Festival Calendar

22 – 29 February 2024

Repository's movies:
Easy Living, Kratt, Miss Viborg

14 October – 3 November 2024 [Buenos Aires]
17 October – 3 November 2024 in other 7 towns

Repository's movies:
Dangerous Men, Il Boemo, Jacky Caillou, Lola, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luzzu, My love affair with marriage, Ritual, Runner, The ballad of Piargy, Mermaids don't cry, The girl from tomorrow, The man with the answers, The man without guilt

Side Events:
Short Film Contest for youth aged 20 to 35;
Participation in the International Film Festival of Buenos Aires Province (FICPBA) - screening of 5 films from the EFF repository (Il Boemo, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luzzu, Runner, The Ballad of Piargy).

29 May – 7 June 2024

Repository's movies:
Any Day Now, Dangerous Gentlemen, Icarus, Luzzu, Miss Viborg, My Grandfather's Demons, My Love Affair With Marriage, The Ballad of Piargy, The Man With the Answers

Side Events:
a. Five master classes with local professionals to delve into various aspects of the film industry, including topics like local film production, emerging talents, and the ever-evolving landscape of European cinema (Creative europe);
b. Regional emphasis. Some movies will be screened in the regions: Gyumri, Dilijan, Vanadzor and Syunik region. The festival will place particular emphasis on the Syunik region, addressing its unique challenges and strengths. Syunik is the region most exposed to the displaced persons from Nagorno Karabakh and the priority region for our cooperation under Team Europe Initiative, which involves many member states and civil society organisations.

11 – 12 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Ramona

Side Events:
Screening three short movies from students of the University of the West Indies in Barbados. These movies are 1) Shattered Bonds by Alexander Newton, 2) Mrs. Clarke’s Brown House by Keisha Dowridge, 3) One More time by Romario Hunte

2 – 26 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Ramona, The girl from tomorrow

10 – 19 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Imad's childhood, Io sto bene, Simin Zetwal, The Man without guilt

12 – 15 June 2024

Repository's movies:
Icarus

6 – 12 May 2024

Repository's movies:
The man without guilt

21 – 24 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Omen

Side Events:
a. Panel on the intercultural dialogue in cooperation with Fespaco and ministry of culture;
b. 3 masters class with cinema students and cultural masters in 3 school cinéclubs;
c. Educational screening in a high school in Ouagadougou.

15 – 25 May 2024

Repository's movies:
The Girl from Tomorrow

Side Events:
In 2023, the 15 finalists of the Smartphone film competition benefited from a week of training with the Franco-Malian director and producer Toumani Sangaré. In this continuity, in 2024, the finalists of the previous edition were invited to participate in the competition again by benefiting from remote support for two months on the production of their short film with professionals from the Kourtrajmé School. The winner of the competition, Jean Merci Namegabe, won a scholarship to participate in the 6-month “Directing and post-production” cycle at the Kourtrajmé School in Dakar. As part of the Festival, screenings outside Bujumbura: screening of the finalist short films at the University of Gitega and the Lumière University in Bujumbura.

23 – 30 October 2024

Repository's movies:
Runner

23 February – 3 March 2024

Repository's movies:
Dodo, Imad's Childhood, Murina, Gentle, Lola vers la mer, Luzzu, Oskar & Lili, Dating Amber, Even Mice Belong in Heaven, My Love Affair With Marriage, Never Gonna Snow Again, Easy Living, Io Sto Bene, Miss Viborg, Ramona, Kratt, Luxembourg Luxembourg, Mitra

Side Events:
One day master class on script writing with Alejandro De La Fuente

13 – 28 May 2024

Side Events:
2 master classes on filmmaking techniques and web series

1 April, 13 May, 10 June 2024

Repository's movies:
Any Day Now, Dangerous Gentlemen, Dodo, Icarus and the minotaur, Mermaids don't cry, The Naked Truth

2 – 7 December simultaneously in 5 different venues

5 – 16 June 2024

Repository's movies:
Al Djanat, The original paradise, Any day now, Dangerous Gentlemen, Dating Amber, Le fleuve n'est pas une frontiere, Les yeux de Mabil, Lola vers la mer, Lumumba, No U-turn, Nous, étudiants!, Rafiki, The Girl from Tomorrow, The Man Without Guilt

Side Events:
Several screening in schools across the country, accompanied by educational dossiers

