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 the producer Cedomir Kolar.
Cedomir Kolar has been active in film production for more than 30 years. He was born in former Yugoslavia, in the city of Rijeka on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, and graduated in film production at the Belgrade Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has produced over 30 feature films by authors fr...
Awards for Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costumes, Hair & Make-Up, Music and Sound
The European Film Academy announces the first winners who will be honoured at this year’s European Film Awards. A special seven-member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the EFA Selection list and the additional film entries, decided on the winners in the categories cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, hair ...
I’m writing to ask you if you would sign a petition we’ve launched last week.
You may have heard that Mohammad Rasoulof, whose last film A MAN OF INTEGRITY, won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes this year, is not allowed to travel anymore, as the Iranian authorities took his passport as he was coming back from Telluride.
He’s now facing 6 years in prison.
We are releasing the film in France early December.
This is why we wrote the at...
The European Film Academy proudly announces the four nominations for the award categories EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2017 and EUROPEAN COMEDY 2017.
The nominations for the category ANIMATED FEATURE FILM were determined by a committee comprised of EFA Board Deputy Chairman Antonio Saura (Spain), EFA Board Member Ira von Gienanth (Germany), EFA Member Anja Šošić (Poland), as well as CARTOON representatives Christian Davin (Fran...
NOMINATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2017
At the Seville European Film Festival the European Film Academy and EFA Productions proudly announced the nominations for the 30th European Film Awards. The more than 3,000 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on 9 December in Berlin.
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The European Film Academy congratulates the nominees for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2017 – 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.
This year’s nominations were determined by a committee comprised of EFA Board Member Angeles González-Sinde (Spain), EFA Member Mihai Chirilov (Romania), and Isabelle Danel (France), Robbie E...
Albert Wiederspiel (FFHH), Fabian Gasmia, Dagmar Brunow, Juho Kuosmanen, Elli Mastorou and Kathrin Kohlstedde (FFHH) / Picture: Filmfest Hamburg
At the Filmfest Hamburg, the five nominated films for the European University Film Award (EUFA) have been announced. Introduced in 2016, this award is presented by university students from across Europe. Based on the lists of 51 feature films and 15 documentaries from the EFA Selections 2017 a committee consisting of Fabian Gasmia (pr...
FILM ENTRIES: FEATURE FILMS
Like the 51 films in the EFA Feature Film Selection 2017, the following two films are eligible for nominations in the categories European Film, Director, Actress, Actor, and Screenwriter. They will also be taken into consideration by the 7-member Excellence Awards Jury for the awards in the categories European Cinematographer, Editor, Production Designer, Costume Designer, Hair & Make-Up Artist, Composer, and Sound Designer.
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The European Film Academy and EFA Productions are proud to present this year's short film nominations. At each of the 15 participating film festivals, an independent jury presented one European short film in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards.
Nominated are:
Ghent Short Film Nominee
TIMECODE
by Juanjo Giménez
Spain 2016, fiction, 15 min
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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 spotlight on the people films are made for: the audience. This year’s vote has started – vote now and win the chance to join winners and nominees for the awards ceremony ...
The Board of the European Film Academy wishes to express its deepest concern about the Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov being placed under house arrest and calls for his immediate release.
Kirill Serebrennikov, one of the most prominent Russian theatre and film directors who was part of the EFA Selection 2013 with BETRAYAL (Izmena) and 2016 with THE STUDENT (Uchenik), for which Ilya Demutsky received the award European Composer 2016, and whose films were presented at f...
The European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the titles of the 51 films on this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2017! With 31 European countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.
In the 20 countries with the mo...
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 recommended to the committee one film each which has had its world premiere at the respective festival’s latest edition. Chosen in co-operation with the European Documentary Network EDN, these festivals are:
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At the 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival the European Film Academy (EFA) has launched a campaign to invite young filmmakers to become voting members of the EFA. „We want to encourage our young colleagues to actively take part in our Academy community and activities. We need their inspiration and expertise to bring the Academy into the next decade,“ says Agnieszka Holland, Chairwoman of the EFA Board. „The future is theirs and they are the future – only t...
