European Film Academy
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival congratulate the
Vila do Conde Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2011
DIMANCHES
by Valéry Rosier
Belgium, 16 min, fiction
Sundays or how Mankind faces the passage of time.
That free time we are trying to fill at all costs.
That same time we look at [...]
On occasion of the 46th Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the film academies network FAN of Europe once again came together for an exchange of ideas and experiences. Attending were: Petr Vachler and Václav Marhoul (both from the Czech Film and Television Academy, in the front), in the second row from left to right: Nikola [...]
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad congratulate the
Grimstad Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2011
LA GRAN CARRERA (The Great Race)
by Kote Camacho
Spain 2010, 7 min, fiction,
1914. The Lasarte racetrack announces a race with a never-before-seen prize for the winning horse. Eight of the best horses and [...]
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Krakow Film Festival congratulate the
Krakow Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2011
PAPARAZZI
by Piotr Bernas
Poland, 33 min., documentary
‘Kasia Cichopek has bought a potty’ – Polish paparazzi wait for hours to take a photo illustrating this sensational news; they wait near shops, in streets or by the celebrities’ [...]
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 [...]
Great International Interest in European Film Academy’s Short Films
It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy (EFA) announces that the Encounters International Film Festival Bristol (UK) has joined the EFA Short Film Initiative which is organised with 15 festivals across Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the [...]
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Berlin International Film Festival congratulate the
Berlin Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2011
ÅTERFÖDELSEN (The Unliving)
by Hugo Lilja
Sweden, 2010, 28 min., fiction
In big images the film conjures up a dystopian society in the style of a horror film. Thirty years after an outbreak of zombies, [...]
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the International Film Festival Rotterdam congratulate the
Rotterdam Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2011
I LUPI (The Wolves)
by Alberto de Michele
Italy/the Netherlands 2010, 17 min., documentary
I LUPI (The Wolves) are a group of 40- to 70-year old thieves from the north of Italy. The only time they steal [...]
GERMAN SHORT NOMINATED FOR EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Premiers Plans - Festival d’Angers congratulate the
Angers Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2011
JESSI
by Mariejosephin Schneider
Germany, 31 min., fiction
The film is now nominated for the award European Film Academy Short Film 2011. It was selected by the festival’s international short [...]
European cinema has lost one of its most passionate and prolific filmmakers: Bernd Eichinger, German producer, author and director. We mourn this sudden and unexpected loss of a great companion.
The more than 2,300 members of the European Film Academy, filmmakers from across Europe, have voted for this year’s Europea Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Tallinn, European Capital of Culture 2011, the following awards were presented:
EUROPEAN FILM 2010
THE GHOST WRITER, France/Germany/UK
directed by Roman Polanski
written by Robert Harris & Roman Polanski
produced by Robert Benmussa, [...]
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 [...]
Hosting the 23rd European Film Awards Ceremony are German comedian Anke Engelke and Estonian actor Märt Avandi.
When the 1,400 guests take their seats for the 23rd European Film Awards at Tallinn’s modern Nokia Concert Hall, they will be welcomed by German comedy star Anke Engelke and up-and-coming Estonian actor Märt Avandi. Last year’s EFA host [...]
Press release # 18/2010
At the Seville European Film Festival the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the European Film Awards 2010.
The more than 2,300 EFA Members will now vote for the winners which will be presented during the Awards Ceremony on 4 December in Tallinn/Estonia.
Nominated are:
EUROPEAN FILM 2010:
BAL (Honey), Turkey/Germany
directed by [...]
Press release # 17/2010
Turkish producer receives Prix EURIMAGES
The winner of the fourth edition of the EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD - Prix EURIMAGES, an award acknowledging the decisive role of co-productions in the European film industry, was just announced at a lunch held in the framework of the “New Cinema Network” in Rome attended by a [...]
Press release # 16/2010
The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2010 – PRIX ARTE. A committee consisting of EFA Board Member Despina Mouzaki (Greece), EFA Members Pierre-Henri Deleau (France) and Francine Brücher (Switzerland), experts Claas Danielsen (International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film), Ally Derks (director [...]
Press release # 15/2010
Famed composer to receive EFA’s EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA AWARD 2010
A self-taught musician, Gabriel Yared started his career composing, orchestrating and producing songs for a variety of popular French, Italian and Brazilian performers such as Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Bécaud, Johnny Halliday, Mina and Françoise Hardy as well as composing a lot [...]
A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY in Girona, 24 - 27 September 2010
Can Piferrer, a small 18th-century farmhouse somewhere in the green hills not far from the picturesque town of Girona was the venue for this year’s SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY. The annual encounter brings together young and up-coming European filmmakers with EFA members & experts, [...]
Press release # 14/2010
FIVE DEBUT FILMS NOMINATED FOR EFA DISCOVERY AWARD
The European Film Academy has announced this year’s nominations for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY - Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film. This year’s nominations were determined by [...]
Press release # 13/2010
The Short Film Nominees for the 23rd European Film Awards
The final nominee has just been announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece):
Drama Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2010
ITT VAGYOK (Here I Am)
by Bálint Szimler
Hungary 2010, 36′, fiction
The list of nominated short films is now complete. The [...]