9 – 19 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Dangerous Gentlemen, Icarus, Il Boemo, Lola, Luzzu, Mermaids Don't Cry, Ritual, The Ballad of Piargy, The Girl From Tomorrow, The Man Without Guilt, The Stange Case of Jacky Caillou, Trained to See

Side Events:
4-days training on film curating

December 2024

Repository's movies:
Dodo, Icarus and the minotaur, Luxembourg Luxembourg, Ramona

7 May – 28 June 2024

Repository's movies:
Any day now, Banel & Adama, Icarus and the minotaur, Jacky Caillou, Miss Viborg, Omen, Ritual, The girl from tomorrow

1 – 17 November 2024

Repository's movies:
Icarus, Il Boemo, Io sto bene, Jacky Caillou, Lola, Mermaids don't cry, The Naked Truth

13 – 22 April 2024

Repository's movies:
Amchilini, Icarus and the minotaur, Luxembourg Luxembourg, Mitra, Sira, Xalé

10 – 21 April 2024

Repository's movies:
Any Day Now, Dodo, Even Mice Belong in Heaven, Gentle, Imad's Childhood, Io Sto Bene, Kratt, Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luzzu, Mikado, Miss Viborg, Mitra, Murina, My Grandfather's Demons, My Love Affair With Marriage, Ramona, Runner, The Naked Thruth about Zhiguli

25 September – 6 October 2024

Repository's movies:
Al djanat, Any day now, Icarus and the Minotaur, Imad's childhood, Jacky Caillou, Luzzu, My grandfather's demons, Lamb, La pirogue, Trained to see

Side Events:
a. Alexis Moreano, Eurocine 2024 tutor, will carry out 4 activities: Masterclass: Reimagining reality, re-enchanting history: the possible worlds of Nanni Moretti's cinema in Quito and Guayaquil; Talk Experiences of a shoot with Jean-Baptiste Durand, director of the film, and Benoît Jaoul, director of photography of the film Perro Feroz in Quito; Film Forum Perro Feroz (Jean-Baptiste Durand, France, 2023) with the presence of the directors in Quito;
b. Training of 10 days on film development and script analysis for young professionals with Alexis Moreano and Xavier Solano;
c. Realisation of 15/20 short films that are screened at the festival;
d. Special guests such as Justine Triet, Alice Rohwacher and Mati Diop with an acting and directing masterclass

2 – 30 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Luzzu, Schoolgirl, Pause, My Grandfather's Demons, Il Boemo, Kratt, Oskar & Lili, The Naked Thruth about Zhiguli, The Man without Guilt, My Love Affair with Marriage, Ramona, Dodo, Mitra, The Girl from Tomorrow, Io Sto Bene, Pause

Side Events:
7-days training on film development, swript writing, marketing and distribution with 4 tutors

19 June – 24 July 2024

Repository's movies:
Any Day Now, Dodo, Il Boemo, Kratt, Luxembourg Luxembourg, Mermaids Don't Cry, Miss Viborg, The Ballad of Piargy, The Girl from Tomorrw

Side Events:
a. Short film contest and online training on feature film and documentary development for one month with 2 tutors. In cooperation with the delegations of Honduras and Panama. Presentation of the winner on 19 June;
b. Master class European guest.

September 2024

Repository's movies:
Dodo, Even Mice Belong in Heaven, Gentle, Io Sto Bene, Mikado, Miss Viborg, My Grandfather's Demons, The Naked Thruth About Zhiguli, Ramona, The Man Without Guilt, The Stange Case of Jacky Caillou

24 November – 7 December 2024

Repository's movies:
Icarus, Imad's childhood, My granfather's demons, Any day now, Trained to see

Side Events:
Tour in 5 regions of Tunisia (Hamam-lif, Bizerte, Sfax, Gabes and Monastir). Partnership with the Ministry of Culture to have access to the cultural complexes in the five regions.
- Screening of two films;
- Open debate with participants and experts in the cinema professions;
- Podcast (which will be broadcast on the DUE Youtube channel in Tunisia, in order to promote the debate around the films).

