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PORTRAIT film : 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

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

PANORAMA film : 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 - 4 votes

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

REVIEW film : Kinshasa Symphony: why is Mozart in Africa an alien concept?

Kinshasa Symphony: why is Mozart in Africa an alien concept?

People passionately making music is always good film fodder. This German documentary offers a contrast to the conflicts and states of mind dealt with its 2008 predecessor 'Trip to Asia', which followed the Berlin philharmonic

by Christiane Lötsch @ // 02/03/10 - 2 votes

film, berlin, culture calendar, africa, berlinale, music, film review

INTERVIEW film : Florian Lukas: no more 'best mate characters' for the 'Good Bye Lenin!' star

Florian Lukas: no more 'best mate characters' for the 'Good Bye Lenin!' star

He picked up a Deutscher Filmpreis for his role as the fake newsreader with a stick-on moustache who brought the GDR back to life after the wall had fallen in the 2003 cult hit. Seven years on, the 36-year-old is back, this time playing the sensitive lover of a German-born Turk. We grab the actor at the 2010 Berlin film festival

by Ole Skambraks @ // 18/02/10 - 4 Comment - 3 votes

film, berlin, culture calendar, berlinale, film festival, florian lukas, cinema

FOCUS film : Berlin film festival: 60 years of masterpieces

Berlin film festival: 60 years of masterpieces

The Berlin international film festival (or Berlinale) has been fraught with political struggles. Created by the allies of west Berlin right under the noses of communist dictators, it was a way of opening a window to the 'free' world. Over the years, it has developed into an unmissable world cinema event

by Sergio Marx @ // 15/02/10 - 1 vote

film, cold war, berlin, jean-luc godard, nouvelle vague, post-soviet states, berlinale

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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)

Trailer 'The Convoy': erasmus road trip to Auschwitz for 65th anniversary See the video

- Video Trailer 'The Convoy': erasmus road trip to Auschwitz for 65th anniversary

25/01/10 - 1 vote

film, diary, languages, erasmus, holocaust, history, auschwitz

PANORAMA film : 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

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

REVIEW film : 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

film, work, germany, jonas grosch, precarity, film review, internships

PANORAMA film : 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 - 4 Comment

film, dance, tower of babel, usa, patrick swayze, united states, expressions

FEATURE film : The 'state of cinema' as declared in a bay by Loch Ness

The 'state of cinema' as declared in a bay by Loch Ness


‘A pilgrimage’ was the name chosen by actress Tilda Swinton and documentary maker Mark Cousins for their new festival, a unique travelling celebration of cinema. In August, masterpieces of the seventh art were shown across Scotland. Memories of a week spent somewhere between poetry and politics, dream and reality

by Gwénolé Le Gall @ // 17/08/09 - 2 Comment

film, festival, tilda swinton, activism, cinema, culture, scotland

FEATURE film : Soviet nostalgia: Russian drink, bunker parties and film in Vilnius

Soviet nostalgia: Russian drink, bunker parties and film in Vilnius

Twenty years after the Iron Curtain, the Baltic tiger is experiencing a bout of nostalgia. A young, trendy generation, fed up of hearing about the past, is looking back at a not-quite-so ‘carefree’ childhood under the soviet regime

by Katharina Kloss @ // 25/06/09 - 3 Comment - 1 vote

film, good bye lenin, giedrė beinoriūtė, marius ivaškevičius, lenin, joseph stalin, reunification

OPINION film : 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

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

Austrian blood stirs

Austrian blood stirs

To welcome our new cafebabel.com local team in Vienna, we have a look at this tiny country which has become big in the international news thanks to the trial of incest father Joseph Fritzl and the sudden death of Europe’s most popular right wing politician, Jorg Haider. But Austria is also the country that has just won its case for banning GM crops against the European commission, that gives 16-year-olds the right to vote and that has the lowest unemployment rate in Europe (4%), after the Netherlands

PRESS REVIEW film : Slumdog Millionaire: 8 Oscars in times of crisis

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

by euro topics @ // 24/02/09 - 4 Comment

film, cinema, oscars, slumdog millionaire, eurotopics, culture, finanzkrise

REVIEW film : The Yes Men fix the world: die, global capitalism

The Yes Men fix the world: die, global capitalism

Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno's modern political activism doesn't only involve fighting for their beliefs. They have shot a whole movie about it. Exclusive video interview

by Ole Skambraks @ , TAU* Mendez Hernandez @ // 13/02/09 - 7 Comment

film, berlin, cine, berlinale, film festival, politics, antisistema

INTERVIEW film : Miss Marion: the French burlesque star will 'tease you until you die'

Miss Marion: the French burlesque star will 'tease you until you die'

The 32-year-old from Normandy performs a 'slowed-down' version of burlesque. A dance historically popular in eras of depression, her latest show updates the genre, combining nipple tassels and an iPhone - an accessible escape for Europeans in recession

by Nabeelah Shabbir @ // 13/02/09 - 1 Comment - 1 vote

film, dance, feminism, tradition, love, recession, art

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Bezalel End of Year Graduating Students Exhibition in Jerusalem

At the Mount Scopus Campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem takes place the End of Year Exhibition of the Graduating Students of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design from July 13 to 31, 2009 For a visitor to the event first must come the disorientation. The Humanities and Social ...

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Audiard’s “Prophet” delivers first Cannes frenzy

Seeing a carotid being cut with a razor blade at 8h30 in the morning is a rather painful breakfast. The two and a half hours that follow this scene are not easier to digest, but French director Jacques Audiard has brought to Cannes a mafia masterpiece which is thrilling and ...

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Austria | Austrian Politicians have to attract the young

Since two years young people in Austria can vote from the age of 16 on. Time to change strategies by using Facebook and other social networks. Moreover, three Austrian Ministries together with some partners, e.g. the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions, launched the video contest “Film it!”. Youngsters are ...

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Mothers, Watch Your Sons

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 by Agnes Emri Approaching the end of the Berlinale, I feel more and more justified to generalize about this year’s competition section. One film after the other, a specific thematic element ...

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Human Zoo or just hell?

Human Zoo France, 2008, 110 minDirector: Rie RasmussenCast: Rie Rasmussen, Nikola Djuricko, Nick CoreySection: Panoramaby Ole Skambraks“Bonny and Clyde in Kosovo” is a proper label for the first feature film of the young Danish director Rie Rasmussen. It opened this years Panorama section and provoked a real uproar in ...

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