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Media Coverage Report

Post issuing Pre Event Press Release & Inauguration

EU Film Festival brings 21 latest European films

to MUMBAI

(As on 18th May, 2015)


INDEX

S No. Headline Publication Date Edition

1. European Film Festival The Asian Age 17th May’15 Mumbai


3. Film Screening

Hindustan Times – Café Mumbai

14th May’15 Mumbai

4. Film Screening

DNA – After Hours


5. The European Film Festival The Asian Age 14th May’15 Mumbai

6. Film Screening



7. Film Screening DNA 13th May’15 Mumbai


9. Film Screening



10. Silence speaks loudest Mint 9th May’15

New Delhi, Mumbai,

Bangaluru, Kolkata, Chennai,

Ahmedabad,Hyderabad, Chandigarh,

Pune

11. 20th European Union Film Festival Mint 8th May’15

New Delhi, Mumbai,

Bangaluru, Kolkata, Chennai,

Ahmedabad,Hyderabad, Chandigarh,

Pune 12.

Enjoy European Cinema Mumbai Mirror 8th May’15 Mumbai

13. European Union’s Best Mid Day 7th May’15 Mumbai

14. EU Film Festival brings 21 latest European films to Mumbai

The Asian Age 7th May’15 Mumbai

15. Eye on Europe

The Indian Express

6th May.’15 Mumbai


16. http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/T0g7mnRYE4la0cdQCtsqbP/Silence-speaks-

loudest.html www.livemint.com 9th May’15 Online

17. http://timescity.com/mumbai/events/european-film-festival/162352

timescity.com 12th May’15 Online

18. http://www.iamin.in/en/mumbai-south/news/european-union-film-

festival-ncpa-south-mumbai-59454 www.iamin.in 11th May’15 Online

19. http://www.apnnews.com/2015/05/09/

mumbai-hosts-eu-film-festival-for-next-10-days/

www.apnnews.com 11th May’15 Online

20. http://www.webnewswire.com/content/mumbai-hosts-eu-film-festival-next-

10-days

www.webnewswire.com

11th May’15 Online

21. http://madaboutmoviez.com/2015/05/11/20th-european-union-film-festival-

in-india-screening-schedule/

222. madaboutmoviez.co

m 11th May’15 Online

22. http://movieblog.kewo.in/20th-

european-union-film-festival-in-india-screening-schedule/

www. movieblog.kewo.in

11th May’15 Online

23. http://spicystarsmumbai.com/mumbai-

hosts-eu-film-festival-for-next-10-days.html

www. spicystarsmumbai.c

om 10th May’15 Online

24. http://in.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/

1153203/21-films-at-the-european-union-film-festival-in-india#

in.blouinartinfo.com 8th May’15 Online

25. http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/Z1nN

1HsfBT7AAxLRQEghsM/The-Mint-Planner-08-May-2015.html

www.livemint.com 7th May’15 Online

26. http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumb

ai/others/Things-to-do-in-Mumbai-today/articleshow/47196457.cms

www.mumbaimirror.com

8th May’15 Online

27. http://www.bookmyentry.com/event/2

0th-european-union-film-festival-mumbai-746119842

www.bookmyentry.com

8th May’15 Online

28. http://www.buzzintown.com/mumbai/e

vents/20th-european-union-film-festival-india/segment--photo/id--

978333.html

www.buzzintown.com 6th May.’15 Online

29. http://www.eventshigh.com/detail/mumbai/e212b43826c62581157a012a73d

d2324

www.eventshigh.com

6th May.’15 Online

30. http://pakkamumbaikar.blogspot.in/20

15/05/the-richcultural-diversity-of-european.html

http://pakkamumbaikar.blogspot.in

6th May.’15 Online

31. http://www.mid-day.com/articles/now-

showing-european-unions-best/16191174

www.mid-day.com 7th May.’15 Online


The Asian Age Mumbai

17th May, 2015


The Asian Age Mumbai

16th May, 2015



Mumbai 14th May, 2015


DNA – After Hours



The Asian Age



DNA Mumbai

13th May, 2015


The Asian Age



Mint

New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Pune

09th May, 2015


Mint

New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Pune

08th May, 2015


Mumbai Mirror



Mid Day Mumbai

07th May, 2015


The Asian Age



The Indian Express Mumbai

06th May, 2015


http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/T0g7mnRYE4la0cdQCtsqbP/Silence-speaks-loudest.html

Silence speaks loudest 9th May.’15

The European Union Film Festival, which started on 8 May, is celebrating its 20th year in India. Films from 21 member nations will be screened, ranging from recent releases to titles a few years old. The current edition’s line-up is the strongest we’ve seen in a long time. There’s The Last Sentence (2012), about a Swedish newspaper editor who was a vocal critic of the Nazis, by veteran Swedish film-maker Jan Troell. There’s the even better-known Czech director Jiří Menzel, whose

comedy,The Don Juans (2013), revolves around a production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. There’s a genuine crowd-puller in Paweł Pawlikowski’s austereIda (2013), winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. But most interesting of all are two strikingly ambitious films—one from Spain, the other from Estonia—that hark back to the earliest years of film-making. Pablo Berger’s Blancanieves (2012) sounds fascinating even in summary. It’s the Snow White story (Los Hermanos Grimm, the opening credits declare), but done as a black and white, silent movie set in 1920s Andalusia, with bullfighting as a backdrop. It opens with Antonio Villalta, a famous matador, being gored badly in the bullring. As he fights for his life, his wife loses hers giving birth to a daughter. Villalta survives, but is paralysed from the neck down. His nurse, Encarna, played by the deliciously hatable Maribel Verdú, takes over his life, marrying him and keeping his daughter, Carmen, from meeting him. Carmen is eventually rechristened Blancanieves (Spanish for “snow white”) and becomes that rare thing: a matadora, or female bullfighter. All the elements of the Snow White story are present—evil stepmother, seven dwarfs (bullfighting dwarfs, no less), poisoned apple—but Berger also gives his film the look and feel of a fairy tale. Blancanieves has that combination of horror, humour and beauty that was so integral to early Disney movies, and which informed the films of Berger’s fellow Spaniard Luis Buñuel. When Encarna has Carmen’s beloved pet rooster served for dinner and bites deliberately into a leg piece in front of the child, the point of the scene is that it’s over-the-top and funny along