17 – 24 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Dodo, Icarus and the Minotaur, Io sto bene, Luzzu, Mermaids don't cry, Miss Viborg, Murina, Ritual, The man with the answers, The naked truth

2 – 11 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Banel & Adama

14 – 20 October 2024

Repository's movies:
The girl from tomorrow

9 – 31 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Io sto bene

Side Events:
Short film contest and online training on feature film and docuemntary development for one month with 2 tutors. In cooperation with the delegations of El Salvador and Panama

11 – 21 April 2024

Repository's movies:
My granfather's demons

1 – 10 December 2023 in Delhi & 19-28 Jan 2024 in other cities

Repository's movies:
The man without guilt

Side Events:
a. Longing and desire: On screen. How filmmakers tell stories about relationships, love, and the tensions between personal desires and societal expectations, tying into themes from both Tomas Vengris’ and Yile Yara Vianello’s films. Moderated by Padmapriya Janakiraman, Founder of Padma’s Lit Club;
b. Workshop: Characters Building in Cinematic Worlds. A one-day workshop exploring character arcs and world-building in cinema. Curated by Unbox Cultural Futures Lab;
c. Panel discussion: Revisiting history through a filmmaker’s lens moderated by Aaradhana Kohli, discussant Pedja Miletic. Looking into how filmmakers blend historical events with cinematic storytelling. How to tackle historical events, particularly moments of national importance, while weaving in personal and fictional narratives;
d. Panel discussion : From Books to films moderated by Padmapriya Janakiraman, discussants Patricia Fonts (Spain- join virtually), Pierric Bailly (France- join virtually), Vikas Swarup (India);
e. Screening of UFO Sweden (UA 13 +) followed by a workshop for students, organised in collaboration with Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth.

7-16 June 2024

Repository's movies:
Banel & Adama, Icarus and the minotaur, Ritual, The man without guilt , The man with the answers, Sira, Xalé

Side Events:
a. Exhibition of Lina Wertmüller as part of the festival's retrospective programme, held in Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Jakarta;
b. Screenwriting workshop with Eamon Little (screenwriter, That They May Face the Rising Sun, Ireland), held in Jakarta and Yogyakarta

30 August – 8 September 2024

11 – 15 June 2024

Repository's movies:
Any day now, Gentle, Imad's childhood, Io sto bene, Kratt, Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luzzu, Murina, Ramona, The Naked Truth, Trained to see

2 – 7 July 2024

Repository's movies:
Any day now, Dangerous Gentlemen, Il Boemo, Mitra, Mermaids don't cry, My love affair with marriage

Side Events:
a. 2-days workshop on sound editing with Charles De Ville;
b. workshop on filmmaking on a budget.

14 – 27 December 2024

Repository's movies:
Piargy, Banel & Adama, The Naked Truth about Zhiguli Band

13 – 27 September 2024

Repository's movies:
Miss Viborg, Mermaids don't cry, Pause

25 November – 10 December

Repository's movies:
Any Day Now

Side Events:
In collaboaration with the UN House in Kuwait

29 March – 7 April 2024

Repository's movies:
Kratt, Imad's Childhood, My Love Affair with Marriage, Pause, Schoolgirl, Dodo, The Big Hit, The Naked Thruth About Zhiguli, Gentle, Shadow Country, Servants, Sanremo, Runner, Ramona, Never Gonna Snow Again, My Grandfather's Demons, Murina, Mitra, Miss Viborg, Io Sto Bene, Even Mice Belong in Heaven, Easy Living, Any Day Now

Side Events:
a. Festival end of March in Monrovia paired with a panel debate including the active participation of stakeholders from the re-emerging Liberian film industry and cultural sector;
b. Targeted screenings for youth in collaboration with major universities and schools;
c. On tour-programme to visit rural communities allowing to reach out to communities with limited prior understanding of the European Union who may even have never seen a film before;
d. Community mobilization, music/dance/theatre performance before the screenings which helps to attract community people to the event according to the local customs.

