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EFA Young Audience Award goes to THE ZIGZAG KID
Children Juries in Nine European Cities Elect Dutch Film by Vincent Bal
In a truly European vote, 12-14-year-old audiences in Copenhagen (Denmark), Erfurt (Germany), Izola (Slovenia), London (UK), Riga (Latvia), Sofia (Bulgaria), Turin (Italy), Valletta (Malta) and Wroclaw (Poland) have elected THE ZIGZAG KID by Vincent Bal (the Netherlands) as the winner of the Europea [...]
Young Audience Film Day: Kids Vote for EFA Young Audience Award
Riga joins as Ninth City in Young Audience Vote
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The Latvian capital Riga has just joined the European Film Academy’s YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD as the ninth participating city in this year’s second edition of the initiative for young film-lovers. This Sunday is Young Audience Film Day: On 5 May the three nominated films will simultaneously be scree [...]
European Film Academy Nominates THE SUICIDE SHOP, UPSIDEdown and THE ZIGZAG KID
Children Juries in Eight European Cities will Elect Winner of EFA Young Audience Award
The European Film Academy proudly announces and congratulates the three nominees for the EFA Young Audience Award 2013 THE SUICIDE SHOP by Patrice Leconte (France, Belgium & Canada) UPSIDEdown by Bernd Sahling (Germany) THE ZIGZAG KID by Vincent Bal (the Netherlands). The nominations were chosen by [...]
European Film Awards 2014 go to Riga
Riga, European Capital of Culture 2014, will be the host of the 27th European Film Awards next year.
Berlin, 21 February 2013 Taking place in Berlin, seat of the European Film Academy (EFA), every second year, in the other years the ceremony travels. EFA Director Marion Döring says, “as a truly European event, this is the only awards ceremony that travels and it is always great to bring the awar [...]
The 25th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: THE WINNERS
The more than 2,700 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Malta the following awards were presented: EUROPEAN FILM 2012: AMOUR France / Germany / Austria, 127 min written & directed by Micha [...]
Watch the 25th European Film Awards here or on TV
Broadcasters 2012
You can watch the 25th European Film Awards either LIVE on this website on Saturday, 1 December, 20.00 CET [for mobile devices go to here]http://m.tvm.com.mt - choose TVM2 or on TV - here is our list of broadcasters Albania: HBO /Saturday, 8 Dec, 18.30 Armenia: NTV Plus / Kino PLUS: Tuesday, 4 De [...]
The European Film Awards Silver Jubilee
Berlin, 22 November 2012
Only nine more days before European filmmakers, EFA Members, guests, nominees and winners will gather to celebrate European cinema at its finest at the 25th European Film Awards in Malta. The venue for this year’s Silver Jubilee edition of the awards ceremony, traditionally opened by the President [...]
Co-production Award – Prix EURIMAGES – for Helena Danielsson
Berlin and Strasbourg, 13 November 2012
This year’s EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD – Prix EURIMAGES, an award acknowledging the decisive role of co-productions in the European film industry, goes to Swedish producer Helena Danielsson After a fifteen-year-long career in the Scandinavian and European film industry, Helena Danielsson estab [...]
"Film definetely is a modern palimpsest"
Interview with EFA Discovery Nominee Jan Speckenbach on his film REPORTED MISSING
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Can you tell us in a few words what your film DIE VERMISSTEN / REPORTED MISSING is about and what makes it unique? Jan Speckenbach: To become a person you need a history. My protagonist has to remember, i.e. to accept his history, to be able to let go of the past. It is the disappearance of his daug [...]
"It was the biggest challenge ever"
Interview with EFA Discovery Nominee Angelina Nikonova on her film TWILIGHT PORTRAIT
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Can you tell us in a few words what your film PORTRET V SUMERKHAK / TWILIGHT PORTRAIT is about and what makes it unique? TWILIGHT PORTRAIT basically saved my life. At the point when Olga Dihovichnaya invited me to work on the script with her, I had spent ten years trying to break into the film indus [...]
