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European Union Film Fest to return in Delhi in December

Post its Delhi edition, the festival will travel to Chennai from January 19 to 28, 2024.

European Union Film Fest to return in Delhi in December

The European Union Film Festival (EUFF) will return with its 28th edition in New Delhi on December 1.

The 10-day film gala, which aims to celebrate the cultural connect between India and the European Union through the world of cinema, will take place across three locations -- the Indian Habitat Center, The Instituto Cervantes (Spanish Cultural Center), and The Goethe-Institut /Max Mueller Bhavan.


The ‘free for all’ festival is organised by the Delegation of the European Union to India, Embassies of EU Member States, and regional partners.

It will screen 28 films in 25 different languages from 28 European countries. This also includes movies from 18 women directors as the festival seeks to honour women in cinema and the art of storytelling from the woman’s perspective.

The lineup of films features Martin McDonagh's dark comedy The Banshees of Inisherin, starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson; Belgium movie Tori and Lokita, which won an award at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival; and Luxembourg, Luxembourg from Ukraine.

The other titles are -- Breaking the Ice (Austria); Mother (Bulgaria); Murina (Croatia); The Man with the Answers (Cyprus); Ordinary Failures (Czech Republic); The Quiet Migration (Denmark); Walker on Water (Estonia); Saint Omer (France), among others.

The European Union Film Festival (EUFF) will conclude on December 10. Post its Delhi edition, the festival will travel to Chennai from January 19 to 28, 2024.

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  • Flight prices from Chennai to Kuala Lumpur surge by up to 40pc as one lakh fans expected for December 27 event.
  • Malaysian authorities ban political merchandise and speeches following tragic stampede at recent TVK rally that killed 41.
  • Ten-hour tribute concert with Anirudh Ravichander and over 30 performers to celebrate Vijay's three-decade cinema career.

Airports across Chennai and Kuala Lumpur are witnessing unprecedented crowds as thousands of Vijay fans travel to Malaysia for the grand audio launch of his purported final film, Jana Nayagan, scheduled for December (27) at Bukit Jalil National Stadium.

Videos and photos circulating on social media show packed terminals with fans filling flights bound for Kuala Lumpur. The senior manager operations at Divo Movies in Chennai described the surge as "completely unplanned," noting that flights to the Malaysian capital are "exclusively filled with Thalapathy Vijay fans."

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