The 14th edition of the European Film Festival will be held at National Film Corporation Cinema from August 16-21 in Colombo.
The festival will be opened on August 16 with the screening of 'Murina' by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic which won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Award winning actor and screenwriter Nimmi Harasgama will grace the opening ceremony as the Chief Guest.
Public screenings will commence from August 17-21 at 3.30 pm and 6.00 pm.
The European Film Festival is presented by the European Union in Colombo and curated by Anomaa Rajakaruna.
List of Films
MURINA
by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic
(2021| 92”| Fiction)
Croatia, Slovenia, Brazil, United States
OSKAR & LILLI
(Oskar & Lilli - Ein bisschen bleiben wir noch)
by Arash T. Riahi
(2020 | 102”| Fiction) Austria
SANREMO
by Miroslav Mandić
(2020 | 89”| Fiction) Slovenia, Italy
MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE
by Signe Baumane
(2022 | 107”| Animation) United States, Latvia, Luxembourg
THE BIG HIT
(Un triomphe) by Emmanuel Courcol
(2020 | 106”| Fiction) France
GENTLE
(Szelíd)
by Anna Eszter Nemes, László Csuja (2022 | 92”| Fiction) Hungary, Germany
SHADOW COUNTRY
(Krajina ve stínu)
by Bohdan Sláma (2020 | 135”| Fiction) Czech Republic, Slovakia
IO STO BENE
by Donato Rotunno
(2020 | 100”| Fiction) Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Italy
MITRA
by Kaweh Modiri (2021| 107”| Fiction) Netherlands, Germany, Denmark
IMAD'S CHILDHOOD
(Imads barndom)
by Zahavi Sanjavi (2021 | 78”| Documentary) Sweden, Latvia, Iraq
LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG
(Lyuksemburh, Lyuksemburh)
by Antonio Lukich (2022 | 105”| Fiction) Ukraine