's Night of the series Gypsy Tales by Roland Tóth-Pócs and the Award for Best Screenplay was given to Urban Legends – The Human Body directed by Kati Glaser, in which...
Csatlakozz hozzánk!
Mindig is érdekelt, hogyan készül egy rajzfilm? Esetleg van már animációs végzettséged, de még gondolkozol, merre tovább? Akkor ez a felhívás Neked szól!
A Kecskeméti Rajzfilmstúdió (Kecskemétfilm Kft., 6000 Kecskemét, Liszt Ferenc utca 21. Telefon: 76/481-787, E-mail: kfilm@kecskemetfilm. hu) felvételt hirdet ...
Our festival appearances
Our short films and series made in the past two years were competing in festivals at home and abroad.
At the Hungarian Film Week (7-11 February), organised for the fourth time this year, showed Dóra Keresztes’s Flower of the World, World of the Flower, Kati Glaser’s Afternoon and the longer work of the István Horkay - István Orosz pair of...
