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Venice Nominates THE YEARS by Sara Fgaier
The European Film Academy (EFA) and Venice Film Festival congratulate: Venice Short Film Nominee THE YEARS GLI ANNI by Sara Fgaier Italy/France, documentary, 20 min A woman narrates the script of Gli anni, a few pieces picked up on the shores of a timeless Sardinia. Neither the words nor the images claim to tell the whole of its story: the places of the past....
Vote Opens for People's Choice Award
Every year, the EFA People’s Choice Award allows film fans across Europe to elect their favourite film. When the European Film Academy invites its members, Europe’s greatest film stars, directors, actors and actresses, to attend the European Film Awards, the People’s Choice Award sheds a spotlight on the people films are made for: the audience. This year’s vote has started –....
49 Feature Films Selected
It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the titles of the 49 films on this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2018! With 35 European countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema. In....
Sarajevo Nominates I SIGNED THE PETITION by Mahdi Fleifel
The European Film Academy (EFA) and Sarajevo Film Festival congratulate: Sarajevo Short Film Nominee I SIGNED THE PETITION by Mahdi Fleifel Germany/UK/Switzerland, documentary, 11 min Immediately after a Palestinian man signs an online petition, he is thrown into a panic-inducing spiral of self-doubt. Over the course of a conversation with an understanding....
15 Documentaries Selected
It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the EFA Documentary Selection, a list of 15 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for this year's European Film Awards. Ten documentary festivals have suggested to the committee one film each which has had its world premiere at the respective festival’s latest edition. Chosen in....
Oleg Sentsov: 3 Months Without Food
North of the Arctic Circle, in Russia’s Prison Colony No.8 in Labytnangi, a man is starving because politics fail. The Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was involved in supporting the Euro Maidan protests in Kiev and who has opposed the annexation of Crimea by Russia, has been on hunger strike for over 90 days. His lawyer Dmitry Dinze reports that during his hunger....
Locarno Nominates THOSE WHO DESIRE by Elena López Riera
The European Film Academy (EFA) and Locarno Festival congratulate: Locarno Short Film Nominee THOSE WHO DESIRE LOS QUE DESEAN by Elena López Riera Switzerland/Spain, documentary, 24 min In the South of Spain, a multicolored pigeon race will be won not by the fastest bird, but the one who will be able to seduce a female pigeon and fly alongside her the....
EFA Honours Carmen Maura
The European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting the honorary LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD to Carmen Maura for her outstanding career. Picture courtesy of Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, photographer: Alberto Ortega At the initial European Film Awards (EFAs) in 1988, Carmen Maura received the award for Best Actress in Pedro....
Vila do Conde Nominates AQUAPARQUE by Ana Moreira
The European Film Academy (EFA) and Curtas Vila Do Conde - International Film Festival congratulate: Vila do Conde Short Film Nominee AQUAPARQUE by Ana Moreira Portugal, fiction, 16 min Can a teenage girl dream that the old pool in a disused water park is an Olympic stadium where she is giving the performance of a lifetime, worthy of a medal, with Shirley....
European Film Academies Network: Free Oleg Sentsov!
Oleg Sentsov in eighth week of hunger strike:EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMIES NETWORK APPEALS TO PRESIDENT PUTIN TO SHOW A HUMAN FACEacademy representatives at the annual meeting of FAN of Europe (picture: EFA) On Day 54 of Oleg Sentsov’s indefinite hunger strike the members of FAN of Europe, the European network of national film academies and the European Film Academy, representing....
