Cinema of Europe refers to the film industries and films produced in the continent of Europe. Some notable European film movements include German Expressionism, French Impressionist Cinema, Poetic realism, Italian neorealism, French New Wave, Polish Film School, New German Cinema, Portuguese Cinema Novo, Czechoslovak New Wave, Dogme 95, New French Extremity, and Romanian New Wave.

The European Film Academy founded in 1988 is annually celebrating the European Film Awards.

Europa Cinemas[link]

Europa Cinemas is a network of 1,036 cinemas in 588 cities and 60 countries. It was founded in 1992 and is part funded by the European Union MEDIA Programme and Euromed Audiovisual, the Council of Europe Eurimages fund as well as support from France's Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and National Center of Cinematography and the moving image. The network provides operational and financial support to cinemas who commit to the screening of European films, increasing the circulation of European cinema and facilitating international projects and co-operation between cinemas.^[1]

European film festivals[link]

• Berlin
• Cannes
• Cluj-Napoca
• Dublin
• Edinburgh
• Karlovy Vary
• Kraków
• Locarno
• London
• Oberhausen
• Rotterdam
• San Sebastian
• Roma
• Tallinn
• Tampere
• Thessaloniki
• Turin
• Venice
• Warsaw
• Wrocław

European film awards[link]

• European Film Awards
• BAFTA
• Goya
• César
• Lolas
• David di Donatello
• Orły

See also[link]

	Film portal
	European Union portal

• List of European films
• Cinema of the world
• World cinema
• European Film Academy
• European Audiovisual Observatory
• European Film Promotion
• Media Plus

External links[link]

• Europa Cinemas
• Top 10 movies from Spain according to IMDB.com
• Cineuropa
• European Cinema Research Forum
• European Film Promotion
• French Trade-Union article about cinema in Europe, may 2009
• 7 Surprising European Films A look at European game changers from 2000 to 2011

References[link]

1. ^ "About us". Europa Cinemas. http://www.europa-cinemas.org/en/infos_europa/index.php. Retrieved 9 June 2011. 

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Bruno Nicolai (Rome, May 20, 1926 - Rome, August 16, 1991) was an Italian film music composer, orchestra director and musical editor most active in the 1960s through the 1980s. While studying piano and composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, he befriended Ennio Morricone and formed a long working relationship, with Nicolai eventually conducting for and co-scoring films with Morricone. Nicolai also scored a number of giallo exploitation films and wrote a large number of scores for director Jess Franco.

Notable films[link]

• Giulietta e Romeo directed by Riccardo Freda (1964)
• I giorni della violenza, Alfonso Brescia (1964)
• Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang, Duccio Tessari (1966)
• The Christmas That Almost Wasn't, 'Natale che quasi non fu' (1966)
• The Mercenary, Sergio Corbucci (1968)
• Run, Man, Run!, Sergio Sollima (1968)
• 99 Women, Jesús Franco (1968)
• Marquis de Sade: Justine, Jesús Franco (1968)
• Philosophy in the Boudoir, Jesús Franco (1969)
• The Red Tent, Mikhail Kalatozov (1969)
• Arizona si scatenò... e li fece fuori tutti, Sergio Martino (1970)
• Count Dracula, Jesús Franco (1970)
• Compañeros, Sergio Corbucci (conductor, 1970)
• Adiós, Sabata, Gianfranco Parolini (1971)
• La coda dello scorpione, Sergio Martino (1971)
• Tutti i colori del buio, Sergio Martino (1972)
• La nuit des Étoiles Filantes, Jesús Franco (1972)
• Your Vice Is a Closed Room and Only I Have the Key, Sergio Martino (1972)
• My Name Is Shanghai Joe, Mario Caiano (1972)
• Ten Little Indians, Peter Collinson (1974)
• Caligula, Tinto Brass (1979)
• Cammina, cammina, Ermanno Olmi (1982)
• La vigna di uve nere, Sandro Bolchi (1984)

External links[link]

• Nicolai imdb listing
• Bruno Nicolai tribute site

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Mads Mikkelsen
Mads Mikkelsen, 2009
Born	Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (1965-11-22) 22 November 1965 (age 46) Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Hanne Jacobsen (1987–present)

 Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (help·info) (born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. In May 2012, he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in the film The Hunt.^[1]

Life and career[link]

