EU film fest to start tomorrow

24 films from 23 countries to be screened at 10-day fest

Hyderabad Film Club is organising the 23rd European Union Film Festival from August 10 to 19 at Sri Sarathi Studios in Ameerpet here. In this festival, 24 films from 23 countries of the European Union will be screened.

The inaugural function will be held on August 10 at 6 p.m., informed Bh. S.S. Prakash Reddy, secretary of Hyderabad Film Club and film director Relangi Narasimha Rao on Wednesday.

Films to be screened include

The Magic of Children (Austria);

Labyrinthus (Belgium);

Viktoria (Bulgaria);

Cowboys (Croatia);

Boy on the Bridge (Cyprus);

Tiger Theory/ Teorie Tygra (Czech Republic);

Walk with me/ De Standhaftige (Denmark);

Land of Mine/ Under Sandet (Denmark);

The Man Who Looks Like Me/ Minu Näoga Onu (Estonia);

Unexpected Journey (Finland);

9 Month Stretch/ 9 Mois Ferme (France);

House without Roof/ Haus ohne Dach (Germany);

Kissing?/ Ontos Filiounte? (Greece);

Kills on Wheels (Hungary);

Taranta on the Road (Italy);

The Lesson/ Izlaiduma Gads (Latvia);

When You Wake Up (Lithuania);

A Wedding/ Noces (Luxembourg);

Letter for the King (Netherlands);

A Brave Bunch (Poland);

Mother Knows Best (Portugal);

Little Harbour/ Piata loď (Slovakia);

The Bride/ La Novia (Spain) and

Eternal Summer (Sweden).

The fest is travelling through 11 cities. It started from New Delhi and then moved on to Chennai, Port Blair, Pune, Puducherry, Kolkata, Jaipur, Visakhapatnam and Thrissur before stopping by in Hyderabad and then heading to Goa.

Adults only

Films will be screened with English subtitles. Entry is for 18+ persons and will be on a first come, first served basis, he said. Federation of Film Societies of India, Sri Sarathi Studios, Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Directorate of Film Festivals and Delegation of European Union to India are bringing the fest here.