European Film Academy

Michael Haneke’s THE WHITE RIBBON wins European Film and Director, Actress goes to Kate Winslet for THE READER, Actor to Tahar Rahim in UN PROPHETE…

Press Release #28/2009
When the doors open for the 22nd European Film Awards on Saturday, 12 December, the world of European cinema will step onto the red carpet at the spectacular venue of the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum. Winners, nominees and EFA Members - altogether 1,400 guests will be welcomed by German comedy star Anke Engelke who [...]

Press Release #27/2009
The European Film Academy, EFA Productions, and the International Federation of Film Critics FIPRESCI have announced that the
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS’ AWARD 2009 - Prix FIPRESCI
goes to
Andrzej Wajda
for TATARAK (Sweet Rush)
As FIPRESCI’s General Secretary Klaus Eder explained: “For us critics it is without doubt a big pleasure to honour Wajda, who [...]

Press Release #26/2009
The European Film Academy (EFA) is proud to have won a group of distinguished personalities from the world of European film to co-operate with for the promotion of European cinema and the European Film Awards. In close co-ordination with the European Film Academy, these renowned filmmakers will represent EFA and the European [...]

Press Release #25/2009
At the Seville European Film Festival the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the 22nd European Film Awards. At the same time, the new EFA-website with lots of information about the Awards went online at www.europeanfilmawards.eu
The more than 2,000 EFA Members will now vote for the winners which will [...]

Press Release #24/2009
When the 1,400 guests at the 22nd EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS CEREMONY take their seats at Bochum’s legendary Jahrhunderthalle (Century Hall), a former gas power station of the steel mills, they will be welcomed by German comedy star ANKE ENGELKE, the host of the evening. She is known in the international film world for [...]

Press Release #22/2009
The European Film Academy proudly announces the three nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2009.
The jury consisting of EFA Board Members Per Holst (producer, Denmark) and Antonio Saura (producer, Spain) as well as representatives of CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, Agnès Bizzaro (program consultant/ editor, France/Germany), Enzo [...]

Press Release #21/2009
The winners of the third edition of the Prix Eurimages, an award acknowledging the decisive role of co-productions in the European film industry, were announced on Saturday at a lunch held in the framework of the “New Cinema Network” in Rome attended by a large number of professionals from the cinema industry.
This [...]

Press Release #20/2009

The European Film Academy proudly announces that the award
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2009 - Prix ARTE
goes to the film
THE SOUND OF INSECTS - Record of a Mummy
by Peter Liechti, Switzerland
In co-operation with the European culture channel ARTE, the European Film Academy annually honours an outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking. The recipient [...]

Press Release #19/2009
The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2009 - PRIX ARTE. There is a total of ten documentary films nominated. Upon invitation by the city of Vilnius, this year’s documentary jury will now convene in the Lithuanian capital to screen the nominated films and decide [...]

Press Release #18/2009
French actress to receive EFA’s EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2009
Whether it is as a Jewish refugee in Diane Kurys’ COUP DE FOUDRE, as late 17th century Madame de Maintenon in SAINT-CYR by Patricia Mazuy, or as Magistrate Jeanne Charmant in Claude Chabrol’s L’IVRESSE DU POUVOIR, Isabelle Huppert has given some of cinema’s [...]

Cyprus, 18 - 21 September 2009
This year’s SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY took 10 young European filmmakers and EFA members László Kántor (Hungary), Andreas Pantzis (Cyprus) and Hervé Schneid (France) as well as project and script consultant Gabriele Brunnenmeyer (Germany) to the island of Cyprus, where they spent a weekend packed with screenings of the participants’ [...]

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 [...]