Some of the crew of 1242: Gateway to the West has not been paid for two years and hope that a new producer who previously made films promoting the Orbán's government's messages will secure extra funding.

Last year, independent films generated almost as much revenue as those funded by the National Film Institute, despite the latter spending billions on pet projects government aligned figures.

Hollywood actors, directors and producers arrived in Hungary one after the other in the past few years. Charlize Theron (Atomszőke),...