Cinema of Europe
Cinema of Europe refers to the film industries and films produced in the continent of Europe. Some notable European film movements include German Expressionism, French Impressionist Cinema, Poetic realism, Italian neorealism, French New Wave, Polish Film School, New German Cinema, Portuguese Cinema Novo, Czechoslovak New Wave, Dogme 95, New French Extremity, and Romanian New Wave.
The European Film Academy founded in 1988 is annually celebrating the European Film Awards.
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History [edit]
Antoine Lumière realized, on 28 December 1895, the first projection, with the Cinematograph, in Paris.[1] Philippe Binant[2] realized, on 2 February 2000, the first digital cinema projection in Europe, with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments, in Paris.[3] In 1897, Georges Méliès established the first cinema studio on a rooftop property in Montreuil, near Paris.
Europa Cinemas [edit]
Europa Cinemas is a network of 1,036 cinemas in 588 cities and 60 countries. It was founded in 1992 and is part funded by the European Union MEDIA Programme and Euromed Audiovisual, the Council of Europe Eurimages fund as well as support from France's Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and National Center of Cinematography and the moving image. The network provides operational and financial support to cinemas who commit to the screening of European films, increasing the circulation of European cinema and facilitating international projects and co-operation between cinemas.[4]
European film festivals [edit]
- Berlin
- Cannes
- Cluj-Napoca
- Dublin
- Edinburgh
- Karlovy Vary
- Kraków
- Locarno
- London
- Oberhausen
- Rotterdam
- San Sebastian
- Roma
- Tallinn
- Tampere
- Thessaloniki
- Turin
- Venice
- Warsaw
- Wrocław
European film awards [edit]
See also [edit]
- List of European films
- Cinema of the world
- World cinema
- European Film Academy
- European Audiovisual Observatory
- European Film Promotion
- Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood
- Media Plus
External links [edit]
- Europa Cinemas
- Top 10 movies from Spain according to IMDB.com
- Cineuropa
- European Cinema Research Forum
- European Film Promotion
- French Trade-Union article about cinema in Europe, may 2009
- 7 Surprising European Films A look at European game changers from 2000 to 2011
References [edit]
- ^ December 28, 1895.
- ^ Fr.academic Biography : Philippe Binant (1960 – ).
- ^ Cahiers du cinéma, n°hors-série, Paris, April 2000, p. 32 (cf. also Histoire des communications, 2011, p. 10.).
- ^ "About us". Europa Cinemas. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
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