Hungary’s National Film Institute Filmlab Aims High
variety.comNick Holdsworth Hungary’s National Film Institute Filmlab is positioning itself to become Europe’s go-to facility for 35mm post-production, processing and restoration.
Working alongside the NFI Archive — which is moving ahead with an ambitious program of classic film restoration — the Filmlab aims to be a “one-stop shop for digital, analog, VFX, digital restoration and color grading” according to its head, Tamás Bódizs.
Bódizs, who was appointed director six months ago, nine years after he first joined the lab, started his film industry career as a television editor.
Film is his passion, he says, and putting Hungary on the map as the go-to location for advanced analog work is a goal the lab has been working towards in recent years. “This idea is one I share with the former director.
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