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The 17th European Union Film Festival will be held in Delhi from March 14-25, 2012. The venue for the festival is British Council, 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg.

The festival will then travel to six other cities of India– Bangalore, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata, Goa and Hyderabad. The theme for 2012 edition of the festival is ‘Love’.

25 films, each from a different EU Member State, connected through the central theme of love will be showcased at the festival.

My Queen Karo (Belgium), Aching Hearts (Denmark), Romantics Anonymous (France), Poll Diaries (Germany), Something More About Love (Bulgaria) and The Deep Blue Sea (UK) are some of the films to be screened.

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The EU Film Festival is organised by the EU Delegation to India and the Embassies of the EU Member States, in collaboration with a number of partners: Federation of Film Societies of India, Alliance Francaise, the British Council, Goethe Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan,...

Vanguard will release the 2009 Belgian drama My Queen Karo on DVD on October 25 for the list price of $19.95.

Anna Franziska Jager swings in My Queen Karo.

Written and directed by Dorothee Van Den Berghe, the movie stars newcomer Anna Franziska Jager as 10-year-old Karo, who grows up with her parents in an Amsterdam commune in the 1970s. As an only child, she leads a carefree existence in what appears to be a utopia-for-adults situation. The commune’s mandate says that everything is to be shared in the squat, but within time there are those who do not honor that ideal. Karo finds herself caught in the crossfire of the internal conflicts that begin to divide the group and threaten her family, leading her to realize that nothing stays the same forever.

Well-reviewed during its film festival roll-out in 2009 and 2010, My Queen Karo is premiering in the U.S. on DVD.

In Dorothee van den Berghe's second feature, ten-year-old, Karo (Anna Franziska Jager) is on her way from Belgium to start a new life with her free radical parents (Deborah Francois & Matthias Schoenaerts) in Amsterdam.  Lovingly crafted with a wonder and effervescence that is not at all condescending, My Queen Karo starts off as a tale of " the child as observer to the follies of adults".

With Karo and her costume designer mother, Daria, in toe, activist/artist father, Raven and his group of friends find a vacant floor of a warehouse loft space, perfect for their intended utopia of no walls, no rules and free love. Raven is an idealist to the death; a man unwilling to toy with the idea, let along apparent need, for money, the seeming leader of this small band of merry artists and non-conformists. Karo is impressed with her father's gentle command and passionate strive.

Hnr's Michael Stevens reporting from Toronto: Thanks go out to Martin & Ingrid's Tiff 09 Kick-Off Party, Wednesday, September 9th @ the Gat + M.Link Festival headquarters in downtown Toronto's Yorkville, providing select wines from Bryan J. Robertson's Kingsway Brokerage Ltd., on behalf of Wild Bunch, Elle Driver, Celluloid Dreams, Film&Doc, Capri Films, The Works International & UMedia, supporting the following films screening at this year's Toronto International Film Festival: Contemporary Cinema : Rabia directed by Sebastian Cordero, will screen a world premiere with Cordero in attendance. "...South American immigrants working in Spain, builder José María and housekeeper Rosa have been together for a few weeks and are very much in love. Rosa's bosses, Señor and Señora Torres, leave their home on a trip, and the volatile José María spends a few days at the run-down mansion, fantasizing about what life with Rosa could be. When a violent confrontation with his foreman results in the other man's death,...

Curioser and Curioser.. First off, the world premier of road trip comedy Bunny & The Bull which we reported on a Long time ago. Next is Gaspar Noé's Cannes premierer Enter the Void which didn't fare too well.. I'm betting this is a new edit. The winner of the grand jury prize at Cannes, Un Prophete will have a special screening. Hugo Weaving's gritty Aussie thriller Last Ride (we'll have a review up soon, got a screener!) is also playing along with another flick from down under we've been clocking, Beautiful Kate. Let's not forget the world premier of Yoichi Sai's ninja flick Kamui.. plus so many more!

Full listing of films added by section after the break.

Vanguard

Accident Soi Cheang, Hong Kong, China

North American Premiere

Gripping and smartly constructed, this unconventional crime thriller/psychological drama, revolves around assassins who commit murder by making perfectly staged crimes look like unfortunate accidents.

• Four world premieres, including Paul King's highly anticipated debut film Bunny and the Bull (see pic) are among the batch of nine titles added to Tiff's Vanguard section. Three items from Cannes added to the section include: Lou Ye's Spring Fever, the final version of Gaspar Noe's Enter the Void (still looking for a distribution deal) and The Misfortunates -- don't be alarmed if you see a bunch of naked people riding bicycles in Toronto, it's a campaign for Felix Van Groeningen's film. Here are is the listing of nine: Accident Soi Cheang, Hong Kong, China North American Premiere Gripping and smartly constructed, this unconventional crime thriller/psychological drama, revolves around assassins who commit murder by making perfectly staged crimes look like unfortunate accidents. Produced by Johnnie To. The Ape Jesper Ganslandt, Sweden World Premiere A descent into hell, Jesper Ganslandt’s disturbing and suspenseful second feature

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