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		<title>THE 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: WINNERS</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year&#8217;s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented:
EUROPEAN FILM 2011:
MELANCHOLIA, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
WRITTEN &#38; DIRECTED BY: Lars von Trier
PRODUCED BY: Meta Louise Foldager &#38; Louise Vesth
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2011:
Susanne Bier for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year&#8217;s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN FILM 2011:</span><br />
<strong>MELANCHOLIA</strong>, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany<br />
WRITTEN &amp; DIRECTED BY: Lars von Trier<br />
PRODUCED BY: Meta Louise Foldager &amp; Louise Vesth</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Susanne Bier</strong> for HÆVNEN (In a Better World)</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Tilda Swinton</strong> in WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN ACTOR 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Colin Firth</strong> in THE KING&#8217;S SPEECH</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Jean-Pierre &amp; Luc Dardenne</strong> for LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Manuel Alberto Claro</strong> for MELANCHOLIA</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN EDITOR 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Tariq Anwar</strong> for THE KING&#8217;S SPEECH</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Jette Lehmann</strong> for MELANCHOLIA</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Ludovic Bource </strong>for THE ARTIST</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2011 - Prix FIPRESCI:</span><br />
<strong>ADEM</strong> (Oxygen) by Hans Van Nuffel, Belgium/theNetherlands</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2011 - Prix ARTE:</span><br />
<strong>PINA</strong> by Wim Wenders, Germany</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2011:</span><br />
<strong>CHICO &amp; RITA </strong>by Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal &amp; Fernando Trueba</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2011:</span><br />
<strong>THE WHOLLY FAMILY</strong>by Terry Gilliam, Italy</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2011 - Prix EURIMAGES:<br />
<strong>Mariela Besuievsky</strong>, Spain</span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Mads Mikkelsen</strong>, Denmark</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:</span><br />
<strong>Stephen Frears</strong>, UK</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SPECIAL HONORARY AWARD:</span><br />
<strong>Michel Piccoli</strong>, France</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">THE PEOPLE&#8217;S CHOICE AWARD 2011:</span><br />
<strong>THE KING&#8217;S SPEECH</strong> by Tom Hooper, UK<br />
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Berlin, 3 December 2011</em></p>
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		<title>EFA Ceremony and After Show Party</title>
		<link>http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2011/11/24/efa-ceremony-and-after-show-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When actors, directors and producers, nominees and winners, presenters, Members of the European Film Academy and guests arrive in ŠKODA cars at the red carpet for the 24th European Film Awards, the Tempodrom&#8217;s tented roof will shine in red above the centre of Berlin.
While guests check in, enjoy a drink and watch the arrivals on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When actors, directors and producers, nominees and winners, presenters, Members of the European Film Academy and guests arrive in ŠKODA cars at the red carpet for the 24th European Film Awards, the Tempodrom&#8217;s tented roof will shine in red above the centre of Berlin.<br />
While guests check in, enjoy a drink and watch the arrivals on screens along the balconies, more than 25 TV crews and over 30 accredited photographers in black tie attire from across Europe will turn the red carpet into a frenzy of European media attention. </p>
<p>Inside the big arena, under a gigantic chandelier, Shantel, one of Europe’s most spectacular live performers, will accompany the ceremony musically. Following a script by Maria von Heland (with additional input from Karsten Dusse and Markus Zimmer), an impressive line-up of European stars will announce a total of the 17 award recipients. On a set designed by Jürgen Schmidt-André, German star comedienne Anke Engelke will once again host this year&#8217;s European Film Awards which were again produced by EFA Director Marion Döring and Jürgen Biesinger (executive producer). More than 150 accredited journalists follow the ceremony from the press centre in the small arena, filing their reports and sending off their pictures. The ceremony will be streamed live on the internet at www.europeanfilmawards.eu and broadcast in over 100 territories world-wide.</p>
<p>At the end of the ceremony, after all winners and presenters have gathered on stage for a final picture, the guests will file to be shuttled to the five-star superior Hôtel Concorde, „official hotel of the 24th European Film Awards”, where the after-show party takes place. On two floors, the hotel will become an exclusive party location with different buffets and live cooking stations. One of the first attractions will be EFA partner TNT’s display where winners can leave their statuettes well-presented and security-guarded. After some meet and greet DJs Fatih Akin and Adam Bousdoukos will get the dance-floor moving and special musical guests from Georgia, Asea Sool, the combination of Atina Kornelius&#8217; profound, velvety voice and Bek Bekson&#8217;s masterly guitar, will perform in the lobby.</p>
<p><em>Berlin, 24 November 2011</em></p>
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		<title>Co-production Award for Mariela Besuievsky</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prix EURIMAGES goes to producer from Spain
The winner of the fifth edition of the EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD - Prix EURIMAGES, an award acknowledging the decisive role of co-productions in the European film industry, was announced this weekend in the framework of the Seville European Film Festival in Spain.