with being despicable. The atmosphere of unreality is further heightened by the fact that this is, quite literally, a fairy-tale world, one of blimps and toreadorsand magic lanterns. Unlike Michel Hazanavicius, whose highly successful silent film about old Hollywood, The Artist, released a year before Blancanieves and stole some of its thunder, Berger doesn’t treat early cinema as pastiche. The actors do not behave as if they’re in a silent movie (as they did in The Artist), and the film doesn’t make too much of silent film tropes or mannerisms (not that it isn’t playful: One of the intertitles preceding a shot of the rooster is a helpful “Cock a doodle doo!!!”.) This is in contrast to the other (partly) silent film in the line-up, Hardi Volmer’s Living Images (2013). A deliberate pastiche of cinema down the ages, it tells the story of two Estonians, Helmi and Julius, and through them, a history of the country. Though the film involves a projectionist looking back at his life, don’t go in expecting another Cinema Paradiso. For one thing, all the old movie clips have been painstakingly created by Volmer and his team in the cinematic style of the day. The story unfolds as sped-up silent film, as Technicolor musical, as 1960s-style communist cinema, and in half-a-dozen other cinematic styles. Some of the visual allusions might only make sense to those who can tell the difference between early and late silents, or between Soviet and German colour schemata, but there’s no denying the extent of Volmer’s ambition and the extent to which he realizes it. Living Images may not be the best film you’ll see at the festival, but it’s unlikely you’ll see another quite like it anywhere. The 20th European Union Film Festival is on till 17 May, at Alliance Française and the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai. Clickhere for the schedule.


http://timescity.com/mumbai/events/european-film-festival/162352

The 20th European Union Film Festival is all set to begin the screenings of a collection of 21 award winning latest European Films showcasing different genre of European Cinema. Brought to you by the Delegation of the European Union to India, embassies of member states of the European Union, presented in Mumbai by the German Consulate, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai and Alliance Fracaise Schedule: On 13th May Jappeloup by Christian Duguay (130') at 6.30 pm On 14th May Living images by Hardi Volmer (135') at 6.30 pm On 15th May The last sentence by Jan Troell (124') at 3.30 pm Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski (82') at 6.30 pm On 16th May The Candidate by Jonas Karasek (106') at 12 pm The Ambassador to Bern by Attila Szász (76') at 3 pm Blancanieves by Pablo Berger (105') at 6 pm On 17th May The symmetry of the butterfly by Paul Scheuer & Maisy Hausemer (100') at 12 pm Shanghai gypsy (124') by Marko Nabersnik at 3 pm Soof by Antoinette Beumer (96') at 6 pm


http://www.iamin.in/en/mumbai-south/news/european-union-film-festival-ncpa-south-mumbai-59454

European Union Film Festival on at NCPA in south Mumbai 13th May.’15

The 20th European Union Film Festival (EUFF) was kicked off on May 8 at Little Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point. The festival features award-winning films of various genres from all over Europe, including Portugal, France, Estonia, Sweden, Poland and Hungary. The festival will conclude on May 17. Films will also be screened at Alliance Francaise, New Marine Lines between May 13 and 17. Given below is the film schedule: Little Theatre, NCPA A Woman's Revenge (Portugal) Duration: 140 minutes Date: May 12 Time: 6 pm Alliance Francaise, New Marine Lines Jappelpoup (France) Duration: 130 minutes Date: May 13 Time: 6.30 pm Living Images (Estonia) Duration: 135 minutes Date: May 14 Time: 6.30 pm


The Last Sentence (Sweden) Duration: 124 minutes Date: May 15 Time: 3.30 pm Ida (Poland) Duration: 82 minutes Date: May 15 Time: 6.30 pm Candidate (Republic of Slovakia) Duration: 106 minutes Date: May 16 Time: 12 pm The Ambassador to Bern (Hungary) Duration: 76 Date: May 16 Time: 3 pm Balcanieves (Snowhite) (Spain) Duration: 105 Date: May 16 Time: 6 pm The Symmetry of butterfly (Luxembourg) Duration: 100 minutes Date: May 17 Time: 12 pm Shanghai Gypsy (Slovenia) Duration: 124 minutes Date: May 17 Time: 3 pm Soof (Netherlands) Duration: 96 minutes Date: May 17 Time: 6 pm All films will be screened in the original language with English subtitles.


http://www.apnnews.com/2015/05/09/mumbai-hosts-eu-film-festival-for-next-10-days/

Mumbai Hosts Eu Film Festival For Next 10 Days 11th May.’15 The rich cultural diversity of the European Union and its Member States will be on display in its myriad hues at the 20th European Union Film Festival (EUFF) that begins in Mumbai today, 8th May. The festival brings to India a repertoire of 21 latest and award winning European films from as many countries. Organized by the Delegation of the European Union and embassies of Member States, the festival is being held in Mumbai in partnership with Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai & Alliance Francaise De Bombay from 8th May to 17th May 2015. The European Union Film Festival 2015 was inaugurated today by Mr. Chaitanya Tamhane, National Award Winning Filmmaker, in the presence of H. E. Dr João Cravinho, Ambassador of the European Union, Mr. Michael Siebert, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Mumbai and Dr. Martin Wälde, Director, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai with the screening of the German film The Age of Cannibals at the Little Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai. Speaking about the EU Film Festival, Mr. Chaitanya Tamhane said, “I feel honoured and privileged to be a part of the EU Film Festival in whatever little way that I can. I think it’s an important cultural event which allows discerning viewers and cinephiles like me to engage with films from a distinct and fascinating part of the world. Having grown up watching world cinema facilitated through such initiatives in Mumbai, I have come to realise that these films are a way to travel without travelling, and a means to learn valuable insights about different societies and communities. As a viewer, I am really excited about this year’s edition of the EU Film Festival, to see a whole bunch of evocative and exciting films that I otherwise would have never had a chance to see”. Celebrating 20 years of bringing European cinema to India, the festival will screen movies from varied genres including comedy, drama, romance and action – many charming and sometimes unsettling stories. The festival will tell the story of eleven year old Freddy, a cyclist who hopes to win a race and thereby meets one of his heroes; of two opera Directors whose common passion for music is matched by their thirst for love; of a man who runs away from his girlfriend but collides with a bride who has run away from her wedding; of a woman whose life in a mansion somehow mirrors the turbulent changes of an entire century; of a boy who makes unexpected friends while investigating the death of his parents in a car accident; and of the happy householder with the perfect marriage who finds love - or maybe something else – with a choreographer who loves her cooking. Speaking about the success of the European Union Film festival in India, H. E. Dr João Cravinho, Ambassador of the European Union, said: “Through films, sitting in a darkened hall in front of a screen, we can laugh together, relive history, explore the beauty of distant landscapes and celebrate what makes us human. Films give us glimpses into the life and times of people they portray and help break barriers of languages to bring people together across the world.


