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written & directed by: Sara Johnsen
produced by: Christian Fredrik Martin, Asle Vatn, Michael Eckelt & Dirk Decker
Director of photography: John Andreas Andersen
Editor: Zaklina Stojcevska
Production Designer: Jack van Domburg
Main Cast:
Hermann Sabado (Alex)
Agnieszka Grochowska (Maria)
Mads Sjøgård Pettersen (Per)
Bang Chau (Yanne)
As young children, the half-siblings Axel and Yanne are adopted to Norway, he to material wealth on [...]
written & directed by: Renos Haralambidis
produced by: Aggelo Veneti, Iraklis Mavroidis, Takis Nikolakopoulos & Aris Dayios
Director of photography: Kostis Gkikas
Editor: Yannis Sakaridis
Production Designer: Dimitris Ziakas
Main Cast:
Renos Haralambidis (Makis)
Yannis Zouganelis (Kyriakos)
Takis Spiridakis (Kosmas)
Alkis Panagiotidis (Babis)
Four undertakers in financial trouble latch onto a one-off opportunity to change their lives and bid farewell to a profession they entered [...]
written & directed by: Aleksi Salmenperä
produced by: Aki Kaurismäki
Director of photography: Tuomo Hutri
Editor: Samu Heikkilä
Production Designer: Markku Pätilä
Main Cast:
Ville Virtanen (Mikael)
Pihla Viitala (Tilda)
Lauri Tilkanen (Daniel)
Vera Kiiskinen (Laura)
Niki Seppälä (Milo)
Tragicomedy about an overly concerned father, who messes up his relationship with his children and new wife. Followed by an ugly divorce the father has been bringing [...]
directed by: Florin Serban
written by: Catalin Mitulescu & Florin Serban
produced by: Catalin Mitulescu & Daniel Mitulescu
Director of photography: Marius Panduru
Editor: Sorin Baican & Catalin Cristutiu
Production Designer: Ana Ioneci
Main Cast:
George Pistereanu (Silviu)
Papn Chilibar (Ursu)
Ada Condeescu (Ana)
Clara Voda (mother)
Mihai Constantin (head of the penitenciary)
Marian Bratu (brother)
Silviu has only five days left before his release from the juvenile [...]
directed by: Ineke Smits
written by: Arthur Japin
produced by: Els Vandevorst
Director of photography: Piotr Kukla
Editor: Katarina Türler
Production Designer: Diana van de Vossenberg
Main Cast:
Madelief Blanken (Marie)
Zura Zhghenti (Goga)
Kakha Kintsurasvili (Irakli)
Annamaria Marinca (The Aviatrix)
Rick Paul van Mulligen (Paul)
Peter Lohmeyer (Bresser)
Marie is a girl who has a vivid imagination. On the flat island of Texel, she dreams about mountains [...]
directed by: Ágnes Kocsis
written by: Ágnes Kocsis & Andrea Roberti
produced by: Ferenc Pusztai
Director of photography: Ádám Fillenz
Editor: Tamás Kollányi
Production Designer: Adrien Asztalos & Alexandra Maringer
Main Cast:
Éva Gábor (Piroska),
István Znamenák (Kálmán)
Ákos Horváth (Endre)
Lia Pokorny (Márta)
Izabella Hegyi (Zizi)
Piroska is an overweight, alienated nurse who can’t resist cream-filled pastries. She works in the terminal ward of a hospital; [...]
directed by: Goran Paskaljevic
written by: Goran Paskaljevic & Genc Permeti
produced by: Goran Paskaljevic & Genc Permeti
Director of photography: Milan Spasic
Editor: Petar Putnikovic
Production Designer: Zeljko Antovic & Durim Neziri
Main Cast:
Nebojsa Milovanovic (Marko)
Jelena Trkulja (Vera)
Jozef Shiroka (Nik)
Mirela Naska (Maylinda)
Lazar Ristovski (Vera’s father)
In hope of a better life, two young couples leave their respective countries. Melinda and Nik [...]
written & directed by: Mike Leigh
produced by: Georgina Lowe
Director of photography: Dick Pope
Editor: Jon Gregory
Production Designer: Simon Beresford
Main Cast:
Jim Broadbent (Tom)
Lesley Manville (Mary)
Ruth Sheen (Gerri)
Peter Wight (Ken)
Oliver Maltman (Joe)
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. Family and friendship. Love and warmth. Joy and sadness. Hope and despair. Companionship. Loneliness. A birth. A death. Time passes.
directed by: Stephen Frears
written by: Moira Buffini
produced by: Alison Owen, Tracey Seaward & Paul Trijbits
Director of photography: Ben Davis
Editor: Mick Audsley
Production Designer: Alan Macdonald
Main Cast:
Gemma Arterton (Tamara Drewe)
Roger Allam (Nicholas Hardiment)
Bill Camp (Glen McCreavy)
Dominic Cooper (Ben Sergeant)
Luke Evans (Andy Cobb)
Tamsin Greig (Beth Hardiment)
Based on Posy Simmonds’ much-loved graphic novel, which in turn was inspired by [...]
