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European Film Festival
Opening
on June 7 of the European Film Festival organized
within the framework of the French Presidency of the Council of the European
Union 2022 (PFUE) and of the EUNIC network (EU National Institutes for Culture)
by the French Embassy, in collaboration with fifteen member states of the
European Union and Ukraine, the Municipality of Nicosia, the Friends
of Cinema Society Cyprus, the Cultural Services of Ministry of Education
and Culture and the support of Société Générale – Cyprus.
All films will be screened in their original version with English
subtitles.
From Tuesday, June 7 to Friday, July 1st at 9:00pm (date on which the Czech Republic will take
over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union) - Screening
at: 9:00pm -
Venue: Municipal Amphitheater, Eleftheria Square, Nicosia. Entrance
free.
07/06 - France
The Night Doctor (Médecin
de nuit)
Director: Elie
Wajeman (2021 / 82’) - Actors: Vincent
Macaigne, Pio Marmaï, Sara Giraudeau
Synopsis: A
doctor tries to extricate himself from the stressful work of treating drug
addicts, the homeless and the destitute in difficult neighborhoods at
night.
09/06 - Bulgaria
The Path of
Light (Пътят на светлината)
Why is
the work of Cyril and Methodius so important for the Slavs? Scientists from
different countries, children and artists, guardians of temples and legends
seek answers to many questions about the Holy Brothers and their
work. Historical documents, monuments and images of the Holy Brothers in
Slovakia, Greece, Macedonia, Italy, Czechia, Germany, Russia and Bulgaria
follow one another, with contemporary interpretations of their mission,
sometimes controversial, from people of different nationalities. The objective
of the authors of the film is to break the dogmas and to tell differently an
old, apparently known story that all the Slavs in Europe interpret in their own
way.
10/06 - Croatia
The
Constitution (Ustav Republike Hrvatske)
Director: Rajko
Grlić (2016 / 94’) - Actors: Nebojša
Glogovac, Ksenija Marinković, Dejan Aćimović
Synopsis: Four
people in the same building avoid each other because of differences in material
status, sexual orientation, nationality, and religion. They probably would have
never exchanged a word had misfortune not brought them together. Slowly and
painfully, they begin opening up to each other and recognizing the essential
humanity each of them possesses.
11/06 - Germany
Toubab
Director: Florian
Dietrich (2021 / 96’) - Actors: Farba
Dieng, Julius Nitschkoff, Seyneb Saleh
Synopsis: After
his release from prison, Babtou is looking forward to a fresh start: enjoying
freedom with his buddy Dennis, embracing the world - and having nothing more to
do with the authorities. But of all things, his spontaneous welcome party ends
up in such a mess that Babtou finds himself handcuffed again that same evening.
The consequences are dramatic: he faces deportation to his "home
country," Senegal, for repeated criminal offenses. But Babtou only knows
Senegal from the stories his father told him. He was born in Germany, Frankfurt
is his home. To prevent the impending deportation at the last second, Babtou
and Dennis are willing to do anything...
12/06 - Spain
Marshland (La Isla
Minima)
Director: Alberto
Rodríguez (2014 / 105’) - Actors: Javier
Gutiérrez, Raúl Arévalo, María Varod
Synopsis: Two
cops lost in the deep south of Spain. One serial killer to catch. A lot of
secrets and lies to disclose.
14/06 - Poland
Cold War
Director: Zimna
Wojna (2018 / 89’) - Actors: Joanna
Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc
Synopsis: In
the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade
her to flee communist Poland for France.
16/06 - Italy
The Startup (The
Startup: Accendi il tuo futuro)
Director: Alessandro
D'Alatri (2017 / 93’) - Actors: Andrea
Arcangeli, Paola Calliari, Matilde Gioli
Synopsis: A
teenager, named Matteo, dreams of becoming a professional swimmer. When his
coach prefers to him the son of the team's sponsors, Matteo takes revenge
studying at the university Bocconi and inventing a social network.
