Delhi To Host EU Film Festival For Next 13 Days

NEW DELHI - April 9, 2015 - PRLog -- The rich cultural diversity of the European Union and its Member States will be on display in its myriad hues at the 20^th European Union Film Festival that began today in Delhi. The festival brings to Delhi a repertoire of 21 latest and award winning European films from as many countries.

The European Union Film Festival (EUFF) 2015 was inaugurated today by H. E. Dr João Cravinho, Ambassador of the European Union to India in the presence of H.E. Mr Aivars Groza, Ambassador of Latvia to India (Latvia currently holds the EU Presidency) and Mrs. Magdalena Cruz Yábar, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Spain with the screening of the Latvian film Pizzas at the Instituto Cervantes, Connaught Place, New Delhi.

Speaking about the EUFF, Dr. Cravinho said, “Through films, sitting in a darkened hall in front of a screen, we can laugh together, relive history, explore the beauty of distant landscapes and celebrate what makes us human. Films give us glimpses into the life and times of people they portray and help break barriers of languages to bring people together across the world. Thus, it is heartening to see that the European Union film festival through its 20 years of journey in India has provided an ideal bridge between two vibrant cultural scenes with rich film traditionsand has developed into a significant annual event in the calendar of film aficionados. This year we have decided to bring latest films from Europe to celebrate the 20th anniversary and we hope that the viewers will enjoy it as much as they have enjoyed our earlier editions.”

Organized by the Delegation of the European Union & Embassies of EU Member States with the support of the Federation of Film Societies of India, the EUFF will be held at the Instituto Cervantes, India Habitat Centre and at Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, New Delhi from 8^th –20^thApril.

Celebrating 20 years of bringing European cinema to India, the festival will screen movies from varied genres including comedy, drama, romance and action - many charming and sometimes unsettling stories. The festival will tell the story of eleven year old Freddy, a cyclist who hopes to win a race and thereby meets one of his heroes; of two opera Directors whose common passion for music is matched by their thirst for love; of a man who runs away from his girlfriend but collides with a bride who has run away from her wedding; of a woman whose life in a mansion somehow mirrors the turbulent changes of an entire century; of a boy who makes unexpected friends while investigating the death of his parents in a car accident; and of the happy householder with the perfect marriage who finds love - or maybe something else – with a choreographer who loves her cooking.

The film festival, which is currently ongoing in Chennai and Delhi, will further traverse through Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Coimbatore and Jodhpur over the next four months.

Entry is free, on a first come, first served basis.

The films at the EUFF include -Go, Eddy! Allez Eddy (BELGIUM); The Foreigner (BULGARIA); Vis-À-Vis (CROATIA); Committed (CYPRUS); The Don Juans (CZECH REPUBLIC); The Keeper of Lost Causes (DENMARK); Living Images (ESTONIA); Boy Upside Down (FINLAND); JAPPELOUP (FRANCE); A Place Called Home (GREECE); The Ambassador to Bern (HUNGARY); Pizzas (LATVIA); The Symmetry of Butterfly (LUXEMBOURG); Soof (NETHERLANDS); Ida (POLAND); A Woman's Revenge (PORTUGAL); The Candidate (SLOVAK); Shanghai Gypsy (SLOVENIA); Blancanieves (Snowhite)  (SPAIN); The Last Sentence (SWEDEN); The Age of Cannibals (Zeit der Kannibalen) (GERMANY).

For the full synopsis of participating films, please visit:

http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/india/documents/euff2015_brochure.pdf