32nd European Film Festival goes virtual

AMMAN — The 32nd European Film Festival will be held virtually this year starting September 3 until the 13th.

The festival is funded by the European Union in Jordan and organised by EUNIC Jordan, EU member states’ embassies and EU’s culture and language institutes.

In light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and to ensure the implementation of safety measures, the festival will be held virtually and free of charge on euffjordan.com this year.

More than 15 award-winning European productions will be streamed, all subtitled in Arabic and English, some of which will be followed by online talks with their respective filmmakers, actors or producers, according to a statement by EUNIC JO made available to The Jordan Times.

This year’s programme also features a short film competition, two workshops on costume design in Amman and Irbid, two workshops on assistant camera in Wadi Rum and Mafraq and a mobile film competition.

The assistant camera workshops are held in partnership with the Royal Film Commission while the mobile film competition is carried out in cooperation with the SAE Institute.

The European Union Film Festival is “the longest-running foreign film festival in Jordan”, according to EUNIC, which added that since its creation, the event has attracted thousands of filmgoers.

Bringing the Jordanian and European communities together, opening up a space for intercultural cooperation, exchange, dialogue and diversity is what makes the event a “thrilling opportunity” for EU embassies and cultural/language institutes to take filmgoers on a cinematographic journey to discover Europe’s people, landscapes, culture and traditions, noted EUNIC.

The festival runs in partnership with the Royal Film Commission, the Greater Amman Municipality and the SAE Institute.

The festival’s schedule and other information can be followed on the hashtags #European_Film Festival 2020, #EUFFjo and #EU4youth.