This year’s film week in Asmara will open with a special screening for invited guests of the Belgian film HOP at Casa degli Italiani on 26th November. HOP is the story of Justin, a young illegal immigrant, who just wants to sit and enjoy watching a game of football with his father. This simple act is the first in a chain that leads to him running from the law and then into a fight to reunite with his father.
Other highlights include the French drama Coco before Chanel by Anne Fontaine; the thrilling German docudrama, John Rabe, by Oscar-winning director Florian Gallenberger; the Dutch drama, SKIN, based on the true story of the son of an Auschwitz survivor who becomes a Nazi-skinhead; and from two the newcomers to the film week, Spain and Poland, Heroina, a true and epic story about a handful of mothers who challenge a group of drug-dealers in order to save their sons, and Desire for love a film covering the love affair between Chopin and feminist writer George Sand. The wide selection of European films guarantees that viewers of all tastes will find a new favorite.
A special programme for children will be shown throughout the day in Cinema Hamassien, and at 10:00 and 14:00 in Casa degli Italiani and Cinema Roma, in Asmara. The children’s programme features cartoons for the youngest, but also more serious movies for those who are slightly older.
For more information visit the websites of the Delegation of the European Union and European embassies in Eritrea, or collect a programme from the Delegation of the European Union at Marsa Teklai Street 20/22 in Asmara.
Last but not least, the entrance is, as every year, free of charge!