European Union Film Festival - Ottawa

🇪🇺 The European Union Short Film Festival (EUSFF) returns this week, from May 3 to 4 at the Arts Court/Cour des arts Theatre, with short films from participating EU member states.

Admission to the event is free!
🔗 https://www.cfi-icf.ca/eusff24

Yesterday, our Executive Director Tom McSorley received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in recognition of his contributions to French culture and influence of the Arts and Letters in France and around the world 🇫🇷.

Félicitations M. McSorley! 👏 👏 👏

There's just something about watching people grow 🌱

EUFF Online features beautiful European-style coming-of-age stories that will have you booking your next trip ASAP.

Order a Five-Ticket Pack, Full Pass or individual ticket to enjoy this year's collection of new European cinema. Presented with the European Union in Canada.

To view the full film list and order tickets:
🎟 https://ow.ly/a7w750QgAp5

If you can't decide what to watch, get the best of both worlds with a classic dramedy! 😂 😢

EUFF Online features films that will have you laughing out loud and shedding a tear at the same time.

Order a Five-Ticket Pack, Full Pass or individual ticket to enjoy this year's collection of new European cinema. Presented with the European Union in Canada.

To view the full film list and order tickets:
🎟 https://ow.ly/Q6Lb50QgtJP

Delve into the minds 🧠 of these multi-dimensional main characters.

EUFF Online has a variety of potent psychological dramas that are sure to make you feel all the feelings and leave you on the edge of your seat.

Order a Five-Ticket Pack, Full Pass or individual ticket to enjoy this year's collection of new European cinema. Presented with the European Union in Canada.

To view the full film list and order tickets:
🎟 https://ow.ly/AcfQ50Qg2je

Sometimes it's important to keep it real 😎

Luckily EUFF Online has two fascinating and revealing documentaries that will not only entertain you but teach you more about the world 🌎.

Order a Five-Ticket Pack, Full Pass or individual ticket to enjoy this year's collection of new European cinema. Presented with European Union in Canada.

To view the full film list and order tickets:
🎟 https://ow.ly/c3i750QfAAm

Time travel ⏱ to different eras in European history!

EUFF Online has a diverse collection of powerful historical dramas to help you escape to a different time.

Order a Five-Ticket Pack, Full Pass or individual ticket to enjoy this year's collection of new European cinema. Presented with European Union in Canada.

To view the full film list and order tickets:
🎟 https://ow.ly/7rjl50Qf69g

Don't you just want to get out of Ottawa and drive 🚗? EUFFOnline has four films to satisfy your craving for the open road. Io sto bene (Luxembourg), Riders (Slovenia) The Man with the Answers (Cyprus) and The Spring of My Life (Italy) are all what you need and available for at-home screening until Dec 17. Grab a five pass, a full pass or a ticket to enjoy this year's collection of new European cinema. https://www.cfi-icf.ca/euffonline23

European Union in Canada Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the United States Veleposlaništvo Slovenije v Ottawi / Embassy of Slovenia in Ottawa Embassy of Italy in Canada Cyprus in Canada

🇪🇺 Today at the European Union Film Festival:

🇺🇦 Ukraine: LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG
Dir. Antonio Lukich
🎥 Sunday, November 26, 2023, at 2:00 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with Embassy of Ukraine in Canada / Посольство України в Канаді.
💙 💛 Proceeds from this screening will benefit the Maple Hope Foundation a Canadian not-for-profit organization committed to helping people suffering from the war in Ukraine.
🎟 https://ow.ly/Tn4X50Q7UBb

🇵🇱 Poland: LEAVE NO TRACES
Dir. Jan P. Matuszyński
🎥 Sunday, November 26, 2023, at 4:00 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Embassy of Poland, Ottawa.
🎟 https://ow.ly/yE1p50Q7UBa

