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PANORAMA cinema : European indie film: 'Sundance' in Paris

European indie film: 'Sundance' in Paris

It's all eyes on the French capital's Latin quarter between 12 and 14 March 2010; the fifth edition of 'ECU', run by an Australian and supported by G-Technology by Hitachi, showcases 72 works from 28 countries across various categories. Here's our top five trailers

by cafebabel.com // 12/03/10 - 1 Comment - 1 vote

cinema, video, culture calendar, film festival, sundance, awards, culture

PORTRAIT cinema : Krystof Hadek: 'foreign characters played by English-speaking actors? Disappointing'

Krystof Hadek: 'foreign characters played by English-speaking actors? Disappointing'

In the last month the 27-year-old Czech actor has picked up accolades at the Berlin film festival (one of the ten 'shooting stars' in Europe) and a Czech Lion for 'best actor'. We talk fame, acting genes and language in European cinema

by Sergio Marx @ // 08/03/10 - 2 votes

cinema, kryštof hádek, berlinale, film festival, brunch, film, czech republic

PANORAMA cinema : The Europeans nominated for the more 'random' Oscars 2010

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

by cafebabel.com // 04/03/10 - 4 Comment - 5 votes

cinema, culture calendar, film festival, film, culture, quentin tarantino

Berlin film festival: well, hello Leo

Berlin film festival: well, hello Leo

cafebabel.com are loyal attendees of Europe's biggest cinematic event, especially in the year it turns a dinosaur 60. Via a small team of pan-European correspondents in the capital, here's a selection of exclusives of the latest releases, a flashback through the festival's tormented history, a mystery trail on the heels of Banksy and interviewees who jump the hoops through our hearts and - literally - over our heads. Catch our Berlin babelblog and twitter page for more

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Image : 60th Berlin international film festival opens: cream of the German cream (21 images)

60th Berlin international film festival opens: cream of the German cream (21 images)

FEATURE cinema : Sofia's directors and playwrights boom despite barebone budgets

Sofia's directors and playwrights boom despite barebone budgets

In Bulgaria there are no cultural policy programmes and the crisis has consumed the ministry coffers. Filmmakers like Kamen Kalev, playwrights and other creative minds demand government transparency and methods to support their enterprising spirit. Part one of a five part 'EU crisis on the ground' city series

by Ariadna Matamoros Fernàndez @ // 04/01/10 - 3 votes

cinema, balkans, art, contemporary art, best of cafebabel.com, theatre, culture

PANORAMA cinema : Mulled wine across Europe

Mulled wine across Europe

Sugarloaves, Swedish punch and grog: how Europe drinks to stay warm in the chilly run up to christmas

by Katharina Kloss @ // 22/12/09 - 1 vote

cinema, christmas, germany, northern eu, gastronomy, film, alcohol

REVIEW cinema : Film review Germany: interns feature in 'Résiste - Aufstand der Praktikanten'

Film review Germany: interns feature in 'Résiste - Aufstand der Praktikanten'

'A Quantum Revolution' has been screening in German cinemas since 12 November

by Jens Wiesner @ // 25/11/09 - 1 Comment

cinema, work, germany, job seekers, jonas grosch, film, precarity

PANORAMA cinema : There's no place for art in Tirana

There's no place for art in Tirana

One German visitor paints a bleak picture of the Albanian capital as a city of art and culture. In delapidated surroundings, the small seeds planted by creative folk via the Marubi academy and Tirana international contemporary art biennial struggle to grow

by Jorn Ebner @ // 06/11/09

cinema, albania, art, tirana, socialism, film festival, culture

PRESS REVIEW cinema : EU press talks of virginity and Benjamin Button as Lisbon treaty is ratified

EU press talks of virginity and Benjamin Button as Lisbon treaty is ratified

After months of blocking progress, Czech president Václav Klaus became the last head of state to sign on 3 November. The constitutional court in Brno had previously rejected claims brought against the legislative document by conservative senators. As the EU reform treaty can now come into effect, the Danish, Polish, Italian, Czech and Irish press react

by eurotopics @ // 04/11/09

cinema, vaclav klaus, european constitution, press review, eurotopics, euweek, prague

