Europe shows its strength at the Brussels Film Festival
- For its 12th edition, from 6-14 June, the Brussels Film Festival will present an eclectic overview of young European cinema
The 12th Brussels European Film Festival will take place from 6-14 June. As with last year's edition, the festival has again been stressing its mission to scout out European talents. Therefore, the official competition dedicated to European writer-directors will bring together a total of 12 films. Swedish directors will be out in force, with three titles: The Reunion [+see also:
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film profile] by visual artist Anna Odell, Broken Hill Blues [+see also:
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film profile] by Sofia Norlin (her feature debut), and Something Must Break [+see also:
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film profile] by Ester Martin Bergsmark, also a debut film and winner of the Silver Tiger Award at Rotterdam. Another Scandinavian contender is I Am Yours [+see also:
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film profile], which represented Norway at the Oscars and is directed by young filmmaker Iram Haq. They are joined by the Silver Lion winner from the last Venice Festival (Miss Violence [+see also:
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interview: Alexandros Avranas
film profile] by Greece's Alexandros Avranas); two Spanish films (Aces [+see also:
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interview: Alfonso Zarauza
film profile] by Alfonso Zarauza and Arctic [+see also:
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making of
film profile] by Gabriel Velazquez); the overall winner of the last Eddas, Iceland's film awards (Of Horses and Men [+see also:
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interview: Benedikt Erlingsson
film profile] by Benedikt Erlingsson); and the winner of the last Lolas, Germany's film awards (The Dark Valley [+see also:
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film profile] by Andreas Prochaska). Also in the selection are Vis-à-vis [+see also:
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interview: Nevio Marasovic & Rakan Rus…
film profile] by Croatian director Nevio Marasovic, Farewell to the Moon [+see also:
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film profile] by Dutch filmmaker Dick Tuinder, and the latest film by Sophie Fillières, If You Don't, I Will [+see also:
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film profile], starring Emmanuelle Devos and Mathieu Amalric.
And coincidentally, attendees will find Mathieu Amalric at the opening of the festival, presenting his latest directorial work, The Blue Room [+see also:
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interview: Mathieu Amalric
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interview: Pascale Ferran
film profile] by Pascale Ferran, will be presented as a preview screening. The festival will also have two additional top-notch preview screenings on offer: The Double [+see also:
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film profile] by Richard Ayoade (with a very “Sundance” cast – Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska); the feature debut by screenwriter Hossein Amini, The Two Faces of January [+see also:
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interview: Viggo Mortensen
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film profile] by Guillaume Nicloux.
As has been the case for several years, the festival will also be notable for presenting no fewer than ten musical documentaries, including Pulp, a Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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