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35 maltatoday, THIS WEEK SUNDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2013 2013 Three days of free top European cinema THE European Parliament Information Office in Malta, in collaboration with the Euro Media Forum shall be presenting the Lux Film Days 2013 – a three-day film festival between November 27 and 29 at St James Cavalier, Valletta. The Film Festival will screen the three finalist films in the run for the European Parliament LUX Prize Competition 2013. The public is invited to attend the Film Festival and participate by casting their vote for their favourite film. Entrance to the LUX Film Days is free, with each film being screened twice as indicated below. A light reception in between screenings will be held. The three contending films are: Miele ('Honey') (18) by Valeria Golino – France, Italy (2013) Irene lives alone a pretty isolated life. Her clandestine job is to help terminally-ill people to die with dignity by giving them a drug. One day she supplies a new 'client' with a fatal dose, only to find out he's perfectly healthy. Irene is determined not to be responsible for his suicide. From this moment, Irene and Grimaldi are locked unwillingly in a tense and unusual relationship which will change Irene's life forever. The Broken Circle Breakdown (15) by Felix Van Groeningen – Belgium (2012) The Broken Circle Breakdown tells the love story between Elise and Didier. She has her own tattoo shop; he plays the banjo in a band. It is love at first sight, in spite of major differences. He talks, she listens. He is a Miele profound atheist, at the same time a naïve romantic. She has a cross tattooed in her neck, even though she has both feet firmly on the ground. Their happiness is complete after their little girl Maybelle is born. But their happiness is short-lived when Maybelle falls seriously ill. Didier and Elise respond in very different ways. The Broken Circle Breakdown examines how love can sometimes conquer fate, and sometimes not. The Selfish Giant (15) by Clio Barnard – United Kingdom (2013) A contemporary fable about 14year-old Arbor and his best friend Swifty. Excluded from school and outsiders in their own community, the boys meet Kitten, a local scrapman, and begin collecting scrap metal for him using a horse and cart. Swifty has a natural gift with horses and Arbor has a business brain and a way with words – they make a good team. But when Arbor begins to emulate Kitten by becoming greedy and exploitative, tensions build, leading to a tragic event which transforms them all irrevocably. Schedule is as follows: 27-11-13 Miele (18) - 18:00, The Broken Circle Breakdown (15) 21:00 28-11-13 The Selfish Giant (15) 18:00, Miele (18) - 21:00 29-11-13 The Broken Circle Breakdown (15) - 18:00, The Selfish Giant (15) 21:00 For bookings and more information contact St. James Cavalier at 2122 3200 or boxoffice@sjcav.org / info@sjcav.org Dun Karm: between nation and faith ON Wednesday, November 27 at 18:30, Charlò-Carmel Camilleri O.Carm. will be giving a public lecture in Maltese entitled 'Dun Karm: Hopes Between Nation and Faith'. This will be held in the Mikiel Anton Vassalli Conference Centre of the University in TalQroqq (Gateway, Hall A). This talk is being organised by the Department of Maltese at the University and the Fondazzjoni Karmen Mikallef Buhaġar. It is open to the general public and entrance is free. Fr. Charlò-Carmel Camilleri's talk coincides with the 100th anniversary of the 34th International Eucharistic Congress held in Malta in 1913 and the unveiling of the monument by Antonio Sciortino marking this major event. The scholar will explore lesser known aspects of the life and works of Dun Karm. As a Maltese writer with the vocation of a priest and the heart of a poet, Dun Karm had hopes for the nation that deserve a closer look. His vision of 'the sweet Mother who gave us her name' is also the result of the synthesis in him of human sentiment, Maltese nationality and religious vocation. The talk, with its new approach, will explore the combination of this synthesis and his skills as an orator and writer, thus allowiing us to construct a more complete picture of Dun Karm. More information about this public lecture, coordinated by Dr George Farrugia, is available on the Facebook page of the Department of Maltese of the University of Malta: www.facebook.com/uom. malti Dun Karm The Broken Circle Breakdown The Selfish Giant Slovak doctor revamps Czech folk tale for Maltese audience HORIZONS has just published Budulienko, is a modern poetic remake of a classic Czech folk tale, told from generation to generation. The story – told in Maltese and English – revolves around a little curious boy and his loving grandparents, and their journey to learning a valuable lesson, after Budulienko is kidnapped by a cunning fox. The story is set in a modern day Slovakia – the author's home. Jozef J. Matejka is a Slovak writer and poet, and a full-time doctor at Mater Dei. In 2007, he made his debut with his book PríležitostnéBásne, and two years later published his first story book, Budulienko. A second collection of his poems was published in 2010, as Básni a obrazupodľahnúťodrazu, and in 2012, his third and most recent collection of poems was published: HviezdynadCarcassone. The years Matejka spent in Malta sharpened his poetic senses. His poems portray the experiences of travelling and of an adventurous soul, especially when compared to many Slovak poets.