The Variety΄s Ten European Directors to WatchSection is an annual event organized by the prestigious international
Variety magazine in conjuction with
European Film Promotion and supported by the
Media Program and ten participating
EFP member organizationsVariety΄s critics, along with
EFP΄s members and the
festival select and present to the audience
10 films by the most
talented and
promisingEuropean directors.
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row: Simon Gross & Nana Ekvtimishvili (Georgia), Roar
Uthaug (Norway), Elisa Fuksas (Italy), Mika Ronkainen (Finland), Michiel
ten Horn (The Netherlands) and China Ahlander (Sweden).front row: Wojtek Smarzowski (Poland), Elina Psykou (Greece), Felix van Groeningen (Belgium) and Emil Christov (Bulgaria) © EFP/Nikolas Samalekos Since
2001, the program aims to promote a new, groundbreaking
European cinema and to unveil the talented artists behind it.
“Variety΄s Ten European Directors to watch” selection:
Emil Christov, “The Color of the Chameleon” (Bulgaria)
Nana Ekvtimishvili & Simon Gross, “In Bloom” (Georgia/Germany)
Gabriela Pichler, “Eat Sleep Die” (Sweden)
Elina Psykou, “The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas” (Greece)
Mika Ronkainen, “Finnish Blood, Swedish Heart” (Finland)
Wojtek Smarzowski, “Traffic Department” (Poland)
Michiel ten Horn, “The Deflowering of Eva Van End” (The Netherlands)
Roar Uthaug, “Escape” (Norway)
Felix van Groeningen, “The Broken Circle Breakdown” (Belgium)