directed by: Paolo Virzi
written by:Francesco Piccolo, Francesco Bruni & Paolo Virzi
produced by: Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen, Benedetto Habib
Director of photography: Nicola Pecorino
Editor: Simone Manetti
Production Designer: Tonino Zera
Main Cast:
Valerio Mastandrea (Bruno Michelucci 2009)
Micaela Ramazzotti (Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci 1970- 1980)
Stefania Sandrelli (Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci 2009)
Claudia Pandolfi (Valeria Michelucci 2009)
Marco Messeri (Nesi)
Summer, 1971. The youthful, stunning [...]
directed by: Fatih Akin
written by: Fatih Akin & Adam Bousdoukos
produced by: Fatih Akin & Klaus Maeck
Director of photography: Rainer Klausmann (BVK)
Editor: Andrew Bird
Production Designer: Tamo Kunz
Main Cast:
Adam Bousdoukos (Zinos Kazantsakis)
Moritz Bleibtreu (Illias Kazantsakis)
Birol Ünel (Shayn Weiss)
Anna Bederke (Lucia Faust)
Pheline Roggan (Nadine Krüger)
Dorka Gryllus (Anna Mondstein)
Young restaurant owner Zinos is down on his luck. His girlfriend [...]
written & directed by: Jessica Hausner
produced by: Martin Gschlacht, Philippe Bober & Susanne Marian
Director of photography: Martin Gschlacht
Editor: Karina Ressler
Production Designer: Katharina Wöppermann
Main Cast:
Sylvie Testud (Christine)
Léa Seydoux (Maria)
Elina Löwensohn (Cecile)
Bruno Todeschini (Kuno)
Gerhard Liebmann (Pater Nigl)
Christine has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. In order to escape her isolation, she makes a [...]
directed by: Christoph Schaub
written by: Martin Suter
produced by: Marcel Hoehn
Director of photography: Filip Zumbrunn
Editor: Marina Wernli
Production Designer: Susanne Jauch
Main Cast:
Corinna Harfouch (Giulia)
Bruno Ganz (John)
Stefan Kurt (Stefan)
André Jung (Lorenz)
Sunnyi Melles (Alessia)
A comedy about aging, youth and other eternal truths.
Of all days, precisely on her fiftieth birthday, Julia has to experience that age makes you invisible. Frustrated, [...]
directed by: Olivier Assayas
written by: Olivier Assayas & Dan Franck based on an original idea by Daniel Leconte
produced by: Daniel Leconte, Jens Meurer & Judy Tossell
Director of photography: Yorick le Saux & Denis Lenoir
Editor: Luc Barnier & Marion Monnier
Production Designer: Francois-Renaud Labarthe
Main Cast:
Edgar Ramirez (Carlos)
Alexander Scheer (Johannes Weinrich)
Nora von Waldstätten (Magdalena Kopp)
Christoph Bach (Hans-Joachim Klein)
Ahmad [...]
written & directed by: Veiko Õunpuu
produced by: Katrin Kissa
Director of photography: Mart Taniel
Editor: Thomas Lagerman
Production Designer: Markku Pätilä & Jaagup Roomet
Main Cast:
Taavi Eelmaa (Tony)
Ravshana Kurkova (Nadežda)
Sten Ljunggren (Herr Meister)
Tiina Tauraite (Tony’s wife)
Denis Lavant (Count Dionysos Korzybski)
Eastern Europe, the new century. Wolf-like laws and a wolf-like appetite. There are still a few who look for the [...]
written & directed by: Neil Jordan
produced by: James Flynn & Neil Jordan
Director of photography: Christopher Doyle
Editor: Tony Lawson
Production Designer: Anna Rackard
Main Cast:
Colin Farrell (Syracuse)
Alicja Bachleda (Ondine)
Dervela Kirwin (Maura)
Alison Barry (Annie)
Stephen Rea (Priest)
ONDINE is the story of Syracuse, a simple fisherman who catches a beautiful and mysterious woman in his trawler’s nets. The woman seems to [...]
directed by: Ferzan Ozpetek
written by: Ivan Cotroneo & Ferzan Ozpetek
produced by: Domenico Procacci
Director of photography: Maurizio Calvesi
Editor: Patrizio Marone
Production Designer: Andrea Crisanti
Main Cast:
Riccardo Scamarcio (Tommaso)
Nicole Grimaudo (Alba)
Alessandro Preziosi (Antonio)
Ennio Fantastichini (Vincenzo)
Tommaso is the youngest child in the large, eccentric Cantone family who own a pasta factory in Puglia: his mother Stefania is loving but suffocated [...]
written & directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
produced by: Ruth Waldburger
Director’s Crew: Jean-Paul Battaggia, Fabrice Aragno, Paul Grivas, François Musy, Renaud Musy, Gabriel Hafner, Louma Sanbar, Yousri Nasrallah, Anne-Marie Mieville
Main Cast:
Catherine Tanvier (la mère)
Christian Sinniger (le père)
Jean-Marc Stehlé (Otto Goldberg)
Patti Smith (herself)
Robert Maloubier (himself)
A symphony in three movements
THINGS SUCH AS
A Mediterranean cruise. Numerous conversations, in numerous languages, [...]
Press release # 09/2010
It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions gGmbH announce the titles of the 46 films on this year’s selection list, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2010! With 32 countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity [...]
La European Film Academy donne le coup d’envoi du People’s Choice Award
Le People’s Choice Award de la European Film Academy donne l’occasion aux cinéphiles à travers l’Europe d’élire leur film favori et de gagner un voyage pour assister à la cérémonie des European Film Awards. Alors que la European Film Academy réunit chaque année ses [...]