Eh! U Film Festival

The European Eh! E Film festival runs mid November - and the best thing about it is that all the films are free.

Click below to see the complete listing of films!

AUSTRIA
Karo (Karo und der Liebe Gott) // 2006, 94 min.

Genre: Family
Director: Danielle Proskar
Cast: Branko Samarovski, Resi Reiner

Play the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnic41KVCYc

Synopsis:
It is a terrible blow for 8-year-old Karo when her parents split up. And one of the two walkie-talkies her father had just given her as a gift must have fallen out of the cardboard boxes during the traumatic move. Karo feels so miserable that she turns on her remaining walkie-talkie and pours out her heart, in the hope that God Almighty might be listening. Suddenly an indignant voice replies – a voice that finally confirms: yes, this is God talking.

Awards:
• CIFEJ Prize & Best Screenplay Camério, Rimouski International Film Festival 2006
• Adult and Children Prize at the 2007 Augsburger Film Festival

BELGIUM

Friday or Another Day (Vendredi ou un Autre Jour) // 2005, 107 min.

Genre: Adventure
Director: Yvan Le Moine
Cast : Philippe Nahon, Alain Moraïda

Play the trailer: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4f3b_bavendredi-ou-un-autre-jour_ads

Synopsis:
1759. The famous actor Philippe De Nohan is on board “La Virginie” with the troupe of “Théâtre Français” for a tour in the New World when the ship sinks. Miraculously, he regains consciousness on the beach of a deserted island. After hours of searching, he realizes that he is the only survivor, the only human being on this natural prison. He must then discover how to go on living, unseen by others, without anybody else to talk to…

Awards:
At the 2006 Joseph Plateau Awards (Belgian equivalent of the Cesars and of the BAFTA’s), “Friday or Another Day” won:
- Best Belgian Cinematography (Danny Elsen)
- Best Belgian composer (George Van Dam)

“The very idea that no one will ever see me again, alone on this uncharted island, actually sentences me to prison for life…”
“Constantly intriguing, beautifully shot, it works towards an epiphanic finale as moving as Ruy Guerra’s ‘Sweet Hunters’”
W.H. Time Out London

BULGARIA
Fly by Rossinant (ЛЕТЕТЕ С РОСИНАНТ) // 2007, 90 min.

Genre: Comedy, Musical //Music by Goran Bregović
Director: Georgi Stoev
Cast: Vasil Denev, Itzhak Finzi

Play the trailer: http://rossinant.cinefish.bg/tr.html

Synopsis:
The Bulgarian Grand Opera company is on a European tour. Lack of funds means they travel on an old dilapidated bus. During the journey the newest member of the orchestra – the harebrained timpanist Teddy gradually falls for the young Maria, who is the conductor’s lover. The whole company watches their budding love affair. These two young people in the first stages of falling in love are drawn into the complex relationships of the company – a twisted puzzle of past love affairs and present envy.

Awards:
- Special at the10th Euro-Asian Telephorum, Moscow, 2007
- Special award at the 2007 International movie festival “Vernoe Sarce”, Moscow.


Programmed with Oracle (ПРОРОЧИЦА), short film // 2008, 13 min.

Director: Dimitar Dimitrov
Genre:  Novelette-impression

Synopsis:
Prediction on the past, testament for the new generation…

This film is premiering at the Festival!
Warden of the Dead ( ПАЗАЧЪТ НА МЪРТВИТЕ) // 2006, 105 min.

Genre: Drama
Director: Ilyan Simeonov
Cast: Vladimir Georgiev, Samuel Fintzi, Itzhak Fintzi

Synopsis:
In this metaphorical drama, a thirteen year old kid, “the boy”, lives and works in a cemetery. The cemetery is his whole life, and growing up with the dead instills in him an obsession and respect for death. He develops a strong sense of responsibility for the fate of others. Whether bringing people together, or helping them die, he has only one aim – to make them happy.

Awards:
- Vladimir Georgiev, Best Actor in a leading role from NFC Bulgaria

CYPRUS
Roads and Oranges (Δρόμοι και Πορτοκάλια)// 1996, 100 min.