Thus, it is heartening to see that the European Union film festival through its 20 years of journey in India has provided an ideal bridge between two vibrant cultural scenes with rich film traditionsand has developed into a significant annual event in the calendar of film aficionados. This year we have decided to bring latest films from Europe to celebrate the 20th anniversary and we hope that the viewers will enjoy it as much as they have enjoyed our earlier editions.” The Film Festival started from Chennai in March and has been successfully held in Delhi and Chandigarh so far. The festival will further traverse through Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Jodhpur and Coimbatore over the next three months.


http://www.webnewswire.com/content/mumbai-hosts-eu-film-festival-next-10-days

Mumbai Hosts Eu Film Festival For Next 10 Days 11th May.’15 The rich cultural diversity of the European Union and its Member States will be on display in its myriad hues at the 20th European Union Film Festival (EUFF) that begins in Mumbai today, 8th May. The festival brings to India a repertoire of 21 latest and award winning European films from as many countries. Organized by the Delegation of the European Union and embassies of Member States, the festival is being held in Mumbai in partnership with Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai & Alliance Francaise De Bombay from 8th May to 17th May 2015. The European Union Film Festival 2015 was inaugurated today by Mr. Chaitanya Tamhane, National Award Winning Filmmaker, in the presence of H. E. Dr João Cravinho, Ambassador of the European Union, Mr. Michael Siebert, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Mumbai and Dr. Martin Wälde, Director, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai with the screening of the German film The Age of Cannibals at the Little Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai. Speaking about the EU Film Festival, Mr. Chaitanya Tamhane said, "I feel honoured and privileged to be a part of the EU Film Festival in whatever little way that I can. I think it's an important cultural event which allows discerning viewers and cinephiles like me to engage with films from a distinct and fascinating part of the world. Having grown up watching world cinema facilitated through such initiatives in Mumbai, I have come to realise that these films are a way to travel without travelling, and a means to learn valuable insights about different societies and communities. As a viewer, I am really excited about this year's edition of the EU Film Festival, to see a whole bunch of evocative and exciting films that I otherwise would have never had a chance to see". Celebrating 20 years of bringing European cinema to India, the festival will screen movies from varied genres including comedy, drama, romance and action - many charming and sometimes unsettling stories. The festival will tell the story of eleven year old Freddy, a cyclist who hopes to win a race and thereby meets one of his heroes; of two opera Directors whose common passion for music is matched by their thirst for love; of a man who runs away from his girlfriend but collides with a bride who has run away from her wedding; of a woman whose life in a mansion somehow mirrors the turbulent changes of an entire century; of a boy who makes unexpected friends while investigating the death of his parents in a car accident; and of the happy householder with the perfect marriage who finds love - or maybe something else – with a choreographer who loves her cooking. Speaking about the success of the European Union Film festival in India, H. E. Dr João Cravinho, Ambassador of the European Union, said: “Through films, sitting in a darkened hall in front of a screen, we can laugh together, relive history, explore the beauty of distant landscapes and celebrate what makes us human. Films give us glimpses into the life and times


of people they portray and help break barriers of languages to bring people together across the world. Thus, it is heartening to see that the European Union film festival through its 20 years of journey in India has provided an ideal bridge between two vibrant cultural scenes with rich film traditionsand has developed into a significant annual event in the calendar of film aficionados. This year we have decided to bring latest films from Europe to celebrate the 20th anniversary and we hope that the viewers will enjoy it as much as they have enjoyed our earlier editions.” The Film Festival started from Chennai in March and has been successfully held in Delhi and Chandigarh so far. The festival will further traverse through Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Jodhpur and Coimbatore over the next three months. The detailed screening schedule for Mumbai Date & Day Time Title Venue 8-May Friday 6.00 pm Germany - The Age of Cannibals (93 min) Little Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts NCPA Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai 8.00 pm Latvia-Pizzas(63 m) 9-May Saturday 3.30 pm Greece- A Place Called Home (108 m) 6.00 pm Bulgaria-The Foreigner (94 m) 8.00 pm Cyprus-Committed (85 m) 10-May Sunday 3.30 pm Belgium-Go, Eddy! (97 m) 6.00 pm Czech Republic - The Don Juans (102 m) 8.00 pm Finland-The Boy Upside Down (130 m) 11-May Monday 6.00 pm Denmark-The Keeper of Lost Causes (100 m) 8.00 pm Croatia-Vis-A-Vis (77 m) 12-May Tuesday 6.00 pm


