Three Documentaries Nominated for the European Film Awards
The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2011 – PRIX ARTE. A committee consisting of Nik Powell, director of the NFTS and deputy chairman of the EFA Board, EFA Board Member Despina Mouzaki (Greece), EFA Member Francine Brücher (Switzerland), the documentary experts Claas Danielsen (International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany), Ally Derks (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands), and Jacques Laurent (producer, Belgium), and ARTE-observer Martin Pieper has chosen the following three films for a nomination:
PINA, Germany
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Wim Wenders
PRODUCED BY: Gian-Piero Ringel & Wim Wenders
STAND VAN DE STERREN (Position Among the Stars), the Netherlands
DIRECTED BY: Leonard Retel Helmrich
WRITTEN BY: Leonard Retel Helmrich & Hetty Naaijkens
PRODUCED BY: Hetty Naaijkens
¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!, Germany / the Netherlands / Argentina / Chile
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Victor Kossakovsky
PRODUCED BY: Heino Deckert
The nominated documentary films will now be made available to all 2,500 members of the European Film Academy who will vote for the winner.
In association with the European culture channel ARTE, the winner will be presented at the 24th European Film Awards on 3 December in Berlin.
THE 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: Berlin, 3 Dec 2011
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The European Film Awards 2011 are presented by the European Film Academy e.V. and EFA Productions gGmbH with the support of the Capital Cultural Fund, FFA German Federal Film Board, the German State Lottery Berlin, the German State Minister for Culture and the Media, the MEDIA Programme of the EU, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Hôtel Concorde Berlin, PanAm Lounge, Pinewood Studios, ŠKODA and TNT Express.
Berlin, 18 October 2011