This marks the third year that the Europa Cinemas Label has been awarded to the Best European film in the Panorama section of the Berlinale, and complements the Labels awarded at the Directors´ Fortnight in Cannes, the Giornate degli Autori section of the Venice Film Festival and Karlovy Vary.  El Camino de los ingleses (Summer Rain) will now receive the invaluable support of extended theatrical exposure and additional promotion from the Europa Cinemas network.

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The jury consisted of Stas Ravter (Slovenia), Exhibitor at the Kinodvor cinema and General Manager of the Slovenian Cinematheque (Llubljana); Georgette Ranucci (Italy), Exhibitor at the Alcazar cinema in Rome; Michal Drobny (Slovak Republic), Manager of the distribution/exhibition company Continental Film in Bratislava and Christian Schmalz (Germany), exhibitor at the Off Broadway Kino in Cologne.

The jury issued the following statement about the winning film: “This is a well made film which we feel the young audience around Europe will identify strongly with. The cast is made up of talented and exciting new faces. Excellent camerawork, editing and the use of music add to the enjoyment of this summer love story.”

Directed by Antonio Banderas, El Camino de los ingleses (Summer Rain) is written by Antonio Soler from his novel “El Camino de los ingleses”. The producers are Antonio Banderas, Gustavo Ferrada, Carlos Taillefer and Antonio Meliveo. The cast includes Alberto Amarilla, Maria Ruiz, Raūl Arévalo and Fran Perea.

It´s the 1970s in Malaga and 18 year-old Miguelito Dàvila has just left hospital minus one of his kidneys. Along with an impressive scar, Miguelito´s experience leaves him with a copy of Dante´s “Divine Comedy,” a gift from a fellow patient. The book inspires him to be a poet.
It´s summertime and Miguelito and his friends meet by the swimming pool. There´s Babirusa, a teenage rebel with a passion for martial arts, Paco, a rich snob, and Moratalla, the baby of the gang.
The gang follows the path of love, friendship, dreams and ambitions which, like the Camino de los Ingleses, a road that crosses their hometown, could take them anywhere. But the path is tortuous and every summer has its rainy day.


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Previous winners of the Europa Cinemas Label are:

Cannes/Directors´ Fortnight
2003:
- The Mother (Roger Michell, UK)
- Kitchen Stories / Salmer fra kjøkkenet (BentHamer, Norway/Sweden)
2004:
- In the Battlefields / Maarek hob (Danielle Arbid, France/Belgium/Lebanon)
2005:
- La Moustache (Emmanuel Carrère, France)
2006 :
- 12 :08 East of Bucharest / A Fost sau n-a fost ? (Corneliu Porumboiu, Rumania)

Berlin/Panorama
2005:
- Live and Become / Va, Vis et Deviens (Radu Mihaileanu, France/Belgium/Israel)
- Cockles and Muscles / Crustacés et Coquillages (Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau/France)
2006 :
- Tough Enough / Knallhart (Detlev Buck, Germany)

Venice/Venice Days
2004:
- Darwin´s Nightmare (Hubert Sauper, Austria/France/Belgium)
2005:
- Le Petit Lieutenant (Xavier Beauvois, France)
2006:
- Dark Blue Almost Black / Azul Oscuro Casi Negro (Daniel Sánchez Arévalo,Spain)

Karlovy Vary (Main Competition and East of the West section)
2006:
- Frozen City / Valkoinen kaupunki (Aku Louhimies, Finland)