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The festival films set sail

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While Schnitzel paradise [+see also:
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interview: Martin Khoolhoven
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, the Dutch comedy Martin Koolhoven, filmmaker out of arthouse and experimental cinema, was a smash hit at the Dutch box office (read article), several films released last week, notably the French Lemming [+see also:
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by Dominique Moll, presented at Cannes in official competition, and the German Sophie Scholl [+see also:
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by Marc Rothemund, the big winner at the recent Berlin festival, have got themselves noticed by being among the most watched 20 films this week-end in Holland. Also released last week, the international co-production out of Italy, Eros from the trio Antonioni-Soderberg-Wong Kar Wai and the Kazakh film by Serik Aprimov, The Hunter, co-produced with the French production house of the Mauritanian Abderrahmane Sissako, with aid from Switzerland, from France and the Hubert Balls Fund.

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Film wise, this week begins with another film out of Cannes, the German Don’t Come Knocking [+see also:
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by Wim Wenders distributed by A-Films Distribution and also RCV launch Yes [+see also:
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by English woman Sally Potter, also screened at Berlin in the "Panorama"section. Other releases hammer home the European nail since Swedish Dalecarlians [+see also:
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interview: Maria Blom
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by Maria Blom, distributed by Inspire Pictures, reaches 14 screens and UIP distribute the Anglo-American co-production Pride And Prejudice on 50 prints (as well as the only American film of the week, Red Eyes by Wes Craven). Finally, worth noting the distribution of the grand prix winner at the recent Berlin festival,U-Carmen by Mark Dornford-May distributed by 1 More Film, a South African production.

Under this large European flag, these releases in Holland will have the majority of arthouse and experimental theatres in Europe salivating.

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(Translated from French)

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