Today, the European Film Academy announced the winners of this year’s Excellence Awards. These awards honour the different arts and crafts of film making in eight categories. The winners will receive their awards at the award ceremony of the 37th European Film Awards on 7 December in Lucerne. A special eight-member jury decided on the winners in the following categories based on the European Film Awards Feature Film Selection.
European Cinematography
Benjamin Kraču...
Today, the European Film Academy announced the winners of this year’s Excellence Awards. These awards honour the different arts and crafts of film making in eight categories. The winners will receive their awards at the award ceremony of the 37th European Film Awards on 7 December in Lucerne. A special eight-member jury decided on the winners in the following categories based on the European Film Awards Feature Film Selection.
European Cinematography
Benjamin Kraču...
On the occasion of this year’s 37th European Film Awards and in recognition of a unique contribution to the world of film, the European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting the actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini with the EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA award for her outstanding body of work.
Photo © Paola Kudacki - Truck Archive
Isabella Rossellini grew up in Paris and Rome. When she was 19, she moved to New York City, w...
Today, the European Film Academy revealed the nominees for the main categories of the 37th European Film Awards. The nominations are announced in an official nomination video presenting all nominated productions and protagonists. The winners will be revealed in this year’s award ceremony on 7 December in Lucerne, Switzerland.
European Film:
With the recently newly introduced regulation, films from the categories "European Documentary"...
Today the European Film Academy revealed the nominees of the European Short Film category. With the announcement the Academy enters a partnership with Vimeo, the innovative video experience platform for creators and enterprises. The cooperation aims to encourage a cultural dialogue and showcases the layered richness of European cinema. Vimeo will serve as the exclusive title sponsor of the European Short Film category, renaming it to “EUROPEAN SHORT FILM – Prix Vimeo”. Fu...
Agnieszka Holland steps down to dedicate time to new films
French actress Juliette Binoche has been unanimously proposed by all members of the European Film Academy Board to succeed Agnieszka Holland as President of the European Film Academy. The new President was chosen after the incumbent President, Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, had decided to step down in 2024. The honorary role of President of the European Film Academy holds a strongly symbolic power and embodies what the Academ...
The 36th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, took place at Arena Berlin in Berlin on 9 December 2023. It was the twenty-second time that the awards ceremony took place in Germany. The full list of nominations was revealed on 7 November 2023.
The french film by Justine Triet: "Anatomy of a fall" has been awarded with 5 top prizes: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Sandra Hülle...
University students across Europe chose ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet to receive this year’s European University Film Award. The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg announced the decision on Friday night during an official reception for the nominees of the 2023 European Film Awards on the eve of the festive gala on Saturday, 9 December in the Arena, Berlin.
Since October, the five nominated films, based on the European Film Awards Feature and Documentary Film...
Eurimages and the European Film Academy have the pleasure to award producer Uljana Kim with this years’ EURIMAGES INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION AWARD. Uljana Kim, born in 1969 in a Korean family in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, graduated from the Institute of Cinematography in Moscow (VGIK) in 1993 and is a film critic by education. She emigrated to Lithuania, where she founded Studio Uljana Kim in 1997. At that time, she was the first female producer in Lithuania.
Since then, the Vilnius-based produc...
It is a great pleasure for the European Film Academy to present the European Achievement in World Cinema Award to Isabel Coixet for her impressive contribution to the world of cinema. Born in Barcelona, Isabel Coixet started filming as a child with an 8mm camera and began working in advertising at the age of 19.
Right away, her 1989 debut feature DEMASIADO VIEJO PARA MORIR JOVEN about two friends getting by on odd jobs in Barcelona got her a first nomination for Best New Director at...
The European Film Academy launches European Film Club initiative for young people across Europe to commence the Month of European Film
Teenagers aged 12-19 can now access and discuss a catalogue of European films on the newly launched viewing platform.
European Film Club, the co-creation of the European Film Academy and young people from 25 countries, was launched this weekend across Europe, with the backing of Creative Europe MEDIA.
Several ye...
Month of European Film: What is happening?
After a successful pan-European launch in 2022, the European Film Academy presents the Month of European Film 2023 as Europe’s own film and award season. Starting on 1 November, it celebrates the diversity of European film for six weeks until its grand finale on 9 December with the European Film Awards in Berlin. Across Europe, thanks to the Academy’s partner Europa Cinemas, flagship cinemas in 40 countries from Iceland to Gr...
