Moderated by TV host Steven Gätjen, the Grand Finale Sees a Line-up of Berlin-based Actors and Actresses Presented as a series of virtual events, this year’s European Film Awards (EFAs) will take place every evening from 8 to 12 December with a livestream of “The EFAs at Eight”, celebrating the nominees and winners of the various categories of the 2020 European Film Awards. The entire programme will be streamed live at www.europeanfilmawards.eu and through an international network of streaming and broadcasting partners, with the nominees & winners joining via live video co ..read more

The European Film Awards to be presented in a virtual gala from Berlin Set to be livestreamed, the awards ceremony will also host the announcement of the nominees for the brand-new LUX - European Audience Film Award The European Film Awards to be presented in a virtual gala from Berlin Due to the pandemic, the 33rd European Film Awards will take place as a virtual ceremony without an audience, broadcast and streamed from the European Film Academy’s seat, Berlin, on Saturday, 12 December 2020. The awarding procedures will remain the same, i.e. most awards are voted for directly by the over 3 ..read more

The European Film Awards put the spotlight on social class, religion and… alcohol Pietro Marcello’s Martin Eden, Jan Komasa’s Corpus Christi and Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round lead the nominations for the 2020 awards For the European Film Academy, 2020 is about social class, religion and… alcohol. Announced on 10 of November at Sevilla, the leading nominees for the upcoming 33rd European Film Awards, which will take place in a virtual ceremony streamed from Berlin on 12 December, are Pietro Marcello’s Martin Eden, Jan Komasa’s Corpus Christi and Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round. All thre ..read more

NOMINATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2020 The European Film Academy and EFA Productions, in a virtual event presented jointly with the Seville European Film Festival, proudly announce the nominations for the 33rd European Film Awards. Antonio Muñoz, Delegate for Urban Habitat, Culture and Tourism for Seville City Council, EFA Chairman Mike Downey and Jose Luis Cienfuegos, Director of the Sevilla European Film Festival. Mike Downey, Chairman of the EFA Board: “In order to widen the platform to more European films in what is such a difficult time for European cinema and artists, the EFA Bo ..read more

Maria Silvia Country:  Italy Observer Competition Year:  2020 European Commission DG CNECT ..read more

Teona Country:  North Macedonia Director Competition Year:  2020 Macedonian born Teona Strugar Mitevska started as a child actor, trained as a painter and graphic designer and studied film at NYU-Tisch School of Arts. She directed her first short, VETA, in 2001, and has been making films ever since: HOW I KILLED A SAINT, 2004; I AM FROM TITOV VELES, 2007; THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS, 2012; TERESA AND I, 2013; WHEN THE DAY HAD NO NAME, 2017 and most recently, GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA that premiered in competition in Berlin Film Festival 2019, where it was awarded ..read more

Susan Country:  Ireland Eurimages. Head of Programme – Co-production Competition Year:  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Eurimages is the Council of Europe’s fund supporting film co-production.  As Head of Programme for Co-production, Susan is responsible for coordinating the Fund’s main support scheme. A business studies graduate of Trinity College Dublin, she has extensive experience in the UK television sector and has worked as a special effects producer in London and in the post-production sector in France. She joined Eurimages from the European Audiovisual Observatory ..read more

Vanessa Country:  Netherlands Talent manager/agent Competition Year:  2020 Vanessa Henneman (Amsterdam, 1968) studied Drama in Guildford and Film and Television Sciences at the London Institute. In The Netherlands she worked for several years as a director and producer. During this period she also studied law at the University of Amsterdam and graduated in 2000, specialized in Entertainment Law. Vanessa Henneman started her own company Henneman Agency in 2005, which is now one of the leading talent agencies in The Netherlands, representing over 150 prominent actors, w ..read more

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The European Parliament and the European Film Academy create a new pan-European Audience Award that will be voted on by audiences across Europe The current health crisis is challenging the film industry in ways that have never been seen before, and the decision-makers are working hard in order to emerge from it stronger than ever, together. The LUX Award is not oblivious to this, and is quickly adapting to the new reality. After having set up a VoD aggregator to provide information about the availability of the prize-winning films all across Europe (see the news) and having organised a serie ..read more