Portugal- A Woman’sRevenge (140 m) 13-May Wednesday 6.30 pm France-Jappeloup (130 m) Alliance Francaise De Bombay, Theosophy Hall 40, New Marine Lines, Churchgate, Mumbai Alliance Francaise De Bombay, Theosophy Hall 40, New Marine Lines, Churchgate, Mumbai 14-May Thursday 6.30 pm Estonia - Living Images (135 m) 15-May Friday 3.30 pm Sweden-The Last Sentence (124 m) 6.30 pm Poland - Ida (82 min) 16-May Saturday 12.00 pm Slovak Rep-The Candidate (106 m) 3.00 pm Hungary-The Ambassador To Bern (76 m) 6.00 pm Spain-Balcanieves (105 m) 17-May Sunday 12.00 pm Luxembourg - The Symmetry of Butterfly (100 m) 3.00 pm Slovenia-Shanghai Gypsy (124 m) 6.00 pm Netherlands-Soof (96 m) Entry will be free, on a first come, first served basis. EUFF dates and venues in other cities will be announced on the website and Facebook pages of the EU Delegation in the coming days at: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/india/more_info/euff_2015_en.htm https://www.facebook.com/events/658619437599454/ The films to be screened at the EUFF will include-Go, Eddy! Allez Eddy (BELGIUM); The Foreigner (BULGARIA); Vis-À-Vis (CROATIA); Committed (CYPRUS); The Don Juans (CZECH REPUBLIC); The Keeper of Lost Causes (DENMARK); Living Images (ESTONIA); Boy Upside Down (FINLAND); JAPPELOUP (FRANCE); A Place Called Home (GREECE); The Ambassador to Bern (HUNGARY); Pizzas (LATVIA); The Symmetry of Butterfly (LUXEMBOURG); Soof (NETHERLANDS); Ida (POLAND); A Woman's Revenge (PORTUGAL); The Candidate (SLOVAK); Shanghai Gypsy (SLOVENIA); Blancanieves (Snowhite) (SPAIN); The Last Sentence (SWEDEN); The Age of Cannibals (Zeit der Kannibalen) (GERMANY)


http://madaboutmoviez.com/2015/05/11/20th-european-union-film-festival-in-india-screening-schedule/

20th European Union Film Festival in India: Screening Schedule 11th May.’15 The 20th European Union Film Festival invites you for the screenings of a collection of 21 Award-Winning Latest European Films showcasing different genre of European Cinema. Brought to you by the Delegation of the European Union to India, embassies of member states of the European Union, presented in Mumbai by the German Consulate, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai and Alliance Fracaise. EUFF15 The festival will open on 8th May at the Little Theatre at NCPA, in collaboration with NCPA. The screenings will continue until 12th May in NCPA, followed by screenings at Alliance Francaise from 13th May to 17th May. All films are in original language with English subtitles. Entry is free, first-come-first-served.


http://movieblog.kewo.in/20th-european-union-film-festival-in-india-screening-schedule/

20th European Union Film Festival in India: Screening Schedule 11th May.’15 The 20th European Union Film Festival invites you for the screenings of a collection of 21 Award-Winning Latest European Films showcasing different genre of European Cinema. Brought to you by the Delegation of the European Union to India, embassies of member states of the European Union, presented in Mumbai by the German Consulate, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller…


http://spicystarsmumbai.com/mumbai-hosts-eu-film-festival-for-next-10-days.html

MUMBAI HOSTS EU FILM FESTIVAL FOR NEXT 10 DAYS 10th May.’15 The rich cultural diversity of the European Union and its Member States will be on display in its myriad hues at the 20th European Union Film Festival (EUFF) that begins in Mumbai today, 8th May. The festival brings to India a repertoire of 21 latest and award winning European films from as many countries. Organized by the Delegation of the European Union and embassies of Member States, the festival is being held in Mumbai in partnership with Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai & Alliance Francaise De Bombay from 8th May to 17th May 2015. The European Union Film Festival 2015 was inaugurated today by Mr. Chaitanya Tamhane, National Award Winning Filmmaker, in the presence of H. E. Dr João Cravinho, Ambassador of the European Union, Mr. Michael Siebert, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Mumbai and Dr. Martin Wälde, Director, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai with the screening of the German film The Age of Cannibals at the Little Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai. Speaking about the EU Film Festival, Mr. Chaitanya Tamhane said, “I feel honoured and privileged to be a part of the EU Film Festival in whatever little way that I can. I think it’s an important cultural event which allows discerning viewers and cinephiles like me to engage with films from a distinct and fascinating part of the world. Having grown up watching world cinema facilitated through such initiatives in Mumbai, I have come to realise that these films are a way to travel without travelling, and a means to learn valuable insights about different societies and communities. As a viewer, I am really excited about this year’s edition of the EU Film Festival, to see a whole bunch of evocative and exciting films that I otherwise would have never had a chance to see”. Celebrating 20 years of bringing European cinema to India, the festival will screen movies from varied genres including comedy, drama, romance and action – many charming and sometimes unsettling stories. The festival will tell the story of eleven year old Freddy, a cyclist who hopes to win a race and thereby meets one of his heroes; of two opera Directors whose common passion for music is matched by their thirst for love; of a man who runs away from his girlfriend but collides with a bride who has run away from her wedding; of a woman whose life in a mansion somehow mirrors the turbulent changes of an entire century; of a boy who makes unexpected friends while investigating the death of his parents in a car accident; and of the happy householder with the perfect marriage who finds love – or maybe something else – with a choreographer who loves her cooking. Speaking about the success of the European Union Film festival in India, H. E. Dr João Cravinho, Ambassador of the European Union, said: “Through films, sitting in a darkened hall in front of a screen, we can laugh together, relive history, explore the beauty of distant landscapes and celebrate what makes us human. Films give us glimpses into the life and times


of people they portray and help break barriers of languages to bring people together across the world. Thus, it is heartening to see that the European Union film festival through its 20 years of journey in India has provided an ideal bridge between two vibrant cultural scenes with rich film traditionsand has developed into a significant annual event in the calendar of film aficionados. This year we have decided to bring latest films from Europe to celebrate the 20th anniversary and we hope that the viewers will enjoy it as much as they have enjoyed our earlier editions.” The Film Festival started from Chennai in March and has been successfully held in Delhi and Chandigarh so far. The festival will further traverse through Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Jodhpur and Coimbatore over the next three months.


http://in.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1153203/21-films-at-the-european-union-film-festival-in-india#

21 Films at the European Union Film Festival in India 11th May.’15 The 20th European Union Film Festival comes to town with a collection of 21 latest, award- winning sfilms showcasing different genre of European Cinema. The festival opens on May 8 and continues till May 12 at the Little Theatre at NCPA; followed by screenings at Alliance Francaise from May 13-17. All films are in original language with English subtitles. Entry is free, first-come-first-served.

