Throughout the week, film buffs will have the opportunity to discover around ten works between feature and short films (fiction and documentary), selected by 14 Member States of the European Union.
From November 4 to 11, moviegoers will find what they are looking for at the Algiers Cinematheque, thanks to the European Film Days under the banner of “The European 7th art”. Organized by the delegation of the European Union in Algeria, this 6th edition, which will allow the public to reconnect with dark rooms, will be punctuated by the screening of 14 productions, selected by the Member States of the European Union, at the like Sweden, France, Hungary, Germany, Spain… “Culture has always occupied a preponderant place in the activity of the European Union in Algeria, thanks to its undeniable role as a vector of peace and of rapprochement between peoples ”, mentions Ambassador Thomas Eckert in the presentation. And to the head of the EU delegation in Algeria to indicate: “Whether through the European Festival, the Euro-Maghreb meetings of writers (…), all these events reflect a common desire to develop and promote dialogue and intercultural exchange. ”
For her part, Laila Aoudj, artistic director of this event, explains that “from a ‘programming’ point of view, although the artistic approaches differ from one film to another, it quickly became clear to us that the point common among all these films was the theme of parentage ”. While specifying: “In this edition we will have to see this theme take shape in certain films through ” the family ”, its place during illness or war, but also transmission within a family. same artistic family, political, or through transmission to future generations in terms of ecological heritage. ”
Regarding the films concocted for this year, there will be something for everyone (feature and short fiction and documentary films and children’s films). The opening will feature Chloé Mazlo’s comedy-drama Under Alice’s Sky (France, 1h30 min, 2021). Synopsis: In the 1950s, young Alice left Switzerland for Lebanon, a sunny and exuberant country. There, she falls in love with Joseph, a mischievous astrophysicist who dreams of sending the first Lebanese into space. As for the closing, it will be marked by the screening of the documentary Hamada (Sweden, 1h29 min, 2018) by Eloy Domínguez Serén. Synopsis: Hamada paints an unusual portrait of a group of young friends living in a refugee camp in the middle of the Sahara.
Among the films selected, we can cite, among others, My brother chases dinosaurs by Stefano Cipani, Jacob and the dogs that speak of Edmunds Jansons or Her job by Nikos Labôt. In addition to the screenings, these days will be enhanced by the short film writing assistance residency “Ecriture en court”, through which ten authors “will benefit” for a week from “support for the development of their writing projects. short films. The objective of this residence is above all to provide space and time to work ”.
Also on the menu, the screening of a series of short films under the theme of “Resilience”, programmed by the participants of a workshop within the framework of the “Jil Cilima” project, initiated by the Eunic network (national cultural institutes of the European Union).
Translated from https://www.liberte-algerie.com/culture/lancement-des-6es-journees-du-film-europeen-a-alger-367458
