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7th European Arthouse Cinema Day - Thanks for your participation!

18.11.2022 • Dear Friends,

Thanks very much for your participation in the 7th European Arthouse Cinema Day! It was a successful edition, with about 600 cinemas participating in 38 countries across the world.

Some of you organised special events such as Q&As with the film cast, cine-concerts, premières and previews or workshop and activities for the young audiences.

We also want to thank all the partners and supporters who made possible to organise the European Arthouse Cinema Day 2022:

Creative Europe MEDIA, Europa Cinemas, Eurimages, FFA - Filmförderungsanstalt, BKM - Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Ministère de la Culture, CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Ministero della Cultura, for their financial support.

The national cinemas associations AFCAE, AG Kino-Gilde, FICE - Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai, Schweizer Studiofilm Verband, Art Mozi Egyesület, Aiace Torino, VAC - Arthouse Cinema Vlaanderen, NAAS ناس l Network of Arab Alternative Screens Stowarzyszenie Kin Studyjnych, NFO - Nederlands filmtheater overleg, PROMIO and Riksföreningen Biograferna. 

The distributors BTEAM Pictures, Jour2Fête, Les Films du Losange, Pandora Film Verleih and Polyfilm Verleih for collaborating with us to organise and to also promote the special events with our ambassadors, to whom we also send special thanks.

European Film Academy, Lux Audience Award, European Film Factory, France Télévisions, Télérama, Positif, Programmkino, Cineuropa, FILM New Europe and Alphapanda, for their support in communicating and promoting the day.

It was a festive day where the cinema-going experience and the richness of European cinema have been at the heart of it.

Thank you ❤️

Preview of Close by Lukas Dhont in German and Austrian cinemas

09.11.2022 • On November 13, German and Austrian cinemas are showing in preview CLOSE by Lukas Dhont, distributed by Pandora Film (Germany) and Polifilm (Austria).

The film won the Grand Jury Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, and 2 CICAE Arthouse Cinema Awards at Cinefest Miskolc and Filmfest Hamburg.

Cinemas showing Close

Germany
Aachen - Apollo
Augsburg - Liliom
Hamburg - Zeise
Heidelberg - Gloria
Köln - Cinenova
München - Monopol
Nürnberg - Metropolis
Potsdam - Thalia
Rottweil - Central Kino Rottweil
Trier - Broadway  

Austria
Graz - KIZ Royal

Special Event: preview of Mehr denn je by Emily Atef in Germany and Austria

09.11.2022 • On November 13, we organise a special event in Germany, in collaboration with AG Kino-Gilde, Pandora Film and Polifilm, with the preview screening of MEHR DENN JE (Plus que jamais) by ambassador Emily Atef.

The film will be screened at 18:00 in several German and Austrian cinemas and followed by a Q&A with the film director live in Cinéma Le Balzac, in Paris, and in live-streaming in the participating cinemas (German translation will be available). 

Cinemas joining the event of Mehr Denn Je  

Germany

Bad Füssing - Filmgalerie
Bamberg - Lichtspiel
Darmstadt - Rex
Erfurt - Kinoklub am Hirschlachufer
Essen - Eulenspiegel
Hamburg - Passage
Hannover - Apollo
Hannover - Kino am Raschplatz
Heidelberg - Gloriette
Heilbronn - Kinostar Arthaus
Hillesheim - Eifel Filmbühne
Köln - Cinenova
Lich - Traumstern
München - Neues Arena
Nürnberg - Casablanca
Oldenburg - Casablanca
Potsdam - Thalia
Rottweil - Central Kino Rottweil

Austria
Freistadt - Kino Freistadt
Lenzing - Lichtspiele Lenzing
Wels - Programmkino Wels

Special Event: preview of Plus Que Jamais by Emily Atef in France

09.11.2022 • On November 13, we organise a special event in France, in collaboration with AFCAE and Jour2Fête, with the preview screening of PLUS QUE JAMAIS by ambassador Emily Atef.

The film will be screened at 18:00 in several French cinemas and followed by a Q&A with the film director live in Cinéma Le Balzac, in Paris, and in live-streaming in the other participating cinemas.  

