06.07.2009

European film mix attracted festival audiences in
Karlovy Vary

EFP presented directors of "Variety Critics' Choice: Europe Now!" section at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
(July 3-11, 2009)

> Click here for Czech version of press release

Young European cinema in all its diversity and vitality again attracted the audiences during the two screening days of the "Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe now!" programme at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 3-11, 2009). The 12th edition of this extremely popular sidebar again gathered young film fans in sold-out cinemas and raised the attention of the international media.

Within the last two days, ten notable films from all genres made by emerging directors from across Europe (pictured on the left) and chosen by Variety film critics were spotlighted by European Film Promotion (EFP), Variety and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Three debuts and five second movies were among the selected films, ranging from the thriller The Children  by Tom Shankland, UK, to the musical Made in Hungaria by Gergely Fonyó, Hungary. Every film had something special, playing with everyday reality and genres in a unique way.

The event was highlighted by Monday night's party, hosted by EFP and Variety. This year‘s programme was also generously supported by the EU' s MEDIA Programme and Cinemax, the movie channel of HBO Czech Republic. All directors, accompanied in some instances by the films' actors and producers, were presenting their films in person.

Films selected for the Critics' Choice programme and their presenters:

1. Dirty Mind

presented by director Pieter Van Hees, Belgium

2. Small Crime

presented by director Christos Georgiou and producer Thanassis Karathanos, Germany/Cyprus/Greece

3. Who Is Afraid of the Wolf

presented by director Maria Procházková and producer Vratislav Šlajer, Czech Republic

4. Made in Hungaria

presented by director Gergely Fonyó, actors Vajk Szente and Lehel Kovács and producer Ádám Neményi, Hungary

5. The Girl

presented by director Fredrik Edfeldt, Sweden

6. Here and There

presented by director Darko Lungulov and actors Mirjana Karanović and Branislav Trifunovic, Serbia/Germany/USA

7. 25 Carat

presented by director Patxi Amezcua, Spain

8. Last Conversation

presented by director Noud Heerkens, The Netherlands

9. The Children

presented by director Tom Shankland, UK

10. Buick Riviera

presented by director Goran Rušinović, Croatia/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Germany/USA

• For a  trailer featuring the ten films as well as the Variety film reviews click here
• Interviews with the directors of the films selected for “Europe Now!”, realised in cooperation with the European film and TV online magazine Cineuropa, are accessible at www.cineuropa.org

Contacts EFP:
Jo Mühlberger, Project Manager, e-mail: muehlberger@efp-online.com, Tel.: +49 40- 390 6252
Mareen Gerisch, Head of Press, e-mail: gerisch@efp-online.com, Tel.: +49 40- 390 6252

Press contact Karlovy Vary:
Radovan Holub, e-mail: holub@investtel.cz, Mobile: +420 723- 667 835

EFP is supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union and by its member organisations. In addition, promotion and PR activities are backed by the Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) as well as for "Variety Critics' Choice: Europe Now!" by Variety and the Czech partners: Cinemax/HBO, Panavision and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The Hamburg-based office is financially supported by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Department for Culture, Sports and Media of the City of Hamburg.

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