The European Film Academy and EFA Productions are pleased to announce that the European Film Awards 2009 will take place in Essen in Germanys Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia. The unique move is a change from the regular system which brings the European Film Awards to Berlin, home of the European Film Academy, every two years. In the years inbetween the awards ceremony is held in different European film capitals such as London, Paris, Rome, Barcelona, Warsaw, and now Copenhagen. As a first hi...

The Cologne Conference is one of the world’s biggest TV events. Since 1991, it has played a pivotal role in bringing together international and German TV experts. Several top notch programmes such as "ER", "Sex and the City" and "West Wing" had their German and European premieres at the Cologne Conference. Oscar and Golden Globe laureates engage in discussions and negotiations during the festival.This year the Cologne Conference moves to a new location - the MediaPark Cologne - where in May so...

International Film Congress at the 2005 Cologne Medien Forum06/30 – 07/05The Largest European media conference, the Cologne Medien Forum in North Rhine Westphalia (NRW) has a comprehensive orientation providing updates on socio-economic related issues impacting the film and television industries and comprehensive screenings through the parallel Cologne Conference which feature the best television programs produced world wide in the previous year. Other equally important parts are the Intern...