Cinemas joining the event of Plus Que Jamais  

Albi - CGR Lapérouse
Auxerre - CGR Auxerre
Beauvais - CGR Cinéspace
Castres - CGR Castres
Chateauroux - CGR Chateauroux 
Cherbourg - CGR Odéon
Cholet - CGR Cholet
Clermont Ferrand - CGR Les Ambiances
Colmar - CGR Colmar
Gueugnon - Le Danton
La Rochelle - CGR Dragon
Le Creusot - Le Morvan
Manosque - CGR Manosque
Moulins - CGR Moulins
Paris - Le Balzac
Saint-Brieuc - Club6
Soissons - CGR Soissons
Troyes - CGR Cinécity
Ussel - Le Carnot

Special Event: preview of Saint Omer by Alice Diop in France

09.11.2022 • On November 13, we organise a special event in France, in collaboration with AFCAE, with the preview screening of SAINT OMER by ambassador Alice Diop.

The film will be screened at 18:00 in several French cinemas and followed by a Q&A with the film director live in Le Grand Action, in Paris, and in live-streaming in the other participating cinemas.

Cinemas joining the event of Saint Omer

Albi - CGR Lapérouse
Angers - Les 400 coups'
Auch - Ciné 32
Auxerre - CGR Auxerre
Barjols - L'Odéon
Bastia - Le Studio
Beauvais - CGR Beauvais
Boulogne-sur-Mer - Stars
Bourbon-Lany - Rio Borvo
Bourges - Maison de la Culture de Bourges
Carcassonne - CGR Colisée 
Castres - CGR Castres
Cherbourg - CGR Odéon
Cholet - CGR Cholet
Colmar - CGR Colmar
Courbevoie - Abel Gance
Digoin - Le Majestic
Douai - Scène Nationale Tandem - Cinéma Paul Desmarets
Héric - Le Gen'Eric
Istres - Le Coluche
La Ferrière - Le Roc
Lorgues - Le Cinéma
Malakoff - Marcel Pagnol
Manosque - CGR La Villette
Montauban - CGR Le Paris
Montceau-les-Mines - Le Plessis
Moulins - CGR Moulins
Narbonne - Association Théâtre Cinéma (ex Scène Nationale)
Nivillac - La Couronne
Paris - Le Grand Action
Redon - Manivel
Reims - Opéraims
Rennes - L'ARVOR Cinéma et culture
Rieupeyroux - Salle de Cinéma et de Spectacle
Saint Julien du Sault - Alain Bashung
Saint-Omer - Ociné
Saint-Savinien - Le Florida
St Just St Rambert - Family Cinema
Soissons - CGR Soissons
Troyes - CGR Troyes
Vannes - La Garenne

Special Event: preview of La Maternal by Pilar Palomero in Spain

08.11.2022 • On November 13, we are organising a special event in Spain, in collaboration with PROMIO, with the preview screening of LA MATERNAL by ambassador Pilar Palomero.

The film will be screened at 18:00 in several cinemas and followed by a Q&A with the film director live in Cines Embajadores, in Madrid, and in live-streaming in the other participating cinemas.

Cinemas joining the event of La Maternal
Badajoz - mk2 Cinesur Conquistadores
Barcelona - Cinema Maldà
Barcelona - Cinemes Girona
Barcelona - Zumzeig
Cambrils - Rambla de l'Art
Córdoba - mk2 Cinesur El Tablero
Ferrol - Duplex
León - Van Gogh
Madrid - Cines Embajadores (central cinema)
Madrid - Cines Renoir Plaza de España
Madrid - mk2 Cine Paz
Madrid - Palacio de Hielo
Majadahonda - Cines Zoco (only screening)
Monzón - Multicines Victoria 
Palma de Mallorca - Augusta
Palma de Mallorca - CineCiutat
Rentería - Cines Niessen
Salamanca - Van Dyck
San Sebastián - Cines Príncipe
Sevilla - mk2 Cinesur Nervión Plaza
Tàrrega - Cinema Majèstic
Valencia - Cines Lys
Viana - Cines Las Cañas

The official trailer of the European Arthouse Cinema Day 2022

21.10.2022 • WATCH NOW THE OFFICIAL TRAILER

Less than one month is left for the big day and we are more than happy to finally share with you the trailer for the European Arthouse Cinema Day 2022, created in collaboration with Europa Cinemas.


