Hyderabad: 26^th edition of the European Union Film Festival is available in its virtual avatar from November 1^st onwards– featuring outstanding, award-winning European cinema that bring forth inspiring stories, all from the comfort and safety of our homes. It celebrates the diversity and depth of European cinema and culture. The festival’s main attraction would Austria’s English movie Little Joe and Belgique movie Lola.

Little Joe follows Alice (Emily Beecham), a single mother and dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. She has engineered a special crimson flower, remarkable not only for its beauty but also for its therapeutic value; if kept at the ideal temperature, fed properly, and spoken to regularly, this plant makes its owner happy. Against the company policy, Alice takes one home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe. They christen it ‘Little Joe.’ But as their plant grows, so too does Alice’s suspicion that her new creation may not be as harmless as its nickname suggests.

Lola is about an 18-year-old transgender, learns that she can finally have surgery, her mother, who is her only financial support, passes away. Abiding by her mother’s last wishes, Lola and her father, who are permanently in conflict and have not seen each other for two years, undertake a journey all the way to the Belgian coast. They realize the outcome of the journey may not be the one they were both expecting!

Through November 2021, viewers and movie buffs can enjoy 60 outstanding movies in 37 languages across 8 genres that explore unique stories, experiences, and histories with artistic storytelling from across 27 Member States and associate countries, celebrating the most recent cinematic triumphs at Cannes, Locarno, San Sebastian, Karlovy Vary, and Venice, amongst others.

The festival will also pay homage to legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, on his 100th birth anniversary, with the projection of the seminal Pather Panchali. A special contemporary Indian section, curated by the Dharamshala International Film Festival, includes six films in four Indian official languages namely Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Bengali.

Access to the Film Festival

Tickets for the Film Festival and related side events will be free for audiences. Audiences can register through the Delegation’s website and social media channels.  The Film Festival will run till 30^th November. Once registered, viewers can log in at their convenience. Register here:  https://www.festivalscope.com/page/euff-india-a-window-to-europe/