In October 2016, the EFA Project FREMDE WELTEN - NEUE FREUNDE, realised in co-operation with the agency Berliner Wohnplattform which operates various housing projects for refugees and homeless people,and supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, brought together around 500 residents, EFA Members, neighbours and friends at a shelter in Berlin-Charlottenburg for a special celebration. Being part of this encounter gave EFA Member and costume designer Stefanie Bruhn t...
On the occasion of this year's 30th European Film Awards (EFAs) and in recognition of a unique contribution to the world of film, the European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting Aleksandr Sokurov with the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for his outstanding work in the field of directing, dramaturgy and cinematography.
Having first graduated in History, Aleksandr Sokurov started out making various TV films and documentaries and then studied at the Soviet Uni...
Young Juries in 31 European Countries Elect German film by Fatih Akin
In a truly European vote, 12-14-year-olds in
AUSTRIA: St. Pölten & Vienna
BELGIUM: Brussels
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Sarajevo
BULGARIA: Sofia
CROATIA: Zagreb
CZECH REPUBLIC: Prague
DENMARK: Aalborg
ESTONIA: Tallinn
FINLAND: Helsinki
GERMANY: Berlin & Erfurt
GREECE: Athens
HUNGARY: Buda...
The 6th edition of the EFA Young Audience Award will take place in a record-breaking 31 European countries and 37 cities.
Your 12-14-year-old children are very welcome to attend this great event!
On the Young Audience Film Day the three nominated European films are screened to young audiences all over Europe. They watch the films and act as a jury, voting for the winner right after the screenings.
In a truly Europe...
The European Film Academy awards the Plaza de España in Seville the title “Treasure of European Film Culture”.
Originally designed and built as the main symbol for and most ambitious project of the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition world’s fair, Plaza de España is one of Seville's most iconic locations.
Plaza de España (picture: Fernando Ruso, Ayuntamiento de Sevilla)
With its mix of 1920s Art Deco, Neo-Renaissance, and...
Young Juries Across Europe Screen Nominees GOODBYE BERLIN, MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI and THE GIRL DOWN LOCH ÄNZI
The European Film Academy (EFA) proudly announces and congratulates the three nominees for the EFA Young Audience Award 2017:
GOODBYE BERLIN
TSCHICK
DIRECTED BY: Fatih Akin
WRITTEN BY: Lars Hubrich
PRODUCED BY: Marco Mehlitz
fiction, Germany
The trip of a lifetime and a summer Maik and Ts...
Solidarity Instead of Flowers: European Film Academy Turns 30
As part of the section Berlinale Special, the Berlinale and the European Film Academy present THE TRIAL: THE STATE OF RUSSIA VS OLEG SENTSOV
Premiere at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in the presence of Imprisoned Director’s Cousin, Lawyer, Producers and Friends
In May 2014, the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was involved in suppo...
The more than 3,000 members of the European Film Academy – filmmakers from across Europe – have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Wroclaw the following awards were presented:
EUROPEAN FILM 2016
TONI ERDMANN
Directed by: Maren Ade
Written by: Maren Ade
Produced by: Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Michel Merkt
EUROPEAN COMEDY 2016
A MAN CALLED OVE (En man som heter Ove)
Directed by: Hannes Holm
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photo: Łukasz Rajchert
Only four more days before European filmmakers, EFA Members, guests, nominees and winners will gather to celebrate European cinema at its finest at the 29th European Film Awards in Wrocław, European Capital of Culture 2016.
This year’s edition of the awards ceremony will be celebrated at Wrocław’s National Forum of Music (NFM), designed by Kuryłowicz & Associates, a multi-venue facility incl...
Just a quick reminder that the vote for the new EFA Board will end on Friday, 25 November 2016 (23h59 CET), so you still have some time.
Thanks a lot for your participation!
The self-nomination procedure being concluded, it is our pleasure to present to you the candidates for the EFA Board elections 2016. We wish to thank all candidates for their commitment!
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Awards for Cinematography, Editing, Design, Costumes, Hair & Make-Up, Music and Sound
The European Film Academy announces the first winners who will be honoured at this year’s European Film Awards. A special seven-member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the EFA Selection list and the additional film entries, decided on the winners in the categories cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, hair & mak...