Mikkelsen was born in the Østerbro area of Copenhagen, the son of Bente Christiansen and Henning Mikkelsen, a cab driver. He is the brother of actor Lars Mikkelsen.^[2][3] After attending Århus Theatre School, he made his film debut in the movie Pusher. He has starred in popular Danish movies such as Flickering Lights (Danish: Blinkende lygter), The Green Butchers (Danish: De grønne slagtere), Adam's Apples (Danish: Adams æbler), Valhalla Rising, his film debut Pusher, and Pusher II. Mikkelsen's longest running role was as a policeman in the Danish television series Unit One (Danish: Rejseholdet). He also starred as Tristan in the Jerry Bruckheimer production of King Arthur, as well as playing the villain Le Chiffre in the 2006 James Bond film, Casino Royale. Also in 2006 he took the lead role in the Oscar nominated After the Wedding (Danish: Efter brylluppet).

In 2008, when the Quantum of Solace video game was released, Mikkelsen reprised Le Chiffre, voicing the character throughout. Also in 2008, Mikkelsen, along with fellow James Bond villain Richard Kiel, was invited by Swiss watchmaker Swatch to Bregenz, Austria to present the Swatch 007 Villain Collection.

Mikkelsen had a large supporting role in the 2010 remake of the film Clash Of The Titans, starring as Draco, the leader of the king's guard. Mikkelsen will co-star alongside Harvey Keitel and Roy Dupuis in the Rue Morgue Cinema horror western Cut Throats Nine.^[4]

It has recently been reported that he is in talks to play a villain in Thor 2

Mads Mikkelsen serves as Goodwill Ambassador for Refugees United.

In 2012, he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in the film The Hunt.^[1]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mads Mikkelsen

• Mads Mikkelsen at the Internet Movie Database
• MadsOnline.net
• (English)/(French) Interview with Mads Mikkelsen on Filmsactu.com
• Mads Mikkelsen Fansite
• Mads Mikkelsen International Fan Forum Site
• Mads Mikkelsen Official Facebook

Stellan Skarsgård
Skarsgård in Kalmar, July 2009
Born	Stellan John Skarsgård (1951-06-13) 13 June 1951 (age 61) Gothenburg, Sweden
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1968–present

Stellan John Skarsgård (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈstɛlː.ˈan ˈskɒːʂɡoːɖ] ( listen); born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor, though he is best known internationally for his roles in English-language films.

Early life[link]

Skarsgård was born in Gothenburg, Sweden; the son of Gudrun (née Larsson) and Jan Skarsgård.^[1][2] He moved often in his childhood and lived, amongst other places, in Helsingborg, Totebo, Kalmar, Marielund and Uppsala.^[3]

Acting career[link]

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Skarsgård started his acting career early. At the age of 21 he already had a great deal of experience in film, TV and stage.^[4] Most of his early roles were in Swedish TV (such as Bombi Bitt) and movies. Of Skarsgård’s Swedish film work, he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who worked to save Holocaust victims. The movie was filmed in Budapest, in the only Jewish ghetto to survive World War II.^[5]

Skarsgård is particularly associated with director Lars von Trier. He appeared in four of the Danish auteur's features – The Kingdom, Breaking the Waves, Dogville and Melancholia. His most personal working relationship, however, is with Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland. Relevant films here are Kjærlighetens kjøtere, Aberdeen and A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010). Skarsgård considers Moland a close friend. Before shooting their next project in 2009, he said of their relationship: "We're like an old married couple and I get separation anxiety."^[6] Aside from these, his best-known Scandinavian work is probably his leading role in another Norwegian film as the guilt-ridden policeman Jonas Engström in the original Insomnia.

Skarsgård’s first American film was the 1984 movie Noon Wine directed by Michael Fields, in which Skarsgård played a mentally disturbed immigrant farmhand being chased by a bounty hunter. He played opposite Fred Ward, who portrayed the farmer.^[5]

He was considered for the role of Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List. Skarsgård reported that people often mistook him for Liam Neeson who portrayed Schindler in the film. Skarsgård would in fact replace Neeson in Exorcist: The Beginning (2004). He had a guest stint on the HBO TV Series Entourage as Verner Vollstedt, the German director of the fictional film Smokejumpers who has a bias against the main character Vincent Chase, one of the stars of the film.

Skarsgård appeared in 2011's Thor as fictional character Dr. Erik Selvig.^[7] He reprised the role of Dr. Selvig in The Avengers.

