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BAKU – The European Movie Festival will be held in Baku December 10-16. The festival is aimed at building and developing cultural links existing between the EU countries and Azerbaijan and to contributing to better understanding of the European values, cultures through the common language of the film art.

The event is being organized by the European Union’s delegation in Azerbaijan jointly with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the embassies of the EU member-states.

The program of the festival includes screening of films from 14 EU countries represented in Azerbaijan - Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Romania, and the United Kingdom. The films touch various social and global themes that are of concern to various strata of the society in Europe, ranging from immigration, unemployment, bureaucracy, aging to global warming issues.

The festival will kick off with a screening at 20.00 on December 10 of the Belgian film "Hop". That is a story of illegal immigrants Justin and his father Diedonne living in Brussels who had to face a deportation. The film, winner of a number of Belgian and international awards was honored to open the festival also because Belgium is currently holding presidency of the EU.

All the films presented at the European Movie Festival are provided with English subtitles with some having also Azerbaijani or Russian subtitles. Entrance is free for everyone. The festival will take place in Rotunda Room at the Landmark Business Center.