Exhibition of Posters: "20 YEARS WITH EUROPEAN FILM"

1994–2013

20 YEARS WITH EUROPEAN FILM

At the birth of the DAYS OF EUROPEAN FILM festival stood diplomats from several European countries: Giorgio Ficcarelli (Italy), Andreas Stroehl (Germany), Sylvie Dargnies (France) and Franta Wijchers (the Netherlands). They noticed an almost complete absence of European films in Czech cinemas, and so together with embassy representatives from the other European countries they put together the initial pilot year of the festival in order to gauge whether there was any interest in European films. The main idea was to enrich the Czech cultural menu with high-quality and important works of contemporary European cinema. Viewer interest exceeded expectations, even though there was minimal promotion and viewers were used to a rather monothematic selection of films, mainly from the United States. 

WE ILLUSTRATE INDIVIDUAL EDITIONS OF THE DAYS OF EUROPEAN FILM (1994–2012) WITH AN EXHIBITION OF POSTERS

It is the viewers who have most contributed to making the Days of European Film a great success. They are fundamental to fulfilling the festival’s basic aim – to draw Czech audiences to the cinema for European films. In the name of European film, thank you!