This year’s prize will go to an outstanding [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Prix EURIMAGES goes to producer from Spain</strong></p>
<p>The winner of the fifth edition of the EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD - Prix EURIMAGES, an award acknowledging the decisive role of co-productions in the European film industry, was announced this weekend in the framework of the Seville European Film Festival in Spain.<br />
This year’s prize will go to an outstanding and dedicated producer who has always joined forces with colleagues in Europe and beyond to develop, produce and promote European cinema: <strong>Mariela Besuievsky</strong>, partner of Tornasol Films, and the producer and executive producer of more than 40 movies.<br />
Her filmography includes films such as the Oscar-winning THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES by Juan José Campanella, THE LAST CIRCUS and THE OXFORD MURDERS by Alex de la Iglesia, and Ana Piterbarg’s TODOS TENEMOS UN PLAN (We all Make Plans) starring Viggo Mortensen - currently in post-production. Her international co-productions include TETRO by Francis Ford Coppola, TRIAGE by Oscar-winner Danis Tanovic and Ken Loach’s THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, winner of the Palme d’Or in Cannes.<br />
The EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD - Prix EURIMAGES will be presented during the European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, 3 December 2011.</p>
<p>Eurimages is a support fund for the co-production, distribution and exhibition of European cinematographic works, established by the Council of Europe in 1988.<br />
Further information is available at <a href="http://www.coe.int/Eurimages">www.coe.int/Eurimages</a><br />
<em><br />
Seville, Berlin &amp; Strasbourg, 7 November 2011</em></p>
<p><span style="color: #600000;">THE 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: Berlin, 3 Dec 2011</span><br />
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<p>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.</p>
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		<title>Nominations for the 24th European Film Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2011/11/04/nominations-for-the-24th-european-film-awards/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Seville European Film Festival the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the European Film Awards 2011. The more than 2,500 EFA Members will now vote for the winners which will be presented during the awards ceremony on 3 December in Berlin.
Nominated are:
EUROPEAN FILM 2011
THE ARTIST, France
WRITTEN &#38; DIRECTED BY: [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the Seville European Film Festival the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the European Film Awards 2011. The more than 2,500 EFA Members will now vote for the winners which will be presented during the awards ceremony on 3 December in Berlin.</p>
<p><strong>Nominated are:</strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #600000;">EUROPEAN FILM 2011</span><br />
<strong>THE ARTIST</strong>, France<br />
WRITTEN &amp; DIRECTED BY: Michel Hazanavicius<br />
PRODUCED BY: Thomas Langmann &amp; Emmanuel Montamat</p>
<p><strong>LE GAMIN AU VELO</strong> (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy<br />
WRITTEN &amp; DIRECTED BY: Jean-Pierre &amp; Luc Dardenne<br />
PRODUCED BY: Jean-Pierre &amp; Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd &amp; Andrea Occhipinti</p>
<p><strong>HÆVNEN</strong> (In a Better World), Denmark<br />
DIRECTED BY: Susanne Bier<br />
WRITTEN BY: Anders Thomas Jensen<br />
PRODUCED BY: Sisse Graum Jørgensen</p>
<p><strong>THE KING’S SPEECH</strong>, UK<br />
DIRECTED BY: Tom Hooper<br />
WRITTEN BY: David Seidler<br />
PRODUCED BY: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin</p>
<p><strong>LE HAVRE</strong>, Finland/France/Germany<br />
WRITTEN &amp; DIRECTED BY: Aki Kaurismäki<br />
PRODUCED BY: Aki Kaurismäki, Fabienne Vonier &amp; Reinhard Brundig</p>
<p>MELANCHOLIA, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany<br />
WRITTEN &amp; DIRECTED BY: Lars von Trier<br />
PRODUCED BY: Meta Louise Foldager &amp; Louise Vesth</p>
<p><span style="color: #600000;">EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2011</span><br />
<strong>Susanne Bier</strong> for HÆVNEN (In a Better World)<br />
<strong>Jean-Pierre &amp; Luc Dardenne</strong> for LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)<br />
<strong>Aki Kaurismäki </strong>for LE HAVRE<br />
<strong>Béla Tarr</strong> for A TORINOI LO (The Turin Horse)<br />
<strong>Lars von Trier</strong> for MELANCHOLIA</p>
<p><span style="color: #600000;">EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Kirsten Dunst </strong>in MELANCHOLIA<br />
<strong>Cécile de France</strong> in LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)<br />
<strong>Charlotte Gainsbourg</strong> in MELANCHOLIA<br />
