The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will -once again- host a cross section of ten young and talented European directors.

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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back row: Simon Gross & Nana Ekvtimishvili (Georgia), Roar Uthaug (Norway), Elisa Fuksas (Italy), Mika Ronkainen (Finland), Michiel ten Horn (The Netherlands) and China Ahlander (Sweden).
Since 2001, the program aims to promote a new, groundbreaking European cinema and to unveil the talented artists behind it.

This year - among the other films-the critics chose to screen the work of two Balkan directors,  The Color of the Chameleon by Emil Christov (Bulgaria) and The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas by Elina Psykou (Greece).

 

“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)