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European film festival to be held in Myanmar

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-05-21 17:12



A European film festival to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of
the European Union (EU) will be held in Myanmar's Yangon in the second
week of June, the local Weekly Eleven News reported Monday.

The 16th European Film Festival, which lasts from June 9 to 16,will take
place at the Nay Pyi Daw Cinema with films produced from Italy, England,
Germany and France to be screened, the report said.

This year's European film festival, which is also a regular one organized
in Myanmar annually, will be sponsored by Germany, rotating chairman of
the EU.

Screening in the film festival will be films produced in the last decade
and selected to suit the taste of Myanmar audiences, cultural officials
of the participating countries were quoted as saying.

These films include "Pane e tulipani" and "Tornado a case" of Italy,
"Alles auf zucker" and "Das leben der anderen" of Germany, "Sister in
law" and "Stormbreaker" of England and "Les Brigades dutigre" and "Mon
petit doigt m'a dit" of France.

All films will be provided with English subtitles, the report added.

Meanwhile, during last March/April, a Japanese film festival was also
held in Yangon and Mandalay respectively to boost cultural exchange
between the two countries.

Earlier in November last year, a first-ever South Korean film festival
was also launched in Yangon.












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