Following its kick-off in 2013, European Film Promotion (EFP) will host the second edition of Westwind – a European Film Showcase in Moscow from 15 to 19 October, 2014.
The public screenings will be introduced by the films’ directors or talent at Moscow’s centrally located Formula Kino Horizont cinema. Westwind is supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union and the participating member organisations.
According to EFP, the 10 selected films cover the diversity of new European cinema, ranging from entertaining romantic comedies through historical and psychological dramas to political East European features.
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The series of screenings will be presenting films from 10 countries as diverse as Iceland and Slovenia, Denmark and Switzerland, Germany and The Netherlands, FYR of Macedonia and Finland, Czech Republic and Luxembourg.
A jury of Russian film experts, including Raisa Fomina (distributor – Intercinema), Piotr Shepotinnik (film critic) and Olga Filipuk (Russian VoD distributor – IVI.RU) selected the films from a group of nominations suggested by members of EFP’s network. The films are new to Moscow’s filmgoers and also interesting for the Russian market.
Films screened at Westwind 2014 – EFP’s European Film Showcase in Moscow
CLASS ENEMY
Director: Rok Bicek
EFP member organisation: Slovenian Film Centre
Attending talent: Rok Bicek (director)
October 18 / 4:30 pm
METALHEAD
Director: Ragnar Bragason
EFP member organisation: Icelandic Film Centre
Attending talent: Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir (actress)
October 16 / 9:30 pm
THIRD HALF, THE
Director: Darko Mitrevski
EFP member organisation: Macedonian Film Agency
Attending talent: Darko Mitrevski (director)
October 18 / 7:00 pm
SOMEONE YOU LOVE
Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen
EFP member organisation:Danish Film Institute
October 19 / 7:00 pm
FAIR PLAY
Director: Andrea Sedlackova
EFP member organisation: Czech Film Center
October 19 / 9:30 pm
BELOVED SISTERS
Director: Dominik Graf
EFP member organisation: German Films
October 17 / 7:00 pm
21 WAYS TO RUIN A MARRIAGE
Director: Johanna Vuoksenmaa
EFP member organisation: Finnish Film Foundation
October 19 / 5:00 pm
BLIND SPOT
Director: Christophe Wagner
EFP member organisation: Film Fund Luxembourg
October 18 / 9:30 pm
DREAMLAND
Director: Petra Volpe
EFP member organisation: Swiss Films
Attending talent: Luna Mijovic & Bettina Stucky (actresses)
October 17 / 9:30 pm
TUSCAN WEDDING
Director: Johan Nijenhuis
EFP member organisation: EYE International (The Netherlands)
October 19 / 7:30 pm
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Photo courtesy: EFP
