LAST MEN IN ALEPPO by Feras Fayyad and Steen Johannessen |
For the first time, EFP (European Film Promotion) spotlights outstanding European documentaries with True Stories: New Non-Fiction from Europe in New York City. For the launch of the programme, running from May 3 - 7, 2017 EFP has teamed up with the New York based cinema Metrograph, home to a prolific and finely curated world of cinema. The majority of EFP's 38 member organisations enthusiastically suggested films that push the visual and narrative boundaries of traditional non-fiction filmmaking. The final selection - curated by Metrograph - presents nine productions including four US premieres and three NY premieres.
To provide access to a broader audience, EFP is also cooperating with VoD platform Kanopy on the non-theatrical distribution of the films. This new EFP initiative is financially supported by Creative Europe - Media Programme of the European Union and the participating EFP member organisations.
The Opening Night film on May 3 is the NY premiere of Last Men in Aleppo (Denmark/Syria), winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival...
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