EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2012
Eligibility
Feature films participating in the European Film Awards 2012 must be European* feature-length fiction films intended for normal theatrical release which must have had their first official screening (be it at a festival or at a regular cinema) after 1 July 2011. The EFA Board has the right in exceptional cases to refrain from this rule.
Submission deadline is 15 June 2012
Selection procedure
The selection of approx. 40 films proposed to the EFA Members to be considered for a nomination is made as follows:
- In the 20 (twenty) European countries with the highest number of EFA Members (as of 15 March 2012) these members vote directly for one film from among the national feature films released in their country or screened at festivals after 1 July 2011. With a minimal voter turnout of 25%, the film having received the highest number of votes in each of these countries will automatically be included in the selection of films, provided it corresponds to the regulations of the European Film Awards. Should the voter turnout be less than 25%, the EFA Board has the right to establish which film shall be added to the selection.
- the selection of the approx. 20 remaining films is made by a committee composed of members of the EFA Board and a group of experts appointed by the Board. These remaining films are selected from proposals submitted before 15 June by European film institutions, festivals, trade magazines, media partners, members of the European Film Academy and producers of European films.
As a result, the committee recommends to the EFA members
- around 40 (forty) films, half of them elected directly by EFA Members, the others selected from all proposals received as explained above.
The selection of films will be announced in the beginning of September 2012.
These films recommended by the committee are are made available to the EFA Members on DVD and/or by VOD for the nomination procedure.
Producers of European films whose films are not among the recommended films may – upon payment of a fee – make their films available to the EFA Members by VOD.
Nomination procedure
The members of the European Film Academy elect the nominees by online and postal ballot voting. The committee has the right to nominate one further film or performance in up to three categories.
The nominations will be announced four weeks prior to the European Film Awards Ceremony.
Election of the winners
Based on the nominations, the members of the European Film Academy vote for the winners which are announced at the European Film Awards Ceremony taking place in Malta on 1 December 2012.
* 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, means geographical Europe, both EU and non-EU, and shall include Israeli and Palestinian