Segovia showcases best of European cinema
From November 17-23, Segovia will host its 5th European Film Festival, which will show a total of 92 features produced in Europe. The Official Selection will include no fewer than 35 titles hailing from all corners of the continent, from Russia to the United Kingdom, Greece and Finland.
The event’s aim is different from the logic that motivates the circuit and consists in introducing audiences to quality European productions that have not been commercially released in Spain.
Among the selected films, highlights include nine features that are representing their respective countries in the nomination race for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar: Olivier Masset-Depasse’s Illegal [+see also:
film review
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interview: Olivier Masset-Depasse
film profile] (Belgium)(European Parliament LUX Prize 2010 competition), Jan Hrebejk’s Kawasaki's Rose [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] (Czechoslovakia), Susanne Bier’s In a Better World [+see also:
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film profile] (Denmark), Veiko Õunpuu’s The Temptation of St. Tony [+see also:
film review
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film profile] (Estonia), Of Gods and Men [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Xavier Beauvois
film profile] (France) by Xavier Beauvois, Szabolcs Hajdu’s Smooth Operator [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Szabolcs Hajdu - director
interview: Szabolcs Hajdu
film profile] by (Hungary) and Kamen Kalev’s Eastern Plays [+see also:
film review
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interview: Kamen Kalev
film profile] (Bulgaria)(European Parliament LUX Prize 2009 competition); and two co-productions: Semih Kaplanoglu’s Turkish film Honey [+see also:
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interview: Semih Kaplanoglu
film profile] (winner of Golden Bear at Berlinale 2010) and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Thai tite Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives [+see also:
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film profile] (Palme d’Or at Cannes 2010).
At this edition, homage will be paid to European director Jan Švankmajer of the Czech Republic, whose surreal films have influenced filmmakers like Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam and the Quay brothers. Segovia will present a selection of some of his best-known animated films, including Alice (1987), Faust (1994) and his latest outing, Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) [+see also:
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film profile] (2010).
(Translated from Spanish)
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