The 2015 European
Film Festival (EUFF) celebrates the role of women in film with 12
internationally-acclaimed films representing the best of European Cinema which
have one screening each at Gateway’s Cinema Nouveau in Durban over two
consecutive weekends: May 8 to 10 and May 15 to 17.
Following the success
of the first European Film Festival (EUFF) staged last year, it returns to
Cinema Nouveau , this year celebrating the role of women in film. The
festival’s theme of A Woman’s World is explored in a selection of films that
feature female directors, strong female characters or women-related stories. Of
the 12 chosen internationally-acclaimed films, 11 are being screened for the
first time in South Africa.
The EUFF is hosted
by Cinema Nouveau, co-ordinated by the French Institute of South Africa, and
organised in partnership with the European Union and 12 other European cultural
agencies or embassies in South Africa: the British Council, the Camões
Institute, the Goethe-Institut, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Embassy of
Belgium and Wallonie-Bruxelles International, and the Embassies of Austria,
Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain.
May
8:
17h30: Human Capital: Valeria Golina and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,
two of Italy’s leading actresses, in a film that twists love, class and
ambition; Tribeca Film Festival 2014
20h00 3 Hearts: a French romantic drama starring film legend Catherine
Deneuve; Venice International Film Festival 2014
May
9:
17h30: Frailer: with great humour and sincerity, Dutch female director
Mijke de Jong draws an intimate portrait to capture the way we face death;
Toronto International Film Festival 2014
20h00: Ida:
Pawel Pawlikowski’s film is the first Polish feature to win the Oscar for Best
Foreign Language Film (2015) amidst rave reviews from around the world
May
10:
17h30: A Second Chance. Directed by Academy Award-winning Susanne
Bier, the film features Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones); San
Sebastian Festival 2014
20h00: My Brother the Devil: a
masterful debut from female director Sally El Hosaini, one of the brightest new
talents of the UK cinema; Berlin International Film Festival 2012
May
15:
17h30: Concrete Night: Finnish female director Pirjo Honkasalo’s
film is a dream-like odyssey through beautiful Helsinki over the course of one
night; Toronto International Film Festival 2014
20:00 Two Days, One Night: the latest project taken on by the
multi-award winning Dardenne brothers features French actress Marion Cotillard,
nominated for the 2015 Best Actress Oscar
May
16:
17h30 Amour Fou: an Austrian tragi-comedy, inspired by the life and
death of the historic poet Heinrich von Kleist (Christian Friedel); Cannes Film
Festival 2014
20h00 Blood of my Blood: from Portugal, this film focuses on
unconditional love – and the lengths two women are prepared to go to protect
those they love; San Sebastian Festival 2011
May
17;
17h30 Blancanieves: from
Spanish director, Pablo Berger, Snow White is recast as a talented bullfighter
in an eerie and erotic silent film treat; Toronto International Film Festival
2012
20h00 Beloved Sisters: German Romanticism at its most expressively
romantic, a cinematic tour de force from director Dominik Graf; Berlin
International Film Festival 2014
All the details
regarding the festival schedule and bookings can be found on the Cinema Nouveau
website (www.cinemanouveau.co.za). Follow on Twitter @nouveaubuzz or Facebook
– Cinema Nouveau. Download the Ster-Kinekor App on your smart phone for
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