Shoot starts on Kálmán Nagy's The Shame of the Borbély Family
Production has begun in Austria and Hungary on The Shame of the Borbély Family, a Hungarian-language psychological family drama from Hungarian filmmaker Kálmán Nagy, Variety reported on 7 October 2026.
The story centres on a family confronted with a fatal act of violence involving their teenage son. Zsolt Nagy, Emőke Pál and Ágoston Sáfrány lead the cast.
The film is Nagy's directorial debut. The Austria-based writer-director is a graduate of Michael Haneke's directing class at the Film Academy Vienna, and he also wrote the script.
It is produced by Andi G. Hess together with Johannes Schubert, who operate under the Austrian-German production outfit Schubert. The co-producers are Lupa Pictures in Hungary, led by Petra Iványi, Erik Hemmendorff of Plattform Produktion in Sweden, and Marta Bródka's Lumiere de Cinema in Poland, with Kristina Börjeson of Film i Väst on board as executive producer, according to Variety.
Backing spans four countries. Support comes from Eurimages, the Austrian Film Institute, the Vienna Film Fund, the Lower Austrian Film Fund, the Hungarian Film Incentive and the Polish Film Institute, and the production is made in collaboration with Austrian public broadcaster ORF. Filmladen Filmverleih will handle theatrical distribution in Austria.
The project travelled a long festival route to reach the set. It was selected for the Les Arcs Talent Village, where it received a Special Mention, and was presented at the CineLink Co-Production Market in Sarajevo, markets where filmmakers meet potential funders and production partners.
What makes this stand out is the structure behind it. A first feature in Hungarian, shot across two countries with partners in four, plus a public broadcaster and a full line of national film funds, is the kind of chain that now carries many European films from script to screen.
