European Film Academy

Press Release #24/2009

When the 1,400 guests at the 22nd EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS CEREMONY take their seats at Bochum’s legendary Jahrhunderthalle (Century Hall), a former gas power station of the steel mills, they will be welcomed by German comedy star ANKE ENGELKE, the host of the evening. She is known in the international film world for hosting the opening of the Berlin International Film Festival for several years. On stage with her will be BAUHOUSE, pioneers of audiovisual composition, with an audio video performance mixing video, film and music.

Among the evening’s distinguished film guests will be British director Ken Loach, recipient of the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, and French actress Isabelle Huppert who will receive the award EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2009.

The script for the event has been developed by Nick Roddick, Markus Zimmer and Karsten Dusse. The set has been designed by Jürgen Schmidt-André. The European Film Awards Ceremony is produced by EFA Productions in co-operation with the German public broadcaster ZDF and the European culture channel ARTE. Producer is Marion Döring, Director of the EFA, executive producer is Jürgen Biesinger. The production is directed by Andreas Morell to be broadcast in a total of 44 territories.

Berlin, 4 November 2009