European Film Academy
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.
European Film Academy (EFA) and the Edinburgh International Film Festival congratulate the
Edinburgh Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009
PETER IN RADIOLAND
by Johanna Wagner (United Kingdom 2009, 10′, documentary)
The film is now nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009 and was selected by the festival’s international short film jury, consisting of actor [...]
Press Release # 7/2009
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad congratulate the
Grimstad Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009
BETWEEN DREAMS
by Iris Olsson (France/Russia/Finland 2008, 11′, documentary)
The film is now nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009 and was selected by the festival’s international jury with the [...]
Press release # 6/2009
EFA Think Tank THE IMAGE OF EUROPE with EU President Barroso Results in Filmmakers’ Call for Film Education in School
Twenty leading creators from the fields of film directing, writing, acting, production, distribution and education met with José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, to exchange their views on the impact [...]
Press release # 5/2009
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Krakow Film Festival congratulate the
Krakow Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009
POSTE RESTANTE
by Marcel Łoziński (Poland)
The film is now nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009. The film was selected by the festival’s international jury.
Letters whose addresses are impossible [...]
Press release # 4/2009
New dates for Weekend Programme in the cities of Essen and Bochum: 11 and 12 December
On the occasion of the European Capital of Culture year RUHR.2010, this year’s 22nd European Film Awards will take place in Germany’s Ruhr area, a metropolitan region with 20 cities and around 10 million people right in [...]
Press release # 3/2009
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Tampere Film Festival congratulate the
Tampere Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009
SZKLANA PULAPKA (The Glass Trap)
by Pawel Ferdek (Poland)
The film is now nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009. The film was selected by the festival’s international jury consisting of Ngo [...]
Press release # 2/2009
Supported by Shorts International, programme now includes 15 festivals
SHORT MATTERS! is the European Film Academy’s short film tour which brings the short films nominated for the European Film Awards to a series of film festivals across Europe and beyond. As a new partner, world-wide short film distribution company Shorts [...]
The EFA Conference 2008 was dedicated to film comedies. Is there a topography of humour, a shared European quality that unites us in laughter? In other words: Can film comedies be cross-culturally funny, humorous or witty? WHAT MAKES EUROPE LAUGH?
Interview with Jürgen Vogel, actor, DIE WELLE
“But the problem if you talk about European film is that you don’t know what that means exactly…”
Interview with Paolo Sorrentino, director, and Andrea Occhipinti, producer, IL DIVO
“…Giulio Andreotti is the most important politician Italy has had in the last half century. The fascination lies in his ambiguity, and he is so psychologically complex that everyone has been intrigued by him over the years…”
