14/01/2009

Europa Cinemas will assume artistic direction for the tenth consecutive staging of the European Film Weeks in Morocco (January 22 – February 6). Organised each year since 1991 by the Delegation of the European Commission and the Embassies and Cultural Institutes of Member States, in partnership with Moroccan Cinema Centre (CCM), the European Film Weeks are one of the most tangible cultural symbols of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership in Morocco.

The selection for 2009 reaffirms the exceptional vitality of European cinema, starting with The Class [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Carole Scotta
interview: Laurent Cantet
film profile], the film event from Laurent Cantet, Golden Palm in Cannes, which will open the show.

Award-winning or selected in Cannes, Venice or Berlin, a total of 10 films will be screened successively to audiences of 4 Moroccan key-cities, Tétouan, Rabat, Casablanca and Marrakech: Happy-Go-Lucky [+see also:
trailer
film profile], by Mike Leigh, The Silence of Lorna [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Arta Dobroshi
interview: Arta Dobroshi
interview: Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne
interview: Olivier Bronckart
film profile], by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Gomorrah [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Domenico Procacci
interview: Jean Labadie
interview: Matteo Garrone
film profile], by Matteo Garrone, Cloud 9, by Andreas Dresen, I Served the King of England [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], by Czech director Jiri Menzel, Tricks [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Andrzej Jakimowski
interview: Tomasz Gąssowski
film profile], by Andrzej Jakimowski, Christopher Columbus, the Enigma [+see also:
trailer
film profile], by Manoel de Oliveira, King of the Hill, by Spanish director Gonzalo López-Gallego, and Garage [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ed Guiney
interview: Jean-François Deveau
interview: Lenny Abrahamson
film profile], by Lenny Abrahamson.

Beside long-feature films, a special Moroccan programme is being implemented this year with 6 short films reflecting the healthy state of Moroccan production.