12th EU Film Festival in India from Apr 27

Mumbai, Apr 20 (UNI) The 12th European Union film Festival will be held in India presenting a cellection of modern European cinema to the Indian audiences.

The festival will be organised in New Delhi (April 27-May 4), Pune (May 4-11), Calicut / Kozhikode (May 14-18) and Kolkata (May 19-24), a press release issued here yesterday said.

This festival aims to project the excellence of the European film art, contributing to the understanding and appreciation of film cultures and promotion of mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation among Indian and European citizens. The EU Film Festival is composed of a bouquet of films that give vivid reflections of the cultural streams of Europe and stories that describe the European life in a certain socio-economic and cultural environment, the release added.

The event symbolizes an important facet of the growing cultural relations between the EU and India. The EU Film Festival is now a part of the EU-India strategic partnership established at the 6th EU-India Summit in September 2005. This year the EU Film Festival showcases a package of 26 films from 23 EU member states. The films being screened have been widely acclaimed in Europe and some have been given prestigious awards prizes in recent years.

The films that will be screened are Step by Step (Belgium), Crazy Day (Bulgaria), Journey to Jerusalem (Bulgaria), Hanele (Czech Republic), Wallah Be (Denmark), The Life of Others (Germany), Four Minutes (Germany), Shop of Dreams (Estonia), Dancing at Lughnasa (Ireland), Iberia (Spain), By the Pricking of My Thumbs (France), Three Days of Anarchy (Italy), Honey and Wine (Cyprus), Small Secrets (Luxembourg), A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda (Hungary), Do Not Disturb (Netherlands), Workingman's Death (Austria), Summer with the Ghosts (Austria), Persona Non Grata (Poland), A Shot in the Dark (Portugal), The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Romania), Labour Equals Freedom (Slovenia), Rain Falls on our Souls (Slovakia), Mother of Mine (Finland), As it is in Heaven (Sweden) and Warrior (United Kingdom).

The inauguration of the Film Festival will take place on May 27 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The German inaugural film 'The film 'Lives of Others' (Das Leben der Anderen) is by Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.

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