Copenhagen showcases Euro Films
- European cinema in Danish capital from 13-20 Aug with Angelopoulos judging 14 films in competition, including Norway’s Kitchen Stories & Italy’s La finestra di fronte
The first edition of the Copenhagen International Film Festival is scheduled to unroll in the Danish capital from 13-20 August 2003. A total of fourteen films will compete for the Golden Swan award assigned by a jury presided over by Theo Angelopoulos.
Scandinavian films dominate the selection, with three from Denmark: The Bouncer by Jesper W. Nielsen (Okay, Scratch by Anders Gustafsson and The Tenth Muse by Torben Skjødt Jensen, dedicated to silent film diva, Asta Nielsen. There is one Danish co-production, Song for a Raggy Boy by Aisling Walsh plus two Norwegian features: Kitchen Stories by Bent Hamer and Falling Sky by Gunnar Vikene.
FILMS IN COMPETITION
Les triplettes de Belleville [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Sylvain Chomet (FR)
- La finestra di fronte [+see also:
trailer
interview: Ferzan Ozpetek
film profile] by Ferzan Ozpetek (IT)
- Falling Sky by Gunnar Vikene (NO)
-Hungarian Beauty by Péter Gothár (HU)
- Kiss of Life by Emily Young (UK)
-Kitchen Stories by Bent Hamer (NO)
-S21, The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine by Rithy Pahn (FR)
-Scratch by Anders Gustafsson (DK)
- Shattered Glass [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Chris Kraus (GE)
-Song for a Raggy Boy by Aisling Walsh (IR/SP/UK/DK)
- The Bouncer by Jesper W. Nielsen (DK)
-The Soldiers of Salaminas by David Trueba (SP)
-The Tenth Muse by Torben Skjødt Jensen (DK)
-Zus & Zo by Paula van der Oest (NL)
(Translated from Italian)
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