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NEW RELEASES Austria

Food for thought

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Of the six new films released today, only one comes from America. On the contrary, Europe is well represented —a broad-minded Europe with universal concerns.
The Austrian public will be able to discover Wächter der Nacht (Nochnoi Dozor) by the Russian director Timur Bekmambetov, a film distributed by 20th Century Fox, as well as Yasmin, a British and German co-production directed by Kenny Glenaan depicting how a Pakistani girl from the North of England re-discovers her origins after 9/11 (distr. Polyfilm). Laws of Attraction by Peter Howitt, another co-production involving Great-Britain, Germany, and Ireland, starring Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore, is launched by Einhorn-Film. The German neighbour is also sending a children's animation film, Der kleine Eisbär 2 - Die geheimnisvolle Insel by Piet De Rycker. Lars, the little polar bear, comes back on the screen and travels all around the world to help his friend Caruso the penguin (distr. Warner Bros.).

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Last but not least, an Austrian documentary which premiered a couple of weeks ago in Toronto, We feed the world by Erwin Wagenhofer, is launched by Filmladen and Allegro Film. This film against globalisation and ruthless commercial strategies, produced by Helmut Grasser for Allegro, is the fruit of a thorough work of research, since Wagenhofer found his interviewees in France, Spain, Romania, Switzerland, and even Brazil, to understand where the food we eat comes from and how it is produced. Hearing some English fishermen's comments about the new European regulations or Nestlé's managers, and seeing how hybrid seeds are used in Eastern Europe, cannot but make us think about the daily practice that is eating. Indeed, the first person plural of the title implies that all inhabitants of rich countries have some responsibility in the intolerable waste of resources, while 12 million people starve. We Feed the World was supported by the Austrian Film Institute and the Vienna film fund.

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(Translated from French)

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