We are proud to announce the return of The World Cinema to The 2010 Language Show.

If you would like to submit your short film or documentary to appear at the World Cinema then please complete our submission form >>>

Be transported around the globe and experience new cultures through film. Pick up new words, sentences and experience the way language is really spoken. At The World Cinema you can watch short films and documentaries from Spain to Japan. Foreign language films can be a great way to learn a language, sometimes, in a matter of months.

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Start Time: 10:30   Running Time: 8mins   Language: French 
Title: Le Batteur Du Bolero 

Start Time: 11:00   Running Time: 30mins with Q&A
3 x short films from the European Union as follows: 
1) Language: English
Title: Interpreting for Europe... into English 
Description: English native speaker interpreters working for Europe. Many more are needed for an exciting career at the very heart of European decision-making.  
 
2) Language: Various. English subtitles 
Title: Open Day 2008  
Description: European Commission Open Day, 7 June 2008. Berlaymont building, Schuman conference room. Visitors trying out interpretation and staff interpreters demonstrating the profession. 

3) Language: French, Spanish with English subtitles
Title: Interpréter pour l'Europe  ... en français
Description: Un grand nombre d'interprètes francophones partiront à la retraite des Institutions européennes dans les prochaines années. Il faut trouver des jeunes lions pour les remplacer. 
Source / Supplied by: European Union - Stand 255

Start Time: 11:45   Running Time: 30mins   Language: French 
Title: 7 jours sur la planète  
Description: Weekly news programme covering news from around the globe, with additional French subtitles
Source / Supplied by: TV5Monde - Stand 115

Start Time: 12:30   Running Time: 15mins   Language: Czech 
Title: Dress Rehearsal 
Description: A young actress faces the biggest decision of her life... By Asmara Beraki 
Source / Supplied by: The Czech Centre - Stand 177

Start Time: 13:00   Running Time: 18mins   Language: French-Senegal 
Title: Borom Sarret  

Start Time: 13:30   Running Time: 30mins with Q&A   Language: English,French 
Title: Testing Times 
Description: A recent production going behind the scenes in EU freelance interpreter testing 
Source / Supplied by: European Union - Stand 255

Start Time: 14:15   Running Time: 17mins  Language: Japanese
Title: Attack On The Bakery 

Start Time: 14:45   Running Time: 30mins with Q&A   
2 x short films from the European Union as follows:
1) Language: English 
Title: EU Career Opportunities 
Description: The EU Institutions offer a very wide range of interesting careers for linguists and other graduates. Who wants to work for a company when you can work for the whole of Europe? 

2) Language: Dutch with English subtitles 
Title: Europa Werkt
Description: Life inside the EU Institutions, as seen through the eyes of new recruits from The Netherlands. The work is very challenging and every day is different. 
Source / Supplied by: European Union - Stand 255

Start Time: 15:30   Running Time: 30mins   Language: French 
Title: 7 jours sur la planète  
Description: Weekly news programme covering news from around the globe, with additional French subtitles 
Source / Supplied by:TV5Monde - Stand 115

Start Time: 16:20   Running Time: 30mins with Q&A 
2 x short films from the European Union as follows:
1) Language: English but also exists in FR DE NL
Title: Interpreting for Europe 
Description: A history of interpretation in the EU from the post-war period to the 1980s as told by the interpreters who were there 

2) Language: English 
Title: Interpreting:preparing the future 
Description: The EU institutions are looking for a new generation of conference interpreters. Discover what this fast-paced career is all about and how potential new recruits are trained. 
Source / Supplied by: European Union - Stand 255

Start Time: 17:00   Running Time: 50mins   Language: Mandarin
Title: Five Millennia of Chinese Characters
Description: Documentary
Source / Supplied by: Hanban - Stand 85

Start Time: 10:30   Running Time: 12mins   Language: Austrian 
Title: Copy shop 

Start Time: 11:00   Running Time: 30mins with Q&A
3 x short films from the European Union as follows:
1) Language: English 
Title: Interpreting for Europe... into English 
Description: English native speaker interpreters working for Europe. Many more are needed for an exciting career at the very heart of European decision-making.  

2) Language: Various. English subtitles 
Title: Open Day 2008  
Description: European Commission Open Day, 7 June 2008. Berlaymont building, Schuman conference room. Visitors trying out interpretation and staff interpreters demonstrating the profession. 

3) Language: French, Spanish with English subtitles 
Title: Interpréter pour l'Europe  ... en français  
Description: Un grand nombre d'interprètes francophones partiront à la retraite des Institutions européennes dans les prochaines années. Il faut trouver des jeunes lions pour les remplacer. 
Source / Supplied by: European Union - Stand 255

Start Time: 11:45   Running Time: 30mins   Language: French 
Title: 7 jours sur la planète  
Description: Weekly news programme covering news from around the globe, with additional French subtitles 
Source / Supplied by: TV5Monde - Stand 115

Start Time: 12:30   Running Time: 21mins   Language: French
Title: Charlotte et Veronique, Ou Tous Les Garcons S’appelllent Patrick   

Start Time: 13:00   Running Time: 17mins   Language: Mexican-Spanish 
Title: Cuarteto para el fin del tiempo  

Start Time: 13:30   Running Time: 30mins with Q&A   Language: English, French 
Title: Testing Times 
Description: A recent production going behind the scenes in EU freelance interpreter testing 
Source / Supplied by: European Union - Stand 255

Start Time: 14:15   Running Time: 20mins   Language: Czech 
Title: Baba 
Description: Mummy brought me home Baba without asking me. Now she's lying in the middle of my room. By Zuzana Kirchnerova-Spidlova 
Source / Supplied by: The Czech Centre - Stand 177

Start Time: 14:45   Running Time: 30mins with Q&A  
2 x short films from the European Union as follows:
1) Language: English 
Title: EU Career Opportunities 
Description: The EU Institutions offer a very wide range of interesting careers for linguists and other graduates.  Who wants to work for a company when you can work for the whole of Europe?

