European film festival to be held in Myanmar
4/11/2008 15:48
A European film festival will be held in Myanmar's former capital of
Yangon next weekend to boost cultural exchange between Myanmar and European
countries, a local news journal reported today.
The eight-day film festival,
which lasts from Nov. 15 to 22, will take place at the Naypyitaw Cinema, the
Myanmar Newsweek said.
With English subtitles, a number of famous films from
Germany, France, Italy and Britain will be screened which include "The
Counterfeiters" and "Grave Decisions" from Germany, "The Son's Room" and "The
Land" from Italy, "Life in Pink" and "Could This be love" from France and
"Stardust and "Miss Potter" from Britain.
The European film festival is to be
preceded by a South Korean one scheduled earlier for Nov. 7 to 10 at the Thamada
Cinema, in which five Korean movies - "Le Grand Chief", "Hello", "Goodbye", "
Little Brother" and "My Love" will be on the screen.
Foreign film festivals
have been introduced in Myanmar since the past three years which also included
those representing East Asian nations -- China, Japan and South Korea under
respective bilateral cultural exchange programs.
In June and December last
year, a European film festival, which marked the 50th anniversary of the
founding of the European Union (EU) and a first ever film festival of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which marked its 40th
anniversary respectively, had taken place in Yangon.
The foreign film
festivals have provided opportunities for Myanmar audiences to get more access
to foreign movies from different continents, organizers said, adding that
through sponsoring such foreign film festivals domestically as part of the
cultural exchange with foreign countries, the mutual understanding between
Myanmar people and peoples of the world would get enhanced.
Meanwhile,
Myanmar has called for efforts to promote the standard of the country's video
features and movie production for penetrating foreign markets.
Xinhua
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