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"I felt people believed in the project from the beginning"
Interview with EFA Discovery Nominee Mads Matthiesen on his film TEDDY BEAR
Can you tell us in a few words what your film TEDDY BEAR is about and what makes it unique? Mads Matthiesen: The film tells the story of 38-year-old bodybuilder Dennis and his attempt to break free from a controlling mother in a wish to find a girl in his life. When Dennis’ uncle returns from Thai [...]
"I LOVE THE CREATION OF A WORLD THAT DOES NOT YET EXIST"
Interview with EFA Discovery Nominee Boudewijn Koole on his film KAUWBOY
How difficult was it to get your film KAUWBOY financed and produced? I had been writing for some five years before I gave a synopsis to a producer. After that the financing went through a Dutch talent development project in which three funds co-operate together, Netherlands Filmfund, Mediafund and C [...]
The 25th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: Nominations
Seville, 3 November
At the Seville European Film Festival, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the 25th European Film Awards. Leading the field is AMOUR , Michael Haneke’s moving French language kammerspiel about an elderly couple with six nominations, including film, directing [...]
"THE ONLY THING TO RELY ON IS INTUITION"
Interview with EFA Animated Feature Film Nominee Tomáš Luňák on his film ALOIS NEBEL
What is your film ALOIS NEBEL about and what was the initial motivation / idea? Tomáš Luňák: In the beginning there was the graphic novel by Jaroslav Rudis and Jaromir 99, then the producer Pavel Strnad came with the idea and his offer to adapt it into a film. As a debuting director, I was a [...]
THREE DOCUMENTARIES NOMINATED FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2012. A committee consisting of EFA members and experts has chosen three films for a nomination. The nominated documentary films will now be made available to all 2,500 members of the Europe [...]
16.10.2012
Five Debut Films Nominated For EFA Discovery Award 2012
The European Film Academy has announced this year’s nominations for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2012 - Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film. Winners in the past have included films like LEBAN [...]
EFA Short Film Nominations 2012 completed
With this year’s final nomination having been announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece), the list of nominated short films for the 25th European Film Awards is now complete. The short film initiative is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series [...]
"THE FILM IS AN AMAZING SYNTHESIS OF TECHNIQUES"
Interview with EFA Animated Feature Film Nominee Peter Lord on his film THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS
What is your film THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS about and what was the initial motivation / idea? Peter Lord: The film was inspired by a book of the same name (The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists) by a young English writer called Gideon Defoe. Of course it’s a swashbuckling [...]
12.03.2012
"It's the first time I truly feel European"
Interview with Bernardo Bertolucci, recipient of the EFA Lifetime Achievement Award
You made your first film LA COMMARE SECCA in 1962, exactly 50 years ago. Looking back at your career, what comes to your mind? Bernardo Bertolucci: I hadn’t thought of it until now, thanks a lot for reminding me of my age! [laughs] I don’t look back or ahead. It feels like I have done my first f [...]
EFA honours Bernardo Bertolucci with Lifetime Achievement Award
Berlin, 9 October 2012 In recognition of a unique and dedicated contribution to the world of film the European Film Academy takes great pride in presenting Bernardo Bertolucci with the Lifetime Achievement Award. BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI began his career as an assistant director to Pier Paolo Pasolini on [...]
"I DON'T THINK IN TERMS OF NATIONALITY"
Interview with EFA Animated Feature Film Nominee Ignacio Ferreras on his film ARRUGAS / WRINKLES
What is your film ARRUGAS / WRINKLES about and what was the initial motivation / idea? Ignacio Ferreras: ARRUGAS / WRIKLES is the adaptation of the graphic novel of the same title by Spanish author Paco Roca. It tells the story of Emilio, a retired bank manager in the early stages of Alzheimer's dis [...]
HELEN MIRREN RECEIVES EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA AWARD
"A very meaningful honour," says the British actress
Berlin, 25 September 2012 The European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting Dame Helen Mirren with the honorary award EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2012 for her outstanding body of work. “It was discovering the immense diversity of European filmmaking that gave me an enduring lov [...]