2) Language: Dutch with English subtitles 
Title: Europa Werkt 
Description: Life inside the EU Institutions, as seen through the eyes of new recruits from The Netherlands.  The work is very challenging and every day is different. 
Source / Supplied by: European Union - Stand 255

Start Time: 15:25   Running Time: 30mins   Language: French 
Title: 7 jours sur la planète  
Description: Weekly news programme covering news from around the globe, with additional French subtitles 
Source / Supplied by: TV5Monde - Stand 115

Start Time: 16:10   Running Time: 30mins with Q&A  
2 x short films from the European Union as follows:
1) Language: English but also exists in FR DE NL 
Title: Interpreting for Europe 
Description: A history of interpretation in the EU from the post-war period to the 1980s as told by the interpreters who were there 

2) Language: English  
Title: Interpreting:preparing the future 
Description: Interpreting: preparing the future. The EU institutions are looking for a new generation of conference interpreters. Discover what this fast-paced career is all about and how potential new recruits are trained. 
Source / Supplied by: European Union - Stand 255
 
Start Time: 16:50   Running Time: 16mins   Language: Polish 
Title: Koncert Zyczen 

Start Time: 17:10   Running Time: 40mins   Language: Czech with English subtitles 
Title: Second Act 
Description: "Cilie and her spouse Martin, an unrealized and self-censored translator, are the main protagonists of a final love story which slowly yet consistently loses its ideals. Between the monotony of life and Martin's never to be finished translation of a novel, a story unfolds about a belated honeymoon trip that begins at the moment when in reality everything is already lost. The book that Martin once translated becomes a central motif of the journey,: the story of a female hotelier envious of a young couples who arrives at the hotel in the summertime…

The trip soon shows itself as an excuse for Martin's escape. In the night, ships slide like heavy iron sculptures; the decision is Cilie's. By Olmo Omerzu " 
Source / Supplied by: The Czech Centre - Stand 177

Start Time: 10:15   Running Time: 8mins   Language: Danish 
Title: Nocturne 

Start Time: 10:45   Running Time: 30mins with Q&A  
3 x short films from the European Union as follows:
1) Language: English 
Title: Interpreting for Europe... into English 
Description: English native speaker interpreters working for Europe. Many more are needed for an exciting career at the very heart of European decision-making.

2) Language: Various. English subtitles 
Title: Open Day 2008  
Description: European Commission Open Day, 7 June 2008. Berlaymont building, Schuman conference room. Visitors trying out interpretation and staff interpreters demonstrating the profession. 

3) Language: French, Spanish with English subtitles 
Title: Interpréter pour l'Europe  ... en français  
Description: Un grand nombre d'interprètes francophones partiront à la retraite des Institutions européennes dans les prochaines années. Il faut trouver des jeunes lions pour les remplacer. Source / Supplied by: European Union - Stand 255

Start Time: 11:30   Running Time: 7mins   Language: Italian 
Title: Il Giorna Della Prima Di Close-up  
 
Start Time: 12:00   Running Time: 30mins with Q&A 
Language: English, French 
Title: Testing Times 
Description: A recent production going behind the scenes in EU freelance interpreter testing 
Source / Supplied by: European Union - Stand 255

Start Time: 12:45   Running Time: 30mins   Language: French 
Title: 7 jours sur la planète  
Description: Weekly news programme covering news from around the globe, with additional French subtitles 
Source / Supplied by: TV5Monde - Stand 115

Start Time: 13:40   Running Time: 6mins   Language: Czech 
Title: On Sunday 
Description: "A family’s shopping excursion angers their teenage daughter, she knows it is an escape from home due to family problems.
People used to go to the church to solve their problems, now they use retail therapy. By Thomasz Mielnik " 
Source / Supplied by: The Czech Centre - Stand 177

Start Time: 14:00   Running Time: 30mins with Q&A  
2 x short films from the European Union as follows:
1) Language: English 
Title: EU Career Opportunities 
Description: The EU Institutions offer a very wide range of interesting careers for linguists and other graduates.  Who wants to work for a company when you can work for the whole of Europe?  

2) Language: Dutch with English subtitles 
Title: Europa Werkt 
Description: Life inside the EU Institutions, as seen through the eyes of new recruits from The Netherlands. The work is very challenging and every day is different. 
Source / Supplied by: European Union - Stand 255
 
Start Time: 14:45    Running Time: 18mins    Language: French 
Title: L’homme sans tete 

Start Time: 15:30   Running Time: 30mins with Q&A  
2 x short films from the European Union as follows:
1) Language: English but also exists in FR DE NL
Title: Interpreting for Europe 
Description: A history of interpretation in the EU from the post-war period to the 1980s as told by the interpreters who were there 

2) Language: English 
Title: Interpreting:preparing the future
Description: The EU institutions are looking for a new generation of conference interpreters. Discover what this fast-paced career is all about and how potential new recruits are trained. Source / Supplied by: European Union - Stand 255

Start Time: 16:15   Running Time: 30mins   Language: French
Title: 7 jours sur la planète  
Description: Weekly news programme covering news from around the globe, with additional French subtitles 
Source / Supplied by: TV5Monde - Stand 115