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Hungary s public media showed more than hundred films on April 30, celebrating the day the first Hungarian-directed film was screened 120 years ago in Budapest.
Image from 1st Hungarian film The Dance from 1901 Photo by MTI
“We’re celebrating the screening of the first film entitled A tancz (The Dance) on this day in the Urania Theatre in 1901,” Hungary’s film commissioner, Csaba Kael, told public television channel M1 on Thursday. Made by Bela Zsitkovszky and Gyula Pekar, it features celebrated artists Lujza Blaha, Sari Fedak, Emilia Markus and Gyula Hegedus.
April 30 has been celebrated as the Day of Hungarian Film since 2018.