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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 [...]
First Nominations for 2012: The Shorts
As announced at the Berlin International Film Festival, the French fiction short TWO SHIPS by Justine Triet has been selected by the jury for a nomination for the 25th European Film Awards. There are now seven short films already nominated for European Film Academy Short Film 2012, an award presente [...]
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 [...]
Watch the European Film Awards ceremony live!
Be among the first to know the winners of the 24th European Film Awards and watch the ceremony live on 3 December 2011 from 20:00 CET
Presented in a total of 17 categories, including European Film, Director, Actress and Actor, the annual European Film Awards will return to Berlin on 3 December 2011 to honour the greatest achievements in European cinema. Leading the field in this year’s nominations is MELANCHOLIA, Lars von Trier [...]
"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 [...]
2011 Broadcasters
Watch the European Film Awards LIVE here or on TV
You can watch the 24th European Film Awards either LIVE on this website on Saturday, 3 Dec, 20.00 CET . or on TV - here is our list of broadcasters . AFRICA Algeria: Lebanon Broadcasting Corporation / Sunday, 11 December, 21.30 KSAT Angola: Silver / Sunday, 4 December, 20.00 CET Benin: Silver / Sund [...]
"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 [...]
The 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: Nominations
Seville, 5 November
At the Seville European Film Festival, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the 24th European Film Awards. Leading the field is MELANCHOLIA , Lars von Trier’s compelling film about the end of the world, with eight nominations, followed by five films with four [...]
"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 [...]
European Stars flock to Berlin for European Film Awards
When the 24th European Film Awards return to Berlin on 3 December, there will be an impressive line-up of European filmmakers presenting the individual awards, among them EFA Ambassadors Maria de Medeiros (Portugal), Moritz Bleibtreu (Germany), and Maciej Stuhr (Poland). They will be joined by Germa [...]
"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 [...]
EFA Honours Mads Mikkelsen
Danish actor accepts “with great humbleness and a big smile”
In recognition of a unique contribution to the world of film the European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting Mads Mikkelsen with the honorary award EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2011. Ever since his debut in Nicolas Winding Refn’s crime films PUSHER (1996) and PUSHER II – for [...]
"Life is so unpredictable!"
Interview with EFA Documentary Nominee Victor Kossakovsky on his film ¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!
Can you briefly describe what your film VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS is about and how you got interested in the subject? Victor Kossakovsky: Traveling through the countryside of Argentina, I saw a man who was fishing from a small bridge. Under the sunset-light that simple scene looked to me like the most bea [...]
EFA Nominates Three Documentaries
The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2011 – PRIX ARTE. 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 [...]
Five Debut Films Nominated For EFA Discovery Award 2011
The European Film Academy has announced this year’s nominations for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY - 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 LEBANON by [...]
HOLA DE MADRID
Interview with EFA Ambassador Belén Rueda
You began as a host in television and played in TV series for many years before playing dramatic parts in film and also theatre. How did these early experiences help you as a character actress? I was very excited and very keen on learning. They gave me the opportunity to learn acting. This is a gift [...]
Lifetime Achievement Award for Stephen Frears
“It’s very nice to be complimented by Europe,” the British director says
Stephen Frears, director of films like DANGEROUS LIAISONS, THE HI-LO COUNTRY and THE QUEEN will receive this year’s EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for his outstanding and dedicated body of work. “I don’t know what to say,” Frears said over the telephone. Having already rece [...]
EFA Short Film Nominations 2011 completed
As announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece), the Italian fiction short THE WHOLLY FAMILY by Terry Gilliam has been selected by the jury for a nomination for the 24th European Film Awards. The annual cycle is completed with this fifteenth short film nominated for European [...]
EFA Nominates Three Animation Films
3 is the lucky number: For the third 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 jury consisting of EFA Board Members Per Holst (producer, Denmark) and Antonio Saura (producer, Spain) as wel [...]
EFA-Selection announced: 45 films from 32 countries
Berlin, 12 September 2011 As the European Film Academy and EFA Productions gGmbH just announced in Berlin, there are 45 films in this year’s EFA Selection, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2011. With 32 countries represented, from A(ustria) to U(nited Kin [...]
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PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2011: POLLS ARE NOW OPEN
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 [...]
SALUTI DI ROMA
Interview with EFA Ambassador Kim Rossi Stuart
Where are you now, where have we caught you and what are you currently working on? I’m currently in Italy, Rome, my home town. I'm going to be a father soon, which means I’ll be putting the work on the backburner for a while. You come from an acting background and started to act very early. Was [...]
A New Star of European Cinema: Tallinn
This year’s 23rd European Film Awards took place in Tallinn, the beautiful capital of Estonia. Beautiful it is indeed - not just because of the Medieval centre with lots of history dripping from the walls - but also because the city was covered in snow which made the whole weekend an unforgetable [...]
The 23rd EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: Winners
The more than 2,300 members of the European Film Academy, filmmakers from across Europe, have voted for this year's European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Tallinn, European Capital of Culture 2011, the following awards were presented: EUROPEAN FILM 2010: THE GHOST WRITER France/Germany/UK b [...]
23rd EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: Nominations
Seville, 6 November
At the Seville European Film Festival, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards. Leading the field are THE GHOST WRITER, Roman Polanski’s political thriller with seven nominations, and LEBANON, Samuel Maoz's Israeli war drama, with f [...]
THE 22nd EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS - The Winners
EUROPEAN FILM 2009: DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon) Germany/Austria/France/Italy written and directed by Michael Haneke produced by Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Menegoz & Andrea Occhipinti EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2009: Michael Haneke for DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon) EUROP [...]