Genre: Drama
Director: Aliki Danezi-knutsen
Cast : Vana Rambota, Stela Fyro Geni

Synopsis:
A radio announcement about the possibility of two missing in action Cypriots, seen in Turkey, awakens in Daphne the picture of her own father. Her strong belief that she will find her missing father again leads her sister Anna to follow Daphne on the uncertain journey into Turkey. The journey brings many hidden surprises, about people, places and, finally, about themselves. Their return to Nicosia brings them into a city that is familiar, but is not quite the same.

Awards:
• Montevideo Film Festival 1997 (Special Mention)
• Greek National Awards 1997 (Quality Distinction)
• Vacalo Awards 1998 (Best Film)

CZECH REPUBLIC
Vaclav (Václav) // 2007, 100 min.

Genre: comedy / drama
Director : Jiri Vejdelek
Cast: Ivan Trojan, Emilia Vasaryova

Play the trailers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBgOJ7jG1Iw ; http://filmvaclav.cz/trailer.html

Synopsis:
Vaclav Ving is a man in his forties and is considered by many to be the village idiot. With a personality that is bordering on autism, he lives with his widowed mother on the outskirts of the village. Villagers see him as the local fool, nothing but a constant annoyance, but there is also a skeleton in the village closet concerning his father’s death.
He gets no mercy from his brother Frantisek either. According to him, Vaclav should be put into an institution. Ever since their childhood, he has competed with Vaclav for the attention of their mother, and now it seems even his mistress Lida is attracted by the wild, but charmingly innocent Vaclav.
The truth about the death of Vaclav and Frantisek’s father finally emerges, and Lida’s attention to Vaclav crosses the line of innocence. These events trigger an explosive situation between the brothers that spreads to the village. The tragic and criminal consequences that follow cannot be ignored as the mere actions of a village fool. Vaclav has to pay for his actions and everyone else in the village has to take another look at themselves in the mirror…

Awards:
Czech Lion Awards (main national film award in the Czech Republic):
- Best Actor in Leading Role (Jan Trojan)
- Best Actor in Supporting Role (Jan Budar)

Jin Jue Awards (Shanghai International Film Festival):
- Best Actress (Emilia Vasaryova)
- Best Screenplay (Marek Epstein)

“Imagine if Dustin Hoffman´s Rain Man was living in a Czech village…”
DENMARK

The Art of Crying (Kunsten at græde i kor) // 2007, 106 min.

Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Schønau Fog
Cast: Jannik Lorenzen, Jesper Asholt

Play the trailer: http://cineuropa.org/trailer.aspx?lang=en&documentID=84491

Synopsis:
South Jutland in the turbulent early 1970s. Life isn’t easy for 11-year-old Allan. His father has a nervous condition and regularly threatens to kill himself. His mother has given up, his older brother has moved out and the family’s small dairy store isn’t doing well. When his older sister starts behaving strangely, it’s up to Allan to keep the family together. His father lives for the times he gets to recite his famously eloquent eulogies and make the mourners weep. Soon, Allan is taking matters into his own hands to make sure there are enough funerals to keep his father happy.

Awards:
- Chosen as the Danish entrant for the 2008 Academy Award Nominations
- The Nordic Council Film Prize 2007
- TIFF selection, 2006

“Emotionally devastating and astonishingly mature, this is a unique feature debut.”
Steve Gravestock, Toronto International Filmfestival, 2007.

ESTONIA
Taarka (Taarka) // 2008, 94 min.
Genre: Autobiography, Drama, Musical
Director: Ain Mäeots
Cast: Inga Salurand, Siiri Sisask, Marje Metsur

Play the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ49mPmxNLU

Synopsis:
The film is a portrait of the folk singer Hilana Taarka (1856-1933). She was a rebellious single mother who spoke and sang in ‘Seto’, a dialect of Finnic South Estonian (found on the border with Russia).

“I don’t sing the words of the others. I sing the words of my own – picked up from the ground, carved out of the wood.” Hilana Taarka

FINLAND
Beauty and the ***censored*** (Tyttö sinä olet tähti) // 2005, 102 min .

Genre: romance
Director:  Dome Karukoski
Cast:  Pamela Tola, Samuli Vauramo

Play the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHbtwBmszpw

Synopsis:
Nelli daydreams about a career as a singer while her parents see her on her way to medical school and a secure future. If only she could come up with a demo that she could use to show her talent to the record companies.
Sune, a streetwise kid and a talented hip-hop DJ with a studio, agrees to work on the demo. On a dare he makes a bet with his friends that he can get Nelli to sleep with him. They do not believe a beauty like her would even cast a glance Sune’s way. But with Sune, Nelli sees an opportunity to get her a free demo.
As they use each other, they begin to fall for each other. There’s a lot of road to cover to meet halfway. The lady needs to learn to stop trying to please everyone. The tramp needs to learn to be more open in life as well as in art.

