Cine Europa goes to Baguio City from Sept. 17-22

MANILA, Philippines - The Cine Europa fever is still on!

Cine Europa will screen in  Baguio City starting on Sept. 17 at  Cinematheque of the Film Development Council of the Philippines in Casa Vallejo, Upper Session Road. 

Italy's entry, the  multi-awarded  "Mid-August Lunch", will start the Baguio City leg at 1:30 p.m.,  to be followed by screenings of the movies "Barbara"  from Germany and the documentary "Dreams of Life" from the United Kingdom.

The film was awarded the Translata People's Choice Prize for the Best Film in the La Biennale Di Venezia 2008. It received numerous accolades such as Luigi De Laurentiis Award; Francesco Pasinneti Award; Isvema Award, among other citations.

Directed by award-winning director Gianni Di Gregorio, it is a charming story of how a middle-aged man is able to provide a temporary holiday home to his mother and other elderly women during one of Italy's most important holiday weekend of Aug. 15.

Aside from "Mid-August Lunch", cine enthusiasts from Baguio City will be able to enjoy  20 other  European films from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands,  Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. This is the second time that the film festival is going to Baguio City in partnership with the Film Development Council.

Admission to the film screenings is free on a first-come, first-served basis.

Now on its 16th year, Cine Europa  is reaching more Filipinos than ever before with screenings right across the country. With its expansion from three to six cities last year, attendance has increased by a quarter from 29,000 in 2011 to 36,500 in 2012.

With numerous award winning European movies, including romantic musicals, wartime movies, historical dramas, family comedies and even world class documentaries, there really is something for everyone at Cine Europa 16.

 The film festival opened at the Shangri-La Plaza with screenings until Sept. 15.

After the Manila and Baguio legs, Cine Europa 16 will then move on to Cinematheque Iloilo City from  Sept. 24-29; Ayala Center, Cebu City from Sept. 4-6; Liceo de Cagayan University from  Oct. 1-13; and finally in Cinematheque Davao City from Oct. 15-20.

Cine Europa 16 is organized by the European Union Cultural Group in Manila, which gathers together the Embassies and Cultural Institutes of the European Union (representations in Manila including the Embassies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, the Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines and the European cultural institutes (Alliance Française, British Council, Goethe-Institut, Philippine-Italian Association, and Instituto Cervantes de Manila,. the Film Development Council of the Philippines, the Independent Film Cooperative, the Shangri-La Plaza Mall (Manila), Arts Council of Cebu and Liceo de Cagayan de Oro (Mindanao). Philstar.com and  Porsche Design support Cine Europa 16.

Website:  http://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/philippines

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