European Union National Institutes for Culture

The European Film Festival is an institution in itself, Liliana Turoiu, chair of the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR), told the opening of the 23rd edition of the event, which took place at the Great Hall of the I.L. Caragiale National Theatre House in Bucharest on Tuesday.

A number of 28 large-size pictures showing images from every European Union member state will be exhibited over April 18 - May 16 on the pedestrian street Nicolae Balcescu in the central Romanian city of Sibiu, to celebrate the Romanian presidency of the Council of EU, ahead of the European Union Summit to be held here on May 9, informs a release sent to AGERPRES on Tuesday.

The EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) Cluster Athens is organizing "European Values Revisited: The Role of Culture in Refugee Integration into Local Communities," a two-day conference taking place at Deree - The American College of Greece on Thursday, November 11, and Friday, November 12.

The widely known Lebanese artist Tarek Atoui presents today his music project  I/E Elefsis based on his in situ investigation of the sonic landscape of Elefsina and his collective instrument I/E.

Tarek Atoui was invited by locus athens to create a new work for Elefsina as part of the Aisxylia Festival 2015.

Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) President Lilian Zamfiroiu says in an interview granted to AGERPRES that European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) organising in Bucharest the sixth session of the 'Europe-China Cultural Dialogue' represented an honour for ICR and an acknowledgement of the quality and professionalism of the cultural programmes conducted.

Besides numerous exhibitions, the festival running from May 8 to 31 under the overarching theme of "Public Space", includes 16 workshops as well as 10 tours.

Alongside domestic experts in the field, the international guests at the festival are Hans Nevidal from Austria, Geir Brendeland from Norway and Zef Hemel from The Netherlands.