You can find the official trailer at this link.


Participating cinemas can download the trailer in their cinema area. The trailer is available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and will be soon available in other languages too.


SPECIAL EVENTS WITH THE AMBASSADORS

The following events are being organised in presence of the Ambassadors: 

> Emily Atef - Avant-Premiere of MORE THAN EVER at 4pm in the cinema Le Balzac in Paris, followed by a meeting with the director and moderated by an editor from the magazine Positif. Live broadcast for French and German cinemas that want to participate (translation into German will be available).

> Alice Diop - Avant-Premiere of SAINT OMER in the cinema Le Grand Action in Paris at 4pm, followed by a meeting with the director and moderated by an editor from the magazine Positif. Live broadcast for French cinemas that want to participate.

> Pilar Palomero - Avant-Premiere of LA MATERNAL in the cinema Cines Embajadores in Madrid at 6pm (exact time to be confirmed). Simultaneous screening and live broadcast in Spanish cinemas that want to participate.

> Valerio Mastandrea - Event in Rome in his presence for Italian cinemas.

Ambassadors of the 7th European Arthouse Cinema Day and special events

13.10.2022 • Emily Atef, Lukas Dhont, Alice Diop, Valerio Mastandrea, Pilar Palomero and Agnieszka Smoczynska are our amazing Ambassadors for the 7th European Arthouse Cinema Day who will be also attending some live events on Sunday 13th November. 

You can find their bio at this page.


SPECIAL EVENTS WITH THE AMBASSADORS

The following events are being organised in presence of the Ambassadors: 

Emily Atef - Premiere of MORE THAN EVER in French and German cinemas with simultaneous screening and live stream of the Q&A.

Alice Diop - Premiere of SAINT OMER in French cinemas with simultaneous screening and live stream of the Q&A.

Valerio Mastandrea - Event in Rome in his presence for Italian cinemas.

Pilar Palomero - Premiere of LA MATERNAL in Spanish cinemas with simultaneous screening and live stream of the Q&A.

New poster for the European Arthouse Cinema Day 2022

30.09.2022 • Dear Friends,

After revealing our the artist of this year Alberto Vázquez in the last newsletter, we are very excited to finally present the visual for our 7th European Arthouse Cinema Day!

Check out Alberto Vázquez's beautiful illustration that celebrates the beauty of cinema-going and the diversity of perspectives but yet under the big constellation of films. Let us know how you like it – we are excited to hear what you think. 

The poster is being adapted to several languages and can be found in the download area of your Cinema Area on our website. You will also find the logos updated in the languages and soon an updated social media kit that we encourage you to use for your communication surrounding the European Arthouse Cinema Day on Sunday 13 November 2022.

Alberto Vázquez is the illustrator of the 7th European Arthouse Cinema Day

20.09.2022 • We are happy to announce you that Spanish animation director Alberto Vázquez is the talent who will create the visual for the 7th European Arthouse Cinema Day, taking place on Sunday 13th November 2022.

Animation director, illustrator and cartoonist. His books and comics have been published in countries like Spain, France, Italy, Brazil and Korea and his illustrations appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world.He has written and directed short animation films as BIRDBOY , UNICORN BLOD or DECORADO based in his comics. His first animated feature film, PSICONAUTAS, LOS NIÑOS OLVIDADOS, for which he is director, screenwriter, art director and was based on his graphic novel of the same name.His second and last length feature animation, UNICORN WARS, world premiered this year in Official Competition at the Annency Film Festival.

Having premiered in prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Toronto, Annecy, Clermond-Ferrand or Animafest Zagreb, his works have won three times the Goya Awards (best animation film and best animation short film twice) and over 100 awards in international events such Annecy FF, Platino Awards, Chicago, Foyle, Silver Meliés or Expotoon.


More information on Alberto Vázquez work