EFA Nominates Three Animation Films
For the fourth time the European Film Academy will present an award in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM in this year’s European Film Awards. A committee consisting of EFA Board Member Antonio Saura (producer, Spain) and EFA Member Per Holst (producer, Denmark) as well as re [...]
THE 25th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: 47 Films in EFA Selection 2012
Berlin, 11 September 2012 As the European Film Academy and EFA Productions gGmbH just announced in Berlin, there are 47 films in this year’s EFA Selection, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2012. With 31 countries represented, from A(ustria) to U(nited Kin [...]
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE EUROPEAN FILM AND WIN A TRIP TO THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS IN MALTA!
People's Choice Award 2012: Polls Are Now Open
-> Vote now!
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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 spotl [...]
First EFA Young Audience Award goes to KAUWBOY
Children Juries in Six European Cities Elect Dutch Film by Boudewijn Koole
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In a truly European vote, 10-13-year-old audiences in Amsterdam, Belgrade, Copenhagen, Erfurt, Norrköping and Turin have elected KAUWBOY by Boudewijn Koole as the winner of the first European Film Academy Young Audience Award. Having watched the three nominated films on today’s Young Audience Fil [...]
Young Audience Film Day: Kids Vote for First EFA Young Audience Award
Children Juries in Six European Cities Screen Nominated Films and Elect Winner
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This Sunday is Young Audience Film Day: On 10 June the three films nominated for the European Film Academy’s first Young Audience Award will simultaneously be screened to a young audience in six different cities across Europe. The nominated films, BLUE BIRD by Gust Van den Berghe (Belgium), KAUWBO [...]
European Film Academy Nominates BLUE BIRD, KAUWBOY and SISTER
Children Juries in Six European Cities will Elect Winner of EFA Young Audience Award
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Nominated for the European Film Academy’s first Young Audience Award are BLUE BIRD by Gust Van den Berghe (Belgium), KAUWBOY by Boudewijn Koole (the Netherlands) and SISTER by Ursula Meier (France/Switzerland). A new section on europeanfilmawards.eu offers children and adults more information abou [...]
THE EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD: THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE
The nominations for the first edition of the European Film Academy Young Audience Award will be announced at the end of April at the Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival in Norway. The nomination committee – consisting of Florence Dupont, artistic director, Sancy Film Festival for [...]
European Film Academy turns to the Young Audience
Six European cities to participate in Young Audience Day screenings and vote
To celebrate this year’s 25th European Film Awards, the European Film Academy (EFA) and EFA Productions launch a new award for a film addressed to the young audience: The European Film Academy Young Audience Award. To give the new award special attention, it is presented as a separate event. EFA C [...]
The 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: THE WINNERS
The more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented EUROPEAN FILM 2011 MELANCHOLIA by Lars von Trier EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2011 Susanne Bier for [...]
"We wanted to do something personal"
Interview with EFA Animation nominee Alain Gagnol on his film A CAT IN PARIS
What is your film A CAT IN PARIS about and what was the initial motivation / idea? My first idea was to make a thriller for children. A genuine film noir with policemen, gangsters, and a lot of suspense. The story is about Nico, a cat burglar, with a real cat as accomplice. During the day, the cat l [...]
"A trinity that works very well"
Interview with EFA Animation nominees Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba on their film CHICO & RITA
What is your film CHICO & RITA about and what was the initial motivation / idea? We wanted to make a film like a bolero. A classic love story between two cuban musicians in the late 40's, made in animation with Mariscal designs and his fantastic recreation of Havana and New York of that time. A grea [...]
"A symbol for the quality and the range of our filmmaking"
Interview with EFA Discovery nominee Markus Schleinzer on his film MICHAEL
Can you tell us in a few words what your film MICHAEL is about and what makes it unique? Markus Schleinzer: May I take the liberty to use someone else's words? Screen International wrote: “There are all too many movies that are callow and exploitative in their violence, that are dubiously exciting [...]
