New Sound Stages Opened at Fót Film Studio

The modernization of acoustic solutions was also part of the development. **GD Gép és Daru Kft.** played a decisive role in this, as **the company designed, manufactured, and installed the studio complex's innovative soundproof doors**. These door systems are crucial during filming, as they ensure adequate sound insulation, allowing parallel productions to work undisturbed.

The Fót studio complex, which falls under the authority of the Nemzeti Filmintézet, has been expanded with four new sound stages totaling 10,000 square meters, 20,000 square meters of ancillary facilities, and 135,000 square meters of green space. The development began in 2020, and as a result, Hungary's national studio capacity has increased by 22% – announced the NFI.

Mafilm's Fót site was established in the 1980s. The Máriássy studio was opened in 1982 on the 23-hectare base, easily accessible from the film factory's Budapest headquarters. It was later expanded with the Huszárik studio and numerous outdoor sets. International productions were already made at the Fót studio complex in the 80s, with Woody Allen, Harrison Ford, Geraldine Chaplin, and Arnold Schwarzenegger filming here. More recently, productions such as *The King*, *The Witcher*, and *The Last Kingdom* were shot here. The complex's name changed to NFI Stúdió in 2022.

The NFI Stúdió, with a total area of over 30 hectares, boasts unique features: its easily adaptable outdoor sets of medieval and Reformation-era towns, its armory, prop/equipment, and costume departments, as well as its world-renowned outdoor pool used for filming *Blade Runner 2049* or *Terminator: Dark Fate*. The latter is the largest outdoor pool on the European continent, and thanks to the spacious area around the pool, it can accommodate enormous sets, significantly facilitating the shooting of water or partially underwater scenes.

At the site, the Nemzeti Filmintézet carried out a comprehensive expansion and modernization: 10,000 square meters of new sound stages and 20,000 square meters of ancillary facilities were built, and the NFI Stúdió's Fót production base was completely renewed, increasing Hungary's national studio capacity by 22%.

(Source: www.nfi.hu)