On Monday 5 February, a screening in Paris of Green Border [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] directed by Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, who will be present to talk with the audience, will open La Saison européenne des Cinéastes (the European Season for Filmmakers) organised by ARP, the very influential French Civil Society of Authors-Directors-Producers, which aims to make a mark in a year of European elections (in June 2024) that will be pivotal for the Old Continent.

La Saison européenne des Cinéastes will continue with the LUX Audience Award (read the article), presented by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, with screenings at the Cinéma des Cinéastes in Paris of the five selected films: Fallen Leaves [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Finland’s Aki Kaurismäki on 26 February, The Teachers' Lounge [+leggi anche:
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intervista: İlker Çatak
intervista: Leonie Benesch
scheda film] (still vying for the 2024 Oscar for Best International Feature Film) by Germany’s İlker Çatak on 5 March (preceded by a roundtable organised by the European Parliament and the filmmakers of the ARP), Golden Bear winner On the Adamant [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nicolas Philibert
scheda film] by France’s Nicolas Philibert on 12 March, 20,000 Species of Bees [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Estíbaliz Urresola
scheda film] by Spain’s Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren on 18 March, and Smoke Sauna Sisterhood [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Anna Hints
scheda film] by Estonia’s Anna Hints (winner of the 2023 European Film Award for Best Documentary) on 9 April.

Finally, from 31 May to 2 June 2024, the filmmakers of the ARP will organise the European Cinema Weekend, showcasing to the public the richness and the diversity of European cinematic creation. With debates and screenings, the filmmakers of the ARP will welcome directors both emerging and established, talents of all kinds who will discuss their artistic points of view. This will be a unique occasion to take the pulse of European creation, its present state and its future.