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The 23rd European Film Awards
Les 23es Prix du cinéma européen | Der 23. Europäische Filmpreis
4 December 2010 Tallinn / Estonia

Founded in 1988, the European Film Academy now unites more than 2,000 European film professionals with the common aim of promoting Europe’s film culture.

La European Film Academy réunit 2000 professionnels du cinéma dans le but de promouvoir la culture cinématographique européenne.

Die European Film Academy vereint über 2.000 europäische Filmschaffende mit dem gemeinsamen Ziel, die Filmkultur Europas zu fördern.

Finnish Documentary Short Nominated

Press release # 4/2010
FINNISH DOCUMENTARY SHORT NOMINATED
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Tampere Film Festival congratulate the
Tampere Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2010
LUMIKKO (The Little Snow Animal)
by Miia Tervo
Finland 2009, 19 min., documentary
The film is now nominated for the award European Film Academy Short Film 2010. It was selected by the [...]

EFA Down Under

Short Film Screenings in Australia
On invitation by the Perth Writers Festival and the Goethe Institute Australia EFA Director Marion Döring visited Australia for a series of screenings and presentations. In Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, she introduced screenings of the EFA SHORT MATTERS! Programme, the short films nominated for the European Film Awards 2009, and gave [...]

EFA Protests Arrest of Jafar Panahi

European Film Academy protests against arrest of Iranian director Jafar Panahi
The Board of the European Film Academy strongly protests against the arrest of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi and demands his immediate release.
Jafar Panahi is an internationally recognised artist and his work has been honoured at the festivals in Berlin, Cannes and Venice. Before his arrest, [...]

VENUS Wins Nomination

Press release # 3/2010
BELGIAN SHORT NOMINATED FOR EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Berlin International Film Festival congratulate the
Berlin Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2010
VENUS VS ME
by Nathalie Teirlinck
Belgium 2009, 27 min., fiction
The film is now nominated for the award European Film Academy Short Film 2010. It was selected [...]

OUT OF LOVE Nominated for EFA Short

Press release # 2/2010
Locarno joins EFA Short Film Initiative
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the International Film Festival Rotterdam congratulate the
Rotterdam Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2010
ØNSKEBØRN (Out Of Love)
by Birgitte Stærmose (Denmark 2009, 29 min., documentary fiction)
The film is now nominated for the award European Film Academy Short Film 2010. It [...]

Master Class on 3D Filmmaking

EFA Master Class 2010
STEREOSCOPIC STORYTELLING

Creating stories and images for 3D Film
for European film directors, cinematographers, set designers, editors, writers and producers
with Alain Derobe
12-18 July 2010
Berlin/Germany
The production of a live-action 3D film is a highly complex process and it is essential that all crafts involved in the creation of such a film develop an understanding [...]

Two New Awards

Press release # 1/2010
This year’s 23rd European Film Awards will see the re-launch of two award categories: EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER and EUROPEAN EDITOR.
The move has been decided by the Board of the European Film Academy during their latest meeting in Berlin and reflects the distinct wish by EFA Members to honour the outstanding contribution of [...]

Energy is the origin of cinema

EFA Master Class RUHR with Danny Boyle
by Oliver Baumgarten
The fourth day of the EFA Master Class RUHR, which was to close with a visit of all participants to the European Film Awards Ceremony, started with a three-hour energy boost. British director Danny Boyle came by for a morning workshop and with his dynamic and open [...]

Upgrading Reality

EFA Master Class RUHR with Nino Kirtadzé and Peter Liechti
by Oliver Baumgarten
This year`s European Film Awards began in Unna Massimo, a former refugee settlement right in the heart of Germany’s Ruhr Metropolis - at least for the 23 young filmmakers from across Europe who accepted an invitation by the European Film Academy and [...]

22nd European Film Awards: Winners

Michael Haneke’s THE WHITE RIBBON wins European Film and Director, Actress goes to Kate Winslet for THE READER, Actor to Tahar Rahim in UN PROPHETE…