FILM SCHEDULE: Little Theatre, NCPA (May 8-12) 8.5.2015 5.00 pm – 5.45 pm Reception and Opening 5.45 pm Germany - The Age of Cannibals (Zeit der Kannibalen) (93 mins.) A dialogue-driven black comedy about three ruthless business consultants in the pursuit of a promotion. Directed by German gaffer-turned-director Johannes Naber who received critical acclaim for his debut feature “The Albanian” in 2010, “The Age of Cannibals” is being

toted as a German edition of “The Wolf of Wall Street”. 8.00 pm Latvia – Pizzas (63 mins.) Inspired by a news item about two teenage fast food workers who absconded with their employer’s money, this film is a tragi-comedy that draws from the various genres of road movie, urbanism and absurdism. 9.5.2015 3.30 pm Greece - A Place Called Home (108 mins.) A story about a woman who returns home to Greece to reconnect with her father, highlighting themes of migration, estrangement, family and Greece’s history. 6.00 pm Bulgaria - The Foreigner (94 mins.) A Frenchman falls in love with a Bulgarian village girl and sets out to find her in this romantic comedy. 8.00 pm Cyprus - Committed (85 mins.) A romantic comedy-slash-road movie involving a man suffering from commitment issues and a runaway bride. 10.5.2015


3.30 pm Belgium - Go, Eddy! (97 mins.) An underdog sports story that is equal parts emotional and comic, about an 11-year-old boy who loves bicycle racing. 6.00 pm Czech - The Don Juans (102 mins.) A comedy about a small-town troupe that is hoping to put up an ambitious production of the opera ‘Don Giovanni’. 8.00 pm Finland - The Boy Upside Down (130 mins.) A coming-of-age, feel-good film about a boy trying to cope with the death of his parents in a car crash. 11.5.2015 6.00 pm Denmark - The Keeper of Lost Causes (100 mins.) A police drama that has two cops on the hunt for a missing woman in this Nordic noir film. 8.00 pm Croatia - Vis-A-Vis (77 mins.) A comedy-drama about a director and his leading actor who isolate themselves on an island to work on their filmmaking process. 12.5.2015 6.00 pm Portugal - A Woman's Revenge (140 mins.) This period drama is an adaptation of Barbey d’Aurevilly’s short story of the same name, about a duchess who turns to prostitution to get revenge on her own husband. Alliance Francaise Auditorium (May 13-17) 13.5.2015 6.30 pm France - Jappeloup (130 mins.) This film is based on the inspirational true story of a champion racehorse in France in the 1980s. 14.5.2015 6.30 pm Estonia – Living Images (135 mins.) In this historical drama, we’re told the stories of dwellers in one house, each in a different cinematic style chronicling the history of film and the moving image. 15.5.2015 3.30 pm Sweden - The Last Sentence (124 mins.) Based on the life of Swedish journalist Torgny Segerstedt, this film is set against the backdrop of World War II. 6.30 pm Poland - Ida (82 mins.) This Academy Award-winning film became the first foreign language Oscar win for Poland. It is a black-and-white drama about a young woman, brought up by nuns in a convent, who sets out to learn the fate of her family. 16.5.2015 12.00 pm Republic of Slovakia - Candidate (106 mins.) A satirical political thriller about the political campaign of a presidential candidate and the underlying political and marketing practices of an unscrupulous, individualistic society. 3.00 pm Hungary - The Ambassador To Bern (76 mins.) A fictional account of the actual incident in 1958 when the Hungarian Embassy was attacked in Bern, Switzerland. In this political thriller, two armed Hungarian defectors take the ambassador hostage.


6.00 pm Spain - Blancanieves (Snow White) (105 mins.) This black-and-white fantasy film is a highly rated reinterpretation of the fairy tale ‘Snow White’ set in southern Spain in 1910. 17.5.2015 12.00 pm Luxembourg - The Symmetry of Butterfly (100 mins.) A blend of reality and fantasy, this comedy-drama film is about a writer who takes the people around on a magical journey into a fictional world. 3.00 pm Slovenia - Shanghai Gypsy (124 mins.) The film adaptation of a novel by Feri Lainšček, this is a romantic drama exploring the themes of family ties and the pursuit of happiness, set in the period of the downfall of Yugoslavia. 6.00 pm Netherlands - Soof (96 mins.) Tackling the issues of midlife crisis, urban ennui and middle-class preoccupations, this family comedy is the story of a woman juggling work, marriage and motherhood. - See more at: http://in.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1153203/21-films-at-the-european-union-film-festival-in-india#sthash.H54E3Lqy.dpuf


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The Mint Planner, 08 May 2015 7th May.’15 Film 20th European Union Film Festival 8-17 May The 20th edition of the European Film Festival will screen award-winning films across two venues. The line-up includes The Last Sentence by Swedish film-maker Jan Troell, Czech director Jiri Menzel’s Don Juans and Spanish director Pablo Berger’s Blancanieves. Timings vary. National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point, and Alliance Française,

Churchgate. Click here for the schedule.


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THINGS TO DO IN MUMBAI TODAY 8th May.’15 Enjoy European cinema Movie lovers, The 20th European Union Film Festival begins today. The fest is slated to screen 21 current and award-winning films from member states of the EU. Inaugurating the festival is National Award-winning filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane. Day 1 will see a screening of Age of Cannibals (2014) - touted as the German rendition of Wolf on Wall Street and Pizzas (2012; in pic), a Latvian film remembered for its avant-garde imagery. WHERE: Little Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point WHEN: May 8, 5 pm ENTRY: Free CALL: 66223737


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20th European Union Film Festival – Mumbai 8th May.’15

