European Film Awards 2009 in the Ruhr Region
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 the heart of Europe. The weekend programme will include two spectacular venues of historical dimension: Germany’s largest movie theatre, the Lichtburg in Essen, and the legendary Century Hall (Jahrhunderthalle), former gas power station of Bochum’s steel mills - where the heart of the industrial culture once beat. On Friday, 11 December, nominees, EFA Members, invited guests and film fans from the region will gather at the Lichtburg (founded in 1928) for a European cinema festival. And on Saturday, 12 December, the industrial monument Jahrhunderthalle Bochum will be the venue for the 22nd European Film Awards Ceremony.
Lichtburg Essen (Picture: © Hanns-Peter Hüster)
The European Film Awards are presented by the European Film Academy e.V. and its production company EFA Productions gGmbH. In 2009 they are supported by the Minister President and the Minister for Federal and European Affairs and the Media of North Rhine-Westphalia, Filmstiftung NRW, RUHR.2010, the German State Minister for Culture and the Media, the MEDIA Programme of the EU, FFA German Federal Film Board, and TNT Express.