Two cinema websites, Cineuropa.org and www.picturenose.com have joined forces in a new European Film Awards Reviews blog, a service that aims to offer visitors far greater access to reviews of those European movies (both recent and new releases) that have either won or been nominated for major film awards worldwide, including the European Film Awards (EFA), which are awarded annually by the European Film Academy in December.

Cineuropa was created in 2002 to provide up-to-date information and news for cinephiles on European films, as well as for film and television professionals. Published in four languages (English, French, Italian, Spanish), it is co-funded by the MEDIA Plus Programme of the European Commission and a host of member states’ cultural programmes. As a site, it’s dedicated to European cinema, actors, directors, producers -- in short, the film industry as a whole.

With one notable exception, however – as Cineuropa is a Commission-funded project, and that institution cannot be seen to be taking sides, not even as far as throwing the odd brickbat at a movie, that’s where Cineuropa’s new blog, and Picturenose.com come in.

Founded in 2007 by Brussels-based expats, journalists and film-lovers James Drew and Colin Moors, Picturenose.com, in addition to its regularly updated website offering critiques of flicks old and new plus movie news, gossip and debate, has provided Expatica.com with weekly film articles since February. And the buffs are very happy about the latest hook-up, as Colin explains: “It’s an ideal partnership – we’d been looking to make Picturenose more Europhile and, after agreeing the set-up with Valerio Caruso [responsible for Special Reports, Services and VOD on Cineuropa], we think we now have a great chance not only to expand our site’s portfolio, but also to provide Cineuropa with quality reviews of some of Europe’s most renowned films. Best of all, Cineuropa provides the films!”

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