Event Details The 20th European Union Film Festival invites you for the screenings of a collection of 21 Award-Winning Latest European Films showcasing different genre of European Cinema. Brought to you by the Delegation of the European Union to India, embassies of member states of the European Union, presented in Mumbai by the German Consulate, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai and Alliance Francaise de Bombay. Goethe-Institut program (from 8th to 12th) at NCPA http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/en/mum/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=20503488 Alliance Française de Bombay program (from 13th to 17th) at Alliance Française auditorium FRENCH CINEMA Wed. 13th, 6.30pm, Alliance Française auditorium Jappeloup by Christian Duguay (130') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-jappeloup/ ESTONIAN CINEMA Thu. 14th, 6.30pm; Alliance Française auditorium Living images by Hardi Volmer (135') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-estonian-cinema-living-images/ SWEDISH CINEMA Fri. 15th, 3.30pm; Alliance Française auditorium The last sentence by Jan Troell (126') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-swedish-cinema-the-last-sentence/


POLISH CINEMA Fri. 15th, 6.30pm; Alliance Française auditorium Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski (82') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-polish-cinema-ida/ SLOVAKIAN CINEMA Sat. 16th, 12am; Alliance Française auditorium The Candidate by Jonás Karásek (106') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-slovakian-cinema-the-candidate/ HUNGARIAN CINEMA Sat. 16th, 3pm; Alliance Française auditorium The Ambassador to Bern by Attila Szász (76') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-hungarian-cinema-the-ambassador-to-bern/ SPANISH CINEMA Sat. 16th, 6pm; Alliance Française auditorium Blancanieves by Pablo Berger (105') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-spanish-cinema-blancanieves/ LUXEMBOURG CINEMA Sun. 17th, 12am; Alliance Française auditorium The symmetry of the butterfly by Paul Scheuer & Maisy Hausemer (100') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-luxembourg-cinema-the-symmetry-of-the-butterfly/ SLOVENIAN CINEMA Sun. 17th, 3pm; Alliance Française auditorium Shanghai gypsy (124') by Marko Nabersnik Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-slovenian-cinema-shanghai-gypsy/ DUTCH CINEMA Sun. 17th, 6pm; Alliance Française auditorium Soof by Antoinette Beumer (96') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-dutch-cinema-soof/ All films are in original language with English subtitles. Entry is free, first-come-first-served. For full program go to http://bombay.afindia.org/events/european-film-festival-euff/


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20th European Union Film Festival in India


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20th European Union Film Festival - Mumbai

Event Description

The 20th European Union Film Festival invites you for the screenings of a collection of 21

Award-Winning Latest European Films showcasing different genre of European Cinema.

Brought to you by the Delegation of the European Union to India, embassies of member states

of the European Union, presented in Mumbai by the German Consulate, Goethe-Institut / Max

Mueller Bhavan Mumbai and Alliance Francaise de Bombay.

Goethe-Institut program (from 8th to 12th) at NCPA

http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/en/mum/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=20503488

Alliance Française de Bombay program (from 13th to 17th) at Alliance Française auditorium

FRENCH CINEMA Wed. 13th, 6.30pm, Alliance Française auditorium Jappeloup by Christian

Duguay (130') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-jappeloup/

ESTONIAN CINEMA Thu. 14th, 6.30pm; Alliance Française auditorium Living images by Hardi

Volmer (135') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-estonian-cinema-

living-images/

SWEDISH CINEMA Fri. 15th, 3.30pm; Alliance Française auditorium The last sentence by Jan


Troell (126') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-swedish-cinema-the-

last-sentence/

POLISH CINEMA Fri. 15th, 6.30pm; Alliance Française auditorium Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski

(82') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-polish-cinema-ida/

SLOVAKIAN CINEMA Sat. 16th, 12am; Alliance Française auditorium The Candidate by Jonás

Karásek (106') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-slovakian-cinema-

the-candidate/

HUNGARIAN CINEMA Sat. 16th, 3pm; Alliance Française auditorium The Ambassador to Bern

by Attila Szász (76') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-hungarian-

cinema-the-ambassador-to-bern/

SPANISH CINEMA Sat. 16th, 6pm; Alliance Française auditorium Blancanieves by Pablo Berger

(105') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-spanish-cinema-

blancanieves/

LUXEMBOURG CINEMA Sun. 17th, 12am; Alliance Française auditorium The symmetry of the

butterfly by Paul Scheuer & Maisy Hausemer (100') Trailer & synopsis:

http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-luxembourg-cinema-the-symmetry-of-the-butterfly/

SLOVENIAN CINEMA Sun. 17th, 3pm; Alliance Française auditorium Shanghai gypsy (124') by

Marko Nabersnik Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-slovenian-cinema-

shanghai-gypsy/

DUTCH CINEMA Sun. 17th, 6pm; Alliance Française auditorium Soof by Antoinette Beumer

(96') Trailer & synopsis: http://bombay.afindia.org/events/euff-dutch-cinema-soof/

All films are in original language with English subtitles. Entry is free, first-come-first-served.

For full program go to http://bombay.afindia.org/events/european-film-festival-euff/


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Films from European Union on show on 8th May in Mumbai

The rich cultural diversity of the European Union and its Member States will be on display in its myriad hues at the 20th European Union Film Festival that begins in Mumbai on 8th May. The festival brings to India a repertoire of 21 latest and award winning European films from as many countries. Organized by the Delegation of the European Union and embassies of Member States, the festival is being held in Mumbai in partnership with the German Consulate Mumbai, Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai & Alliance Francaisede Bombay from 8th May to 17th May 2015. The festival will be inaugurated by National Award Winning Filmmaker, Mr. Chaitanya Tamhane at 5.00 pm on 8th May at the Little Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in the presence of H. E. Dr JoãoCravinho, Ambassador of the European Union to India, Mr. Michael Siebert, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Mumbai and Dr. Martin Wälde,Director, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai.

The inauguration will be followed by the screening of the German film, The Age of Cannibals and the Latvian film, Pizzas, at the Little Theatre, NCPA. The Film Festival started from Chennai in March and has been successfully held in Delhi and Chandigarh. The festival will further traverse through Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Jodhpur and Coimbatore over the next three months. Celebrating 20 years of bringing European cinema to India, the festival will screen movies from varied genres including comedy, drama, romance and action - many charming and sometimes unsettling stories. The festival will tell the story of eleven year old Freddy, a cyclist who hopes to win a race and thereby meets one of his heroes; of two opera Directors whose common passion for music is matched by their thirst for love; of a man who runs away from his girlfriend but collides with a bride who has run away from her wedding; of a woman whose life in a mansion somehow mirrors the turbulent changes of an entire century; of a boy who makes unexpected friends while investigating the death of his parents in a car accident; and of the happy householder with the perfect marriage who finds love - or maybe something else – with a choreographer who loves her cooking.