18/06 - Cyprus
Siege on Liperti Street
(Poliorkia stin odo Liperti)
Director: Stavros
Pamballis (2019 / 88’) - Actors: Constantine
Markoulakis, Daphne Alexander, Niovi Charalampous
Synopsis: Set
beside the UN Buffer Zone that divides the city of Nicosia, Siege on Liperti
Street tells the story of one family's struggle to hold on to their home, no
matter the price.
19/06 - Lithuania
Children from the Hotel
America (Vaikai iš Amerikos“ viešbučio)
Director: Raimundas
Banionis (1990 / 88’) - Actors: Augustas
Savialis, Gabija Jaraminaite, Jurate Onaityte
Synopsis: The film
revolves around the lives of teenagers in Soviet Lithuania. The protagonists of
the film are fans of rock’n’roll music which is banned in the USSR and are
interested in the hippie movement, secretly listening to the Luxembourg radio.
They all live in a house which was formerly a hotel, called “America”. Events
of Kaunas’ spring affect them as they are involved. After their attempt to send
a letter to the Luxembourg radio, teenagers would become suspects to the KGB.
22/06 - Ukraine
The Rising Hawk
Directors: John Wynn Akhtem, Seitablaev (2019 / 125’) - Actors: Robert Patrick, Tommy Flanagan, Poppy Drayton
Synopsis: The Mongol Empire had grown to the largest the world had ever known. Its armies now laid siege to much of Eastern Europe. A small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpathian Mountains.
24/06 - Slovakia
Loli
paradička
Directors: Richard
et Víťo Staviarsky (2019 / 89’) - Actors: Michal
Ilkanin, Kamila Mitrásová, Michal Soltész
Synopsis: A
bitter-sweet love story. Milan, a fairground salesman, discovers that Veronka
has stolen one of his caramel cakes; as she was hungry, he takes pity on her
and decides to buy her lunch. In return, Veronka offers him her services as a
sales assistant. The spark generated between the two of them leads to a
tremendous night and they instantly fall for each other and start making plans
for a future together. Veronka does not mind that Milan has had only one leg
from birth. Milan does not mind that Veronka is a gypsy…
25/06 - Finland
Tove
Director: Zaida
Bergroth (2020 / 103’) - Actors: Alma
Pöysti, Krista Kosonen, Shanti Roney
Synopsis: The
movie centres on the life of Tove Jansson, showing both her personal
relationships, and the creation of the popular Moomin books.
26/06 - Sweden
Nice People (Trevligt
folk)
Documentary. Directors: Anders Helgeson, Karin af Klintberg (2015 / 100’) - Actors: Osman Abdullahi, Ahmed
Deeq Abdulle, Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed
Synopsis: Following
the first ever Somali bandy team in their struggle to reach the World
Championship in Siberia 2014. The team lives and trains in Borlänge, Sweden and
is coached by legendary, former bandy player Per Fosshaug and Cia Embretsen.
27/06 - Norway
Hope
Director: Maria
Sødahl (2019 / 125’) - Actors: Andrea
Bræin Hovig, Stellan Skarsgård, Elli Rhiannon Müller Osborne
Synopsis: What
happens with love when a woman in the middle of her life gets three months left
to live? Anja (43) lives with Tomas (59) in a large family of biological
children and stepchildren. For years, the couple have grown independent of each
other. When Anja gets a terminal brain cancer diagnosis the day before
Christmas, the couple are thrown into a crash course in mutual trust. By getting
to know each other anew, they unconsciously become the principal characters in
their own love story.
29/06 - Hungary
Bet on Revenge (Kincsem)
Director: Gábor Herendi (2017 / 121’)
- Actors: Ervin Nagy, Andrea Petrik, Tibor Gáspár
Synopsis: Ernõ Blaskovich lost everything
after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Kincsem, a magnificent horse gives a
purpose of his meaningless, self-destructing life. He gets a chance to gain
everything back: revenge, love and fame.
01/07 - Czech republic
Gump - pes, který
naucil lidi zít
Director: F.A.
Brabec (2021) - Actors: Bolek
Polívka, Eva Holubová, Ivana Chýlková
Synopsis: A
stray dog named Gump is searching for his place in the human world. He wishes
to get a companion, but has to endure several challenges along the way.
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