For six weeks, the Month of European Film, Europe’s own film and award season, celebrates the fantastic diversity of European film. Across Europe, thanks to our partner Europa Cinemas, flagship cinemas in over 70 cities from Reykjavik to Athens, from Lisbon to Bucharest, but also including smalltowns and networks, highlight European films, presenting special programmes, events and dedicated retrospectives.

The Month of European Film kicked off on 1 November and will include the launch of the European Film Academy’s EUROPEAN FILM CLUB and the European Arthouse Cinema Day. Instead of a uniform catalogue, each participating cinema is creating a unique program according to their expertise and catering to their audience’s taste. The Month of European Film will then culminate on 9 December in the 36th European Film Awards in Berlin.

The MONTH OF EUROPEAN FILM will continue to grow every year to include more and more places and ways for film-lovers to join in this great celebration of European films.

The MONTH OF EUROPEAN FILM is supported by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union and we work together with partners such as Europa Cinemas, CICAE, DAFilms and MUBI.

During the MONTH OF EUROPEAN FILM , the cinema "Splendid Palace" will offer to watch the latest award-winning films of European directors -  "Well Done" by director Gilles Legardinier with John Malkovich in the main role, the film "Fallen Leaves" by director Aki Kaurismeki, the documentary by Estonian director Anna Hints "Black Sauna Sisterhood", "Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert" directed by Margaret von Trott, the drama "Blue Jean" directed by Georgia Oakley, the historical drama "Napoleon" directed by Ridley Scott, Tran An Hung "Taste of Things" with the French cinema diva Juliette Binoche in the main role, director Jessica Hausner's social drama "Club Zero", director Emanuele Crialese "L'immensità" with Penelope Cruz in the main role, as well as the latest work of director Woody Allen - the film "Coup de Chance".

The youngest cinemagoers will have the opportunity to watch European films "Erik Stoneheart" and "Die (un)langweiligste Schule der Welt", as well as the animated film "The Canterville Ghost".

In European Arthouse Cinema Day on November 12,  celebrating the richness and diversity of arthouse cinemas, European films will be screened throughout the day in both cinema halls, two of the films will be shown in special PRE PREMIER screenings - "Perfect Days" by director Wim Wenders and "Black Sauna Sisterhood" by director Anna Hints.

At the SENIOR SCREENING on November 28 the film "Taste of Things" will be shown. Also, within the month, the premiere of two National films will be celebrated - on November 9, the premiere of director Ronalds Mežmačs film "Breathing Underwater" with Kaspars Dumburs in the lead role, while on November 13, the premiere of relationship drama "Vietām gaidāms stiprs lietus" by Elizabete Gricmane will be celebrated. Cinema "Splendid Palace"  will close the MONTH OF EUROPEAN FILM with the opportunity to watch the European Film Academy awards ceremony ONLINE on December 9 on the cinema's website www.splendidpalace.lv.