Hungary issues fine over book featuring 'rainbow families'

BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Some bookstores in Hungary placed notices at their entrances this week telling customers that they sell "non-traditional content.” The signs went up in response to a new law that prohibits “depicting or promoting” homosexuality and gender transitions in material accessible to children.While some writers, publishers and booksellers say the law curtails free thought and expression in Hungary, the country's second-largest bookstore chain, Lira Konyv, posted the advisory notices

told Reuters, referring to the travel experience of the urn bearing three-quarters of Gabor’s ashes.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticBuilding on what has come before, the opening act of Kornél Mundruczó and Kata Wéber’s “Evolution” recalls a monologue from the Hungarian duo’s previous film, “Pieces of a Woman,” when a Holocaust-hardened Jewish matriarch played by Ellen Burstyn repeats the mythology of her own survival — the idea that she somehow chose to live when so many around her were murdered.

The LGBTIQ community in Hungary is under threat (Pic: Budapest Pride / Facebook)

Ed Meza @edmezavarGerman co-productions are making a strong showing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, among them Leos Carax’s opening film, “Annette,” Wes Anderson’s star-studded “The French Dispatch” and Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi’s “The Story of My Wife.”Fabian Gasmia’s Berlin-based Detailfilm is among the producers on “Annette,” which stars Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard.

Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi has already won at the Cannes Film Festival once already: the Golden Camera award for her 1989 feature film debut “My 20th Century.” Now, Enyedi vies for the Palme d’Or as her latest film, “The Story Of My Wife,” has its world premiere in competition at Cannes this week.

Naman Ramachandran Broadcasting associations across Europe have condemned a bill recently passed by Hungary, saying that it openly discriminates against LGBTQ communities.The Hungarian national acts on media services and mass media and advertising were amended to reflect the bill’s directive, prompting criticism from the associations, which claim the changes contravene fundamental rights enshrined in articles 7, 9, 11, 16 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFR)

The National Association of Television Program Executives’ annual international gathering in Budapest, Hungary, has been canceled this year amid continuing uncertainty caused by the pandemic. There will be no online edition either.

Naman Ramachandran The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) International marketplace, which is held annually in Budapest, Hungary, has been postponed to June 2022.

Christopher Vourlias The surprisingly complex world of puppy politics becomes the unlikely breeding ground for a new satire produced by Hungary’s Other Films and Romanian production powerhouse microFILM, the companies announced this week during the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.“Whose Dog Am I?” is a docu-comedy essay about politics in a world where citizens are dogs, politicians are their breeders, and the highest international forum is the World Canine Organization.

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