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Disappearing Act European Film Festival

The Czech Center New York and the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, in collaboration with 23 other European cultural institutes and consulates in the framework of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), present the Disappearing Act IV European film festival in New York.  See below for a full line up of films.

 This year, the series presents films in three venues with an opening night event at the IFC Center on Wednesday, April 11; two days of screenings at Tinker Auditorium at the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF) on Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14; and in the digital cinema at Bohemian National Hall, from April 12-22. The festival will present 25 contemporary European films from Austria, the Wallonia-Brussels and Flanders regions of Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.  The full line up is as follows:

The System (Das System – alles verstehen heisst alles verzeihen), Germany, 2011, directed by Marc Bauder – U.S. Premiere & Opening Night Film

Amador, Spain, 2010, directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa – NY Premiere

The Big Trip (Le grand’tour), Belgium, 2011, directed by Jerome Le Maire – U.S. Premiere

The Border (Hranice), Slovakia, 2009, directed by Jaroslav Vojtek – NY Premiere

Brownian Movement, The Netherlands-Belgium-Germany, 2010, directed by Nanouk Leopold – NY Premiere

The Christening (Chrzest), Poland, 2010, directed by Marcin Wrona – NY Premiere

Cinema Komunisto, Serbia, 2010, directed by Mila Turaljic

Dad (Oca), Slovenia, 2010, directed by Vlado Skafar – NY Premiere

Disco and Atomic War (Disko ja tuumasoda), Estonia-Finland, 2009, directed by Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma

Eastern Plays (Iztochni piesi), Bulgaria-Sweden, 2009, directed by Kamen Kalev

Eighty Letters (Osmdesat dopisu), Czech Republic, 2011, directed by Vaclav Kadrnka – NY Premiere

The Fatherless (Die Vaterlosen), Austria, 2011, directed by Marie Kreutzer – NY Premiere

Involuntary (De ofrivilliga), Sweden, 2008, directed by Ruben Ostlund

Just Between Us (Neka ostane medju nama), Croatia-Serbia-Slovenia, 2010, directed by Rajko Grlic

The Little Room (La petite chambre), Switzerland-Luxembourg, 2010, directed by Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond – NY Premiere

Medal of Honor (Medalia de onoare), Romania-Germany, 2009, directed by Calin Peter Netzer

Memory Lane, France, 2010, directed by Mikhael Hers

Michael, Austria, 2011, directed by Markus Schleinzer

The Misfortunates (De helaasheid der dingen), Belgium, 2009, directed by Felix van Groeningen

The Mouth of the Wolf (La bocca del lupo), Italy-France, 2009, directed by Pietro Marcello

Negative History of Hungarian Cinema (Negativ Magyar filmtortenet), Hungary, 2010, directed by Gyula Nemes – NY Premiere

Our Beloved Month of August (Aquele Querido Mes de Agosto), Portugal-France, 2008, directed by Miguel Gomes

Police, Adjective (Politist, adjectiv), Romania, 2009, directed by Corneliu Porumboiu

Wasted Youth, Greece, 2010, directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos and Jan Vogel – NY Premiere

White White World (Beli, beli svet), Serbia-Germany-Sweden, 2010, directed by Oleg Novkovic