🇸🇪 Sweden: COMEDY QUEEN
Dir. Sanna Lenken
🎥 Sunday, November 26, 2023, at 7:00 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Embassy of Sweden in Ottawa.
🎟 https://ow.ly/31Br50Q7UBc

is presented with the support of European Union in Canada. 🇪🇺

🇪🇺 Today at the European Union Film Festival:

🇭🇺 Hungary: SEMMELWEIS
Dir. Lajos Koltai
🎥 Saturday, November 25, 2023, at 4:00 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with Embassy of Hungary to Canada - Magyarország Kanadai Nagykövetsége.
🎟 https://ow.ly/kUig50Q7UiH

🇮🇹 Italy: THE SPRING OF MY LIFE
Dir. Zavvo Nicolosi
🎥 Saturday, November 25, 2023, at 6:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Embassy of Italy in Canada.
🎟 https://ow.ly/Axvc50Q7UiL

🇨🇿 Czech Republic: IL BOEMO
Dir. Petr Václav
🎥 Saturday, November 25, 2023, at 8:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Toronto.
🎟 https://ow.ly/HttE50Q7UiI

is presented with the support of European Union in Canada 🇪🇺

Semmelweis Hungarian Film screening at the European Union Film Festival 2023 The Embassy of Hungary to Canada is delighted to share this special video with award-winning cinematographer and director Lajos Koltai made by Kotsis Gergely...

🇪🇺 Today at the European Union Film Festival:

🇭🇷 Croatia: CARBIDE
Dir. Josip Žuvan
🎥 Friday, November 24, 2023, at 4:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with the Croatia Embassy in Canada.
A half-hour reception will be held at 4:00 pm before the screening.
🎟 https://ow.ly/WuYT50Q7U4x

🇩🇪 Germany: TILL THE END OF THE NIGHT
Dir. Christoph Hochhäusler
🎥 Friday, November 24, 2023, at 6:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Germany In Canada.
A half-hour reception will be held at 6:00 pm before the screening.
🎟 https://ow.ly/vKZs50Q7U4v

🇪🇪 Estonia: KALEV
Dir. Ove Musting
🎥 Friday, November 24, 2023, at 8:50 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Estonian Embassy in Ottawa.
A half-hour reception will be held at 8:20 pm before the screening.
🎟 https://ow.ly/C7qf50Q7U4y

is presented with the support of European Union in Canada 🇪🇺

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🇱🇻 Latvia: SOVIET MILK
Dir. Ināra Kolmane
🎥 Thursday, November 23, 2023, at 6:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with Embassy of Latvia in Canada / Latvijas vēstniecība Kanādā.
🎟 https://ow.ly/9eqn50Q7H3W

🇷🇴 Romania: MIKADO
Dir. Emanuel Pârvu
🎥 Thursday, November 23, 2023, at 8:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with .ottawa.
🎟 https://ow.ly/9UuY50Q7H3V

is presented with the support of European Union in Canada 🇪🇺

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🇫🇮 Finland: RAP AND REINDEER
Dir. Petteri Saario
🎥 Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at 6:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with Embassy of Finland to Canada
🎟 https://ow.ly/iFSh50Q7GUl

🇸🇰 Slovakia: 107 MOTHERS
Dir. Peter Kerekes
🎥 Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at 8:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with .
🎟 https://euff2023.eventive.org/schedule/652874722218f70040eed34d

is presented with the support of European Union in Canada 🇪🇺

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🇦🇹 Austria: ELFRIEDE JELINEK: LANGUAGE UNLEASHED
Dir. Claudia Müller
🎥 Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 6:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with Austria in Canada.
🎟 https://ow.ly/aIXK50Q7GKv

🇧🇬 Bulgaria: MOTHER
Dir. Zornitsa Sophia
🎥 Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 8:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Embassy of Bulgaria, Ottawa.
🎟 https://ow.ly/ZVm550Q7GKu

is presented with the support of European Union in Canada 🇪🇺

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🇱🇹 Lithuania: RUNNER
Dir. Andrius Blaževičius
🎥 Monday, November 20, 2023, at 6:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with Embassy of Lithuania to Canada/ Lietuvos Respublikos ambasada Kanadoje .🎟 https://ow.ly/yrPZ50Q7Gyk

