‘Cinema belongs to everyone,’ said EU Ambassador Raimundas Karoblis as the European Film Festival arrives in Karachi for two days of screenings, conversations and performances at the Karachi Film School.
The Karachi edition of the European Film Festival brings a diverse slate of feature films from across the continent, including Sweden/Denmark’s And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine, Romania’s The New Year That Never Came, the Czech film Tony, Shelly and The Magic Light, Italy’s A Christmas at Croce’s House, Portugal’s Snu and Belgium’s Ghost Tropic. Audiences in Karachi will have the chance to see contemporary European storytelling on the big screen alongside discussions that contextualise the works for local viewers.
Short films complement the programme with Germany’s Don’t Worry, Geo Engineering; a set of French shorts Thermostat 6, So Many Forests and A Sunny Day; Bulgaria’s Omlette; the Bulgaria/Germany co‑production The Trap; and Austrian shorts Haba, White Ribbons and Diamond and Narcissus. The mix of features and shorts aims to showcase different cinematic voices and formats under the European Film Festival banner.
The festival’s presence at the Karachi Film School includes live conversations and performances designed to engage students, filmmakers and film lovers in the city. With the European Film Festival in Karachi, organisers hope to strengthen cultural exchange and offer Pakistani audiences direct access to contemporary European cinema. After Karachi the festival’s journey continues with a planned stop in Lahore.