Awards:
- Finnish national film award, Jussi, for Best music (Jukka Immonen)
- Amanda Award for Best Nordic Debut Feature Film, Haugesund, Norway

FRANCE
The Class (Entre Les Murs) // 2008, 128 min.

Genre: Docu-drama
Director: Laurent Cantet
Cast: Francois Begaudeau, Nassim Amrabt, Laura Baquela

Play the trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz5svwJqoVU
Slideshow: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3797980160/tt1068646

Synopsis:
François and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighbourhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to stay strong and try to give the best education they can to their students. Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom, a microcosm of contemporary France. As amusing and inspiring as the teenaged students can be, their difficult behaviour can sap any teacher’s enthusiasm for their low-paying job. François insists on an atmosphere of respect and diligence. Neither stuffy nor severe, his frankness often takes the students by surprise. But his classroom ethics are put to the test when his students begin to challenge his methods…

Awards :
- Cannes 2008, Golden Palm
- French Film Entry for Oscars 2008
- Critics Award of the Norwegian Film Festival

“A fully sustained immersion in the academics, attitudes and frequent altercations of a group of junior high school students. One of the most substantive and purely entertaining movies in competition at Cannes this year”. J. Chang, Variety

GERMANY
And Along Come Tourists (Am Ende kommen Touristen) // 2007, 85 min.

Meet Barbara Wysocka after the movie.

Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Thalheim
Cast: Alexander Fehling, Ryszard Ronczewski, Barbara Wysocka

Play the trailer: http://www.bavaria-film-international.de/htmls/bfi/index.php?site=program_trailer&id=229

Synopsis:
Auschwitz wasn’t what Sven, a young German, had in mind when he signed up to do his civil service abroad. For him, Auschwitz is a small town in Poland, a strange language, a concentration camp, all the musty greyness of high-school German history classes. To make matters worse, he’s got to care for an unpleasant old man, Stanisaw Krzemiñski, a former inmate who never left the camp and now spends his time either teaching or repairing suitcases. Krzemiñski´s world revolves around the suitcases taken from the Jews as they arrived at the concentration camp from all over Europe. Besides having to endure Krzemiñski´s haughty, gruff manner, Sven also has to put up with the barely concealed contempt of the locals. Luckily, there’s Ania, a young guide who lets Sven stay at her place… As the weeks go by, Sven begins to discover both Auschwitz and Oœwiêcim, the place of horror and the Polish town, the memorial to inhumanity and the tourist industry that has sprung up around it. Yet out of the push and pull of conflicting emotions grows love for Ania, compassion for Krzemiñski, and the troubling, challenging realization about his own role in preserving the memory of this place…

Awards:
- Munich Film Festival 2007: Alexander Fehling won Best Male Actor
- Bavarian Film Awards 2007: Best New coming Producers

“Young German director Robert Thalheim’s second feature film is a quiet triumph. [...] It has a lower-budget feel than the Oscar-winning “The Lives of Others,” but it is no less well-made. [...] “Tourists” cements his position as one of Germany’s top up-and-coming directors.” Bonnie J.Gordon, The Hollywood Reporter

NB: The screening of And Along Come Tourists will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with Professor Mark Webber of the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, York University, and Barbara Wysocka, who plays the role of the compassionate Ania Lanuszewska.

GREECE
Close to the Edge (Στα όρια) // 2006, 97 min.

Genre: Drama
Director: Savvas Karydas
Cast: Tassos Nousias, Panayota Valandi

Play the trailer: http://www.truveo.com/Cinegr-Close-to-the-EdgeTrailer/id/4152238238

Synopsis:
Andreas, a young solitary taxi driver, is part of a chaotic mega city built on the stories of the people who get in and out of his cab, stories through which Andreas lives his own life… He meets Maria, a fascinating and mysterious woman who makes him live his own story, but also leads him into a dangerous game of life and death where the boundaries between the truth and lies, of passion and hatred are blurred.

