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    • NTC Award Ceremony
      New Talent Competition gives young filmmakers from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe the opportunity to present their outstanding debut or second film to the public. Join us on Sunday 1 December at 19h
    • Music at ENFF
      The Eastern Neighbours Film Festival welcomes special musical guests each year to enrich our program. For this 16th edition, we’re thrilled to present two talented young musicians: guitarist Antonio Peršak (CR) and violinist İdil Yunkuş (TR). Together, they will perform a traditional Balkan dance and folk song, highlighting the beauty of this music through the… Read more: Music at ENFF
    • Masterclass with Janez Burger
      This masterclass presents a unique opportunity to explore Burger's distinct storytelling style, genre use, and exploration of contemporary social issues. Join us on Saturday 30 November at 17h - Room 5
    • Panel Discussion: Exploration of individual and collective memory in cinema
      Panel Discussion: Exploration of individual and collective memory in cinema on Friday 29 November at 18h

Opening of the Eastern Neighbours

1 November 2017 | 19:00 hours (Zaal 1, by invitation only) | 19:15 hours (Zaal 3) | Filmhuis Den Haag

ENFF honours film productions of Eastern and South-eastern Europe, screening 43 films, mainly Dutch premieres, and having 21 guests from 16 countries present. New edition of ENFF brings real gems of the recent, engaging cinema of Eastern and Southeastern Europe – Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine.

This year’s opening film is MY AUNT IN SARAJEVO by GORAN KAPETANOVIC, filmmaker present! This Swedish/Bosnian compelling film has won two prestigious Guldbagge Awards for the Best Director and for the Best Actress in a supporting role. It is an emotional story of a daughter-father relationship facing the past, present and shaping their future.

Next to Goran Kapetanovic, the director of the film, our special guests at the opening night is the Macedonian musician CVETANKA SOZOVSKA. She is a piano soloist, composer, choir conductor, music professor. Cvetanka is very inspired in combining her classical musical education and styles with the Macedonian ethno heritage, turning these elements into a unique form. Tonight’s presentation is a try of showing such a symbiosis.

Come and join us at the opening of Eastern Neighbours Film Festival. More info and tickets here.