Young Juries Across Europe Screen Nominees GIRLS LOST, MISS IMPOSSIBLE and RAUF
The European Film Academy proudly announces and congratulates the three nominees for the EFA Young Audience Award 2016:
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GIRLS LOST POJKARNA WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alexandra-Therese Keining PRODUCED BY: Helena & Olle Wirenhed Sweden |
Three teenaged girls discover a mysterious drug that turns them temporarily into boys …
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MISS IMPOSSIBLE JAMAIS CONTENTE DIRECTED BY: Emilie Deleuze WRITTEN BY: Marie Desplechin, Emilie Deleuze & Laurent Guyot PRODUCED BY: Patrick Sobelman France |
When you are a 13-year-old girl with an uncompromising way of looking at boys, school, family or friends, life takes on the appearance of a merry psychodrama
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RAUF DIRECTED BY: Bariş Kaya & Soner Caner WRITTEN BY: Soner Caner PRODUCED BY: Selman Kizilaslan, Uğur Kizilaslan & Burak Ozan Turkey |
At the age of 11, Rauf finds himself living in a big platonic love.
On Young Audience Film Day on 8 May, the three nominated films will be screened to audiences of 12 – 14 year-olds in the following 25 countries across Europe:
| AUSTRIA: Vienna BELGIUM: Brussels BULGARIA: Sofia CROATIA: Zagreb DENMARK: Aalborg GERMANY: Berlin & Erfurt GREECE: Athens HUNGARY: Budapest ITALY: Florence |
KOSOVO: Prizren LATVIA: Riga LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg FYR MACEDONIA: Skopje MALTA: Saint-Julian’s THE NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam POLAND: Wrocław PORTUGAL: Lisbon ROMANIA: Cluj-Napoca |
SERBIA: Belgrade SLOVAKIA: Bratislava SLOVENIA: Izola SPAIN: Avilés & Barcelona TURKEY: Istanbul UK: London UKRAINE : Kiev |
And it is the young audience that will act as a jury and vote for the winner right after the screenings. In a truly European vote, jury speakers will then transmit the national results live via video conference to Erfurt (Germany) where the winner will be announced in an award ceremony streamed live on yaa.europeanfilmawards.eu, a special website that offers further information about the nominated films and the participating cities.
As a response to the current situation in Europe and a contribution to integration, this year’s fifth edition of the EFA Young Audience Award also specifically includes refugee kids. It is the first time that Berlin participates in the initiative and it is here that the European Film Academy and the Academy of Arts will bring together Berlin pupils and “welcome classes” for refugee children. Together they will watch the nominated films, discuss them with each other, and, as members of the pan-European jury, vote for the winner. This special event is organised in co-operation with the Berlin Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts).