<strong>Nadezhda Markina</strong> in ELENA<br />
<strong>Tilda Swinton</strong> in WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN</p>
<p><span style="color: #600000;">EUROPEAN ACTOR 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Jean Dujardin</strong> in THE ARTIST<br />
<strong>Colin Firth </strong>in THE KING&#8217;S SPEECH<br />
<strong>Mikael Persbrandt</strong> in HÆVNEN (In a Better World)<br />
<strong>Michel Piccoli </strong>in HABEMUS PAPAM<br />
<strong>André Wilms</strong> in LE HAVRE</p>
<p><span style="color: #600000;">EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Jean-Pierre &amp; Luc Dardenne</strong> for LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)<br />
<strong>Anders Thomas Jensen</strong> for HÆVNEN (In a Better World)<br />
<strong>Aki Kaurismäki</strong> for LE HAVRE<br />
<strong>Lars von Trier</strong> for MELANCHOLIA</p>
<p><span style="color: #600000;">CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Manuel Alberto Claro</strong> for MELANCHOLIA<br />
<strong>Fred Kelemen</strong> for A TORINOI LO (The Turin Horse)<br />
<strong>Guillaume Schiffman</strong> for THE ARTIST<br />
<strong>Adam Sikora</strong> for ESSENTIAL KILLING</p>
<p><span style="color: #600000;">EUROPEAN EDITOR 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Tariq Anwar </strong>for THE KING&#8217;S SPEECH<br />
<strong>Mathilde Bonnefoy</strong> for DREI (Three)<br />
<strong>Molly Malene</strong> Stensgaard for MELANCHOLIA</p>
<p><span style="color: #600000;">EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Paola Bizzarri </strong>for HABEMUS PAPAM<br />
<strong>Antxón Gómez</strong> for LA PIEL QUE HABITO	 (The Skin I Live in)<br />
<strong>Jette Lehmann</strong> for MELANCHOLIA</p>
<p><span style="color: #600000;">EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2011:</span><br />
<strong>Ludovic Bource</strong> for THE ARTIST<br />
<strong>Alexandre Desplat</strong> for THE KING’S SPEECH<br />
<strong>Alberto Iglesias </strong>for LA PIEL QUE HABITO (The Skin I Live in)<br />
<strong>Mihály Vig </strong>for A TORINOI LO (The Turin Horse)</p>
<p><a href="http://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/nominations/films">click here</a> for the complete list of nominations</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #600000;">THE 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: Berlin, 3 Dec 2011</span></strong><br />
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<p>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 Studio Berlin, ŠKODA AUTO Deutschland GmbH, Tempodrom and TNT Express.</p>
<p><em>Seville and Berlin, 5 November 2011</em></p>
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		<title>European Stars flock to Berlin for European Film Awards</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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<strong> Maria de Medeiros</strong> (Portugal), <strong>Moritz Bleibtreu</strong> (Germany), and <strong>Maciej Stuhr</strong> (Poland). They will be joined by German actresses <strong>Karoline Herfurth</strong>, <strong>Nina Hoss</strong>, <strong>Sibel Kekilli</strong>, <strong>Alexandra Maria Lara</strong> and <strong>Heike Makatsch</strong> and their colleagues <strong>Zrinka Cvitesic</strong> (Croatia), <strong>Irène Jacob</strong> (Switzerland), <strong>Ludivine Sagnier</strong> and <strong>Sylvie Testud</strong> (both France) and <strong>Paz Vega</strong> (Spain) as well as German actors <strong>August Diehl</strong> and <strong>Alexander Fehling</strong> (Shooting Star 2011) and their colleagues <strong>Merab Ninidze</strong> from Georgia, <strong>Ulrich Thomsen</strong> from Denmark and cinematographer <strong>Peter Suschitzky</strong> (UK), for many years the director of photography for films by David Cronenberg.</p>
<p>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 <strong>Anke Engelke</strong> who will lead through the evening as the show’s host.</p>
<p>Among the guests this year will also be the German State Minister for Culture and the Media <strong>Bernd Neumann</strong> and the Austrian Minister for Education, Arts and Culture <strong>Claudia Schmied</strong>, EFA President <strong>Wim Wenders</strong> and the recipients of the honorary awards <strong>Stephen Frears</strong> and <strong>Mads Mikkelsen</strong>.</p>
<p><span style="color: #600000;">THE 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: Berlin, 3 Dec 2011</span><br />
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<p>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.</p>
<p><em>Berlin, 3 November 2011</em></p>
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		<title>EFA Honours Mads Mikkelsen</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Danish actor accepts “with great humbleness and a big smile”
In recognition of a unique contribution to the world of film the European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting Mads Mikkelsen with the honorary award EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2011.
