Location Office

FAQ

The use of any public area owned by a municipal government, and any real estate property under the management of the person entitled to exercise ownership rights under the Act on National Assets (hereinafter referred to as “Act on National Assets”) for shooting, except for major national monuments. (Act II of 2004 on Motion Picture, Article 12/B)

No permit in needed for the shooting of: news show, current affairs magazine programs, sport broadcast, talk-show and game show in public areas. For further information please contact directly the competent municipal governement.

Please see section „Information” on this page to know more about the process of gaining permit for the use of public areas during film shooting.
As the official language of the process is hungarian we suggest you to contact a hungarian film-production company and obtain the permit with their support.
Please visit the following site for more information on hungarian film-production companies: https://www.thelocationguide.com/ 

Visit the following website to know more about the application for hunagrian tax rebate for film productions: https://nfi.hu/en/news/hungarys-rebate-scheme-raised-from-25-to-30 

When film shooting in the area of the City Park please progress your application for the permit for using a public area at Városliget Ingatlanfejlesztő Zrt. and visit: https://ligetbudapest.hu/varosligeti-programok/kozterulet-hasznalat for more information on the process.
As the official language of the process is hungarian we suggest you to contact a hungarian film-production company and obtain the permit with their support.
Please visit the following site for more information on hungarian film-production companies: https://www.thelocationguide.com/ 

When film shooting in the area of Budapest’s Palace District please progress your application for the permit for using a public area at Várgondnokság Közhasznú Nonprofit Zrt. and visit: http://varkapitanysag.hu/ for more information on the process
As the official language of the process is hungarian we suggest you to contact a hungarian film-production company and obtain the permit with their support.
Please visit the following site for further information on hungarian film-production companies: https://www.thelocationguide.com/ 

When film shooting in the area of the Hungarian Parliement Bulding please progress your application for the permit for using a public area at Office of the Hungarian National Assembly and please obtain the approval of National Memorial Commision of Hungary as well.
For further information on the process please visit the following websites: www.parlament.hu and https://www.kneb.hu/elerhetoseg 
As the official language of the process is hungarian we suggest you to contact a hungarian film-production company and obtain the permit with their support.
Please visit the following site for more information on hungarian film-production companies: https://www.thelocationguide.com/  

We suggest you to contact directly the Municipality of Budapest for premission when planning on film shooting using the brigde or bridges of Budapest.
For further information please visit the following website: https://budapest.hu/Lapok/k%C3%B6zter%C3%BClet-haszn%C3%A1lat.aspx  
As the official language of the process is hungarian we suggest you to contact a hungarian film-production company and obtain the permit with their support.
Please visit the following site for more information on hungarian film-production companies: https://www.thelocationguide.com/