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Europe Week | EU Documentary Film Screening: The European
April 12, 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
The European is a documentary film created in 2016 by Dirk Jan Roeleven, and explores the post-Brexit climate of the EU. UNC student organization European Horizons will lead a short discussion following the film.
Film synopsis:
A WhatsApp message to Dutch politician Frans Timmermans: would he take part in a documentary? “Behind the scenes and up close” is how filmmaker Dirk Jan Roeleven describes the essence of his request. He follows Timmermans for nearly two years, from his appointment as Vice-President of the European Commission to the Brexit referendum. The film moves at the swift pace of Timmermans’s life. We shift effortlessly from an interview with CNN, a visit to a refugee camp in Greece, a meeting with Ban Ki-moon and a deadline for Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad. Timmermans demonstrates that this doesn’t come at the cost of his family life when he buys some sneakers for his daughter during a summit in New York, and makes time for a soccer game with his son. As he is filmed in taxis, planes and cheerless hotel rooms, he talks openly about his assertiveness and the qualities of a good diplomat.
This event is part of Europe Week 2018! View the full schedule here.
This screening and discussion is co-sponsored by European Horizons at Carolina.
This event was part of Europe Week 2018, supported by a Getting to Know Europe grant from the Delegation of the European Union to the United States.