Ever since his debut in Nicolas Winding Refn’s crime films PUSHER (1996) and PUSHER II [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Danish actor accepts “with great humbleness and a big smile”</strong></p>
<p>In recognition of a unique contribution to the world of film the European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting Mads Mikkelsen with the honorary award EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2011.</p>
<div id="attachment_5747" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 110px"><img class="size-full wp-image-5747 " title="madsmikkelsen_100x100" src="http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/madsmikkelsen_100x100.jpg" alt="Picture: Kenneth Willardt" width="100" height="100" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Picture: Kenneth Willardt</p></div>
<p>Ever since his debut in Nicolas Winding Refn’s crime films PUSHER (1996) and PUSHER II –  for which he received the Danish critics’ award Bodil – Mads Mikkelsen has played characters we fear and find attractive, often at the same time: As a butcher in THE GREEN BUTCHERS (2003) and as the priest in ADAM’S APPLES (2005) – both by Anders Thomas Jensen. He played the doctor in OPEN HEARTS (2002) and the manager of an Indian orphanage in AFTER THE WEDDING (2006) – both by Susanne Bier. For the latter he was nominated for the European Film Awards and for the Danish Robert.<br />
He shot to international fame as the villain “Le Chiffre” in JAMES BOND 007 – CASINO ROYALE (2006). In 2008 he received another nomination for the European Film Awards, for FLAME &amp; CITRON by Ole Christian Madsen. He’s starred in COCO CHANEL &amp; IGOR STRAVINSKY (2009) by Dutch-born Jan Kounen, in the Spanish-Danish co-production TORREMOLINOS 73 (2003) and in the German production THE DOOR (2009) by Anno Saul.</p>
<p>From the set of the Franco-German co-production MICHAEL KOHLHAAS Mikkelsen sent the following statement: “There is very little to say when you are honoured with an award of this calibre other than that I am deeply grateful. Seeing the list of former recipients, all giants, and realising that people outside my family keep an eye on my work, makes me accept this award with great humbleness and a big smile.”</p>
<p>Mads Mikkelsen will be an honorary guest at the 24th European Film Awards Ceremony on 3 December 2011 in Berlin.</p>
<p>THE 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: Berlin, 3 Dec 2011<br />
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<p>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.<br />
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Berlin, 25 October 2011</em></p>
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		<title>Three Documentaries Nominated for the European Film Awards</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2011 – PRIX ARTE. A committee consisting of <strong>Nik Powell</strong>, director of the NFTS and deputy chairman of the EFA Board, EFA Board Member <strong>Despina Mouzaki</strong> (Greece), EFA Member <strong>Francine Brücher</strong> (Switzerland), the documentary experts <strong>Claas Danielsen</strong> (International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany), <strong>Ally Derks</strong> (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands), and <strong>Jacques Laurent</strong> (producer, Belgium), and ARTE-observer <strong>Martin Pieper</strong> has chosen the following three films for a nomination:</p>
<p><strong>PINA</strong>, Germany<br />
WRITTEN &amp; DIRECTED BY: Wim Wenders<br />
PRODUCED BY: Gian-Piero Ringel &amp; Wim Wenders</p>
<p><strong>STAND VAN DE STERREN</strong> (Position Among the Stars), the Netherlands<br />
DIRECTED BY: Leonard Retel Helmrich<br />
WRITTEN BY: Leonard Retel Helmrich &amp; Hetty Naaijkens<br />
PRODUCED BY: Hetty Naaijkens</p>
<p><strong>¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!</strong>, Germany / the Netherlands / Argentina / Chile<br />
WRITTEN &amp; DIRECTED BY: Victor Kossakovsky<br />
PRODUCED BY: Heino Deckert</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>In association with the European culture channel ARTE, the winner will be presented at the 24th European Film Awards on 3 December in Berlin.<br />
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THE 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS</strong>: Berlin, 3 Dec 2011<br />
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<p>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.<br />
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Berlin, 18 October 2011</em></p>
