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7	Pannonia Film Studio (originally spelled as ''Pannónia Filmstúdió'') was a Hungarian animation film company. Being the only animation company in Hungary until the 1990s, it was notable for producing the majority of Hungarian animated shorts, television series, and full-length films, many classic examples of EasternEuropeanAnimation (both traditional 2D animation and StopMotion).
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9	The studio began its work as a division of the Hungarian Film Production Company in the 1950s, becoming independent in 1957. The peak of the studio's work was in the '70s and '80s when it released the films for which it is most remembered. Their animated short ''Animation/TheFly'' (''A légy'') won the MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedShortFilm in 1981. In the 1990s, when numerous [[WesternAnimation western animated shows]] were imported to Hungary, the company couldn't keep up with the competition. Since then, they haven't produced any big hit, and struggled with financial problems until going out of business sometime around 2015. They were also notable for producing most Hungarian dubs, many of which are fan favorites.
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11	In 2020, the Hungarian National Film Institution, who owns the rights to Pannonia's works, made many of them [[https://www.youtube.com/user/kulturkincs/videos available to watch for free]] on their Website/YouTube channel.
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13	!!Animated films and shorts produced by Pannonia Film Studio:
14	[[index]]
15	* ''Animation/FiveMinutesOfMurder'' (1966)
16	* ''Animation/TheKidnappingOfTheSunAndTheMoon'' (1968)
17	* ''Animation/JohnnyCorncob'' (1973) - directed by Creator/MarcellJankovics. First feature length Hungarian animated movie.
18	* ''Animation/HugoTheHippo'' (1975)
19	* ''Animation/{{Kuzdok}}'' (1977)
20	* ''Literature/LudasMatyi'' (1977) - directed by Attila Dargay.
21	* ''[[Animation/{{Panic1978}} Panic]]'' (1978)
22	* ''Animation/FoamBath'' (1979)[[note]]released theatrically in 1980[[/note]]
23	* ''Animation/TheFly'' (1980)
24	* ''Animation/MotoPerpetuo'' (1981)
25	* ''Animation/SonOfTheWhiteHorse'' (1981) - directed by Marcell Jankovics.
26	* ''Animation/VukTheLittleFox'' (1981) - directed by Attila Dargay, originally a TV MiniSeries.
27	* ''Animation/HaryJanos'' (1983)
28	* ''WesternAnimation/TimeMasters'' (1982)
29	* ''Animation/HeroicTimes'' (1984)
30	* ''Animation/{{Hofeher}}'' (1984) - directed by József Nepp
31	* ''Animation/TheTreasureOfSwampCastle'' (1985) - directed by Attila Dargay
32	* ''Animation/LongLiveServatius'' (1986)
33	* ''Animation/CatCity'' (1986) - directed by Béla Ternovszky.
34	* ''[[Animation/AzErdoKapitanya Az erdő kapitánya]]'' (1988) - directed by Attila Dargay.
35	* ''Animation/WillyTheSparrow'' (1988)
36	* ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatTheMovie'' (1989)
37	* ''Animation/DragonAndSlipper (Sárkány és Papucs)'' (1990)
38	* ''Animation/TheSeventhBrother'' (1991)
39	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheGoblin'' (1992)
40	* ''Animation/SongOfTheMiraculousHind'' (2002) - directed by Marcell Jankovics
41	* ''Cat City 2 ''(2007) - directed by Béla Ternovszky.
42	* ''Animation/TheTragedyOfMan'' (2011) - directed by Marcell Jankovics.
43	[[/index]]
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45	!!Animated series
46	[[index]]
47	* ''Animation/{{Gustavus}}'' (''Gusztáv'', 1966-1979)
48	* ''[[Animation/MezgaCsalad A Mézga család különös kalandjai]]'' (1968-69, 1974, 1978)[[note]]a fourth season was planned for 2005 but only two half-length episodes were made[[/note]] - never received an English dub, but was dubbed in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese among others.
49	* ''Animation/KeremAKovetkezot'' (1974)
50	* ''Animation/ItsJustFashion'' (1976)
51	* ''Animation/VizipokCsodapok'' (1976-1985 as a series, 1982 as a feature-length CompilationMovie)
52	* ''Animation/HungarianFolkTales'' (1977-2007)
53	* ''Animation/MisiMokusKalandjai'' (released as a series in 1980 and as a feature-length film in 1982)
54	* ''Animation/TheRabbitWithTheCheckeredEars (A kockásfülű nyúl'', 1978)[[note]]another season was planned for 2018 but only one episode was released[[/note]]
55	* ''A nagy ho-ho-ho-horgász'' (1982-1984)
56	* ''Franchise/{{Pumuckl}}'' (1982-1989; the live-action parts were filmed in Germany but the animation was done in Hungary)
57	* ''Leó és Fred'' (1984)
58	[[/index]]
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60	!!Pannonia Film Studio provides examples of:
61	* CanonDiscontinuity: Unlike the rest of the films (most of which are beloved classics in Hungary), ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatTheMovie'' is based on a franchise almost unknown in Hungary, and it only received a very belated, overlooked release in its country of origin. It is practically never mentioned by its creators.
62	* CompilationMovie: Often, television series they produced were cobbled together into feature-length films for cinematic release. This happened to ''Animation/VizipokCsodapok'' and to ''Animation/MisiMokusKalandjai'', for example. ''Animation/VukTheLittleFox'' was also initially released as a four-episode MiniSeries on television in 1981, but then got a feature-length cinematic release the same year.
63	* DerangedAnimation: Anything done by Creator/MarcellJankovics, one of the studio's most prominent directors. The works of György Kovásznai and Sándor Reisenbüchler deserve a mention too.
64	* DevelopmentHell:
65	** Their films suffered from this since the 1990s. One of their last releases, ''Animation/TheTragedyOfMan'', is an especially JustForFun/{{egregious}} example, which [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell took 28 years to finish]].
66	** A film based on the literary classic ''Csongor és Tünde'' went into pre-production in the 70s but was abandoned. In 2022, seven years after the studio went out of business and thirteen years after the death of director and art designer Attila Dargay, the project was announced to be reworked into a future film release by Cinemon Entertainment.
67	* InternationalCoproduction: Many of their works. ''Franchise/{{Pumuckl}}'' with Germany, ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheGoblin'' with Wales, ''WesternAnimation/TimeMasters'' with France, etc.
68	* MindScrew: ''Animation/{{Hofeher}}''. It makes much more sense if you know about communism and the Hungarian regime, but without it, it's hard to figure out the symbolism.
69	* RaceLift: The 1951 short ''A kiskakas gyémánt félkrajcárja'' is based on a Hungarian folk tale. Traditionally, the main villain of the story is the Turkish Emperor, but in the animated short he's a Hungarian king.

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