20 faces of European cinema
Luc Pire have just published a new book about European cinema, entitled "Faces of European Cinema". The preface was written by minister, Richard Miller and filmmaker, Wim Wenders. The book contains profiles of the following filmmakers: Pedro Almodovar, Alejandro Amenabar, Roberto Benigni, Alain Chabat, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Claire Denis, Michael Haneke, Aki Kaurismaki, Emir Kusturica, Mike Leigh, KenLoach, Julio Medem, Nanni Moretti, François Ozon, Lynne Ramsay, Danis Tanovic, Roberta Torre, Tom Tykwer, Thomas Vinterberg and Lars von Trier.
They were compiled by a team of journalists from the following media outlets, RTBF, The Guardian, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Le Monde and the Bologna Film Library. The book was sponsored by the French Community of Belgium and by the Minister, Richard Miller in collaboration with the Berlin-based European Film Academy. "Europe's strength," explained Miller, "lies in the diversity and in its cross-border films."
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