Festival of Hungarian cinema opens in Budapest

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Guests are arriving at the Budapest Congress Center to the grand opening
 
During the festival, 18 new feature titles will compete for the Golden Reel Award, while other titles will be running in the short film, documentary, scientific and television categories. The competition films have been selected from 335 Hungarian productions (26 features, 120 shorts, 152 documentaries, 28 scientific and 9 television productions) in the last 12 months.
 
The anniversary festival of Hungarian cinema will be marked by young filmmakers with seven of the selected competitors being first time directors.
 
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)