"It's all about telling interesting stories"
Interview with EFA Discovery nominee Hans Van Nuffel on his film OXYGEN
Can you tell us in a few words what your film OXYGEN is about and what makes it unique? Hans Van Nuffel: The main characters in OXYGEN are both struggling with their mortality. They both suffer from Cystic Fibrosis, and have been pushed around a lot, often already at a young age. One of them prefers [...]
"Inventing a world is what I love about filmmaking"
Interview with EFA Discovery nominee Karl Markovics on his film BREATHING
Can you tell us in a few words what your film BREATHING is about and what makes it unique? Karl Markovics: As a day-release prisoner 18-year-old Roman Kogler gets a job at a funeral home. Of all things, it is this job, dealing with death, that shows him the path back to life. I cannot say what makes [...]
"My film is about loneliness"
Interview with EFA Discovery nominee Mikkel Munch-Fals on his film NOTHING'S ALL BAD
Can you tell us in a few words what your film NOTHING'S ALL BAD is about and what makes it unique? Mikkel Munch-Fals: Second to hunger and thirst, loneliness is the toughest human condition. My film is about loneliness. The kind of loneliness that is brought upon us and the kind that is self-inflict [...]
"I love experimenting"
Interview with EFA Discovery Nominee Nikola Ležaić on his film TILVA ROŠ
Can you tell us in a few words what TILVA ROŠ is about and what makes it unique? Nikola Ležaić: It's about two friends, Toda and Stefan, skaters from my hometown, Bor, who spend their first summer after finishing high school shooting "jackass clips" and trying to impress a girl, Dunja. I gues [...]
"A journey into the unknown"
Interview with EFA Documentary Nominee Wim Wenders on his film PINA
Can you briefly describe what PINA is about and how you got interested in the subject? Wim Wenders: PINA is a film about German choreographer Pina Bausch, an hommage to her and a journey through her universe. It is a project that the two of us dreamed about for more than 20 years. Her sudden death e [...]
"I JUST FOLLOW MY INTUITION"
Interview with EFA Documentary Nominee Leonard Retel Helmrich on his film POSITION AMONG THE STARS
When did you know that your film POSITION AMONG THE STARS would become a documentary? Leonard Retel Helmrich: From the very first moment we started we were thinking of making a documentary in Indonesia. You can only do that by filming the reality as it is. How detailed was the script before shooting [...]
"I felt people believed in the project from the beginning"
Interview with EFA Discovery Nominee Mads Matthiesen on his film TEDDY BEAR
Can you tell us in a few words what your film TEDDY BEAR is about and what makes it unique? Mads Matthiesen: The film tells the story of 38-year-old bodybuilder Dennis and his attempt to break free from a controlling mother in a wish to find a girl in his life. When Dennis’ uncle returns from Thai [...]
"I LOVE THE CREATION OF A WORLD THAT DOES NOT YET EXIST"
Interview with EFA Discovery Nominee Boudewijn Koole on his film KAUWBOY
How difficult was it to get your film KAUWBOY financed and produced? I had been writing for some five years before I gave a synopsis to a producer. After that the financing went through a Dutch talent development project in which three funds co-operate together, Netherlands Filmfund, Mediafund and C [...]
"THE ONLY THING TO RELY ON IS INTUITION"
Interview with EFA Animated Feature Film Nominee Tomáš Luňák on his film ALOIS NEBEL
What is your film ALOIS NEBEL about and what was the initial motivation / idea? Tomáš Luňák: In the beginning there was the graphic novel by Jaroslav Rudis and Jaromir 99, then the producer Pavel Strnad came with the idea and his offer to adapt it into a film. As a debuting director, I was a [...]
THREE DOCUMENTARIES NOMINATED FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2012. A committee consisting of EFA members and experts has chosen three films for a nomination. The nominated documentary films will now be made available to all 2,500 members of the Europe [...]
16.10.2012
Five Debut Films Nominated For EFA Discovery Award 2012
The European Film Academy has announced this year’s nominations for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2012 - Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film. Winners in the past have included films like LEBAN [...]
