I am extremely proud to be a member of the European Film Academy which some describe as the Oscars of Europe and I feel extremely honoured that my fellow members have voted me to their Board two years ago.
Your support will be much appreciated for the next election which will renew nine positions including Chairman, Deputy Chairperson and six board members.
Thank you!
Bruno Chatelin
News from the EFA
9 positions in the Board of the European Film Academy will be open to votes by t...
Young Juries Across Europe Screen Nominees GIRLS LOST, MISS IMPOSSIBLE and RAUF
The European Film Academy proudly announces and congratulates the three nominees for the EFA Young Audience Award 2016:
GIRLS LOST
POJKARNA
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alexandra-Therese Keining
PRODUCED BY: Helena & Olle Wirenhed
Sweden
Three teenaged girls discover a mysterious drug that turns them temp...
The red carpet / Steve McQueen and his partner, Bianca Stigter, arrive at the Latvian National Opera
While European media representatives from 30 countries installed themselves in the press centre, film fans waited outside the impressive red carpet tent in front of the Latvian National Opera for the arrival of the stars.
Thomas Hermanns welcomes the audience
On a stage with a gigantic projection flower installation bathed in spheric lights, host Thomas Hermanns welcomed t...
Agnès Varda photo by Julia_Fabry©cine-tamaris
In recognition of a unique and dedicated contribution to the world of film, the European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting Agnès Varda with the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for her outstanding body of work.
As a writer and director, Agnès Varda continues ...
At a press conference at the Wroclaw City Hall, the European Film Academy announced its decision to hold the 2016 European Film Awards in Wroclaw. The announcement was made on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the European Film Academy on 1st April 1989 in Berlin and 640 days before Wroclaw will become European Capital of Culture in 2016. Guests included EFA Director Marion Döring, executive producer Jürgen Biesinger, EFA Board Member Krzysztof Zanussi, the fi...
The more than 2,900 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented:
EUROPEAN FILM
LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty)
Italy/France, 140 min
DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino
WRITTEN BY: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
EUROPEAN COMEDY
DEN SKALDEDE FRISØR...
Sorrentino is the big winner of the evening with 4 Prizes (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Editing).
The winners of the 26th European Film Awards were announced during the awards ceremony on 7 December 2013 in Berlin.
European Film
THE GREAT BEAUTY / LA GRANDE BELLEZZA
Italy, France (140 min)
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Producer: Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima
European Director
PAOLO...
A matter of responsability, This was the theme of Lord David Puttnam's Keynote adress and discussion at The General Assembly of the Academy, in Berlin Concorde Hotel.
David was my boss when I was running Columbia TriStar distribution in France.
His words still resonate in my mind from the last time we met in Cannes, some 15 years ago or so, about the new Catch Line designed for the Columbia Studio branding (which he was running for a year).
"Movies That Matter".
In a pri...
I arrived in Berlin safely, despite snow at Tegel...for the European Film Awards. Nice room at Concorde Hotel, petits fours (eaten befor ethis picture) and a sweet chocolate reproduction of the Award! Nominees reception in a few moments! got to go...
Canapés and a sweet surprise...which I ate with pleasure..
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The Chairman, 2 Deputy Chair Persons and 6 Board members positions will be open for a period of 2 years (2014-2015)
(Filmfestivals.com Bruno Chatelin stands for re election for a second term)
Vote by the members of the Acdemy will close this Thursday, 21 November 2013 at 23h59 CET at the latest.
The Board and Team in office for 2013.
The President:
Wim Wenders, Director, Germany
Wim Wenders attended the Academy of Film & Television ...
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 Ada Solomon from Romania.
Since setting up her own company HiFilm, Ada Solomon has produced award-winning shorts by Cristian Nemescu (MARIL...
Awards for Cinematography, Editing, Design, Costumes, Music & Sound
The European Film Academy announces the first winners who will be honoured at this year’s 26th European Film Awards. A special seven-member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the EFA Selection list, decided on the winners in the categories cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, composer and sound design. This new addition to the awards procedures follows a decision of the EF...
The European Film Academy rewarded Paco Delgado´s work in Blancanieves (directed by Pablo Berger) “for a costume design combining meticulous research of Spanish tradition and craft with the freedom of a gothic fairy tale.”
EFA members of the jury were: Tuomas Kantelinen, Francesco Ranieri Martinotti, Karel Och, Simón de Santiago, Hervé Schneid, Marek Septimus Wieser and Jasmila Zbanic
Paco Delgado won the Goya for Best Wardro...
A note to EFA members.
This is just a short note to remind you that this year’s nominations vote will be completed on Thursday, 24 October 2013. If you have not cast your votes online or sent in your votes yet, please do so in the remaining days. Only votes received by 23h59 CET on Thursday, 24 October can be included in the overall count.
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The European Film Academy congratulates the nominees for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2013 – 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 László Kantor (Hungary), EFA Members Pierre-Henri Deleau (France) and ...
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:
Vila do Conde Short Film Nominee
CUT
directed by Christoph Girardet & Matthias Mueller
Germany 2013, experimental,...
The European Film Academy proudly announces the three nominations in the category EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2013.
A committee consisting of EFA Board Members Bruno Chatelin, producer (France) and Marek Rozenbaum, producer (Israel), as well as producer Manuel Cristóbal (Spain) and the journalists Daniel Couvreur (Belgium) and Lisa Nesselson (France), all three of them represent...
THE 26th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:
It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the titles of the 46 films on this year’s selection list, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2013! With 32 European countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.
In the 20 countries with the most EFA Members, these members have voted one nati...
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 in Berlin!&...
The SHORT MATTERS! programme screens the short films nominated in 2012 at a series of festivals around the world. In July this includes the following screenings:
4 – 13 July 2013
Jerusalem Film Festival (Israel)
www.jff.org.il
6 - 14 July 2013
Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival (Portugal)
www.curtas.pt
10 & 11 July 2013
Academia de Cine, Madrid
www.academiadecine.com
...
For the 9th time already, and on the occasion of the 48th Karlovy Vary IFF, the annual FAN of Europe meeting brought together the film academies network for an exchnage of ideas and experiences concerning membership, awarding procedures, organisation of an awards ceremony and other projects.
Attending were (1rst row, from left to right) Judith Colell - Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematograficas, Madrid * Marion Döring - European Film Academy * Isona Passola - Acad&e...
The more than 2,700 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented:
EUROPEAN FILM 2012:
AMOUR
France / Germany / Austria, 127 min
written & directed by Michael Haneke
produced by Margaret Menegoz, Stefan ...
The European Film Academy proudly announces 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 Jacques Laurent (Belgium) has chosen the following three films for a nomination:
HIVER NOMADE (Winter Nomads)
Swit...
FIVE DEBUT FILMS NOMINATED FOR EFA DISCOVERY AWARD
The European Film Academy congratulates the nominees for the 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 Vandevorst (the Netherlands), EFA Members Pierre-Henri...