“There is a “raw” realism about the film since, besides the fictional stories it contains, it also incorporates, in a documentary style, elements of reality, of the surroundings and the people of this city as seen through the eyes of the film’s heroes.”
- The Director’s note -

IRELAND
A Film with Me in It // 2008, 89 min.

Genre: Comedy
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Cast: Dylan Moran, Mark Doherty, Amy Huberman, Keith Allen, David Doherty, Neil Jordan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Synopsis:
Farcical, ironic and darkly funny.
A failing actor ends up enveloped in a series of accidents which “look bad,” to put it lightly, and with a large number of dead bodies on his hands. Together with his director friend, they attempt to escape their predicament and hatch a genius plan by re-writing the day’s events as if it were a film. As the body count mounts, they pitch ideas back and forth desperately searching for a way out…

Awards:
- 2008 TIFF selection

ITALY
Carlo Goldoni - Venice Grand Theatre of the World (Carlo Goldoni - Venezia Gran Teatro del Mondo) // 2007, 72 min.

Genre: History
Director: Alessandro Bettero
Cast: Alessandro Bressanello, Tiziana Grillo

Go to the film website (trailer): http://www.goldonithemovie.com/home_en.html

Synopsis:
In the 1700s, while the glory of Venice was nearing the apex of its splendor, Carlo Goldoni anticipated the French revolution by remaking the European theatre, removing the mask of the commedia dell’arte to reveal the true face of the bourgeoisie.

The Silk Merchant (Il Mercante di Stoffe) // 2008, 78 min.

Genre: Romance - Adventure
Director: Antonio Baiocco
Cast: Sebastiano Somma, Marta Bifano

Go to:http://www.antoniobaiocco.com/scheda3/ilmercantedistoffe.html

Synopsis:
Marco and Luisa, two young Italians, arrive in an abandoned village in the south of Morocco to find a medallion that belonged to a young Arab woman in the 1930s. Through Marco and Luisa the story of textile merchant Alessandro unfolds. During one of his trips to Morocco, Alessandro meets Najiba and falls in love; his atttraction towards her and her beauty is overwhelming, and they embark on a secret and tormented love affair. Thanks to an ancient legend they become united for all eternity.

LATVIA
Defenders of Riga (Rīgas Sargi) // 2007, 118 min.

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Director: Aigars Grauba
Cast: Jānis Reinis, Elita Kļaviņa

Play the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnQN2znzofA

Synopsis:
The First World War has ended. After many years spent fighting in foreign lands, Martin returns home to Latvia, where his fiancée, Elza, is waiting. He has no idea that the decisive battle – both for Elza’s heart and for the newly established Latvian state – is still ahead of him. The German forces, led by the Russian general Pavel Bermondt, are getting ready to capture Riga, and it seems that Latvia’s only hope against the Germans is the support of the allies. But Martin is ready to fight and protect his home, with nothing more than a handful of courageous comrades.

“We haven’t enjoyed such a professionally produced, beautifully shot, wide-ranging, well-written, and emotionally saturated Latvian film in many years.”
Laura Dumbere, Santa

“Titanic has been defeated!”
Dita Rietuma, Diena

LITHUANIA
Loss (Nereikalingi zmones)// 2008, 95 min.

Genre: Drama
Director: Maris Martinsons
Cast: Valda Bickute, Kostas Smoriginas

Play the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDmKlsN0IEw

Go to : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_(film)

Synopsis:
A priest in Ireland meets a woman, Valda, from his native Lithuania whose mysterious identity is closely connected with a dark secret from his past. Desperate for a better life, Valda left Lithuania for Ireland, hoping to find a new purpose in life but failing to fulfil a promise she made to her son, Paul, to return. Now Paul is adopted by a childless Nora, ex-wife of the desperate businessman Ben, whose life is slipping from his hands. Caught in a struggle with her husband’s mistress Laima, she must fight for the custody of a child who now is her only hope in life.

Awards:
- Won the Golden Goblet Award for best Director (Maris Martinsons) and Best Music (Andrius Mamontovas) at the 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival
- Following these awards the head of the Jury - the acclaimed director Wong Kar Wai personally expressed his fascination about the marvellous work of the cameraman Gints Berzins.

