November 14–28, 2024
European Union Film Festival 2024
“An entertaining celebration of the diversity, creativity, and accomplishments of contemporary European filmmaking.”
Shawn Conner, Vancouver Sun
Europe without the jet lag!
Sample the latest in Europe’s cinematic achievements at the annual European Union Film Festival, celebrating its 27th edition at The Cinematheque this fall. Proudly presented in partnership with the Canadian Film Institute (Ottawa) and the European Union Film Festival – Toronto, along with the member states of the European Union and the Delegation of the European Union to Canada, this year’s festival features in-theatre offerings from all 27 EU members. A selection of films will also be available to rent online at euffonline.ca following the conclusion of our in-person festival.
Since the 2022 escalation of war in Ukraine, EUFF has concluded with a fundraiser screening organized in partnership with the Embassy of Ukraine to Canada. Proceeds from this year’s film, the crowdsourced documentary The Hardest Hour, will benefit the Ukraine Harmony Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about Ukraine both in Canada and globally.
Be it your first or, heck, 27th EUFF, this eclectic showcase of contemporary European cinema promises a movie or two (or many) suited to your personal cinephilic palate. Enjoy.
Film notes written by Tom McSorley
Acknowledgments
For assistance in making Vancouver’s European Union Film Festival possible, The Cinematheque is grateful to Diodora Bucur, press officer, Delegation of the European Union to Canada (Ottawa); Tom McSorley, executive director, Canadian Film Institute (Ottawa); Jérémie Abessira, executive director, European Union Film Festival – Toronto; and the embassies and consulates of all European Union member states.
Media Partners
Upcoming Screenings
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- Rowing Across the Atlantic
- Irklais per Atlanta
- Lithuania/Latvia/USA/Spain2024
- Aurimas Valujavičius
- 100 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- Scarborn
- Kos
- Poland2023
- Paweł Maślona
- 120 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- Dodo
- Greece/France/Belgium2022
- Panos H. Koutras
- 132 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- A Blue Flower
- Plavi cvijet
- Croatia/Serbia2021
- Zrinko Ogresta
- 85 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- One Million Minutes
- Eine Million Minuten
- Germany2024
- Christopher Doll
- 125 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- Cats of Malta
- Malta2023
- Sarah Jayne
- 68 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- Hilma
- Sweden2022
- Lasse Hallström
- 120 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- Freedom
- Libertate
- Romania/Hungary2023
- Tudor Giurgiu
- 109 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- The Invisible Fight
- Nähtamatu võitlus
- Estonia/Greece/Latvia/Finland2023
- Rainer Sarnet
- 115 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- Verdigris
- Ireland2023
- Patricia Kelly
- 95 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- Family Therapy
- Slovenia/Italy/Norway/Croatia/Serbia2024
- Sonja Prosenc
- 122 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- Icarus and the Minotaur
- Icare
- Luxembourg/France/Belgium2022
- Carlo Vogele
- 76 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- Hygge!
- Denmark/Iceland2023
- Dagur Kári
- 100 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- Salgueiro Maia: The Implicated
- Salgueiro Maia – O Implicado
- Portugal2022
- Sérgio Graciano
- 115 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- Mermaids Don’t Cry
- Austria2022
- Franziska Pflaum
- 92 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- A Postcard from Rome
- Pastkarte no Romas
- Latvia2024
- Elza Gauja
- 88 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- Because I Love Bad Weather
- Защото обичам лошото време
- Bulgaria2024
- Yana Lekarska
- 100 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- #annaismissing
- Czech Republic/Slovakia2023
- Pavel Soukup
- 108 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- Never Say Never
- Nikdy neříkej nikdy
- Slovakia/Czech Republic2023
- Braňo Mišík
- 104 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- .dog
- Cyprus/Greece2021
- Yianna Americanou
- 97 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
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- The Hardest Hour
- Довга доба
- Ukraine2024
- Alan Badoev
- 122 DCP
- NR
- EUFF 2024
Media
List of Programmed Films
| Date | Film Title | Director(s) | Year | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Nov | Some Birds | Dániel Hevér | 2023 | Hungary |
| 2024-Nov | A Hundred Sundays | Antonio Albanese | 2023 | Italy |
| 2024-Nov | Boléro | Anne Fontaine | 2024 | France . . . |
| 2024-Nov | Light Light Light | Inari Niemi | 2023 | Finland |
| 2024-Nov | Un amor | Isabel Coixet | 2023 | Spain |
| 2024-Nov | My Dad Is a Sausage | Anouk Fortunier | 2021 | Belgium . . . |
| 2024-Nov | Fathers & Sons | Jörgen Scholtens | 2022 | Netherlands |
| 2024-Nov | Rowing Across the Atlantic | Aurimas Valujavičius | 2024 | Lithuania . . . |
| 2024-Nov | Scarborn | Paweł Maślona | 2023 | Poland |
| 2024-Nov | Dodo | Panos H. Koutras | 2022 | Greece . . . |
| 2024-Nov | A Blue Flower | Zrinko Ogresta | 2021 | Croatia . . . |
| 2024-Nov | One Million Minutes | Christopher Doll | 2024 | Germany |
| 2024-Nov | Cats of Malta | Sarah Jayne | 2023 | Malta |
| 2024-Nov | Hilma | Lasse Hallström | 2022 | Sweden |
| 2024-Nov | Freedom | Tudor Giurgiu | 2023 | Romania . . . |
| 2024-Nov | The Invisible Fight | Rainer Sarnet | 2023 | Estonia . . . |
| 2024-Nov | Verdigris | Patricia Kelly | 2023 | Ireland |
| 2024-Nov | Family Therapy | Sonja Prosenc | 2024 | Slovenia . . . |
| 2024-Nov | Icarus and the Minotaur | Carlo Vogele | 2022 | Luxembourg . . . |
| 2024-Nov | Hygge! | Dagur Kári | 2023 | Denmark . . . |
| 2024-Nov | Salgueiro Maia: The Implicated | Sérgio Graciano | 2022 | Portugal |
| 2024-Nov | Mermaids Don’t Cry | Franziska Pflaum | 2022 | Austria |
| 2024-Nov | A Postcard from Rome | Elza Gauja | 2024 | Latvia |
| 2024-Nov | Because I Love Bad Weather | Yana Lekarska | 2024 | Bulgaria |
| 2024-Nov | #annaismissing | Pavel Soukup | 2023 | Czech Republic . . . |
| 2024-Nov | Never Say Never | Braňo Mišík | 2023 | Slovakia . . . |
| 2024-Nov | .dog | Yianna Americanou | 2021 | Cyprus . . . |
| 2024-Nov | The Hardest Hour | Alan Badoev | 2024 | Ukraine |
Note
Tickets to in-person screenings do not include access to online EUFF offerings, nor vice versa. See euffonline.ca for further details on the virtual festival.