13/10/2003

Grand first screenings and a European premiere are on the programme dedicated to European cinema in Augsburg, Germany: the Mephisto, Thalia and Savoy cinemas will show successful films from the most important festivals, some of which still aren’t on general release.

The special event is certainly the European premiere of Dogville [+see also:
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film profile] by Lars von Trier but there’s also the chance to see Swimming pool [+see also:
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film profile] by François Ozon and The Mother by Roger Mitchell, both of which were presented at Cannes 2003, and My Life Without Me [+see also:
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German productions are represented by Rosenstrasse [+see also:
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interview: Wolfgang Becker
film profile] by Wolfgang Becker, the winner of the Best European Film at the 2003 Berlinale and which has been nominated to go forward for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, the animated cartoon Till Eulenspiegel by Eberhard Junkersdorf, Liegen lernen by Hendrik Handloegten, both of which have just been released in German cinemas, and the documentary Mein kleines Kind by Katjia Baumgarten, presented at the 2002 Berlinale 2002 in the "Perspektiv deutsches Kino" section.
The more recent films being featured include The Honest Thief [+see also:
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film profile] (2001) by Neil Jordan, Wilbur wants to kill himself [+see also:
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film profile] (2002) by Lone Schefig, Stille liebe (2001) by the Swiss director Christoph Schaub, Hukkle by the Hungarian György Pálfi (in competition at the 2002 Turin Film Festival) and the controversial film from Cannes 2002 Irreversible by Gaspar Noè.

(Translated from Italian)