Oscars
Porn director Erika Lust: 'I felt uncomfortable like all women when they're watching porn'
In her native Stockholm Erika Hallqvist was a politics student who pondered why the porn industry wasn't more feminist. Today the 34-year-old award-winning writer, director, producer and mother-of-two is based in Barcelona and successfully rebelling against gender cliches with her 'new indie adult movies' - making 'love, not porn'
oscars, barcelona, women, lifestyle, stockholm, indie, feminism
Director Tomasz Baginski: ‘We Polish often lack the ability to distance ourselves from issues’
His mini-film depicted Poland’s six-month presidency of the EU as a passionate dance and cost around 130, 000 euros to make. Poland’s most famous animation producer is a 2002 Oscar nominee in the short animated film category; so why so much criticism?
To mark six-month presidency of EU, Poland releases 3D ‘dance with stars’ video
1 July marks the beginning of Poland’s rotating six-month presidency of the council of the European union. Foreign affairs minister Radoslaw Sikorsi commissioned an advert directed by 2003 Oscar nominee and 2006 BAFTA winner Tomasz Baginski – but do Poles like it?
Denmark 2011 Oscar for In A Better World - but not a very Danish movie
Susanne Bier’s ‘Hævnen’ is a story about blood, thirst and justice and the hard realities of life. But how did a movie about such dark subjects come out of Denmark, the country with the happiest people on earth?
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Jacek Borcuch, Poland’s 2011 Oscar candidate: 'America doesn’t impress me'
'All That I Love' by the 40-year-old Polish director is one of 65 films competing for an oscar in the 2011 'best foreign language film' category. It is a nostalgic childhood tale about growing up with a punk rock band in a Poland under martial law
The Europeans nominated for the more 'random' Oscars 2010
There's a tendency to focus on which Europeans snag the best film or best actress prizes - but here's a trailer run down of the less famed contenders vying for other Oscars from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which takes place at the Kodak Theatre on 7 March
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Tilda Swinton: ‘We would have organised this festival with or without my Oscar’
She has starred in the latest films from David Fincher, Jim Jarmusch and the Coen brothers... but her love of cinema has brought her back to Scotland, where she was born, to co-organise a portable cinema festival. Interview
oscars, united kingdom, scotland, tilda swinton, brunch, edimburgo, art
Slumdog Millionaire: 8 Oscars in times of crisis
The global financial and economic crisis also left its mark on this year's academy awards. The film industry is rethinking its financing strategy. The independent, multinational film, about a poor boy in India who wins a quiz show, won eight gongs in Los Angeles on 22 February
oscars, economy, economical crisis, eurotopics, slumdog millionaire, finanzkrise, festivals
Oscars 2009: popcorn anyone?
You might recognise some of the Oscar nominated films from the European film awards in Copenhagen in December 2008. You're better off hitting the indie cinemas than watching the awards on the night of 22 February. You know what they (should) say: if the Europeans invented cinema, then the Americans invented entertainment
- Read the special edition Oscars 2009: popcorn anyone?
- 'The Class': France's 2008 Oscar nomination
- The Oscars, what a let down, blah blah
- Trailers Oscars 2009: Europe flocks to the red carpet
- Barcelona: Woody Allen's ‘Big Apple’ in Europe
- The Baader-Meinhof Complex: Germany’s Oscar entry should be more honest
British, Spanish and French actors sweep Oscars 2008
Europe was well represented at the 80th Oscars ceremony on 24 February in LA, with wins for actors Javier Bardem, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Tilda Swinton
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Oscar for 'The Lives of Others'
German film director Florian Henckel's feature debut shines in Hollywood with an elegant and assured spy thriller
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