European Film Academy

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 [...]

Press release # 12/2010
NOMINATIONS AND MEMBERS OF THE JURY
The European Film Academy proudly announces the three nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2010.
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, Mark [...]

Press release # 11/2010
At the 23rd European Film Awards the European Film Academy will Honour Swiss Actor
Whether it is as an angel in WINGS OF DESIRE (1987) by Wim Wenders, in the Italian comedy BREAD & TULIPS (2000) by Silvio Soldini, or impersonating Adolf Hitler in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s THE DOWNFALL (2004), Bruno Ganz has lent [...]

Press release # 09/2010
It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions gGmbH announce the titles of the 46 films on this year’s selection list, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2010! With 32 countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity [...]

Press release # 8/2010
European Film Academy Opens Vote for People’s Choice Award
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. Every year, when the European Film Academy invites its members, Europe’s greatest film stars, directors, producers, cinematographers, screenwriters, designers, nominees [...]

Locarno nominates DIARCHIA from Italy, a short film by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino starring Alba Rohrwacher, Riccardo Scamarcio and Louis Garrel …

Press release # 06/2010
SHORT FILM NOMINEES FOR EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
ANNOUNCED IN GRIMSTAD AND EDINBURGH
The European Film Academy (EFA) takes pleasure in announcing the following two new entries in the nomination procedure for the short film category of the European Film Awards 2010:
Grimstad Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2010
HANOI - WARSZAWA by Katarzyna [...]

Press release # 05/2010

SWEDISH SHORT NOMINATED FOR EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Krakow Film Festival congratulate the
Cracow Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2010
TUSSILAGO
by Jonas Odell
Sweden 2010, 15 min., animation
West German terrorist Norbert Kröcher was arrested in Stockholm on 31 March 1977. He was the leader of a [...]

Press release # 4/2010
FINNISH DOCUMENTARY SHORT NOMINATED
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Tampere Film Festival congratulate the
Tampere Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2010
LUMIKKO (The Little Snow Animal)
by Miia Tervo
Finland 2009, 19 min., documentary
The film is now nominated for the award European Film Academy Short Film 2010. It was selected by the [...]

Press release # 3/2010
BELGIAN SHORT NOMINATED FOR EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Berlin International Film Festival congratulate the
Berlin Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2010
VENUS VS ME
by Nathalie Teirlinck
Belgium 2009, 27 min., fiction
The film is now nominated for the award European Film Academy Short Film 2010. It was selected [...]

Press release # 2/2010
Locarno joins EFA Short Film Initiative
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the International Film Festival Rotterdam congratulate the
Rotterdam Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2010
ØNSKEBØRN (Out Of Love)
by Birgitte Stærmose (Denmark 2009, 29 min., documentary fiction)
The film is now nominated for the award European Film Academy Short Film 2010. It [...]

Press release # 1/2010
This year’s 23rd European Film Awards will see the re-launch of two award categories: EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER and EUROPEAN EDITOR.
The move has been decided by the Board of the European Film Academy during their latest meeting in Berlin and reflects the distinct wish by EFA Members to honour the outstanding contribution of [...]

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 [...]