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European Union Film Festival 2023

Till the end of the night, © Grandfilm

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The European Union Film Festival returns to theatres in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver this November, and online across Canada in December.

Join this annual cinematic voyage and experience Europe’s cultural diversity through motion pictures. The festival takes you across the European Union thanks to a novel collection of films from all 27 European Union Member States, exclusively curated for EUFF.

In Person: November 16–30
Online: December 1-17

All movies at the Cinematheque

Germany's entry in this year's festival is Till the End of the Night, a 2023 German thriller directed and co-written by Christoph Hochhäusler.

123 minutes | In German with English subtitles
Screening Date: November 25 (Saturday) | 8:40 PM
Venue: The Cinematheque | 1131 Howe Street | Vancouver

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About the movie:

Robert wears a leather jacket and his hair rather long. He is by no means your average cop – at least not the kind to be found in most German movies. As an undercover investigator, he is tasked with gaining the trust of a criminal, Victor, by faking a relationship with Leni who has been released on parole to play along. They manage to make contact with Victor at a dance class: Robert and Leni – he gay, she trans – make a great couple and soon have the criminal on the hook. Or is it he who has entrapped them? And ultimately, are there not more feelings at play in this supposedly fake love affair? We would not be in a film by Christoph Hochhäusler if there were any simple answers or truths. His clever plot is pure oscillation, and the result is an ingenious portrait of the emotional intellect that is as witty as it is touching. The film is a (not entirely drug-free) trip along the director’s trademark Möbius strip of genre and auteur cinema. Added into the mix is one of the most beautifully nostalgic soundtracks of the year, a worse-for-wear romantic atmosphere with a Fassbinder-like charm and, finally, an ensemble cast that breathes life into all of puppet master Hochhäusler’s deceptive manoeuvres, death wish included.

Like last year’s edition, EUFF 2023 will include a fundraiser screening for Ukraine, organized in partnership with the Embassy of Ukraine to Canada. Proceeds from our presentation of Antonio Lukich’s celebrated comedy Luxembourg, Luxembourg will benefit the Maple Hope Foundation, a Canadian not-for-profit organization committed to helping people suffering from the war in Ukraine.

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