Speaking about the success of the European Union Film festival in India, H. E. Dr

JoãoCravinho, Ambassador of the European Union and the Guest of Honour at the

inauguration, said: “Through films, sitting in a darkened hall in front of a screen, we can laugh together, relive history, explore the beauty of distant landscapes and celebrate what makes us human. Films give us glimpses into the life and times of people they portray and help break barriers of languages to bring people together across the world. Thus, it is heartening to see that the European Union film festival through its 20 years of journey in India has provided an ideal bridge between two vibrant cultural scenes with rich film traditionsand has developed into a significant annual event in the calendar of film aficionados. This year we have decided to bring latest films from Europe to celebrate the 20th anniversary and we hope that the viewers will enjoy it as much as they have enjoyed our earlier editions.” The films to be screened at the EUFF will include -Go, Eddy! Allez Eddy (BELGIUM); The Foreigner (BULGARIA); Vis-À-Vis (CROATIA); Committed (CYPRUS); The Don Juans (CZECH REPUBLIC); The Keeper of Lost Causes (DENMARK); Living Images (ESTONIA); Boy Upside Down (FINLAND); JAPPELOUP (FRANCE); A Place Called Home (GREECE); The Ambassador to Bern (HUNGARY); Pizzas (LATVIA); The Symmetry of Butterfly (LUXEMBOURG); Soof (NETHERLANDS); Ida (POLAND); A Woman's Revenge (PORTUGAL); The Candidate (SLOVAK); Shanghai Gypsy (SLOVENIA); Blancanieves (Snowhite) (SPAIN); The Last Sentence (SWEDEN); The Age of Cannibals (Zeit der Kannibalen) (GERMANY). Synopsis of the participating films: Go, Eddy!Allez Eddy (BELGIUM, 2012, 97 min) is the story of 11-year-old cycling talent Freddy whose participation in a cycling race opens up a new world, not only for him, but also for all those surrounding him. The Foreigner (BULGARIA, 2012, 94 min) is a romantic comedy about a Frenchman who falls in love with a hot tempered Bulgarian village girl. Following the call of his heart he starts looking for the village where she lives without knowing the character and the language of the people living there. Vis-À-Vis (CROATIA, 2013, 77 min) brings together the story of a film director on the island of Vis wanting to find out if he made a good choice in choosing his main cast. Due to the island’s isolation during winter, the two of them are unexpectedly faced with their own frustrations, which intertwine with the film’s plot in a strange way. Committed (CYPRUS, 2014, 85 min) is a romantic comedy about a man who takes to the road to escape the pressure of proposing to his girlfriend, only to come across a bride who has just run out on her wedding. The Don Juans (CZECH REPUBLIC, 2013, 102 min) is an affectionate satire filled with sensual imagery that tells the story about love and disillusion, music and passion; story about the world of opera unmasked and stripped of its glamour, and most of all, the story about the people caught in between. The Keeper of Lost Causes (DENMARK, 2013, 100 min) is the story


of 18-year-old Caspar who wants to reach the top, no matter what. He carries out small-time break-ins for Jamal, before moving on to work for big player Björn. All goes well, until Jamal's gang decides they want revenge. What starts with pushing and shoving soon escalates into armed conflict. Living Images (ESTONIA, 135 min) captures the life of Helmi, born into the house of Baron von Strandmann in Old-Town Tallinn, in 1908. The only thing that she knows for sure about her past is that her mother was an Estonian servant girl. Everything else is a discovery during a life that runs the course of a century – a life that has quite a lot of surprises in store for Helmi. Boy Upside Down (FINLAND,2013, 130 min) narrates the tale of Oliver, 11, (EsaNikkilä) who loses his parents in a car accident. He refuses to mourn and instead, starts investigating the cause of the accident. Despite the film’s gloomy starting point, Boy Upside Down is a warm and positive survival story full of quick twists and turns, and proof that life goes on, even though sometimes the going gets tough. JAPPELOUP (FRANCE, 2013, 130 min) is about a promising lawyer, Pierre Durand who devotes himself, body and soul, to his passion: show jumping. He invests everything in a young horse called Jappeloup. With help from Nadia, his wife, and Raphaëlle, Jappeloup's groom, Pierre wins the horse's trust and builds a relationship which will lead them both to the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988. The Age of Cannibals (Zeit der Kannibalen) (GERMANY, 2014, 93 min) is a coolly remote, grotesque and shrill story about the fall from the Temples of Hubris to the Hades of wretchedness of business consultants, Öllers and Niederländer. A Place Called Home (GREECE, 2013, 108 min) is about EleniKarapanoswhohas been estranged from her father ever since, defying his wishes, she left Greece to relocate to England. Before embarking upon a distant journey to China, Eleni wants to bridge the distance between her and her father. But when she reaches home nothing she finds is as she expects. A Serbian woman, Nina is living with her father looking after his big estate. The Ambassador to Bern (HUNGARY, 2014, 76 min) is a political thriller that chronicles the day of August 16, 1958 when two Hungarian immigrants break into the Hungarian Embassy in Bern and take the ambassador hostage. A tense, twist-filled hostage drama plays out behind the closed doors of the embassy. The screenplay is based on a true story. Pizzas (LATVIA 2012, 63 min) is the story of two pizza bakers, Oskars and Matīss. They have huge plans for the future – studying at Oxford for instance. But one evening their lives are turned upside down. Most likely they’ll be charged guilty with the kidnapping of a child. The Symmetry of Butterfly (LUXEMBOURG 2012, 100 min) is the tale of Roger, a Luxemburgish writer, who takes the people surrounding him on a journey into a fictional world. Playing with reality and fantasy, he transforms his novel ‘The Symmetry of the Butterfly’ into a dream-like and poetical fantasy, where colourful butterflies alight on a rather monotonous everyday life. Soof (NETHERLANDS 2013, 96 min) is a universal romantic comedy, about expectations, disappointments, food processors, pasta vongole, wine, vodka, cheating and being perfectly happy together. Ida (POLAND, 82 min) recounts the life ofAnna, a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, who is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation.