The European Film Academy revealed the nominees of the categories “European Animated Feature Film” and “European Short Film”. The committee which decided on the nominations for European Animated Feature Film was comprised of representatives of the European Film Academy and CARTOON, the European Association for Animation Film. The nomination committees will be presented on www.europeanfilmawards.eu after the publication of the nominations.
The catego...
On the occasion of the 36th European Film Awards on 9 December, the legendary director Béla Tarr will be presented with the Honorary Award of the Academy President and Board. With this award the European Film Academy wishes to pay special tribute to an outstanding director and a personality with a strong political voice, who is not only deeply respected by his colleagues but also celebrated by audiences world-wide. Béla Tarr is the sixth filmmaker to receive this recognition &nda...
European Lifetime Achievement Award for English Actress
Photo: (c) GBA
On the occasion of this year’s 36th European Film Awards and in recognition of a unique contribution to the world of film, the European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting the actress Dame Vanessa Redgrave with the EUROPEAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT award for her outstanding body of work.
Born in London, Vanessa Redgrave comes from a family of actors, a tradition that was started by her grandfather...
The European Film Academy announces:
Young Audience Film Weekend to celebrate the launch of the new European Film Club
Over 25 European countries are participating in the weekend on 3 to 5 November
The public part of the Young Audience Film Weekend kicks off with the Young Audience Film Summit 2023, now in its 3rd edition, on the subject of “The Future of Humanity”. The Summit is co-created and hosted by young peopl...
Drumroll for the five nominees in the running for the European University Film Award (EUFA)! The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg announce this year’s nominated films. Introduced in 2016, the award is presented by university students from across Europe. Based on the European Film Awards Feature and Documentary Film Selections 2023, these are the five nominations:
ANATOMY OF A FALL (ANATOMIE D’UNE CHUTE)
France
DIRECTED BY Justine Triet
WRITT...
We stand behind Agnieszka Holland
Agnieszka Holland (photo by Jacek Poremba)
We are stunned by the current personal hostility and threats from the Polish Minister of Justice, Mr Zbigniew Ziobro, against the President of the European Film Academy, the highly acclaimed filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, at a high political level because of her film ZIELONCA GRANICA (THE GREEN BORDER). Agni...
After the earlier announcement of 19 feature films that are part of the European Film Academy’s Film Selection 2023, 21 more titles have been added to the shortlist for the European Film Awards.
The Academy Selection represents every year the very best of European cinema and aims to promote the films. All work of the European Film Academy is based on our Diversity and Inclusion standards, ensuring that everyone in Europe is considered and has an equal chance to be selected. ...
Today, we are happy to present to you the first part of this year's Feature Film Selection including 19 high-quality films from all over Europe. In a second part, further titles will be announced in September, all recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2023.
These films have been selected by the European Film Academy Board, consulted by a diverse range of European invited experts.
The Academy Selection represents every year the very best of European cinem...
The Academy is pleased to unveil the new logo for the European Film Awards Berlin 2023!
Berlin-based designer Christin Franke used the Pantone colour of 2023 – „viva magenta“ and the concept of “blossoming” for this year‘s awards logo, indicating the celebration of films and life. From this year onwards, the Academy aims to introduce a new logo for each of the following awar...
The European Film Academy reveals the nominations for LUX – The European Audience Film Award, presented by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy in partnership with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas.
The 5 nominees for LUX – The European Audience Film Award 2024:
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain)
THE TEACHER’S LOUNGE directed by İlker Çatak (Germany)
FA...
With 14 powerful feature-length documentary films the European Film Academy is presenting a strong Documentary Film Selection for the European Film Awards 2023. The Academy has revealed the titles today. A committee consisting of a diverse range of invited European experts has chosen these 14 productions that have been recommended for nomination for the European Film Awards 2023. The European Film Awards, honouring the greatest achievements in European cinema, will be presented on 9 Dece...
The European Film Awards honour the greatest achievements in European cinema. This year the awards’ ceremony, presented jointly by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions, takes place on 9 December in Berlin. The selection procedure is underway.
19 productions have been chosen by the European Film Academy Board – consulted by a diverse range of invited European experts – as the first part of the Academy’s Feature Film Selection 2023...
Move repositions Europe’s main award show to international awards corridor
The European Film Awards, the European Film Academy’s annual award ceremony celebrating the best of European cinema, will move dates. After the 37th edition in December 2024, the 38th edition will take place mid-January 2026 and will celebrate the best European films from the previous year. The date change is a next step in the repositioning an...