EURORAMA: EUROPEAN CINEMA TODAY

Country	Film Title	Production Details	Genre
Austria	Little Joe	dir. Jessica Hausner, Austria, United Kingdom, Germany, 2019, 105′	Sci-fi
Belgium	Lola	dir. Laurent Micheli, Belgium, France, 2019, 87′	Drama
Bulgaria	The Father	dir. Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Bulgaria, Greece, 2019, 87′	Drama
Croatia	The Staffroom	dir. Sonja Tarokic, Croatia, 2021	Drama
Cyprus	Patchwork	dir. Petros Charalambous, Cyprus, Israel, Slovenia, 2021, 88′	Drama
Czechia	Bird Atlas	dir. Olmo Omerzu, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, 2021, 92′	Drama
Denmark	Shorta	dir. Frederik Louis Hviid, Anders Ølholm, Denmark, 2020, 108′	Drama
Estonia	Goodbye Soviet Union	dir. Lauri Randla, Estonia, 2020, 91′	Comedy
Finland	Ladies of Steel	dir. Pamela Tola, Finland, 2020, 91′	Comedy
France	Red Soil	dir. Farid Bentoumi, France, 2020, 86′	Drama
Germany	The Audition	dir. Ina Weisse, Germany, France, 2019, 99′	Drama
Greece	Her Job	dir. Nikos Labôt, Greece, France, Serbia, 2018, 90′	Drama
Hungary	Bad Poems	dir. Gábor Reisz, Hungary, France, 2018, 97′	Drama/Comedy
Ireland	Dating Amber	dir. David Freyne, Ireland, United Kingdom, 2020, 92′	Comedy
Italy	Small Body	dir. Laura Samani, Italy, France, Slovenia, 2021, 89′	Drama
Latvia	Oleg	dir. Juris Kursietis, Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania, France, 2019, 108′	Drama
Lithuania	Runner	dir. Andrius Blazevicius, Lithuania, Czech Republic, 2021, 87′	Drama
Luxembourg	Hytte	dir.  Jean-Louis Schuller, Luxembourg, Belgium, 2019, 76′	Drama
Malta	Perpetual Child	dir.Stephanie Sant, Malta, 2020, 10’41	Drama
Malta	Mister Teddy is Angry	Fabrizio Ellul, Malta, 2021, 4’03	Animation
Malta	Hallini Hanini	Samira Damato, Malta, 1964, 14’10	Drama
Netherlands	Gold	dir. Rogier Hesp, Netherlands, 2020, 90′	Drama
Poland	25 Years of Innocence. The Case of Tomek Komenda	dir. Jan Holoubek, Poland, 2020, 112′	Drama
Portugal	The Domain	dir. Tiago Guedes, Portugal, France, 2019, 166′	Drama
Romania	Marona’s Fantastic Tale	dir. Anca Damian, Romania, France, Belgium, 2019, 92′	Animation
Slovakia	The Man with Hare Ears	dir. Martin Šulík, Slovakia, Czech Republic, 2020, 104′	Comedy
Slovenia	Inventory	dir. Darko Sinko, Slovenia, 2021, 106′	Drama
Spain	Schoolgirls	dir. Pilar Palomero, Spain, 2020, 97′	Drama
Sweden	Charter	dir. Amanda Kernell, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, 2020, 94′	Drama
Switzerland	Spagat	dir. Christian Johannes Koch, Switzerland, 2020, 110′	Drama
Contemporary Indian Cinema
India	Yeh Freedom Life	dir. Priya Sen, India, 2018, 70′	Documentary
India	About Love	dir. Archana Atul Phadke, India, 91′	Documentary
India, United Kingdom	When Hari Got Married	dir. Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam, India, United Kingdom, 2012	Drama
India	Chuskit	dir. Priya Ramasubban, India, 2018, 89′	Drama
India	Ee. Ma. Yau.	dir. Lijo Jose Pellissery, India, 2018, 120’	Drama
India	Mukti Bhawan	dir.  Shubhashish Bhutiani, India, 2016, 99′	Drama/Comedy
Poetry on Screen: Masterpieces of Indian Cinema
India	Pather Panchali	dir. Satyajit Ray, India,	Drama
India	Kalpana	dir. Uday Shankar, India, 1948, 155′	Dance/Musical
Environment and Climate Change
Switzerland	Fifty Steps	dir. Niccolò Aiazzi, Switzerland, 2020, 54′	Documentary
Denmark	Journey to Utopia	dir. Erlend E. Mo, Denmark, 2020, 89′	Documentary
Finland, France, Morocco	School of Hope	dir. Mohamed El Aboudi, Finland, France, Morocco, 2020, 78′	Documentary
Cinema Together: Co-production in and out of Europe
France, Canada, Ivory Coast, Senegal	Night of the Kings	dir. Philippe Lacôte, France, Canada, Ivory Coast, Senegal, 2020, 90′	Drama/Fantasy
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, France, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Turkey	Quo Vadis, Aida?	dir.  Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, France, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Turkey, 2020, 102′	Drama
Masterpieces of European Cinema: In collaboration with the Cinema Ritrovato Festival
Spain	That Happy Couple	dir. Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga, Spain, 1951, 82′	Comedy
Hungary	The Girl	dir. Márta Mészáros, Hungary, 1968, 80	Drama
Poland	The Last Stage	dir. Wanda Jakubowska, Poland, 1948, 109′	Drama
Bulgaria	We Were Young	dir. Binka Zhelyazkova, Bulgaria, 1961, 110′	Drama
Italy	Rome, Open City	dir. Roberto Rossellini, Italy, 1945, 103′	Drama
Czechoslovakia	Closely Watched Trains	dir. Jiří Menzel, Czechoslovakia, 1966, 88′	Drama/Romance
France	Madame Bovary	dir. Claude Chabrol, France, 1991, 143′	Drama/Romance
Film Education: Growing Up With Cinema
Italy	My Brother Chases Dinosaurs	dir. Stefano Cipani, Italy, 2019, 101’	Drama/Comedy
Romania, France, Belgium	Marona’s Fantastic Tale	dir. Anca Damian, Romania, France, Belgium, 2019, 92′	Animation
Germany	Too Far Away	dir. Sarah Winkenstette, Germany, 2020, 89′	Drama
Spain	Avalanche	Children’s Age- 16-17 years old,  (Cinema en curs/A Bao A Qu) , 2018,16‘	Drama
France	I have a Cabin	Children’s Age- 6-10 years old,  (La Cinémathèque françaiseCinéma, cent ans de jeunesse), 2018,  6:35	Adventure
Spain	Through the Museo del Prado. Glances and Portraits of a Museum	Children’s Age- 6-17 years old,  (Cinema en curs/A Bao A Qu) ,2018-19, 23‘	Drama
India	The Letter	Children’s Age- 10-17 years old,  (La Cinémathèque françaiseCinéma, cent ans de jeunesse), 2018, 7:51	Documentary
In A Few Words: A Short Film Selection
Canada	Kokota: The Islet of Hope	dir. Craig Norris, Canada, 2016, 29′	Documentary
Germany	Geo-Engineering	dir. Yannick Stark, Germany, 2020, 2′	Animation
France	Thermostat 6	dir. Mylène Cominotti, Sixtine Dano, Marion Coudert, Maya Av-ron, France, 2018, 4:48′	Animation
Belgium	A Sister	dir. Delphine Girard, Belgium, 2018, 17′	Drama