Personal life[link]

With his first wife, My (married 1975–2007), he fathered six children, four of whom are now actors : Alexander Skarsgård (born 1976), Gustaf Skarsgård (born 1980), Sam Skarsgård (born 1982), Bill Skarsgård (born 1990), model Eija Skarsgård (born 1992) and Valter Skarsgård (born 1995). He married Megan Everett in January 2009 and their son Ossian, was born on 26 April 2009.^[8] The couple are currently expecting their second child.^[9]

Actors Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly named their son Stellan as a tribute to Skarsgård.

Views on religion[link]

Skarsgård was raised by humanist parents and had an atheist grandfather and a deeply religious grandmother. According to Skarsgård, this never led to any problems because of the family's mutual respect for each other's opinions.^[10] After the September 11th attacks, Skarsgård set out to read the Bible and the Qur'an, both of which he condemns as violent.^[10] Skarsgård is also a critic of religious independent schools in the Swedish educational system.^[10] Skarsgård has said he considers the notion of God absurd and that if a real God were actually so vain as to constantly demand worship, then he would not be worth it.^[10]

In 2009, Skarsgård, along with other non-religious artists, authors and entrepreneurs including Christer Sturmark, Björn Ulvaeus and Christer Fuglesang, wrote an article in Dagens Nyheter stressing the importance of secularity.^[11] The group also criticized the UN for its stance on blasphemy laws.^[11]

Filmography[link]

This filmography is not full but rather a representative one.

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Stellan Skarsgård

• Stellan Skarsgård at the Internet Movie Database
• Stellan Skarsgård at the Swedish Film Database

Edita Brychta (born 1961, Prague, Czechoslovakia) is an Anglo–Czech actress. Her birth name was Edita Brychtová.

Background[link]

Born in Prague, Brychtová's parents fled to the West as a result of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia following the Prague Spring. They settled in England and Brychtová went to school and trained as an actress in London.

Filmography[link]

• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (2012) ...(voice)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011) ...(voice)
• Criminal Minds (2010) Season 6, Episode 11: 25 to Life ... Mrs. Stanworth
• Undercovers (2010) Season 1, Episode 6: Xerex ... Londoner Wife
• Doktor od jezera hrochu (2010) ... MUDr. Homolová
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (2009) ...(voice)
• Destroy All Humans! 2: Make War Not Love (2006) ...(voice)
• A Good Year (2006) ...(voice)
• SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs (2005) (voice) .... COLDKILL
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (2004) (voice) .... Ming-Xiao
• Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders (2004) (voice)
• James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2003) (voice)
• Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown (2003) (voice) .... Maid Marian
• Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes (2001) (voice)
• Spyro: Year of the Dragon (2000) (voice) .... Sheila the Kangaroo, Princess Ami of the Fairies
• Man on the Moon (1999) .... Pig-Tailed Wrestler
• Return to Krondor (1998) (voice)
• One Night Stand (1997) .... Karen's Business Associate
• Conspiracy Theory (1997) .... Henry Finch's Receptionist
• Crime of the Century (1996) .... Gerta Henkel
• The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (1996) .... Katinka
• Murder, She Wrote: Nan's Ghost (1995) .... Deirdre O'Bannon
• Accumulator 1 (1994) .... Anna
• The Britoil Affair (1993) .... Patricia Peters
• Behind the Palace Doors (1993) .... Diana, Princess of Wales
• Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors (1992) .... Diana, Princess of Wales
• Lovejoy: National Wealth .... Melanie Ford
• The Piglet Files (1991) Helen
• Taggart: Rogues' Gallery (1990) .... Valerie Sinclair
• The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) .... Maya
• Gentlemen and Players .... Jane Somerville (13 episodes, 1988-1989)
• Friends (1988) .... Sally
• Flying in the Branches (1988) .... Dana
• Blind Justice (1988) .... Suzie de Villiers
• Escape (1987) .... Eva
• Galloping Galaxies!: Episode #2.4 (1986) .... Amazonia
• Worlds Beyond: Guardian of the Past (1986) .... Birgitta
• Call Me Mister: Humpty Dumpty (1986) .... Elizabeth Monk
• Foreign Body (1986) .... Jean
• Hot Metal: The Tell-Tale Head (1986).... Lady Deborah
• Cinq filles à Paris (1986) (mini) TV Series
• Maelstrom (1985) .... Ingrid Nilsen
• Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1984) .... Antiochus's Daughter

See also[link]

• Maelstrom (TV series)
• Gentlemen and Players (TV series)
• Accumulator 1
• Just Good Friends (TV Comedy Series) - Girl in Pub

References[link]

• Edita Brychta at the Internet Movie Database
• TV Guide
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Official Site