We are back from Transylvania!
We just got back from Transylvania, Romania where we filmed the third stage of our upcoming documentary, A Magyar Nóta Belga Mestere (The Belgian Master of Hungarian Nota).
We love finding new human experience stories that shed light on something unknown. So far we produced two feature length documentaries, which are distributed around the world by top end film companies like Kino Lorber or Netflix. They were selected in many film festivals internationally and were purchased by TV Channels and numerous VOD platforms.
Every project is unique – that is what makes is to interesting! We have made numerous promotional films in the EU bubble. Filmed Erasmus + supported projects, high-profile conferences. We plan everything from the scratch, do the design – and give you the full package at the end.
Now this is a new path we are taking. We are currently developing screenplays to break into the world of fiction.
Arrabona Studio is a Hungarian-based film production company. We are two childhood friends who both fell in love with films at an early age. During our studies we have produced a feature-length documentary film, Daughters of Dolma, that later was distributed around the world, won multiple awards at festivals and was later purchased by Netflix. The reception of the film was overwhelming – we knew then that we were on the right path- so Arrabona Studio was born.Since then we made another feature-length film and have a few other in production. We also gained a lot of experience in working with companies and organisations to create promotional, event films for them.We love our jobs, no matter what project we work on, we give it all of our attention, be it a feature or a promotional film for your company.
I graduated from the University of St Andrews with an MA in Film Studies. From an early age I fell in love with films - I remember watching my dad's VHS tapes and dreaming about becoming a director one day. That excitment from my childhood never left me, to this day I love every aspect of filmmaking. I usually do the cinematography and edit the films as well.
I sort of "accidently" ended up in the film business. Being a producer on our films is not a simple task but it is extremely rewarding. I am in touch with the distributors, come up with the budget, liaise the DVD production, but I also actively contribute on our hours-long brain-storming sessions. I noticed that I work the best under pressure.
I have been writing for as long as i can remember. I have published numerous articles in print and online - I am about to publish my first book as well. I worked on the The Legacy of Menla documentary film as the principal writer and I help at most of the other productions to ensure that the story impresses.
I am a sound mixer / designer at my own sound studio Sound from Scratch. I have worked as a sound designer on such major feature films such major films s recent Berlinale winner ‘On Body and Soul’, Hungarian blockbuster ’Strangled’ or Karlovy Vary Chrystal Globe winner ‘It’s not the time of my life’. He have also worked on Hollywood big budget films like Open Grave.
Our company is the coming together of talented, like minded people who share a variety of skill sets that contribute to cutting edge media creations. Here work is not only work, but a fun and interactive melting pot for good ideas that are forged in the fires of production to deliver sound, design solutions!
We've made numerous EU supported project and event films in Brussels and around Europe. We treat these projects with a lot of care as we know how important role they play in attracting funding, new members or customers to your company. We write the script, organize the shoots, while always communicated with you, so you will surely end up with what your organisation or company really needs.
We worked together with big studios in the release of our feature-length documentary films. We understand the importance of pre-production and planning - we like preparing ourselves for all possible scenarios - but we learned the necessity of improvising as well. We do the edit ourselves then we finish up the project at our partner company Focus Fox (Hungary's leading post-production company.)
If you want something unique and different, you are at the right place be it for online platforms or TV. It has to stand out and make people remember your company. We write our scripts and draw storyboards so you will see every detail of the ad before going to production. Every advertisement is different so we never work from templates, it is a new path every time.
We just got back from Transylvania, Romania where we filmed the third stage of our upcoming documentary, A Magyar Nóta Belga Mestere (The Belgian Master of Hungarian Nota).
We have a very busy few months behind us! We filmed three stages of our new documentary about Tcha Limberger, did the EDD2018, EHFF2018, SIQAF project and some more cool animation work. Time to rest a bit!
We just got some incredible news! We were chosen to be a funded project at the Hungarian National Media Fund. Yeeeeeeeeesssssssss!
After coming back from our first shooting stage of our new documentary in Montana, US we straight jumped into a new commercial! Exciting times!
We are thrilled to go into production with a project that grew from a 5 min short for PBS into a feature length film.
Last year upon the success of our recent documentary film The Legacy of Menla, the main character from our film Dr Dorjee Rapten Neshar visited Hungary to hold lecture series throughout the country. This year he returned again!
The Legacy of Menla is on the cover of Tricycle Magazine’s Website as being part of the magazine’s film club.