Yesterday, on November 2, the VIII Festival of European Films was launched in Baku, which is being held at the initiative of the EU Delegation in Azerbaijan, the EU member states, as well as the Norwegian Embassy in Azerbaijan. According to the EU Delegation in Azerbaijan, 21 films have been included in the program of the festival. Three of them belong to Azerbaijan, Great Britain and Norway, and the rest belong to Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sweden .
The festival will also feature filmmakers of famous films, among them the Bulgarian director Dimitar Kotzev, the Belgian Kadir Balchi, the Portuguese Joao Nikolaou, and the Dutch Yoram Lursen. They plan to hold master classes in Baku.
The films will be shown at the Park Cinema network of cinemas. The entrance is free. The festival will last until November 12. -0----
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