European Union Film Festival 2024: Animal to What A Feeling, Check Out The Lineup Here
European Union Film Festival 2024: Animal to What A Feeling, Check Out The Lineup Here
The European Union Film Festival will take place from November 7 to 16 in New Delhi this year.

The European Union Film Festival (EUFF), an annual celebration of European cinema, the Indo-Europe partnership, and a shared passion for art and culture, returns with its 29th edition. This year, the festival will travel across three cities – New Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad. The festival promises a captivating cinematic journey through 26 award-winning films in 31 languages, offering a window into European society, culture, and people.

Organized by the Delegation of the European Union to India, in collaboration with the Embassies of EU Member States and regional partners, the festival will kick off in New Delhi, running from 7th -16th November. The New Delhi leg will be hosted across three iconic venues: India Habitat Centre, Instituto Cervantes, and Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan.

The festival will feature films from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Ukraine. This thoughtfully curated selection of films includes some of the most talked-about European movies that have earned recognition at prestigious international film festivals. Highlights include La Chimera, Baan, Jim’s Story, Afire, What a Feeling, Animal, An Irish Goodbye, Restore Point, The Man Without Guilt, The Teacher Who Promised The Sea, and many more.

Showcasing the crème de la crème of contemporary European cinema, the festival marks the India premiere of several European films, including, What A Feeling, Because I Love Bad Weather, Stairway To Heaven, Death is a Problem for the Living, Jim’s Story, Without Air, Black Velvet, The Last Ashes, Blood on the Crown, Baan, Horia and The Man Without Guilt. Fostering Indo-European dialogue, the festival will welcome an array of talent from across Europe. Yile Yara Vianello, lead actress in “La Chimera” (Italy), Tomas Vengris, director of “Five & A Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius” (Lithuania), and Pedja Miletic, producer of “Blood on the Crown” (Malta) will be traveling to New Delhi, India to participate in the festival.

Inviting cinephiles on the cinematic journey through Europe, Hervé Delphin, the Ambassador of the European Union to India, said, “Europe and India are bound by a shared passion for cinema and storytelling, and the EU Film Festival is a vibrant celebration of this unity. This year’s #EUFF2024 proposes to the Indian public a top selection of award-winning European films from renowned international festivals, offering a unique #WindowtoEurope through the cinematic lens. I invite you to EUFF 2024; feel free to walk into any screening, sit in the cinema’s dark room, and embark on a luminous cultural journey of entertainment and reflection with a European touch.”

Veronica Flora and Valerio Caruso, curators for EUFF 2024, added, “This year’s curation delves into the turmoil of the human soul and the often unfathomable complexity of daily life and seeks vital pathways toward peace, brotherhood, and solidarity in an increasingly uncertain future. The 29th edition of EUFF India promises to take audiences on a cinematic journey, surprising them with new experiences by presenting a rich array of genres and languages. It explores the unexpected landscapes of the imagination, revealing the ghosts of the present, while celebrating humankind’s resilience and its relentless pursuit of love and collective fulfilment.”

Check out the lineup for the European Union Film Festival 2024 below:

Austria/ What a Feeling

Belgium/Employee of the Month (L’employée Du Mois)

Bulgaria/Because I Love Bad Weather(Защото обичам лошото време)

Cyprus/ Embryo Larva Butterfly

Czech Republic/ Restore Point(Bod Obnovy)

Denmark/ Sons (Vogter)

Estonia/ Stairway To Heaven (Taevatrepp)

Finland/ Death is a Problem for the Living (Peluri- Kuolema on Elävien Ongelma)

France/ Jim’s Story (Le roman de Jim)

Germany/ Afire (Roter Himmel)

Greece/ Animal

Hungary/ Without Air

Ireland/ An Irish Goodbye

Italy/ La Chimera

Latvia/ Black Velvet (Melnais Samts)

Lithuania/ Five And A Half Love Stories In An Apartment In Vilnius (Penkios su puse meilės istorijos, nutikusios viename Vilniaus bute)

Luxembourg/ The Last Ashes (Läif a Séil)

Malta/ Blood on the Crown

Netherlands/ Como el Viento

Poland/ Dangerous Men (Niebezpieczni dżentelmeni)

Portugal/ Baan

Romania/ Horia

Slovenia/ The Man Without Guilt (L’uomo senza colpa)

pain/ The Teacher Who Promised The Sea (El maestro que prometió el mar)

Sweden/ UFO Sweden

Ukraine/ How is Katia? (Yak Tam Katia?)

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