European Film Academy

The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Tampere Film Festival congratulate the

Tampere Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2011
APELE TAC (Silent River)
by Anca Miruna Lăzărescu
Germany/Romania 2011, 30 min., fiction

Romania, 1986: Gregor and Vali want to get away. Both need each other, yet there is mutual distrust. One night Gregor finds his doubts confirmed. In the end only hope is left.

The film is now nominated for the award European Film Academy Short Film 2011. It was selected by the festival’s international short film jury which was made up of American journalist and author Hector Feliciano, Romanian director Adina Pintilie, art and film journalist Jean-Pierre Rehm, Finnish film director John Webster, and Chinese film distributor Stephanie Zhang.

The jury statement is as follows: “Through its accomplished directing, economy of storytelling and flawless acting, this film never puts a foot wrong as it takes us on an intense journey across a river that divides, and unites, a man and woman. The jury’s nomination for the European Film Award goes to the film APELE TAC.”

The short film initiative is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the European short films in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards.

SILENT RIVER joins the following nominees: BERIK by Daniel Joseph Borgman (Denmark), selected at the Flanders IFF - Ghent; SMÅ BARN, STORA ORD (Little Children, Big Words) by Lisa James-Larsson (Sweden), selected at the Valladolid IFF, HÄNDELSE VID BANK (Incident by a Bank) by Ruben Östlund (Sweden), selected at the Corona Cork FF; JESSI by Mariejosephin Schneider (Germany), selected at the Premiers Plans - Festival d’Angers, I LUPI (The Wolves) by Alberto de Michele, selected at the Rotterdam IFF, and ÅTERFÖDELSEN (The Unliving) by Hugo Lilja (Sweden), selected at the Berlin IFF.

The next nomination will be presented in co-operation with the Krakow Film Festival in May.

When the annual cycle is completed in September, the nominees will be presented to the over 2,300 members of the European Film Academy and it is they who will elect the overall winner: the European Film Academy Short Film 2011 which will be presented at the 24th European Film Awards Ceremony on 3 December in Berlin.