Mumbai: The 29th European Union Film Festival (EUFF) will open with La Chimera, screening on 7 November 2024 in New Delhi. Written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher, the film follows an Englishman exploring Italy’s historical treasures with an eccentric group. La Chimera touches on themes of lost love, relationships, life, and death. Yile Yara Vianello, the film's lead actress, will attend the opening night in India.
Writer-director Alice Rohrwacher said, “The proximity of sacred and profane, of death and life, that characterised the years in which I was growing up has always fascinated me and given a measure to my way of seeing. This is why I decided at last to make a film that tells this layered story, this relationship between two worlds, the last part in a triptych about a local area whose attention is focused on one central question: what should it do with its past? As some grave-robbers say, down our way it’s the dead that give life.”
The European Union Film Festival (EUFF) will run in New Delhi from 7 to 16 November 2024, showcasing 26 European films in 31 languages, providing insights into European society, culture, and people. Organised by the European Union in partnership with EU Member States and regional partners, the festival strengthens EU-India cultural ties and fosters cross-cultural understanding.
The festival will take place at three venues in New Delhi: India Habitat Centre, Instituto Cervantes, and Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan. It features films exploring diverse themes, including relationships, gender identity, sisterhood, and self-discovery. The lineup includes several India premieres, such as What A Feeling, Because I Love Bad Weather, Stairway To Heaven, Death is a Problem for the Living, Jim’s Story, Without Air, Black Velvet, The Last Ashes, Blood on the Crown, Baan, Horia, and The Man Without Guilt.
All films will have English subtitles and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Some films are rated 18-plus; please check ratings before attending.
EUFF 2024 film line-up by country:
● Austria: What a Feeling
● Belgium: Employee of the Month (L’employée Du Mois)
● Bulgaria: Because I Love Bad Weather (Защото обичам лошото време)
● Cyprus: Embryo Larva Butterfly
● Czech Republic: Restore Point (Bod Obnovy)
● Denmark: Sons (Vogter)
● Estonia: Stairway To Heaven (Taevatrepp)
● Finland: Death is a Problem for the Living (Peluri- Kuolema on Elävien Ongelma)
● France: Jim's Story (Le roman de Jim)
● Germany: Afire (Roter Himmel)
● Greece: Animal
● Hungary: Without Air
● Ireland: An Irish Goodbye
● Italy: La Chimera
● Latvia: Black Velvet (Melnais Samts)
● Lithuania: Five And A Half Love Stories In An Apartment In Vilnius (Penkios su puse meilės istorijos, nutikusios viename Vilniaus bute)
● Luxembourg: The Last Ashes (Läif a Séil)
● Malta: Blood on the Crown
● Netherlands: Como el Viento
● Poland: Dangerous Men (Niebezpieczni dżentelmeni)
● Portugal: Baan
● Romania: Horia
● Slovenia: The Man Without Guilt (L'uomo senza colpa)
● Spain: The Teacher Who Promised The Sea (El maestro que prometió el mar)
● Sweden: UFO Sweden
● Ukraine: How is Katia? (Yak Tam Katia?)