ANALYSIS cinema : Internet: 'the great anarchist event' no longer ours to 'control'

Internet: 'the great anarchist event' no longer ours to 'control'

When Irish telecommunications company Eircom blocked customer access to the Pirate Bay in September, you could almost hear a faint, sardonic chuckle erupt from internet users all over the world. As Britain and France impose their own legislation to cut off internet access for filesharing offenders, the EU parliament and commission hold talks to formalise their positions on 4 November

by Tim Mac an Airchinnigh @ // 27/10/09 - 1 Comment

cinema, money, internet, freedom, anarchy, pirate, european parliament

Lazy Bundestag showdown

Lazy Bundestag showdown

The uninspired German election campaign will probably continue ailing until elections take place on 27 September. A fibreless TV chancellor duel and lustless candidates have had a somniferous impact on the electing nation. Will Angela Merkel, the most 'powerful woman in the world' over the last four years, seduce the girls? Or will Steinmeier hack into the Russian Facebook community first? Maybe subjects like climate change from eco-showman Guttenberg or the fictional candidate, the comedian Horst Schlämmer, could shake up the dozing federal republic

INTERVIEW cinema : Fredo Viola: 'Downloading is an attitude that kills the music'

Fredo Viola: 'Downloading is an attitude that kills the music'

The London-born New Yorker, 39, owes his blossoming musical career to the internet, a small digital camera and the music file-sharing site EM411.com. We chat to the man with Sicilian roots upon the release of his first album, The Turn, which unites pop, electro and songs of devotion

by Francesca Barca @ // 18/09/09 - 1 Comment

cinema, fredo viola, pier paolo pasolini, federico fellini, downloads, brunch, music

PANORAMA cinema : European versions of 'Nobody puts baby in a corner'

European versions of 'Nobody puts baby in a corner'

On 14 September American actor Patrick Swayze died of pancreatic cancer, aged 57. Generations of teenage – and grown-up girls – knew him as the hunky dance teacher of the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, a cult hit in Europe

by Katharina Kloss @ // 15/09/09 - 5 Comment

cinema, dance, tower of babel, usa, film, united states, expressions

INTERVIEW cinema : Tilda Swinton: ‘We would have organised this festival with or without my Oscar’

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

by Gwénolé Le Gall @ // 17/08/09 - 1 Comment

cinema, tilda swinton, edimburgo, oscars, scotland, art, brunch

REVIEW cinema : British comic Sacha Baren Cohen's Brüno: 'the most famous Austrian since Hitler'

British comic Sacha Baren Cohen's Brüno: 'the most famous Austrian since Hitler'

'Borat was so 2006' - in 2009 it is Brüno who is showing some skin on billboards across Europe. The latest creation from the English shock-comic is a gay Austrian fashion journalist. From 24 July, an alternative version screens in UK cinemas for teenage audiences. cafebabel.com’s hub in Vienna analyses the phenomenon

by julie demel @ // 21/07/09 - 2 Comment

cinema, sacha baron cohen, humour, satire, culture calendar, culture

OPINION cinema : 2 days in Warsaw: Solidarnosc, cult Polish documentaries and Berlusconi

2 days in Warsaw: Solidarnosc, cult Polish documentaries and Berlusconi

For two days at the end of April 2009, the Polish capital becomes the 'centre of Europe' as the EU's largest centre-right party descend on the city. Quality time spent between British, Spanish and Polish colleagues raises an understanding of what the last twenty years mean, and the gap between east and west. Opinion

by Natalia Sosin @ // 16/06/09 - 1 Comment

cinema, protest, director, divorce, communism, poland, european popular party

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Berlinale film review: Shutter Island (2010) by Martin Scorcese

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Antichrist get’s booed at Cannes, what an honour Lars von Trier!

We are leaving the cinema completely ravished. This is madness, bare horror and yet nothing surreal: a couple is doing its psychoanalysis in the woods – the thing to avoid!   Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe (I didn’t pay attention to their character names and actually it has no importance as ...

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Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz: dancing in the rain

It is crisis and you feel it also in Cannes: beer instead of champaign and peanuts replace the caviar, festival goers had been used to in previous years. Everybody has something to complain about. Restaurants lack reservations, hotels are not fully booked and now it has even started to rain ...

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