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		<title>Five Debut Films nominated for European Film Awards</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Film Academy has announced the nominations for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2011 - 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 a committee comprised of observer Yves Marmion (EFA Chairman, France), [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The European Film Academy has announced the nominations for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2011 - 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 a committee comprised of observer Yves Marmion (EFA Chairman, France), Board Members Els Vandevorst (the Netherlands) and Cedomir Kolar (France), EFA Members Pierre-Henri Deleau (France) and Jacob Neiiendam (Denmark), as well as Alin Tasciyan (Turkey), Paulo Portugal (Portugal), and László Kriston (Hungary), all of them members of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.</p>
<p>NOMINATED ARE:<br />
<strong>ADEM (Oxygen)</strong>, Belgium/the Netherlands<br />
DIRECTED BY: Hans Van Nuffel<br />
WRITTEN BY: Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem &amp; Hans Van Nuffel<br />
PRODUCED BY: Dries Phlypo, Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Joost De Vries,<br />
Leontine Petit &amp; Marleen Slot</p>
<p><strong>ATMEN (Breathing)</strong>, Austria<br />
WRITTEN &amp; DIRECTED BY: Karl Markovics<br />
PRODUCED BY: Dieter Pochlatko &amp; Nikolaus Wisiak</p>
<p><strong>MICHAEL</strong>, Austria<br />
WRITTEN &amp; DIRECTED BY: Markus Schleinzer<br />
PRODUCED BY: Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter<br />
&amp; Markus Glaser</p>
<p><strong>SMUKKE MENNESKER (Nothing&#8217;s All Bad)</strong>, Denmark<br />
WRITTEN &amp; DIRECTED BY: Mikkel Munch-Fals<br />
PRODUCED BY: Stine Meldgaard &amp; Meta Louise Foldager</p>
<p><strong>TILVA ROŠ</strong>, Serbia<br />
WRITTEN &amp; DIRECTED BY: Nikola Ležaić<br />
PRODUCED BY: Uroš Tomić, Mina Đukić &amp; Nikola Ležaić</p>
<p>The nominated films will now be made available to all 2,500 members of the European Film Academy. They will vote for the winner who will be announced at the 24th European Film Awards on 3 December in Berlin.</p>
<p><strong>THE 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:</strong> Berlin, 3 Dec 2011<br />
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<p>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, ŠKODA and TNT Express.</p>
<p><em>Berlin, 11 October 2011</em></p>
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		<title>Lifetime Achievement Award for Stephen Frears</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[“It’s very nice to be complimented by Europe,” the British director says
Stephen Frears, director of films like DANGEROUS LIAISONS, THE HI-LO COUNTRY and THE QUEEN will receive this year’s EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for his outstanding and dedicated body of work.
“I don’t know what to say,” Frears said over the telephone. Having already [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>“It’s very nice to be complimented by Europe,” the British director says</h4>
<p>Stephen Frears, director of films like DANGEROUS LIAISONS, THE HI-LO COUNTRY and THE QUEEN will receive this year’s EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for his outstanding and dedicated body of work.</p>
<div id="attachment_5542" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/stephenfrears.jpg"><img src="http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/stephenfrears-300x215.jpg" alt="Stephen Frears (c) Sophie Baker" title="(c) Sophie Baker" width="300" height="215" class="size-medium wp-image-5542" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Stephen Frears (c) Sophie Baker</p></div>
<p>“I don’t know what to say,” Frears said over the telephone. Having already received various awards like the Spanish Goya, the French César and the British BAFTA, he said, “well, they’re always nice – if you get them,” and added: “But I’m very grateful, it’s very nice to be complimented by Europe.”</p>
<p>The director remembered his long relationship with the European Film Academy: “I was there when it was founded, I came flying back from the Oscars to get there.” He stated, “of course, I’m never quite sure whether England is part of Europe. We’re divided about this and have complicated feelings,” adding: “But what matters is to keep European film going! And I’m totally committed to that. Nothing else matters. If the films are good, then people will go and see them.”</p>
<p>Stephen Frears will be an honorary guest at the 24th European Film Awards Ceremony on 3 December 2011 in Berlin.</p>
<p><strong>Stephen Frears</strong><br />
Having begun his career in British television, Stephen Frears made his breakthrough in 1985 with MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDERETTE. Earning him nominations for the Oscar and BAFTA, the film was based on a screenplay by Hanif Kureish with whom he collaborated again in 1987 for SAMMY AND ROSIE GET LAID. Stephen Frears then made the Joe Orton biopic PRICK UP YOUR EARS (1987) and DANGEROUS LIAISONS (1988) – which won three Oscars, two BAFTAs and a French César for the director. Among his other films are THE GRIFTERS (1990), MARY REILLY (1996), THE HI-LO COUNTRY (1998), HIGH FIDELITY (2000), DIRTY PRETTY THINGS (2003), MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS (2005), and TAMARA DREWE (2010). His film THE QUEEN (2006) was a major international success, it was nominated for virtually every award there is and won the Spanish Goya as well as an Oscar, Golden Globe and European Film Award for Helen Mirren.</p>