23 – 27 November 2024

15 – 17 November 2024 in Tananarivo and 1 – 3 December in Moroni

Repository's movies:
Dodo, Icarus and the Minautor, Luxembourg Luxembourg, Ramona, The girl from tomorrow, Sitabaomba, Simin Zetwal, Banel et Adama, Xalé

24 – 30 Ocotber 2024

Repository's movies:
Il Boemo, My grandfather's demons

Side Events:
Outdoor performing arts event: combination of drama, dance, cultural discussion and screenings

22 – 29 April 2024

Repository's movies:
Banel & Adama, Io sto bene, Lola, Luzzu, Gods of Molenbeek, Icarus and the Minotaur

Side Events:
3 master classes for a total duratio of one week on film development with participants with a film project

9 – 19 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Dangerous Gentlemen, Dodo, Icarus and the minotaur, Il Boemo, Jacky Caillou, Lola, Mermaids don't cry, Ritual, The Girl from tomorrow, The man without guilt, Trained to see

Side Events:
Q&A with Hans Herbots, director of Ritual

2 – 31 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Any day now, Dodo, Imad's childhood, Jacky Caillou, Luxembourg Luxembourg, Mermaids don't cry, Mikado, Miss Viborg, Mitra, Murina, My grandfather's demons, Schoolgirls, The Girl from tomorrow, Short films

Side Events:
a. Q&A sessions and artist talks after screenings of "Varvara" at the State University of Moldova and "Maluri" at the National Museum of Moldova;
b. Lecture on the film for students of Theatre and Fine Arts, presented by Virgiliu Margineanu, President of the Union of Filmmakers of Moldova, and Vlad Druk, producer.

17 – 20 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Dodo, Gentle, Il Boemo, Io sto bene, Kratt, Mermaids don't cry, Runner, The man without guilt

1 August 25 September 2024

Side Events:
1, 2 August, 2 and 4 September, several screenings in the context of the Movies Under Stars film festival, which is a part of the Podgorica Cultural Summer, organised by the Podgorica Secretariat for Culture. 23 and 25 September, several screenings in the context of the European Film Days festival, organised by the Ministry of European Affairs and the Montenegrin Cinematheque.

14 January – 1 March 2024

26 April – 8 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Mermaids Don't Cry, My Granfather's Demons, The Anchorage of Time

20 March – 4 April 2024

Repository's movies:
Luxembourg Luxembourg, Mikado, Miss Viborg, Schoolgirls, Servants, The Naked Truth About Zhiguli, Lamb, La Pirogue, Jacky Caillou, Lola

Side Events:
Short film competition and master class for film critics

19 June – 3 July 2024

Repository's movies:
The Girl from Tomorrow, Il Boemo, Mermaids don't cry, Runner, Icarus

Side Events:
3 special screenings aimed at young people from schools (about 600 young people would be participating)

27 – 31 August 2024

Repository's movies:
Le mouton de Sada, L'oeil du cyclone, Nous étions étudiants, No U-turn, Imad's childhood, Luxembourg Luxembourg, Icarus & the minotaur

11 – 24 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Lamb, Nha Fala, The Last Shelter

September 2024

Repository's movies:
The Girl from Tomorrow

Islamabad – 15th (festival) I 16th (side events)
Peshawar – 16th (side events) I 17th (festival)
Quetta – 22nd (side events) I 23rd (festival)
Gujrat – 27th (side events) I 28th (festival)

Repository's movies:
Luxembourg Luxembourg, Mermaids don't cry, Miss Viborg, Mitra, My grandfather's demons, Oskar & Lilly, Ritual, Sisters apart, The naked truth about Zhiguli band

11 – 24 May 2024

Repository's movies:
My Love Affair with Marriage, Kratt, Murina, Icarus, Miss Viborg, The Girl from Tomorrow

Side Events:
Short film contest and online training on feature film and docuemntary development for one month with 2 tutors. In cooperation with the delegations of El Salvador and Honduras

16 – 26 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Dodo, Even Mice Belong in Heaven, Ícaro y el minotauro, Io sto bene, Lola, Mermaids don't cry, Miss Viborg, Primadonna

14 – 28 November 2024

Repository's movies:
Dangerous Gentlemen, The man without guilt, Jacky Caillou, The girl from tomorrow

Side Events:
a. Cinelabs workshops with European and Peruvian professionals for students and young professionals, organized by EUNIC;
b. Cortolabs Project, with funds from EUNIC GLOBAL, which consists of selecting a young film director's project to make a short film about the environment and sustainability and screening it during the Festival."

