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Windows on Europe Film Festival 2011
Windows on Europe is a unique film festival which brings together award winning films from across the European Union.

While the screening of European film is not unusual in Australia and New Zealand, the Windows on Europe film festival is unique in that it draws the diverse and rich cultures of Europe into the one festival. The festival has its origins in Canberra but its popularity has seen it extended to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Auckland. In 2011 this expansion continues with Adelaide added to the program.

The 2011 Windows on Europe festival comprises 14 films* offering a variety of drama, thrillers, comedies, romance, science fiction and history. If you like films that delve into relationships intermixed with humour and drama, there are gems from Cyprus, Hungary, France and Spain and there are poignant drama offerings from Belgium, Germany, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden.

The Polish film puts a focus on history offering while Portugal gives us a documentary interlaced with music and romance. The young and the young at heart will enjoy the Finnish film while the Slovenian entry provides a mix of thriller and horror. In short this festival has something for everyone.

Here are some highlights from the festival:

32A
Ireland
Genre: drama
Year of Production: 2008
Director: Marian Quinn
Marian Quinn makes her directorial debut with this tale of growing-up as a 13-year old girl in 1979 ireland. We open with our heroine, Maeve, putting on her new bra, and stepping out into the world as a young woman. she has an obsession with breasts and bras and can’t help but stare at other girls and women; even the head nun doesn’t escape her gaze. Otherwise, her world revolves around her three friends who are more experienced in the ways of the world. They wear bras already (except claire the feminist) and they’ve all had boyfriends. The new bra is a start but they really hope Maeve can find a fella, even offering kissing lessons to prepare her. What no one expects, least of all Maeve, is that she should snare the local sixteen- year old heartthrob....

Born of the Sea
Poland
Genre: History
Year of Production: 2009
Director: Andrzej Kotkowski
From 1923-1926, just a few years after poland regained its independence, impressive investments were completed thanks to the efforts of the polish government, its engineers and workers. Within three years, a new town and harbour were built in gdynia. This is a tale about work, friendship and love, about hopes and failures. The main character, krzysztof grabien, arrives from the interior of the country together with his friend Wolodia Jazowiecki, to participate in the construction of the gdynia harbour. here he meets a kashubian girl, Łucka konka...

Prehod
Slovenia
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Year of Production: 2008
Director: Boris Palčič
Based on the novel Transition by Vladimir nardin, Prehod tells the story of an innocent affair with a mysterious woman that takes an artist into the dark world of corporate conspiracy and mind control games. a painter named Vlado paints a portrait of an unknown woman. When the woman in the portrait “comes alive” and shows up at the artist’s exhibition opening, Vlado’s life is turned upside down. as he becomes involved in a passionate affair with the mysterious woman, he does not notice that he has fallen into the trap of Zom, a para-psycho- logical organization which controls the actions of individuals by entering their thoughts. a whirlwind of curious events and unexplained suicides takes him into a world where reality and fantasy are intertwined by a manipulative international corporation. Where relationships are just a means to an end and death is only an illusion, control and power are the ultimate weapons.

Cherry Blossoms – Hanami
Germany
Genre: drama
Year of Production: 2008
Director: Doris Dörrie
Only Trudi knows her husband Rudi is in the final stages of cancer and following their doctor’s suggestion, they embark on one last adventure together, however, disillusion lies ahead and disaster strikes. When Trudi dies unexpectedly, a grief stricken Rudi vows to honour her unfulfilled dream by embarking on a life-changing journey to Japan, a place Trudi often dreamed about but never visited. a trip to Tokyo, in the midst of the cherry Blossom Festival, sparks an unlikely friendship with a young Butoh dancer who helps Rudi connect with his wife’s lifelong love for the dance. a poetic journey into the heart of the human soul, captivating and melancholy, a deeply poignant love story about a couple in their mid-sixties who only truly discover one another once death has separated them.

Windows on Europe Film Festival 2011
Dates and Venues:
Canberra 12-18/02/2011 Dendy Cinemas, Canberra City
Brisbane 19-25/02/2011 Brisbane Dendy Portside
Sydney 26/02-04/03/2011 Dendy Opera Quays Sydney
Adelaide 31/03-07/04/2011 Mercury Cinema
Melbourne 13-17/04/2011 Cinema Nova

Official Site: www.delaus.ec.europa.eu


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