European Film Academy Opens Vote for People’s Choice Award

The People’s Choice Award allows film fans across Europe to elect their favourite film and win a trip to the European Film Awards Ceremony. Every year, when the European Film Academy invites its members, Europe’s greatest film stars, directors, producers, cinematographers, screenwriters, designers, nominees and winners, to attend the European Film Awards, the People’s Choice Award sheds a spotlight on the people films are made for - the audience.
Winners in the past have included films like Pedro Almodóvar’s VOLVER, Roberto Benigni’s LA VITA E BELLA, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s AMÉLIE, Fatih Akin's HEAD-ON, and Danny Boyle's SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
From 1 September on, film fans can cast their vote on the official website
www.europeanfilmawards.eu
and win a chance to attend the 23rd European Film Awards on Saturday, 4 December 2010, in the Estonian capital Tallinn on the Baltic coast!

NOMINATED ARE:
AGORA
written by Alejandro Amenábar & Mateo Gil
directed by Alejandro Amenábar
produced by Alvaro Augustín & Fernando Bovaira
BAARÍA
written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
produced by Giampaolo Letta & Mario Spedaletti
AN EDUCATION
written by Nick Hornby
directed by Lone Scherfig
produced by Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey
FLICKAN SOM LEKTE MED ELDEN (The Girl Who Played With Fire)
written by Jonas Frykberg
directed by Daniel Alfredson
produced by Sören Staermose
THE GHOST WRITER
written by Robert Harris & Roman Polanski
directed by Roman Polanski
produced by Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde & Roman Polanski
KICK-ASS
written by Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn
directed by Matthew Vaughn
produced by Matthew Vaughn, Brad Pitt, Kris Thykier, Adam Bohling, Tarquin Pack & David Reid
MINE VAGANTI (Loose Cannons)
written by Ferzan Ozpetek & Ivan Cotroneo
directed by Ferzan Ozpetek
produced by Domenico Procacci
MR. NOBODY
written and directed by Jaco van Dormael
produced by Philippe Godeau
LE PETIT NICOLAS (Little Nicholas)
written by Laurent Tirard & Grégoire Vigneron
directed by Laurent Tirard
produced by Eric Jehelmann
SOUL KITCHEN
written by Fatih Akin & Adam Bousdoukos
directed by Fatih Akin
produced by Fatih Akin & Klaus Maeck
The European Film Academy and EFA Productions present the People's Choice Award in cooperation with a network of media partners across Europe.

MEDIA PARTNERS: ADN (Spain) * ARTE * www.cinemagia.ro (Romania) * Cinemania (Spain) * www.cineuropa.org * Diena (Latvia) * De Filmkrant (the Netherlands) * IFTN (Ireland) * www.kinema.sk (Slovakia) * Nädal (Estonia) * www.nettavisen.no (Norway) * NTV Plus (Russia) * La Rivista del Cinematografo (Italy) * El séptimo vicio (Spain) * www.stopklatka.pl (Poland) * STUDIO Ciné Live (France) * Tea Moderna / Tin Shema (Macedonia) * Vikend (Slovenia) * VOX mozimagazin (Hungary) *
Ernst & Young, one of the leading global professional services firms, continues to act as Official Tabulator, endorsing the voting procedures and confirming the winner.
THE 23rd EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:
Tallin / Estonia, 4 Dec 2010

The European Film Awards 2010 are presented by the European Film Academy e.V. and EFA Productions gGmbH with the support of European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011, Estonian Ministry of Culture, the City of Tallinn, Estonian Cultural Endowment, Enterprise Estonia, Estonian Public Broadcasting, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and BDG.

PATRONS: CENTRE DU CINEMA OF THE FRENCH SPEAKING COMMUNITY OF BELGIUM * CENTRO NIEMEYER * DANISH FILM INSTITUTE * EGEDA * EURIMAGES * FILM FUND LUXEMBOURG * FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND (VAF) * ICA - INSTITUTO DO CINEMA E DO AUDIOVISUAL * KORDA STUDIOS * MALTA FILM COMMISSION * MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE OF CYPRUS (CULTURAL SERVICES) * NETHERLANDS FILM FUND * POLISH FILM INSTITUTE * SEVILLE EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL, A PROJECT OF ICAS, ORGANISED BY ANDALUCIA FILM COMMISSION AND SPONSORED BY EMASESA *AB SVENSK FILMINDUSTRI * SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE * TELEWIZJA POLSKA S.A. (TVP) * UGC CINE CITE SAS *