EFA Short Film Nominations 2012 completed
With this year’s final nomination having been announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece), the list of nominated short films for the 25th European Film Awards is now complete. The short film initiative is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series [...]
"THE FILM IS AN AMAZING SYNTHESIS OF TECHNIQUES"
Interview with EFA Animated Feature Film Nominee Peter Lord on his film THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS
What is your film THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS about and what was the initial motivation / idea? Peter Lord: The film was inspired by a book of the same name (The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists) by a young English writer called Gideon Defoe. Of course it’s a swashbuckling [...]
12.03.2012
"It's the first time I truly feel European"
Interview with Bernardo Bertolucci, recipient of the EFA Lifetime Achievement Award
You made your first film LA COMMARE SECCA in 1962, exactly 50 years ago. Looking back at your career, what comes to your mind? Bernardo Bertolucci: I hadn’t thought of it until now, thanks a lot for reminding me of my age! [laughs] I don’t look back or ahead. It feels like I have done my first f [...]
EFA honours Bernardo Bertolucci with Lifetime Achievement Award
Berlin, 9 October 2012 In recognition of a unique and dedicated contribution to the world of film the European Film Academy takes great pride in presenting Bernardo Bertolucci with the Lifetime Achievement Award. BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI began his career as an assistant director to Pier Paolo Pasolini on [...]
"I DON'T THINK IN TERMS OF NATIONALITY"
Interview with EFA Animated Feature Film Nominee Ignacio Ferreras on his film ARRUGAS / WRINKLES
What is your film ARRUGAS / WRINKLES about and what was the initial motivation / idea? Ignacio Ferreras: ARRUGAS / WRIKLES is the adaptation of the graphic novel of the same title by Spanish author Paco Roca. It tells the story of Emilio, a retired bank manager in the early stages of Alzheimer's dis [...]
HELEN MIRREN RECEIVES EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA AWARD
"A very meaningful honour," says the British actress
Berlin, 25 September 2012 The European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting Dame Helen Mirren with the honorary award EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2012 for her outstanding body of work. “It was discovering the immense diversity of European filmmaking that gave me an enduring lov [...]
EFA Nominates Three Animation Films
For the fourth time the European Film Academy will present an award in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM in this year’s European Film Awards. A committee consisting of EFA Board Member Antonio Saura (producer, Spain) and EFA Member Per Holst (producer, Denmark) as well as re [...]
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE EUROPEAN FILM AND WIN A TRIP TO THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS IN MALTA!
People's Choice Award 2012: Polls Are Now Open
-> Vote now!
.
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 spotl [...]
First EFA Young Audience Award goes to KAUWBOY
Children Juries in Six European Cities Elect Dutch Film by Boudewijn Koole
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In a truly European vote, 10-13-year-old audiences in Amsterdam, Belgrade, Copenhagen, Erfurt, Norrköping and Turin have elected KAUWBOY by Boudewijn Koole as the winner of the first European Film Academy Young Audience Award. Having watched the three nominated films on today’s Young Audience Fil [...]
Young Audience Film Day: Kids Vote for First EFA Young Audience Award
Children Juries in Six European Cities Screen Nominated Films and Elect Winner
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This Sunday is Young Audience Film Day: On 10 June the three films nominated for the European Film Academy’s first Young Audience Award will simultaneously be screened to a young audience in six different cities across Europe. The nominated films, BLUE BIRD by Gust Van den Berghe (Belgium), KAUWBO [...]
European Film Academy Nominates BLUE BIRD, KAUWBOY and SISTER
Children Juries in Six European Cities will Elect Winner of EFA Young Audience Award
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Nominated for the European Film Academy’s first Young Audience Award are BLUE BIRD by Gust Van den Berghe (Belgium), KAUWBOY by Boudewijn Koole (the Netherlands) and SISTER by Ursula Meier (France/Switzerland). A new section on europeanfilmawards.eu offers children and adults more information abou [...]
THE EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD: THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE
The nominations for the first edition of the European Film Academy Young Audience Award will be announced at the end of April at the Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival in Norway. The nomination committee – consisting of Florence Dupont, artistic director, Sancy Film Festival for [...]