🇮🇪 Ireland: DOUBLE BLIND
Dir. Ian Hunt Duffy
🎥 Monday, November 20, 2023, at 8:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Embassy of Ireland - Canada.
🎟 https://ow.ly/T2Sw50Q7Gyj

is presented with the support of European Union in Canada 🇪🇺

🇪🇺 Today at the European Union Film Festival:

🇲🇹 Malta: A VIPER’S PIT
Dir. Martin Bonnici
🎥 Sunday, November 19, 2023, at 2:00 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa.
🎟 https://ow.ly/TSEW50Q7Gq9

🇩🇰 Denmark: MISS VIBORG
Dir. Marianne Blicher
🎥 Sunday, November 19, 2023, at 4:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Denmark in Canada
🎟 https://ow.ly/kVG550Q7Gq8

🇬🇷 Greece: LISTEN
Dir. Maria Douza
🎥 Sunday, November 19, 2023, at 6:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Greece in Canada.
Douza will be in attendance for a Q&A session post-screening.
🎟 https://ow.ly/hSv150Q7Gq7

is presented with the support of European Union in Canada. 🇪🇺

🇪🇺 Today at the European Union Film Festival:

🇳🇱 Netherlands: YASMINE’S WEDDING
Dir. Johan Nijenhuis
🎥 Saturday, November 18, 2023, at 4:00 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa Presented with Kingdom of the Netherlands in Canada,
🎟 https://ow.ly/BfXP50Q7GaV

🇫🇷 France: FREESTYLE
Dir. Didier Barcelo
🎥 Saturday, November 18, 2023, at 6:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Ambassade de France au Canada.
🎟 https://ow.ly/m9JC50Q7GaX

🇸🇮 Slovenia: RIDERS
Dir. Dominik Mencej
🎥 Saturday, November 18, 2023, at 8:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Veleposlaništvo Slovenije v Ottawi / Embassy of Slovenia in Ottawa.
🎟 https://ow.ly/zv4T50Q7GaZ

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🇪🇺 Today at the European Union Film Festival:

🇱🇺 Luxembourg: LO STO BENE
Dir. Donato Rotunno
🎥 Friday, November 17, 2023, at 4:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to Canada.
🎟 https://euff2023.eventive.org/schedule/6528746b2218f70040eed32f

🇵🇹 Portugal: REMAINS OF THE WIND
Dir. Tiago Guedes
🎥 Friday, November 17, 2023, at 6:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Embaixada de Portugal no Canadá.
🎟 https://euff2023.eventive.org/schedule/6528746c2218f70040eed331

🇧🇪 Belgium: THE LAST TEMPTATION OF THE BELGIANS
Dir. Jan Bucquoy
🎥 Friday, November 17, 2023, at 8:50 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Ambassade de Belgique/Embassy of Belgium/Ambassade van België, Ottawa.
🎟 https://euff2023.eventive.org/schedule/6528746c2218f70040eed333

is presented with the support of the European Union in Canada 🇪🇺

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🇪🇸 Spain: RAMONA
Dir. Andrea Bagney
🎥 Thursday, November 16, 2023, at 6:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with the Spanish Embassy in Canada.
🎟 https://ow.ly/LGF750Q7Fhl

🇨🇾 Cyprus: THE MAN WITH THE ANSWERS
Dir. Stelios Kammitsis
🎥 Thursday, November 16, 2023, at 8:30 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Presented with Cyprus in Canada.
A half-hour reception will be held at 8:00 pm before the screening.
🎟 https://ow.ly/vnF450Q7Fhm

is presented with the support of European Union in Canada 🇪🇺

Laughter is the best medicine 😂

🇸🇪 The film from Sweden is COMEDY QUEEN.

After the su***de of her mother, 13-year-old Sasha tries to prevent a similar fate for herself. She decides to reject anything resembling her mom and the life she couldn’t cope with.

