European Film Academy

Press Release #17/2009
At the Zurich Film Festival, the European Film Academy has announced this year’s nominations for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY, 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 a committee comprised of Board Members [...]

The final nominee has just been announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece). The list of nominated short films is now complete.[...]

The European Film Academy and CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, take great pleasure in announcing the creation of a new award category for the European Film Awards:

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM[...]

At the 22nd European Film Awards the European Film Academy will present an honorary award to Ken Loach
Having begun his career in British television, Ken Loach made his first film for cinema, POOR COW, in 1967. His breakthrough came with KES (1970) and FAMILY LIFE (1971). Ever since he has established himself as a politically [...]

Press Release #13/2009
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Venice International Film Festival congratulate the
Venice Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009
SINNER
by Meni Philip
Israel, 28′, fiction
The film is now nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009. It was selected by the festival’s Corto Cortissimo Jury consisting of filmmaker Stuart Gordon (USA), [...]

It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions gGmbH announce the titles of the 48 films on this year’s selection list, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2009! With 25 countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.
In [...]

The People’s Choice Award allows film fans across Europe to elect their favourite film and win a trip to the European Film Awards Ceremony. Find out which films are nominated…

Press Release 10/2009
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Sarajevo Film Festival congratulate the
Sarajevo Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009
THE HERD
by Ken Wardrop
Ireland 2008, 4′, documentary
The film is now nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009. It was selected by the festival’s European Short Film Jury, consisting of director [...]

At the Curtas Vila do Conde Short Film Festival the film RENOVARE by Paul Negoescu (Germany/Romania 2009, 24′) was selected for a nomination for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009

On the occasion of the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film festival, the film academy network FAN of Europe came together for ist fourth meeting. Present were representatives of the European Film Academy and of the national film academies of the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, and Spain.

At the Edinburgh International Film Festival the short documentary PETER IN RADIOLAND by Johanna Wagner (UK 2009, 10′) was selected for a nomination for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009

At the Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad the short documentary BETWEEN DREAMS by Iris Olsson (France/Russia/Finland 2008, 11′) was selected for a nomination for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009

Press release # 6/2009
EFA Think Tank THE IMAGE OF EUROPE with EU President Barroso Results in Filmmakers’ Call for Film Education in School
Twenty leading creators from the fields of film directing, writing, acting, production, distribution and education met with José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, to exchange their views on the impact [...]

Press release # 5/2009
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Krakow Film Festival congratulate the

Krakow Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009
POSTE RESTANTE
by Marcel Łoziński (Poland)

The film is now nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009. The film was selected by the festival’s international jury.
Letters whose addresses are impossible [...]

Press release # 4/2009
New dates for Weekend Programme in the cities of Essen and Bochum: 11 and 12 December
On the occasion of the European Capital of Culture year RUHR.2010, this year’s 22nd European Film Awards will take place in Germany’s Ruhr area, a metropolitan region with 20 cities and around 10 million people right in [...]

Press release # 3/2009
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Tampere Film Festival congratulate the
Tampere Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009
SZKLANA PULAPKA (The Glass Trap)
by Pawel Ferdek (Poland)
The film is now nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009. The film was selected by the festival’s international jury consisting of Ngo [...]

Press release # 2/2009

Supported by Shorts International, programme now includes 15 festivals
SHORT MATTERS! is the European Film Academy’s short film tour which brings the short films nominated for the European Film Awards to a series of film festivals across Europe and beyond. As a new partner, world-wide short film distribution company Shorts [...]

The EFA Conference 2008 was dedicated to film comedies. Is there a topography of humour, a shared European quality that unites us in laughter? In other words: Can film comedies be cross-culturally funny, humorous or witty? WHAT MAKES EUROPE LAUGH?

Interview with Jürgen Vogel, actor, DIE WELLE

“But the problem if you talk about European film is that you don’t know what that means exactly…”

Interview with Paolo Sorrentino, director, and Andrea Occhipinti, producer, IL DIVO

“…Giulio Andreotti is the most important politician Italy has had in the last half century. The fascination lies in his ambiguity, and he is so psychologically complex that everyone has been intrigued by him over the years…”