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Now in its fifth edi­tion, the Eh! U European Film Festival seems to be really hit­ting its stride. Billing itself as “the free film fest­ival” (since all screen­ings are sub­sid­ized by the various European con­su­lates), this two-week fest­ival is really a gift to the city’s cinephiles. This year fea­tures 26 films from 23 coun­tries, and among them are no fewer than six sub­mis­sions for the Foreign Language Academy Award. I’ll high­light those six, but be sure to check the fest­ival site for others, as well as the schedule. Screenings mostly take place at the Royal Cinema, with the excep­tions of the opening night film, The Karamazovs (Czech Republic) which plays at the Bloor Cinema, and the closing film, El Greco (Greece) which will screen at the Varsity. In addi­tion to the high-profile films listed below, I can per­son­ally recom­mend an older film from Belgium in the pro­gramme, The Alzheimer Case (review), which screened at TIFF back in 2004.

The fol­lowing are offi­cial sub­mis­sions by their coun­tries for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film:

• Austria: For A Moment Freedom (Director: Arash T. Riahi)
• Bulgaria: The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (Director: Stephan Komandarev)
• France: A Prophet (Director: Jacques Audiard)
• Germany: The White Ribbon (Director: Michael Haneke) — the film is a co-production of Austria, Germany, France and Italy, and is listed as an Austrian film in the fest­ival guide.
• Netherlands: Winter in Wartime (Director: Martin Koolhoven)
• Romania: Police, Adjective (Director: Corneliu Poromboiu) — you can read my review from TIFF if you like.

P.S. For the curious, here’s the com­plete list of sub­mis­sions for Best Foreign Language Film.

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