This marks the fourth year that the Europa Cinemas Label will be awarded at Berlin, and complements the Labels awarded at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes, the Venice Days section of the Mostra del Cinema, and Karlovy Vary.

The panorama jury will consist of four Europa Cinemas exhibitors: Robert Kenny (United Kingdom), Operation Manager at the Curzon Cinemas in London, Barbara Suhren (Germany), Exhibitor of the FSK Kino am Oranienplatz in Berlin, Marko Röhr (Finland), Exhibitor of the Bio Rex and the Bio Rex Kajaani in Helsinki and Kajaani, and Wolfgang Steininger (Austria), Exhibitor of the Moviemento and the City Kino in Linz.

The winning film will receive the invaluable support of extended theatrical exposure and additional promotion from the Europa Cinemas network.

Europa Cinemas in Berlin:
Fatima Djoumer (fatim at djoumer.de)
and Julia Salles (February 12-16 - +33 (0)6 60 93 84 77)


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Press release "With 50 films, the Panorama is now complete"

Berlinale
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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)
2007: Control (Anton Corbijn, UK)

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)
2007: Summer Rain / El Camino de los Ingleses (Antonio Banderas, Spain)

Venice/Venice Days
2004: Darwin’s Nightmare / Le Cauchemar de Darwin (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)
2007: Tricks / Sztuczki (Andrzej Jakimowski, Poland)

Karlovy Vary (Main Competition and East of the West section)
2006: Frozen City / Valkoinen kaupunki (Aku Louhimies, Finland)
2007: The Class / Klass (Ilmar Raag, Estonia)