Her other goal is to make her grieving father laugh again by limbering up those funny bones and hitting the stand-up stage!

📽 Watch COMEDY QUEEN on November 26 at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with Embassy of Sweden in Ottawa.
🎟https://ow.ly/jjOO50Q4C3w

Don’t be intimidated into silence 😶

🇵🇱 The film from Poland is LEAVE NO TRACES.

Grzegorz Przemyk, a high school student, is beaten to death by authorities in a Warsaw police station.

Jurek, a witness to the violence, becomes an enemy of the secret service, militia, and the media, as they try to cover up the crime. Jurek must fight to preserve the truth, but the odds are stacked against him.

📽 Watch LEAVE NO TRACES on November 26 at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with Embassy of Poland, Ottawa.
🎟https://ow.ly/jqsn50Q4BKU.

It's a reunion years in the making 👨‍👦‍👦

🇺🇦 The film from Ukraine is LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG.

This droll comedy follows twin brothers Kolya and Vasya they set out on a pan-European journey from Ukraine to visit their dying father one last time.

Having left them when they were children, the siblings have differing opinions of their dad: Kolya sees him as a romantic hero figure, while Vasya thinks he’s nothing but a deadbeat.

Their journey is one thing; the reunion is quite another.

📽 Watch LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG on November 26 at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with Embassy of Ukraine in Canada / Посольство України в Канаді .
🎟https://ow.ly/RrwY50Q4Bkt

💙 💛 Proceeds from this screening will benefit the Maple Hope Foundation, a Canadian not-for-profit organization committed to helping people suffering from the war in Ukraine.

There is no bigger stage than that of the opera. 🎼

🇨🇿 The film from the Czech Republic is IL BOEMO.

Czech composer Josef Mysliveček is not above using his multiple sexual conquests to advance his progress. After all, the 18th-century Venice opera scene is cut-throat.

Following one affair with a well-connected woman, he gets his chance: a commission to write an opera for Europe’s largest opera house.

📽 Watch IL BOEMO on November 25 at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Toronto.
🎟https://ow.ly/HymP50Q4ANb

A trip to Sicily that you won’t forget. 🚙

🇮🇹 The film from Italy is THE SPRING OF MY LIFE.

Follow two friends who share a musical past (played by popular Sicilian singers Colapesce and Dimartino) as they embark on an unusual journey to Sicily.

The pair travel across the legendary island, its villages, and not to mention the volcanic Mount Etna. Along the way, they encounter several decidedly eccentric characters.

📽 Watch THE SPRING OF MY LIFE on November 25 at the OOttawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa Presented with EEmbassy of Italy in Canada
🎟https://ow.ly/8kHH50Q4Avg

There’s no time to be lovesick 🤒

🇭🇺 The film from Hungary is SEMMELWEIS.

Doctor Ignác Semmelweis is struggling to find a cure for a fever that’s killing mothers and babies in the hospital.

After his superiors bring in Emma, a midwife to secretly spy on Semmelweis, their relationship becomes more than professional. As the fever spreads and half his peers try to discredit him, Semmelweis continues his fight to discover a cure, with Emma by his side.

📽 Based on a true story, watch SEMMELWEIS on November 25 at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with Embassy of Hungary to Canada - Magyarország Kanadai Nagykövetsége
🎟https://ow.ly/Jjfj50Q4yVU

Keep your eye on the ball 🏀

🇪🇪 The film from Estonia is KALEV.

Set during the leadup to Soviet dissolution, KALEV follows Estonia’s titular basketball team. In 1990, the team makes a controversial decision to compete in the USSR championship despite the country’s recent inroads toward regaining independence.

When Estonia wins its way to the finals, the team becomes a rallying point for resistance.

📽 Watch KALEV on November 24 at the Ottawa Art Gallery - Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. Presented with Estonian Embassy in Ottawa.
🎟https://ow.ly/ETnm50Q3I5y