NETHERLANDS
Simon (Simon) // 2004, 102 min.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Eddy Terstall
Cast: Simon Cohen, Cees Geel, Camiel Vrolijk, Marcel Hensema

Play the trailer: http://www.oeff.jp/428_Simon.html ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gles_0ypzQ8

Synopsis:
In 1988, Camiel - a timid, homosexual dental student, - is run over by a jeep. Behind the wheel is Simon - a coarse Amsterdam hash dealer, the archetype of the heterosexual male. Simon takes Camiel to the emergency room, and an unusual, lifelong friendship begins. At first, Camiel is somewhat intimidated by Simon’s rough appearance, behaviour and language. Simon’s circle of friends confirms his initial impressions. Camiel soon finds out, however, that underneath his harsh exterior, Simon is a friendly and hospitable fellow with an extraordinary lust for life and a great - albeit not always politically correct - sense of humour.

Awards:
- Netherlands Film Festival 2004: Awards for best actor, best director, best film and the audience award
- Tribeca Film Festival 2005: best actor

“The dynamic cast, led by Cees Geel and Marcel Hensema, brings to life an unconventional group of people who add humour to a serious subject.”
Tribeca Film Festival 2005
1988, Camiel - a timid, homosexual dental student - is run over by a jeep. Behind the wheel is Simon - a coarse Amsterdam hash dealer, the archetype of the heterosexual male. Simon takes Camiel to the emergency room and an unusual, lifelong friendship begins…

POLAND

Katyn (Katyn) // 2007, 118 min.

Genre: Drama, war, history
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Artur Zmijewski, Maja Ostaszewska

Go to the film website ( trailer) : http://www.katyn.netino.pl/en/

Synopsis:
Katyn describes the tragedy of a generation by examining the story of four Polish families whose lives are torn apart when, at the outset of WWII, thousands of Polish soldiers and citizens fall into the hands of Soviet troops in the Katyn forest.

Awards:
Nominated to the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008), in the category “Best foreign language film of the year” and the Eagle Award for Best Movie at the 2008 Polish Film Awards.

Tricks (Sztuczki) // 2007, 95 min.

Genre: Fiction
Director: Andrzej Jakimowski
Cast: Damian Ul, Ewelina Walendziak

Play the trailer: http://www.sztuczki-film.pl/index_en.html
Go to the film website: http://www.sztuczki-film.pl/

Synopsis:
Six-year-old Stefek challenges fate. He believes that the chain of events he sets in motion will help him get closer to his father, who has abandoned his mother. His 17 year-old sister Elkahelps him learn how to “bribe” fate with small sacrifices. Tricks and coincidences eventually bring the father to the mother’s doorstep but things soon go wrong. In despair Stefek tries to restore his good luck with his most risky tricks…

Awards:
- Europa Cinemas Award, Lanterna Magica Award, Venice 2007
- Golden Lions for Best Film and the Best Producer
- Best Cinematography Award, Polish Film Festival Gdynia 2007

PORTUGAL

Colossal Youth (Juventude em Marcha) // 2006, 155 min.

Genre: Drama
Director: Pedra Costa
Cast: Isabel Cardoso, Cila Cardoso

Play the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avIMH82Rqt0

Synopsis:
Ventura, a Cape Verdean labourer living in the outskirts of Lisbon, is suddenly abandoned by his wife Clotilde. Ventura feels lost between the dilapidated old quarter where he has spent the last 34 years and his new home in a recently-built low-cost housing complex. All the young poor souls he meets seem to become his own children.

Awards:
- 2007 Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Won the Best Independent/Experimental Film Awards.

ROMANIA
An Angel Hooked On Me ( Îngerul Necesar) // 2007, 95 min.

Genre: Drama
Director: Gheorghe Preda
Cast:  Anca Florea, Constantin Florescu

Play the trailer: http://www.ingerulnecesar.ro/trailer-en.html
Go to the film website: http://www.ingerulnecesar.ro/

Synopsis:
Ana is a pianist and a composer. She is young, has an enviable social position, various musical projects and a great deal of motivation. An unknown admirer is sending her ironical messages, unexpected presents, clever manipulations, that all have one thing in common: the colour blue and a moralizing tone. His ritual of seduction demonstrates not only his power, but also his intelligence: it is enough that Ana makes a wish and, in a short while, she gets “it”. She then experiences an altered reality, and begins to feel like an actor in a show, whose mysterious fate is unknown to the very end.

“Someone up there loves you”…

SLOVENIA

Estrellita (Estrellita - Pesem za domov) // 2007, 97 min.

