European Film Academy

European Film Academy (EFA) and the Edinburgh International Film Festival congratulate the
Edinburgh Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009
PETER IN RADIOLAND
by Johanna Wagner (United Kingdom 2009, 10′, documentary)
The film is now nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009 and was selected by the festival’s international short film jury, consisting of actor [...]

Press Release # 7/2009
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad congratulate the
Grimstad Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009
BETWEEN DREAMS
by Iris Olsson (France/Russia/Finland 2008, 11′, documentary)
The film is now nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009 and was selected by the festival’s international jury with the [...]

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 [...]

At the Berlin International Film Festival, the short film DIE LEIDEN DES HERRN KARPF. DER GEBURTSTAG. (The Suffering of Mr. Karpf. The Birthday.) by Lola Randl received a nomination for the European Film Awards 2009.

At the 21st European Film Awards on 6 December 208 in Copenhagen the following were honoured:
EUROPEAN FILM 2008
GOMORRA (Gomorrah)
directed by Matteo Garrone
written by Maurizio Bracci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano
produced by Fandango, RAI Cinema
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2008
Matteo Garrone for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2008
Toni Servillo in IL DIVO and in [...]

When the 1,400 guests for the 21st European Film Awards on 6 December arrive at the Copenhagen Forum, they will be welcomed by Danish TV star Mikael Bertelsen who will lead through the Awards Ceremony as host of the evening.
Throughout the evening, an impressive line-up of actors and actresses will enter the stage to present [...]

The European Film Academy, EFA Productions, and the International Federation of Film Critics FIPRESCI have announced that the
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS’ AWARD 2008 - Prix FIPRESCI
goes to
Abdellatif Kechiche
for LA GRAINE ET LE MULET (The Secret of the Grain / Couscous)
As FIPRESCI’s Hassouna Mansouri, Director of the Department for African Affairs, explains, “giving this year’s prize [...]

The European Film Academy and EFA Productions are pleased to announce
that the European Film Awards 2009 will take place in Essen in Germany’s
Ruhr Area* in North Rhine-Westphalia. The unique move is a change from
the regular system which brings the European Film Awards to Berlin, home
of the European Film Academy, every two years. In the years [...]

EFA Conference 2008
On the occasion of the 21st EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS in Copenhagen:
WHAT MAKES EUROPE LAUGH - Local Comedies for an International Market
Cinematek, Cinema Carl, Saturday, 6 December 2008, 11.00 - 14.30
As part of the weekend programme for the 21st European Film Awards in Copenhagen, this year’s EFA Conference is dedicated to film comedies. [...]

At the Seville European Film Festival the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the 21st European Film Awards. The 1,800 EFA Members will now vote for the winners which will be presented during the Awards Ceremony on 6 December in Copenhagen.
Nominated are:
EUROPEAN FILM 2008

IL DIVO, Italy
written and directed by Paolo [...]

The European Film Academy proudly announces that the award
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2008 - Prix ARTE
goes to the film
RENÉ
by Helena Trestikova, Czech Republic
In co-operation with the European cultural channel ARTE, the European Film Academy annually honours an outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking. The recipient of the award is chosen by an independent jury and this [...]

The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2008 – PRIX ARTE. There is a total of ten documentary films nominated. This year’s documentary jury will now convene in Berlin to screen the nominated films and decide on the winner.
Appointed by the European Film Academy and ARTE, [...]

For the second time this year’s European Film Awards will include the presentation of the Prix Eurimages, an award acknowledging the decisive position which co-production occupies within the European film industry. This reward for European co-producers is presented by Eurimages, the support fund of the Council of Europe for co-production, distribution, [...]

House band of the evening will be the DR Big Band, Denmark’s most popular jazz orchestra of international acclaim
Attending the award show are Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and EU Commissioner Viviane Reding

When the 1,500 guests at the EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS [...]

As part of the European Film Awards, the European Film Academy annually presents the award EUROPEAN DISCOVERY to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film. This year’s nominations were determined by a committee comprised of film journalists Dana Linssen (the Netherlands), Julia Teichmann (Germany) and Rui Tendinha (Portugal) - [...]

The list of nominated short films is now complete. Throughout the year, the European Film Academy and UIP present a Prix UIP at a series of film festivals across Europe. The prize includes an automatic nomination for the European Film Awards. The 1,800 members of the European Film Academy will now vote for the winner.