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| Eva Mendes and Denis Lavant in Holy Motors. Courtesy of Mongrel Media |
The Canadian Film Institute has announced the films and
screening schedule for the 2012 European Union Film Festival. EUFF ranks among
the most popular festivals/screening series at the CFI. Ottawa moviegoers can
see all sorts of festival fare, from bleak neo-realism to underdog crowd-pleasers
like last year’s selection The Artist.
EUFF 2012 unfortunately doesn’t have any submissions for Best Foreign Language
Film from the European Union (last year saw Bulgaria’s entry Tilt and Austria’s pick Breathing play at the fest.) However, Oscar’s
lack of presence at the festival makes it even more imperative to see these
films when they screen at the CFI, since they probably won’t make it back to
town. One film that is particularly worth noting is Léos Carax’s Cannes hit Holy Motors, which looks like a hot
ticket for anyone in search of a crazy Eurotrip. (Naturally that’s the one
night of the festival when I have plans, so I’ll cross my fingers that it comes
to the Mayfair!) EUFF 2012 runs from November 15 to December 2. That date’s
coming up soon, so please make sure that your passport is in order. See you at
the festival!
Films screening at the 2012 European Union Film
Festival are:
Dir. Christos Georgiou, Cyprus
Thursday, November 15, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Pat Collins, Ireland
Thursday, November 15, 2012, 9:00 pm
Dir. Eduard Cortés, Spain
Friday, November 16, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Antonis Aggelopoulos, Greece
Friday, November 16, 2012, 9:30 pm
[Trailer not available]
[Trailer not available]
Dir. Léos Carax, France
Saturday, November 17, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Niki Iliev, Bulgaria
Sunday, November 18, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Donatas Ulvydas, Lithuania
Monday, November 19, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Massimo Venier, Italy
Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Ain Mäeots, Estonia
Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Marie Kreutzer, Austria
Thursday, November 22, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Bence Miklauzic, Hungary
Thursday, November 22, 2012, 9:15 pm
Dir. Richard Hobert, Sweden
Friday, November 23, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Beryl Koltz, Luxembourg
Friday, November 23, 2012, 9:30 pm
Dir. Lucian Georgescu, Romania
Saturday, November 24, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe, United Kingdom
Saturday, November 24, 2012, 9:00 pm
Dir. Klemna Dvornika, Slovenia
Sunday, November 25, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Jakub Kroner, Slovakia
Monday, November 26, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Bartosz Konopka, Poland
Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Joonas Berghäll, Mika Hotakainen, Finland
Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Manoel de Oliviera, Portugal
Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 9:00 pm
Dir. Caroline Strubbe, Belgium
Thursday, November 29, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Andis Mizišs, Latvia
Thursday, November 29, 2012, 9:15 pm
[Trailer not available]
Dir. Pernille Fischer Christensen, Denmark
Friday, November 30, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Tomás Rehorek, Czech Republic
Friday, November 30, 2012, 9:15 pm
Dir. Hans-Christian Schmid, Germany
Saturday, December 1, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dir. Maria Peter, Netherlands
Sunday, December 2, 2012, 7:00 pm
All screenings take place in the Auditorium at Library
and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St.
Tickets are $12 for general admission, $8 for
members, students, and seniors.
For more information, please visit the CFI's EUFF webpage.
