The European Film Academy has unveiled a new public-facing event called the Month of European Film. The initiative consists of a showcase of European cinema taking place in arthouse theatres and other venues in 35 countries across Europe.
It will kick off on November 13 and run across the four weeks leading up to the European Film Awards in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik on December 10.
At the same time, streaming platform Mubi will present a special focus on European films, allowing viewers around the world to participate. “With the Month of European Film, the Academy is launching a new network.
A large part of this network consists of movie theatres curating smart programmes with handpicked films that cater for the curiosity and tastes of their local audiences, programs that help to rediscover European film culture,” said EFA CEO and director says Matthijs Wouter Knol. “For the very first time, all these efforts and initiatives are linked to each other over a longer time via the Month of European Film, carefully orchestrated by the Academy.” Cinemas involved in the initiatives include France’s Balzac in Paris, Latvia’s Splendid Palace in Riga, the Netherlands’ EYE in Amsterdam, the U.K.’s Glasgow Film Theatre and Ukraine’s Zhovten Cinema in Kyiv, Sweden’s Folkets Bio in Umeà, Italy’s Cinema Beltrade in Milan, and the Yorck cinema chain in Berlin for Germany.
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