The art, the drama, the suspense! Experience Europe without the jet lag at the (November 24 鈥� December 4, 2017).
Now in its 20th year, the Cinematheque鈥檚 annual celebration of new cinema from the European Union showcases award winning films, official Oscar submissions, and premieres from both acclaimed auteurs and rising stars.
From the Estonian '80s-set action comedy The Dissidents, to the bare-knuckled Portugese drama, St-George, the EUFF features the boldest and most rewarding filmmaking coming out of the EU. Whether you鈥檙e a diehard lover of cinema, or simply like dark rooms and warm popcorn, the festival has something for everyone. So, are you ready to see Europe on film?
The Dissidents (2017).
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Saint George (2017).
Full EUFF 2017 Schedule:
ESTONIA 鈥� This '80s-set action comedy follows three Estonian dreamers who flee the Soviet Union in search of the suave 鈥渇ree world."听Friday, November 24 - 6:30pm
POLAND 鈥� The courageous, controversy-courting life of trailblazing physicist and chemist Marie Curie is poetically explored in this lavish biopic.听Friday, November 24 - 8:30pm
ROMANIA 鈥� The heightened realism of Romania鈥檚 New Wave is masterfully deployed in Adrian Sitaru鈥檚 understated moral drama.听Saturday, November 25 - 6:30pm
FRANCE 鈥� A freewheeling, intergenerational theatre troupe tours Chekhov and emotional minefields in director L茅a Fehner鈥檚 sophomore film.听Saturday, November 25 - 8:30pm
LUXEMBOURG 鈥� The unhealthy relationship between an adult son and his mother is explored in Jacques Molitor鈥檚 fiction-feature debut.听Sunday, November 26 - 6:30pm
SWEDEN 鈥� The fourth feature from Swedish phenom Andreas 脰hman is an amour-intoxicated, lovers-on-the-lam tale.听Sunday, November 26 - 8:20pm
LITHUANIA 鈥� Life for an artist behind the Iron Curtain is portrayed in Donatas Ulvydas鈥檚 searing, politically-charged period drama.听Monday, November 27 - 6:30pm
BULGARIA 鈥� A competitive dancer tests her mettle as a high-school teacher in Michaela Komitova鈥檚 comedic, crowd-pleasing first feature.听Monday, November 27 - 8:45pm
PORTUGAL 鈥� The third feature from Marco Martins is a brooding, bare-knuckled drama that holds a sobering mirror to Portugal鈥檚 recent hardships.听Tuesday, November 28 - 6:30pm
HUNGARY 鈥� This domestic blockbuster is based on the true story of the legendary thoroughbred 鈥� to this day, the most decorated racehorse ever.听Tuesday, November 28 - 8:45pm
AUSTRIA 鈥� This second career feature from Virgil Widrich is a fantastical blend of historical fiction, whodunit thriller, and beyond-the-grave horror.听Wednesday, November 29 - 6:30pm
CYPRUS 鈥� A country kid finds himself at the centre of a murder investigation in Petros Charalambous鈥檚 much-praised debut feature.听Wednesday, November 29 - 8:30pm
FINLAND 鈥� The fiction-feature debut of Selma Vilhunen is a smart coming-of-age tale about an adolescent girl in search of her birth father.听Thursday, November 30 - 6:30pm
NETHERLANDS 鈥� Hannah Hoekstra was f锚ted for her role as an acerbic-tongued germophobe in this smart adaptation of the eponymous 2013 novel.听Thursday, November 30 - 8:30pm
SLOVENIA 鈥� Acclaimed Slovenian auteur Damjan Kozole was awarded Best Director at Karlovy Vary for this taut, chilling, noir-minded thriller.听Friday, December 1 - 6:30pm
ITALY 鈥� A multiple prize winner at Venice, the latest from Mario Martone is a prestigious film biography on the great 19th century Italian poet.听Friday, December 1 - 8:20pm
MALTA 鈥� A tour of the archipelago of Malta ignites passion between an American backpacker and a local artist in this steamy two-hander.听Saturday, December 2 - 5:00pm
BELGIUM 鈥� The astonishing full-length debut of Rachel Lang wowed critics with its droll, nuanced observations on quarter-life aches and pains.听Saturday, December 2 - 6:45pm
GERMANY 鈥� This pulsating, techno-scored drama from prolific director Andreas Dresen has been dubbed the East German Trainspotting.听Saturday, December 2 - 8:40pm
IRELAND 鈥� A documentary profile on Nobel Prize-winner John Hume and his efforts to secure peace in Ireland.听Sunday, December 3 - 2:00pm
LATVIA 鈥� The feature debut of Latvian writer-director Ren?rs Vimba is an intimate and absorbing portrait of adolescent angst.听Sunday, December 3 - 4:00pm
CROATIA 鈥� Cockroaches, gingerbread cookies, and an opera aria all factor into this festival favourite set during the Christmas holidays.听Sunday, December 3 - 6:15pm
SPAIN 鈥� Amor is in the frosty air in director Dani de la Orden鈥檚 Yuletide reprise of his 2012 romantic-comedy hit, Barcelona Summer Night.听Sunday, December 3 - 8:15pm
DENMARK 鈥� The latest acerbic work from Thomas Vinterberg is a biting and bittersweet 鈥渇amily鈥� drama about a commune in 1970s Copenhagen.听Monday, December 4 - 6:30pm
SLOVAKIA 鈥� Zuzana Maur茅ry garnered heaps of praise for her performance as a shady grade-school educator in this Communist-era drama.听Monday, December 4 - 8:40pm
