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November pick of Europe's best culture events

From Helsinki avant-garde cinema to factory fairs in Switzerland, your guide on where to be a culture vulture this month

by abla kandalaft // 02/11/07

film, music, museum, brighton, animation, zurich, slovakia

Venice Film Festival goes war conflict

The 64th Venice Film Festival – great performances from the actors, but the favourites are two films about Iraq

by paolo perrone // 11/09/07

film, federico fellini, contemporary art, venedig, italy, society, culture

AGENDA

September culture vulture

Basel dances, Barcelona premieres the best international short films and four cultures head the dialogue in ód, Poland – our monthly cultural calendar

by Jannik Pfister @ // 31/08/07

film, journalism, photography, culture calendar, europe, culture, festivals

ANALYSIS film : Invisible special effects

Invisible special effects

Travelling through time, meeting surreal people in unreal places … Nothing is impossible at the cinema

by Marco Riciputi @ // 26/07/07

film, 3d, bologna, pixel, italy, europe, cinema

INTERVIEW film : Elephants Dream

Elephants Dream

Released in 2006, Elephants Dream was the first animated film made exclusively with open source software and released online as a free public download. Café Babel speaks to the film’s director

by Marco Riciputi @ // 26/07/07

film, internet, europe, cinema, culture

ANALYSIS film : 'Depressing' new Italian cinema

'Depressing' new Italian cinema

Quentin Tarantino's sweeping May statement finds an exception in current Sicilian-set offering 'Salvatore - This Is Life'

by maria lombardo // 22/06/07

film, munich, laura pausini, quentin tarantino, zucchero, italy, europe

FOCUS film : London, Berlin and Madrid: cine-pigs

London, Berlin and Madrid: cine-pigs

Between 8 and 14 June London hosts the third part of ‘Picture Europe’, the first film festival taking place simultaneously across different European cities

by fernando garcía acuña & abla kandalaft // 08/06/07

film, madrid, united kingdom, daniel brühl, cities, london, seville

film : Ruth Negga, a star without a label

Ruth Negga, a star without a label

The half Irish, half Ethiopian Ruth Negga, 23, burst onto the cinema scene as an emotional and promising talent during the 2006 Berlin Film Festival

by jorge gutiérrez // 02/12/06

film, ruth negga, cinema

film : Rolling out the blue carpet

Rolling out the blue carpet

The British film ‘Venus’ by Robert Michell scooped the main prize, whilst German films swept the board

by Concha Hierro @ // 17/11/06

film, europe, cinema, festivals

REVIEW film : Woody breaks news with old-time 'Scoop’

Woody breaks news with old-time 'Scoop’

Far from his beloved New York, Woody Allen presents a scathing portrait of British aristocracy in his new film

by carles matamoros // 01/11/06

film, woody allen, society, culture, festivals

FOCUS film : Girls hit cinema screens

Girls hit cinema screens

Films about girls in the suburbs are all the rage in Europe

by Prune Antoine @ // 27/10/06

film, drugs, abortion, discrimination, education system, society, culture

film : From siege to silver screen

From siege to silver screen

The 12th Sarajevo Film Festival, which ended on August 26, featured a packed programme of challenging films, revealing the remarkable renaissance of filmmaking in the Balkans.

by grégory mounier // 06/09/06

film, jasmila žbanič, sarajevo, human rights, multiculturalism, branko schmidt, danis tanović

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IDFA 2010 - Brent Hoffman says 'F*ck the Format' if you want to get your film shown

The general public is educated by the films of IDFA. But the festival does not stop its pedagogical intentions there. The IDFAcademy gathers young filmmakers from all over the world in Amsterdam, not only to watch all the films, but also to be moulded by smart people who give them ...

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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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