Genre: Drama, Music
Director: Metod Pevec
Cast: Silva Cusin, Marko Kovacevik

Play the trailer: http://cineuropa.org/trailer.aspx?lang=en&documentID=82082 (in Slovene, no subtitles)
Go to the film website:http://www.emotionfilm.si/estrellita/sinopsis_en.html

Synopsis:
Dora Fabiani is a piano teacher, but more significantly, for 30 years she was a wife and muse to violinist Mihael Fabiani. He was more successful, but she was his right hand. After his unexpected death, Dora discovers that she was not the only woman in his life and that her husband had kept much of his intimate life to himself.

Awards:
- Best actress at the 2007 Slovenia Film Festival
- The Amnesty International Human Rights Award (best film dealing with and promoting human rights) at the 2008 Mutuvun Film festival

“Estrellita is a contemporary story about an old violin, which triggers a violent conflict among the protagonists, reaching to extremes of love, music and greed.”

Short Circuits ( Kratki Stiki) // 2006, 105 mins

Genre: Drama
Director: Janez Lapajne
With: Tjasa ZELEZNIK; Grega ZORC, Jernej SUGMAN…

Official film website: http://www.triglavfilm.si/shortcircuits/

Synopsis:
At night a city bus driver finds an abandoned baby near a stop. A divorced man comes to pick up his excited son for the weekend. A pretty doctor befriends with a quadriplegic.
Out of this unfolds a delicate story of human relationships, in which through feelings of sympathy and guilt the protagonists are confronted with different ways of looking at events.

Awards:
- The Cristal eyes awards for best film, at the EUROPFEST (Montréal, Quebec)
- Festival of Slovenian Film: Best Director (Janez Lapajne), Best Screenplay (Janez Lapajne), Best Actress (Tjasa Zeleznik)

SLOVAKIA
Return of the Storks (Navrat Capu) // 2007, 96 mins

Genre: Drama
Director: Martin REPKA
With: Katharina Lorenz, Lukàs Latinàk, Florian Stetter

Play the trailer: http://www.returnofthestorks.com/trailer.htm
Go to the film website:http://www.returnofthestorks.com/cast-and-credits.htm

Synopsis:
A story of Vanda, a young flight attendant, who feels a constant urge to fly, this even in her private life, where she often lacks firm ground under her feet. She runs off to an old village in the East of Slovakia and moves in with her grandmother. There, at the end of the world, Vanda feels comfortable, untill she gets involved into trade with human fate. This adventure makes her reconsider her roots and relationship so that she can go back to her own life knowing she has a home. The film aims at establishing a cross-cultural dialogue in the region, which seems to be unimportant yet it reflects issues present all over Europe.

Script Awards:
- Cena Tibora Vichtu, Bratislava (Slovakia) / 2004
- Hessischer Filmpreis, Frankfurt (Germany) / 2006
SPAIN
My Name is Juani (Yo soy la Juani) // 2006, 100 min.

Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bigas Luna
Cast: Verónica Echegui, Dani Martín

Go to the official site ( trailer) :http://www.clubcultura.com/clubcine/clubcineastas/bigas/yosoylajuani/home.html

Synopsis:
Juani has problems at home and can´t stand her boyfriend anymore. They have been together since they were fifteen and his jealousy and indecisiveness have become unbearable. Juani decides to break loose and do the things she had only dreamt of before…

Awards :
• BARCELONA FILM AWARDS (2006) Veronica Echequi : Best Actress
• Milan International Film Festival (2007):Veronica Echequi :Best Actress and Luis de Val won : Best music
• Sant Jordi Awards (2007) Veronica Echequi won : Best Actress


SWEDEN
Mind the Gap (Se upp för dårarna) // 2006, 103 min.

Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Helena Bergström
Cast: Rakel Wärmländer, Nina Zanjani

Play the trailer: http://cineuropa.org/trailer.aspx?lang=en&documentID=75348

Synopsis:
Two girls in their twenties, so different and yet, so alike. Elin, the daughter of a self-centered criminal professor and Yasmin, the daughter of a Turkish heart surgeon who, as an immigrant, has to make his living as a subway driver, meet when they both apply to the police academy. Tough admission tests, messy relationships and delicate family affairs will put their friendship to the test while waiting for their final results to see if they’ve made it to the academy…

“‘Mind the Gap’ is a warm, loving story about alienation and friendship, pride and prejudice, about two bright girls with a promising future ahead of them.