As an official documentary partner of the European Film Academy, we are thrilled to bring you a program of European films celebrating not only the diversity of European documentary cinema, but also its power to capture societal changes and inspire people worldwide.
Following the EFA’s special focus programme _UNDERSCORE which highlights and contextualises European cinema throughout the year, we divided this year’s Month of European Film into 5 thematic parts.
Each of the parts will include one film available for free for one week:
Hungarian Realities
— Judgement in Hungary by Eszter Hajdú | November 1-7
Ushtipe – Entry Point: Romani Filmmakers
— How I Became a Partisan by Vera Lacková | November 8-14
Inspired by: Chantal Akerman
— I Don’t Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman by Marianne Lambert | November 15-21
100 Years of Armenian Cinema
— 5 Dreamers and a Horse by Vahagn Khachatryan & Aren Malakyan | November 22-28
“Chantal Akerman is arguably the most important European director of her generation,” writes the American film critic James Hoberman. Besides a well-known documentary about her work, this section shows films clearly inspired by Akerman's filmmaking and a conversation with Claire Atherton, her long-time editor.
"During the last decade, co-production with Europe became more common for the Armenian film industry which had its impact on the landscape of cinema. Films made in collaboration with France, Germany, Lithuania, etc. eased the path for Armenian films to international festivals, which also helped to internationalise Armenian cinema."
A selection of documentary films shortlisted for the prestigious European Film Awards throughout the years.
"Since the Fidesz party of Viktor Orbán took power almost 14 years ago, it has become difficult to almost impossible for most of the filmmakers in Hungary to develop and produce their films with national support. The repression of freedom of speech and equal rights in Hungary, censorship, reduced funding schemes and no structural support for the independent film sector have led to numerous filmmakers leaving the country and working from elsewhere in Europe."
"Romani artists and professionals claiming their heritage is an important part of the development of a modern visual identity. Motion pictures have the potential to shape group identities, conceptualise the essence of marginalisation through carefully selected images and, at the same time, empower those previously oppressed by providing a platform to shape counter- narratives and articulate one’s own position."
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