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Movie Feature: European Film Awards 2014 go to Riga

Feb

2013

Riga, European Capital of Culture 2014, will be the host of the 27th European Film Awards next year. 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 said: “As a truly European event, this is the only awards ceremony ...

Movie Feature: European Film Awards 2013 – Two Further Short Films Nominated

Feb

2013

The Berlin International Film Festival and the International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand have nominated the following short films for the European Film Awards 2013. The European Film Academy (EFA) congratulates:

Movie Feature: Oscars 2013 Predictions

Feb

2013

‘You heard ‘em here first…’ Right – in what is likely to be the shortest post I will ever write for Picturenose, here are my predictions for the 2013 Oscars on 24 February, neatly avoiding any reference to how rubbish I have been previously when I have attempted to second-guess the Academy, or the fact ...

Movie News: European Film Academy Young Audience Award

Jan

2013

Call for submissions The European Film Academy Young Audience Award, first introduced in 2012 on occasion of the 25th European Film Awards, will be presented this year in the framework of a Young Audience Film Day on Sunday, 5 May.

Movie News: Three Documentaries Nominated For European Film Awards

Oct

2012

The European Film Academy has announced the nominations in the category European Film Academy Documentary 2012. A committee consisting of Nik Powell, director of the NFTS and deputy chairman of the EFA Board (UK), EFA Members Francine Brücher (Switzerland) and Despina Mouzaki (Greece), and the documentary experts Claas Danielsen (Germany), Ally Derks (the Netherlands), and ...

Movie News: Five Debut Films Nominated for EFA Discovery Award

Oct

2012

The European Film Academy (EFA) has congratulated the nominees for its 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. This year’s nominations were determined by a committee comprised of EFA Board Members Helena Danielsson (Sweden) and Els ...

Movie News: EFA Honours Bernardo Bertolucci

Oct

2012

In recognition of a unique and dedicated contribution to the world of film, the European Film Academy has announced its ‘great pride’ in presenting Bernardo Bertolucci with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Bertolucci began his career as an assistant director to Pier Paolo Pasolini on Accattone (1961) and directed his first feature film at the age ...

Movie News: 14 Shorts Nominated for European Film Awards

Oct

2012

With this year’s final nomination having been announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece), the list of nominated short films is now complete. The short film initiative is organized by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury ...

Movie News: Helen Mirren receives European Achievement in World Cinema Award

Sep

2012

‘A very meaningful honour,’ says legendary British actress The European Film Academy has proudly presented Dame Helen Mirren with the honorary European Achievement in World Cinema Award 2012 for her outstanding body of work. “It was discovering the immense diversity of European film-making that gave me an enduring love and respect for the art form,” ...

65th Cannes Film Festival EU MEDIA Prize

Apr

2012

Asghar Farhadi to be first winner Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou will award the first EU MEDIA prize to Iranian director Asghar Farhadi on 20 May 2012 at the Cannes Film Festival. Asghar Farhadi, known in Europe and throughout the world for his films About Elly (2009) (which won a Silver Bear ...

European Film Academy

Feb

2012

EFA turns to young audiences To celebrate this year’s 25th European Film Awards, the European Film Academy (EFA) and EFA Productions have launched a new award: The European Film Academy Young Audience Award, which will be presented as a separate event.