European Film Academy

Press release # 20/2010

When the doors at the Nokia Concert Hall in snowy Tallinn open for the 23rd European Film Awards this Saturday, winners, nominees and EFA Members – altogether 1,400 guests will be welcomed by German comedy star Anke Engelke and Estonian actor Märt Avandi who will lead through the evening as the show’s hosts. There will be an impressive line-up of European actors and actresses presenting the individual awards, among them EFA Ambassador Maria de Medeiros (Portugal), Jean-Marc Barr (France), Hannelore Elsner (Germany), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (Denmark), Miki Manojlović (Serbia), Amanda Ooms (Sweden) and – adding a bit of a local flavour to the event – Lembit and Juhan Ulfsack from Estonia. With them on stage will be some of the actors and actresses from the European Film Promotion’s SHOOTING STARS programme: Agata Buzek (Poland), Kryštof Hádek (Czech Republic), Edward Hogg (UK), Michele Riondino (Italy), and Pihla Viitala (Finland), all of them Shooting Stars 2010, and Alba Rohrwacher from Italy (Shooting Star 2009).

The list of presenters is completed by Russian director Victor Kossakowsky, Androulla Vassiliou, EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, and EFA President Wim Wenders.

Among the guests this year will be Zeynep Özbatur Atakan (European Co-production Award – Prix EURIMAGES), the recipients of the honorary awards Bruno Ganz and Gabriel Yared, and some special surprise guests.

Watch the 23rd European Film Awards: 4 December 2010
live stream on www.europeanfilmawards.eu

The European Film Awards 2010 are presented by the European Film Academy e.V. and EFA Productions gGmbH with the support of European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011, Estonian Ministry of Culture, the City of Tallinn, Estonian Cultural Endowment, Enterprise Estonia, Estonian Public Broadcasting, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and BDG.

Tallinn, 2 December 2010