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Events: Isle of Wight Woodstock and more in June

In front | AGENDA
Jeanne Moreau (Photo: British Film Institute)

 German-Czech festivals, strangers filming in Amsterdam and pure dance in London and Luxembourg - our pick of this month's best happenings

by Katharina Kloss // 13/06/08

PANORAMA
Last year's TIFF poster/ ©tiff.ro

Catch Romanian films at the Transilvania International Film Festival

The 7th edition of the largest and most prominent international film competition in Romania takes place in the city of Cluj-Napoca between 30 May and 8 June

by Florin Lipan // 30/05/08

INTERVIEW
Monicelli's father is Mantuan journalist Tommaso Monicelli (Photo: Gianmaria Zanotti/ Wikipedia)

Mario Monicelli: 'why France is interested in Romania'

The 93-year-old Italian director and father of the ‘commedia all’Italiana’ film genre, on the power of cinema, which ‘acts like a mirror, tells a story, but doesn’t preach’

by ilaria lacommare // 23/05/08

PANORAMA
Red carpet 2008 (Photo: Affif)

No English or eastern flicks at the 61st Cannes Film Festival

The absence of eastern European titles is the main story at Cannes from 14 – 25 May, amidst well- known western names including the Dardenne brothers, Wim Wenders and Italians Sorrentino and Garrone

by Maria Colucci // 15/05/08

FEATURE
(Photo: ©Sandra Wickert)

Czech cinema in the 'Hollywood of the east'

Light comedies and export hits: Czech cinema rides on the wave of success. But in Prague young fresh filmmakers and independent cinemas push against the mainstream

by Sandra Wickert // 29/04/08

AGENDA

Go out in April: Uppsala, nerds and witches

Enjoy the year's first rays at Walpurgis night in Sweden, a vintage computer festival in Munich or the spring festival in Seville

by Karsten Marhold // 09/04/08

AGENDA

'Europe's Sundance festival'

Culture crosses borders in Europe this March, as Spain visits Nantes, the Balkans accept a second invitation to Brussels and Irish beer takes over the continent

by Katharina Kloss // 12/03/08

PANORAMA
Official poster of the Oscars 2008 (Photo: ©The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

British, Spanish and French actors sweep Oscars 2008

Europe was well represented at the 80th Oscars ceremony on 24 February in LA, with wins for actors Javier Bardem, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Tilda Swinton

by Katharina Kloss // 25/02/08

Curt Ficcions: 35mm short film to zero

The Academy of Spanish Cinema undermine short films by excluding the medium from the world of television. Spanish short films are currently airing in francophone territories

by Marta Palacín // 21/11/07

REVIEW

November pick of Europe's best culture events

From Helsinki avant-garde cinema to factory fairs in Switzerland, your guide on where to be a culture vulture this month

by Abla Kandalaft // 02/11/07

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by mrt // 01/05/08

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