13/06/2007

Ten films by ten emerging European directors are part of this year's Variety Critics' Choice: Europe Now! section of the 42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 29-July 7).

The titles have been programmed by the critics of international trade paper Variety in association with European Film Promotion (EFP). Directors (or lead actors) will attend the festival to promote the films on July 1-2.

The full programme combines both presentations and celebrations, including 20 screenings as well as a press luncheon and a VIP dinner hosted by the EFP. A gala party for hundreds of guests, co-sponsored by Filmstudio Gatteo and Universal Production Partners, will showcase the legendary Festival Band live in concert.

Following preceding collaborations with the EFP, Cineuropa is once again an associate of the initiative and in the upcoming weeks will publish exclusive interviews with the selected filmmakers:

Alexandre Eik - Cold Feet [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Norway)
Andreas Prochaska - Dead in 3 Days [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Austria)
Alanté Kavaïté - Ecoute le temps [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (France)
Sonja Heiss - Hotel Very Welcome (Germany)
Grzegorz Lewandowski - Hyena (Poland)
Jeanne Waltz - Parting Shot [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jeanne Waltz
interview: Pierre-Alain Meier
film profile], see Focus (Switzerland, France)
Ole Christian Madsen - Prague [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Denmark)
Col Spector - Someone Else (UK)
Iñaki Dorronsoro - The Distance [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Spain)
Steve Hudson - True North (Ireland/UK/Germany)