The Europa Cinemas jury in Venice comprised four Network exhibitors: Catherine Lemaire (programmer, Churchill cinemas, Le Parc and Sauvenière, Liege – Belgium); Stefan Paul (exhibitor, Kino Arsenal and Kino Atelier, Tübingen – Germany); Koen Van Daele (programmer, Kinodvor Cinema, Ljubljana – Slovenia), and Davide Rampin (programmer and education officer, Multisala Pio X and Excelsior, Padova – Italy). They awarded:
LE BRUIT DES GLAÇONS (THE CLINK OF ICE) by Bertrand Blier, France
The jury issued the following statement: “This is an extremely witty film - a pitch black comedy about cancer and alcohol. Blier’s anarchic and politically incorrect take on this apparently taboo subject has the same energy and freedom of spirit shown in his earlier films like Les Valseuses. Brilliantly made and performed, the film never preaches and is sure to be enjoyed and spark debate around European arthouses.”
THE CLINK OF ICE will now receive the support of the Europa Cinemas exhibitors who commit themselves to extend the length of its run on screen and additional promotion across the network.The Europa Cinemas Label awarded in Venice complements the Labels awarded at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, Panorama in Berlin, and Karlovy Vary. The film is sold internationally by Wild Bunch.

Previous winners of the Europa Cinemas Label at the Giornate degli Autori are:
2004: Darwin’s Nightmare / Le Cauchemar de Darwin (Hubert Sauper, Austria/France/Belgium)
2005: Le Petit Lieutenant (Xavier Beauvois, France)
2006: Dark Blue Almost Black / Azul Oscuro Casi Negro (Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, Spain)
2007: Tricks / Sztuczki (Andrzej Jakimowski, Poland)
2008: Machan (Uberto Pasolini UK/Germany)
2009: The Last Days of Emma Blank (Alex van Warmerdam, Netherlands/Belgium)

EUROPA CINEMAS:
42 countries, 476 cities, 817 cinemas, 2109 screens
MEDIA: 31 countries, 443 cities, 770 cinemas, 1945 screens
MAEE: 7 countries, 10 cities, 11 cinemas, 18 screens
EURIMAGES: 4 countries, 23 cities, 36 cinemas, 146 screens
Europa Cinemas is supported by the MEDIA, Euromed Audiovisual II, programmes of the European Commission (Brussels), CNC (France), Eurimages (Council of Europe, Strasbourg), French Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs (Paris).
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“27 TIMES CINEMA” MENTION
The 27 Times Cinema campus, composed by 27 young European filmgoers, assigns the Mention to the Best Film of Venice Days to:
INCENDIES by Denis Villeneuve (Canada/France)
We love this film for its tackling of themes close to us as young adults. The characters found purpose through their investigation into their own distant cultural and family history through razor-sharp cinematography and its strong, surprising narrative structure.
Markus Schinerl (Austria), Thomas Smolders (Belgium), Milena Paneva (Bulgaria), Michalis Michael (Cyprus), Christian Munks (Denmark), Moonika Olju (Estonia), Anna Törrönen (Finland), Hugo Barini (France), Hagen Reiners (Germany), Nick Shaw (Great Britain), Zoi Chaita (Greece), Kata Kovàcs (Hungary), Conall Ó Duibhir (Ireland), Isabella Weber (Italy), Dace Lea Briede (Latvia), Vytautas Katkus (Lithuania), Thorben Grosser (Luxembourg), Martina Portelli (Malta), Mirjam van der Veldt (Netherlands), Adrian Strzelczyk (Poland), Inês Daniel Bento (Portugal), Matouš Svěràk (Czech Republic), Zuzana Novàkovà (Slovakia), Anca Munteanu (Romania), Urška Horjak (Slovenia), Eloy Domìnguez Serén (Spain), Fathia Mohidin (Sweden).
The other two finalists were “Cirkus Columbia” by Danis Tanovic and “Life at the Time of Death” by Andrea Caccia.
“27 Times Cinema” is a special project promoted by the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament in partnership with Venice Days and with the collaboration of Europa Cinemas and Cineuropa.org. Cultural partner: Variety.