Canada will be on everyone’s lips in Berlin this year as the Country in Focus at the 2018 European Film Market (EFM), taking place during the Berlin International Film Festival (February 15 to 25, 2018).
We’re pretty darn excited about our huge presence, with more than 100 Canadian producers, more than 40 creative talents, 17 films, and a hot programme of events. Rendezvous with Canada at the Canada Pavilion, and let’s make the most of Canada in Focus!
Here’s just a glimpse of what we’ve been cooking up for you: Perspective Canada presents 18 Canadian films, from festival hits to premieres. Meanwhile, First Look is just that; clips from upcoming new Canadian films! For a complete listing of all our Berlinale and EFM events, simply check out RDVCANADA.CA
In 2018 in Berlin, Telefilm Canada will continue to build strong and profitable bridges between Canadian creators, producers, distributors, investors, and their industry partners,” says Carolle Brabant, Executive Director, Telefilm Canada. “In this way, tomorrow’s platforms will be increasingly rich in inclusive stories, and evermore representative of the diverse communities that form the collective fabric of our nation and the world.”
For sure, Canadian diversity is on full display at the Berlinale, with screenings of features, shorts, virtual reality projects, and documentaries, by all sorts of Canadian talent, both new and established. This year’s films by Indigenous filmmakers include Three Thousand and Nuuca.
You won’t want to miss the European premiere of the The Green Fog by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson, a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo that was created through archival and found footage shot in San Francisco. Also at the Berlinale is Accidence, this directorial trio’s ten-minute short, which lets us view events around a murder, from the voyeuristic perspective of apartment balconies.
Competing in the festival’s Generation section is Luc Picard’s Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols). Also nominated for six Canadian Screen Awards, the film takes place in 1970 and is about a girl who, with her cousins and brother, takes an older lady hostage to avoid foster care. Also in Generation is Pascal Plante’s award-winning Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages), which was part of the Talent Fund-supported Micro-Budget Production Program (now Talent to Watch Program). This punky tale of love between two teenagers recently screened at the Slamdance Festival! And, Oscar-winning director Torill Kove’s animated short Threads is about the love between mother and daughter.
For a complete list of all the Canadian films at the Berlinale, please head on over here.
See you there? It’s a rendezvous!