12 – 22 September

25 October – 3 November 2024

Repository's movies:
Ramona, Io sto bene, The girl from tomorrow, My grandfather's demons

Side Events:
Conference about coproduction between europe and Dominican Republic

1 – 8 June 2024

13 – 17 November

Repository's movies:
Sira, Dent pour Dent

23 – 27 May 2024

Repository's movies:
The man without guilt

November 24

Repository's movies:
Banel & Adama, Le Fleuve n'a pas de Frontière, Nha Fala, Procès Mbako, No U-turn, Lamb, Lumumba, Omen, Nome, The Girl from Tomorrow , Luzzu, Any Day Now, Trained to See, Mermaids Don’t Cry, Lola, Piargy, Gentle, Dangerous Gentlemen, The Man Without Guilt, The Naked Truth, Icarus

18 – 25 November 2024

10 – 20 October 2024

9 – 15 December 2024

Repository's movies:
Imad's Childhood, L’oeil du cyclone, Ramona, The man without guilt, The Strange Case of Jacky Caillou

5 – 8 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Dangerous Gentlemen, Easy Living, Icarus, Lola, Mitra, Runner, Sister Apart, The Ballad of Piagry, The Girl of Tomorrow, The strange case of Jacky Caillou, Trained to See: Three Women and the War

21 November 2024 – 31 January 2025

Repository's movies:
Omen, Rafiki, Gentle, Runner, Dangerous Men

1 – 5 August 2024

9 Decmeber 2024

16 – 26 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Mermaids Don't Cry, Murina, The Girl from Tomorrow, Mitra, Dangerous Gentlemen

26 September – 12 October 2024

Repository's movies:
Dangerous Gentlemen, Icarus and the minotaur, Mermaids don't cry, Ramona, The man with the answers, The naked truth about Zhiguli band, Trained to see

Side Events:
a. 4 kids screening with the EU family film, dubbed to Tetun language - with healthy breakfast;
b. panel discussion based on the film Totem, subtitled with EU support in Tetun language (in cooperation with the EU Delegation to ASEAN; y
c. Conference “Belonging, Creativity and Connection - What is our identity, how can we express it, how can we protect if? But also how can we connect, how can we inspire each other for an inclusive and just future?”, panel discussion and experience sharing with IOM representative and other stakeholders;
d. National Short Film Competition with the Awards.

May 29 ( with EFF partners Germany). Celebration of Europe Month
June 18th ( with UNHCR) in observance of World Refugee Day (June 20)

Repository's movies:
Any day now, Trained to see

European Cinema Days in Ankara 16 – 21 April 2024 (Gala Evening on 15 April)
European Cinema Days in İstanbul 30 April – 5 May 2024 (Gala Evening on 29 April)
European Cinema Days in Antalya, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Edirne, Eskişehir, İzmir, Samsun, Trabzon 7/8 – 12 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Any Day Now, Gentle, My Grandfather's Demons, Mikado, Miss Viborg, Ramona, The Naked Thruth about Zhaguli

10 – 15 December 2024

November 2024

Repository's movies:
Dangerous Gentlemen, The girl from tomorrow, Trained to see, Il Boemo, My love affair with marriage, Banel & Adama

19 – 21 April 2024 in cooperation with Glasgow FF

Side Events:
Special screening of 2 Scottish shorts and Q&A with directors Eubha Akilade and Annabel Moodie Special screenings of one European short and Q&A with director Somone Smith

12 – 16 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Luzzu, The man without guilt

Side Events:
4-days training on script and project development with Domenico La Porta

8 – 12 May 2024

Repository's movies:
Dodo, Il Boemo, The girl from tomorrow

19 – 26 Janaury 2024

Repository's movies:
Luzzu

October 2024

14 – 28 November 2024

Repository's movies:
Mermaids don't cry, Il Boemo, Runner

Side Events:
a. Workshop on Film funding for independent Vietnamese filmmaker;
b. Workshop on Film programming, with a focus on environmental issues with Marta Garcia Larriu;
c. Workshop on Film programming, with a focus on LGBTQI+ with Diego Aparicio.

Harare (11-13 October 2024) | Travel Component through various cities (14-17 October 2024) Bulawayo (18-19 October 2024)

Repository's movies:
Icarus and the minotaur, Trained to see

Side Events:
a. Input Conference in Harare and Bulawayo;
b. Masterclasses (both physical and online);
c. BIOSKOP Short Film Competition; d. Filamu African Short Film Programme;
d. Road Show (expanding the festival to 4 cities, with a one-day program in additional cities);
e. Projection Mapping (Film-Art Project);
f. Wednesday Women Crash Online (showcasing Zimbabwean women filmmakers every Wednesday leading up to the festival)