A Woman's Revenge (PORTUGAL 2011, 140 min) captures the life of Roberto who is one of those men to whom the simulation has become the greatest art. One evening he has an overwhelming encounter with a woman. She reveals her unappeasable past, intact, displaying her crime and crying for its public scandal. Between that past and the present, phantom objects, beings, places, the dreamy truth is prolonged. The Candidate(SLOVAK2013, 106 min) is a cynical black humoured thriller situated in Slovakia during a presidential campaign. Created on the basis of a novel written by MarošHečko and Michal Havran it follows a manipulatory game of producing president of a country out of Mr Nobody. Shanghai Gypsy (SLOVENIA, 2012, 124 min) is a story about four generations of a gypsy family Mirga. Belmondo is the central character of the film, a gypsy king, who decided to establish his own gypsy village. He names it Shanghai. Shanghai Gypsy is based on the novel The Untouchables written by FeriLainšček, one of the most notable contemporary Slovenian writers. Blancanieves. (Snowhite) (SPAIN 2012, 100 min) is based on the fairy tale "Snow White" by the Brothers Grimm and is centered on a female bullfighter. The film won the Special Jury Prize and an ex-aequo Best Actress "Silver Shell" Award for Macarena García at the 2012 San SebastiánInternational Film Festival. It also won ten Goya Awards, including the Goya Award for Best Film at the 27th Goya Awards. The Last Sentence(SWEDEN 2012, 124 min) is based on the life of journalist TorgnySegerstedt, who alerted the Swedish public to the threat of Fascism in the 1930s. The rich cultural diversity of the European Union and its Member States will be on display in its myriad hues at the 20th European Union Film Festival that begins in Mumbai on 8th May. The festival brings to India a repertoire of 21 latest and award winning European films from as many countries. Organized by the Delegation of the European Union and embassies of Member States, the festival is being held in Mumbai in partnership with the German Consulate Mumbai, Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai & Alliance Francaisede Bombay from 8th May to 17th May 2015. The festival will be inaugurated by National Award Winning Filmmaker, Mr. Chaitanya Tamhane at 5.00 pm on 8th May at the Little Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in the presence of H. E. Dr JoãoCravinho, Ambassador of the European Union to India, Mr. Michael Siebert, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Mumbai and Dr. Martin Wälde,Director, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai. The inauguration will be followed by the screening of the German film, The Age of Cannibals and the Latvian film, Pizzas, at the Little Theatre, NCPA. The Film Festival started from Chennai in March and has been successfully held in Delhi and Chandigarh. The festival will further traverse through Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Jodhpur and Coimbatore over the next three months.


Celebrating 20 years of bringing European cinema to India, the festival will screen movies from varied genres including comedy, drama, romance and action - many charming and sometimes unsettling stories. The festival will tell the story of eleven year old Freddy, a cyclist who hopes to win a race and thereby meets one of his heroes; of two opera Directors whose common passion for music is matched by their thirst for love; of a man who runs away from his girlfriend but collides with a bride who has run away from her wedding; of a woman whose life in a mansion somehow mirrors the turbulent changes of an entire century; of a boy who makes unexpected friends while investigating the death of his parents in a car accident; and of the happy householder with the perfect marriage who finds love - or maybe something else – with a choreographer who loves her cooking. Speaking about the success of the European Union Film festival in India, H. E. Dr JoãoCravinho, Ambassador of the European Union and the Guest of Honour at the inauguration, said: “Through films, sitting in a darkened hall in front of a screen, we can laugh together, relive history, explore the beauty of distant landscapes and celebrate what makes us human. Films give us glimpses into the life and times of people they portray and help break barriers of languages to bring people together across the world. Thus, it is heartening to see that the European Union film festival through its 20 years of journey in India has provided an ideal bridge between two vibrant cultural scenes with rich film traditions and has developed into a significant annual event in the calendar of film aficionados. This year we have decided to bring latest films from Europe to celebrate the 20th anniversary and we hope that the viewers will enjoy it as much as they have enjoyed our earlier editions.”


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European Union's best Now’s time for Mumbai's film buffs to stock up their popcorn, as the 20th European Union Film Festival will pack in 21 films over two weekends, starting this Saturday

A still from the Latvian film, Pizzas

The rich cultural milieu of cinema of the European Union and its member states will be on display in its myriad hues on account of the 20th European Union Film Festival, starting from May 8, in Mumbai. Organised by the delegation of the European Union and embassies of Member States, the festival will be held in partnership with the German Consulate, Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan and Alliance Francaise Mumbai, from May 8 to 17. A repertoire of 21 latest and award-winning films will be screened, after the National Award-winning filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane (director: Court) inaugurates the festival at 5 pm on the first day. German film, The Age of Cannibals, and the Latvian film, Pizzas, at Little Theatre, will follow the inauguration. After the festival's successful initiation in Chennai, in March, the audiences in Delhi and Chandigarh were wowed as well. Other cities on the itinerary include Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Jodhpur and Coimbatore over the next three months. The festival commemorates 20 years of bringing European cinema to India. Of the 21 films that will be screened, The Foreigner, a Bulgarian film about a Frenchman who falls in love with a hot-tempered Bulgarian village girl, deserves a special mention.


So does, Ida, a Polish film that recounts the life of Anna, a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, who is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation. A few others to watch out for include The Don Juans and The Age of Cannibals.

A still from Living Images (Estonia)

A poster of the film, The Age of Cannibals (Germany)

Speaking about this festival, director Tamhane reflects, "Having grown up watching world

cinema facilitated through such initiatives in Mumbai, I have realised that these films are a

way to travel without travelling, and a means to gain insights about different societies and communities. As a viewer, I am excited about this year's edition to see a whole bunch of

evocative and exciting films that I, otherwise, would have never had a chance to see."

Dates:

• May 8 to May 12 (NCPA, Nariman Point);

• May 13 to May 17 (Alliance Francaise, New Marine Lines)

Call 22027710 (Goethe Institut)

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