Venice and Paris in Luxembourg

Yes! Unfortunately Venice was deconstructed and is no longer there (!), but Paris is still present - there is a place called "Place de Paris" in the center of the Luxembourg-City (nearby the bus stop Paris-Zitha). Maybe it's the way to thank for the Luxembourg Garden and the Luxembourg Palace in Paris ;) By the way - did you know that Paris is only 2 hours from Luxembourg by TGV train?

As for Venice, I mean Luxembourgish Venice - it existed in 2003. Within 6 months, some 300 craftsmen and labourers transformed six hectares of the industrial wasteland Terres Rouges in Esch-sur-Alzette to make it look like Venice at the end of the 16th century. It was done to shot "Secret Passage" (by Adémir Kenovic).

Esch-sur-Alzette seemed to be "good in the role" so it "played" the city of channels once again, this time in the famous "Merchant of Venice" (by Michael Radford, starring Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons and Al Pacino; based on Shakespeare's play of the same name). Have a look at the sets of "Venice" in Esch (like it?):

source of the photo above: http://www.eu2005.lu (other pictures are mine)

On your guard in Lux

The Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg City is the official residence of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, the head of state. Soldiers of the military of Luxembourg have been performing guard duties since 1966 with frequently only one guard visible at the palace. The representative of them I met once was a perfect example of "life in slow motion"
(for impatient spectators: guard's walk time 1:00 -> 1:33).

It happened that he was offered some help... The enthusiast volunteers tried their best but apparently it's not just a piece of cake to be a perfect Duke's guard!

You can play the movie by clicking on the picture. Credit: bober88

The Luxembourgish guard stayed cool but one day he might take the revenge the same way as his hardcore colleague at Buckingham Palace...

Nadciąga fala animacji ze Wschodu!

Polecam projekcję filmów animowanych nowej fali z Czech oraz dodatkowo kilku polskich animowanych "świeżych bułeczek" w ramach festiwalu CinEast w Luksemburgu. Animacje będą wyświetlane z angielskimi napisami.

GDZIE?
Centre Culturel des Rencontres Abbaye de Neumünster (CCRN), salle E.Dune : 28, rue Münster, Luxembourg, dojazd autobusem 23 z Dworca w Luksemburgu web map 

KIEDY?
czwartek 18.11.2010, 18.30

Cena: 5 euro (jest to zarazem karnet na większość innych filmów festiwalu)

Lista czeskich filmów, które będą wyświetlane:
Contact (Czechy, 2003) by Martin Duda
Game (Czechy, 2004) by Galina Miklínová
Geranium (Czechy, 2005) by Lucie Sunková
A Scene from the Life of Antelopes (Czechy, 2004) by Edita Krausová
Radio Kebrle (Czechy, 2006) by Zdeněk Durdil
The Clod (Czechy, 2007) by Jaromír Plachý
Mrs. G (Czechy, 2007) by Michal Žabka
Whoops, Mistake! (Czechy, 2008) by Aneta Kýrová
Torchbearer (Czechy, 2006) by Václav Švankmajer

plus filmy z Polski:
Danny Boy (Poland, 2010) trailer

Dokumanimo (Poland, 2007)

English info  --> here