<p><strong>The 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:</strong> Berlin, 3 December 2011<br />
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<p>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, ŠKODA and TNT Express.</p>
<p><em>Berlin, 4 October 2011</em></p>
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		<title>15 Short Films Nominated for European Film Awards</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With this year’s final nomination having just been announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece), the list of the nominated short films is now complete. The short film initiative is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With this year’s final nomination having just been announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece), the list of the nominated short films is now complete. The short film initiative is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the European short films in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards.</p>
<p>The nominees will now be presented to the over 2,500 members of the European Film Academy and it is they who will elect the overall winner: the European Film Academy Short Film 2011 which will be presented at the 24th European Film Awards Ceremony on 3 December in Berlin.</p>
<p>The nominated short films are:</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee Ghent</span><br />
<strong>BERIK</strong><br />
by Daniel Joseph Borgman<br />
Denmark, 16 min., fiction</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee</span><span style="color: #800000;"> Valladolid</span><br />
<strong>SMÅ BARN, STORA ORD </strong>(Little Children, Big Words)<br />
by Lisa James-Larsson<br />
Sweden, 12 min., fiction</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee </span><span style="color: #800000;">Cork</span><br />
<strong>HÄNDELSE VID BANK</strong> (Incident by a Bank)<br />
by Ruben Östlund<br />
Sweden, 12 min., fiction</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee Bristol</span><br />
<strong>DERBY</strong><br />
by Paul Negoescu<br />
Romania, 15 min., fiction</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee</span><span style="color: #800000;"> Angers</span><strong><br />
JESSI</strong><br />
by Mariejosephin Schneider<br />
Germany, 31 min., fiction</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee</span><span style="color: #800000;"> Rotterdam</span><strong><br />
I LUPI </strong>(The Wolves)<br />
by Alberto de Michele<br />
Italy/the Netherlands, 17 min., documentary</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee</span><span style="color: #800000;"> Berlin</span><strong><br />
</strong><strong>ÅTERFÖDELSEN </strong>(The Unliving)<br />
by Hugo Lilja<br />
Sweden, 28 min., fiction</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee Tampere</span><br />
<strong>APELE TAC </strong>(Silent River)<br />
by Anca Miruna Lăzărescu<br />
Germany/Romania, 30 min., fiction</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee</span><span style="color: #800000;"> Cracow</span><br />
<strong>PAPARAZZI</strong><br />
by Piotr Bernas<br />
Poland, 33 min., documentary</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee</span><span style="color: #800000;"> Grimstad</span><br />
<strong>LA GRAN CARRERA</strong> (The Great Race)<br />
by Kote Camacho<br />
Spain, 7 min., fiction,</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee</span><span style="color: #800000;"> Vila do Conde</span><br />
<strong>DIMANCHES</strong><br />
by Valéry Rosier<br />
Belgium, 16 min., fiction</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee</span><span style="color: #800000;"> Sarajevo</span><br />
<strong>TSE</strong> (Out)<br />
by Roee Rosen<br />
Israel, 35 min., fiction</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee</span><span style="color: #800000;"> Locarno</span><br />
<strong>OPOWIESCI Z CHLODNI</strong> (Frozen Stories)<br />
by Grzegorz Jaroszuk<br />
Poland, 26 min., fiction</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee</span><span style="color: #800000;"> Venice</span><br />
<strong>HYPERCRISIS </strong><br />
by Josef Dabernig<br />
Austria, 17 min., fiction</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">EFA Short Film Nominee</span><span style="color: #800000;"> Drama</span><br />
<strong>THE WHOLLY FAMILY </strong><br />
by Terry Gilliam<br />
Italy, 20 min., fiction</p>
<p><em>Berlin, 26 September 2011</em></p>
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