Regulations:
A committee of EFA Members and documentary experts nominates 3 candidates for the European Film Academy Documentary 2011 - Prix ARTE. Films taken into consideration must have a minimum length of 70 minutes. They must have had either an official screening at a festival on the the list of festivals approved by EFA for this purpose or a theatrical release in at least one European country after 1 July 2010.
The three nominated documentaries are made available on DVD and/or by VOD to the EFA Members who vote for the winner. The award is presented at the awards ceremony.
Deadline to submit documentary films for consideration is 15 June 2011.
* The criteria whereby a film qualifies as European are based upon the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production, Appendix II, issued by the Council of Europe. A short film qualifies as European when the director was born in Europe or is of a European nationality. European, in the sense of the European Film Academy, shall include Israeli and Palestinian.