'Triangle of Sadness', 'Holy Spider' and French New Wave retrospectives top list of Diverse European Film Month

"Triangle of Sadness" by Ruben Östlund, "Holy Spider" by Ali Abbasi and tributes to the Nouvelle Wave is among the most common programming choices for this year's European Film Month, a varied showcase for continental cinema taking place across the continent from November 13 to December 10.

Piloted by the European Film Academy, the month-long initiative will span 35 cinemas partners in as many countries, with each theater offering a unique program tailored to that specific market. Like three dozen complementary programs gathered around the same banner, this year's European Film Month will feature screenings of recent films from the festival, retrospectives to directors Jonas Mekas and Lars von Trier, and national highlights on contemporary German, Portuguese and Nordic cinema - among many other moving parts.

"With European Film Month, the Academy is launching a new network", says European Film Academy CEO Matthijs Wouter Knol. “Much of this network is made up of movie theaters curating smart programs with hand-picked films that cater to the curiosity and tastes of their local audiences. Programs that help to rediscover European film culture. For the very first time, all these efforts and initiatives are linked over a longer period of time through the European Film Month, carefully orchestrated by the Academy."

"We are convinced that increasing the visibility of European films, which present our own stories and history European Unions should not be done only at national level", continues Knol. "This is a European question and need, which can only be successfully addressed together, by joining forces more. , this initiative is a first step. The Academy will be more and more committed to it in the years to come."

Launching with European Arthouse Film Day on November 13 and culminating with the European film set in Reykjavik this year on December 10, the four-week program is billed as Europe's answer to awards season, offering a month-long window full of Q&As, retrospectives and themed screenings, all aimed at create excitement and awareness.

"Our goal in the future is to create more visibility for the films in the annual selection of the Academy as well as for the nominated films to a wider audience and to our members during European Film Month,” says Knol.

Mainly from the Europa Cinemas network, participating cinemas include Kino Aero (Prague), Trianon (Athens) , Cinema Beltrade (Milan) EYE (Amsterdam), Cinema Ideal (Lisbon), Orion (Helsinki), Le Balzac (Paris), as well as the Tel Aviv Cinematheque and the Glasgow Film Theatre. Directors receiving retrospectives include New Wave stalwarts Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and Agnès Varda, as well as Lars von Trier, Jonas Mekas, Jacques Tati and Pier Paolo Pasolini.

The complete program is available here.

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