Further supporting its ongoing campaign to promote European films, Europa Cinemas will return to this years Berlin Film Festival, awarding its Label prize to the best European film in the Panorama section (February 9-19).
This marks the second year that the Europa Cinemas Label will be awarded at Berlin, and complements the Labels awarded at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes and the Venice Days section of the Mostra del Cinema.
A jury of four Europa Cinemas exhibitors will award the Label at Berlin, with the winning film receiving the invaluable support of extended theatrical exposure and additional promotion from the Europa Cinemas network.
The Panorama jury will consist of Willem Groot Nibbelink (Deventer - The Netherlands), Suzan Beermann (Berlin - Germany), Vladimir Trifonov (Sofia - Bulgaria) and Martin Kaufmann (Bolzano - Italy).
Founded in 1992, the Europa Cinemas network now consists of a remarkable 1562 screens in 664 cinemas in 365 cities in 59 countries. Europa Cinemas' aim is to support the programming and visibility of European films outside their country of origin, and to foster initiatives aimed at encouraging younger audiences to develop their interest in European films and cultural diversity.
Previous winners of the Europa Cinemas Label are:
Cannes - Directors' Fortnight
2005: La Moustache (Emmanuel Carrère, France)
2004: In the Battlefields (Danielle Arbid, France/Belgium/Lebanon)
2003: The Mother (Roger Michell, UK)
Kitchen Stories (Bent Hamer, Norway/Sweden)
Berlin - Panorama
2005: Live and Become (Radu Mihaileanu, France/Belgium/Israel)
Crustacés et Coquillages (Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau/France)
Venice - Venice Days
2005: Le Petit Lieutenant (Xavier Beauvois, France)
2004: Darwin's Nightmare (Hubert Sauper, Austria/France/Belgium)
Europa Cinemas is supported by the European Commission (MEDIA Plus, Euromed Audiovisual Programme, European Development Fund), National Centre for Cinematography (France), Eurimages (Council of Europe), French Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Intergovernmental Agency for the French Language.
www.europa-cinemas.org
15.01.2006 | Editor's blog
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