European Stars flock to Berlin for European Film Awards

When the 24th European Film Awards return to Berlin on 3 December, there will be an impressive line-up of European filmmakers presenting the individual awards, among them EFA Ambassadors Maria de Medeiros (Portugal), Moritz Bleibtreu (Germany), and Maciej Stuhr (Poland). They will be joined by German actresses Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Sibel Kekilli, Alexandra Maria Lara and Heike Makatsch and their colleagues Zrinka Cvitesic (Croatia), Irène Jacob (Switzerland), Ludivine Sagnier and Sylvie Testud (both France) and Paz Vega (Spain) as well as German actors August Diehl and Alexander Fehling (Shooting Star 2011) and their colleagues Merab Ninidze from Georgia, Ulrich Thomsen from Denmark and cinematographer Peter Suschitzky (UK), for many years the director of photography for films by David Cronenberg.

The 1,000 guests – winners, nominees and EFA Members – will gather at the Tempodrom, a spectacular venue near Potsdamer Platz, its big arena under a 30m high dome. They will once again be welcomed by German comedy star Anke Engelke who will lead through the evening as the show’s host.

Among the guests this year will also be the German State Minister for Culture and the Media Bernd Neumann and the Austrian Minister for Education, Arts and Culture Claudia Schmied, EFA President Wim Wenders and the recipients of the honorary awards Stephen Frears and Mads Mikkelsen.

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, CinePostproduction, Hôtel Concorde Berlin, PanAm Lounge, Pinewood Studios, ŠKODA, Tempodrom and TNT Express.

Berlin, 3 November 2011