European Film Academy turns to the Young Audience
Six European cities to participate in Young Audience Day screenings and vote
To celebrate this year’s 25th European Film Awards, the European Film Academy (EFA) and EFA Productions launch a new award for a film addressed to the young audience: The European Film Academy Young Audience Award. To give the new award special attention, it is presented as a separate event. EFA C [...]
The 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: THE WINNERS
The more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented EUROPEAN FILM 2011 MELANCHOLIA by Lars von Trier EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2011 Susanne Bier for [...]
"We wanted to do something personal"
Interview with EFA Animation nominee Alain Gagnol on his film A CAT IN PARIS
What is your film A CAT IN PARIS about and what was the initial motivation / idea? My first idea was to make a thriller for children. A genuine film noir with policemen, gangsters, and a lot of suspense. The story is about Nico, a cat burglar, with a real cat as accomplice. During the day, the cat l [...]
"A trinity that works very well"
Interview with EFA Animation nominees Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba on their film CHICO & RITA
What is your film CHICO & RITA about and what was the initial motivation / idea? We wanted to make a film like a bolero. A classic love story between two cuban musicians in the late 40's, made in animation with Mariscal designs and his fantastic recreation of Havana and New York of that time. A grea [...]
"A symbol for the quality and the range of our filmmaking"
Interview with EFA Discovery nominee Markus Schleinzer on his film MICHAEL
Can you tell us in a few words what your film MICHAEL is about and what makes it unique? Markus Schleinzer: May I take the liberty to use someone else's words? Screen International wrote: “There are all too many movies that are callow and exploitative in their violence, that are dubiously exciting [...]
"It's all about telling interesting stories"
Interview with EFA Discovery nominee Hans Van Nuffel on his film OXYGEN
Can you tell us in a few words what your film OXYGEN is about and what makes it unique? Hans Van Nuffel: The main characters in OXYGEN are both struggling with their mortality. They both suffer from Cystic Fibrosis, and have been pushed around a lot, often already at a young age. One of them prefers [...]
"Inventing a world is what I love about filmmaking"
Interview with EFA Discovery nominee Karl Markovics on his film BREATHING
Can you tell us in a few words what your film BREATHING is about and what makes it unique? Karl Markovics: As a day-release prisoner 18-year-old Roman Kogler gets a job at a funeral home. Of all things, it is this job, dealing with death, that shows him the path back to life. I cannot say what makes [...]
"My film is about loneliness"
Interview with EFA Discovery nominee Mikkel Munch-Fals on his film NOTHING'S ALL BAD
Can you tell us in a few words what your film NOTHING'S ALL BAD is about and what makes it unique? Mikkel Munch-Fals: Second to hunger and thirst, loneliness is the toughest human condition. My film is about loneliness. The kind of loneliness that is brought upon us and the kind that is self-inflict [...]
"I love experimenting"
Interview with EFA Discovery Nominee Nikola Ležaić on his film TILVA ROŠ
Can you tell us in a few words what TILVA ROŠ is about and what makes it unique? Nikola Ležaić: It's about two friends, Toda and Stefan, skaters from my hometown, Bor, who spend their first summer after finishing high school shooting "jackass clips" and trying to impress a girl, Dunja. I gues [...]
"A journey into the unknown"
Interview with EFA Documentary Nominee Wim Wenders on his film PINA
Can you briefly describe what PINA is about and how you got interested in the subject? Wim Wenders: PINA is a film about German choreographer Pina Bausch, an hommage to her and a journey through her universe. It is a project that the two of us dreamed about for more than 20 years. Her sudden death e [...]
"I JUST FOLLOW MY INTUITION"
Interview with EFA Documentary Nominee Leonard Retel Helmrich on his film POSITION AMONG THE STARS
When did you know that your film POSITION AMONG THE STARS would become a documentary? Leonard Retel Helmrich: From the very first moment we started we were thinking of making a documentary in Indonesia. You can only do that by filming the reality as it is. How detailed was the script before shooting [...]
