European Film Academy

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 [...]

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

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 [...]