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    • New Talents Open Call
      Eastern Neighbours Film Festival (ENFF) began in The Netherlands in 2008 with the idea to offer Dutch and international audiences a unique glimpse into the cinema of their neighbors from Eastern and Southern Europe. This annual event presents the most recent, exciting, and thought‐provoking films, from countries with small, but often powerful film industries, that… Read more: New Talents Open Call
    • ENFF 2023 On Demand!
      Unable To attend the festival in person? No problem! From November 27th to December 3rd, we’re thrilled to bring you a curated selection of this year’s films available for online viewing! Catch our captivating Opening Film Ivan’s Land, or the touching Closing Film Seventh Heaven. Or explore a collection of shorts from the New Talents Competition! Follow along… Read more: ENFF 2023 On Demand!
    • What’s up in Slovak Cinema? A conversation with Monika Lostakova
      We talked with Monika Lošťáková about contemporary Slovak cinema.
    • ENFF and the Eastern European Film Festival Network!
      The Eastern European Film Festival Network brings together five film festivals dedicated to promoting and showcasing Eastern European cinema, alongside one partner organisation.
    • Masterclasses
      Through these masterclasses we approach two memory in film from different angles: memories from a personal or collective recollection through archive material.
    • Work in Progress
      In Work in Progress, emerging filmmakers and artists will present their works in development to the audience and engage in discussions with Dutch experts.
    • Festival Timetable Available!
    • Check out the catalogue for our 2023 edition!
    • Music at ENFF
      Every year, ENFF brings special musical guests who bring beauty to the program and further represent the rich cultures of their countries to a Dutch audience.
    • Film Marathon
      Join us for the Film Marathon, a new concept in which we merge two components, Short Films, Big Stories, and New Talents Competition into a whole-day screening of short films!

Old Gold – Grand Love Affairs

For many years ENFF keeps the program section Old Gold in which we honour those films that stand the test of time and became appreciated and relevant for new generations as well. This edition we choose love as a theme for this section. In the selected film, love and love affairs are deeply embodied in political connotations and they have to be understood within that frame. However, a strong emotional charge that is crucial for those films always enhances the deeper meaning of the narrative.

Do You Remember Bosnian Film Kuduz?

New edition of ENFF brings the Dutch premiere of one of the best Bosnian film love stories ever – KUDUZ (1989) directed by Ademir Kenovic. In the film that was made just before the war broke out in the former Yugoslavia, actors from all parts of the ex-YU gave their fantastic performances. Let’s just point out the leads: Snezana Bogdanovic and Slobodan Custic from Serbia, Mustafa Nadarevic from Croatia, Branko Djuric and Bozidar Bunjevac from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The story was inspired by the real life of the outlaw Junuz Keco and written by the famous Bosnian writer Abdulah Sidran. The film was highly popular and awarded at national festivals at the time while having been nominated for European Film Awards. And the old traditional song Zute Dunje, composed by Goran Bregovic, that was revived in this film became a huge hit in the Balkans. Read more here.

One of the most moving love stories in East European cinema

Another film that we are bringing to the Netherlands is asking us whether a man can be happy in the face of tragic occurrences. The Polish A YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN (1984) by European film master Krzysztof Zanussi is a deeply moving romance between two mature people who both passed their 40ties, and are dealing with serious issues in their lives. This film was coldly received at home in Poland but highly appreciated by big festivals like Venice, where it won the Golden Lion. It became a film classic, one of the strongest love stories that are framed within post-war Europe. The excellent performances of Maja Komorowska, the Polish theatre and film diva, and American actor Scott Wilson are wonderfully establishing a notion of Love being marked by the constant presence of Death. Impressive photography by the famous Slawomir Idziak (DOP of Kieslowski) brings out the best of this non-stereotypical love story. Read more here.

Save the date: 6 – 10 November 2019 | Filmhuis Den Haag