33rd European Film Awards

The 33rd European Film Awards was scheduled to be presented in Reykjavík, Iceland on 12 December 2020.[3][4][5] Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the awards were announced in a virtual event online.

33rd European Film Awards
Date12 December 2020
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Organized byEuropean Film Academy
Official websitewww.europeanfilmawards.eu

Selection

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Feature

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The list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the 2020 European Film Awards.[6]

Documentary

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Short Film

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The European Short Film 2020 is presented in co-operation with the following 24 European film festivals. At each of the festivals, the jury of the international competition appointed by the festival chooses a single candidate (there shall be no ex-aequo candidates). Then the participating festivals nominate five short films from the list of 24 candidates.[7]

Awards voted by EFA Members

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Nomination has been announced on 10 November 2020. [8]

Feature

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English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Another Round Thomas Vinterberg Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Kasper Dissing Zentropa Entertainments, Zentropa Productions2   /   /   Danish, Swedish
Berlin Alexanderplatz Burhan Qurbani Leif Alexis, Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach Sommerhaus Filmproduktion, Lemming Film, ARTE, Entertainment One, Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Nederlands Filmfonds, Eurimages, Wild at Art   /   German, English
Corpus Christi Jan Komasa Leszek Bodzak, Aneta Hickinbotham Aurum Films   /   Polish
Martin Eden Pietro Marcello Pietro Marcello, Beppe Caschetto, Thomas Ordonneau, Michael Weber, Viola Fügen Avventurosa, IBC Movie, Rai Cinema   /   Italian, Neapolitan, French
The Painted Bird Václav Marhoul Václav Marhoul, Igor Savychenko, Zuzana Mistríková, Eduard Kucera, Richard Kaucký Silver Screen, Ceská Televize, PubRes, RTVS, Directory Films   /   /   Czech, German, Russian, Latin
Undine Christian Petzold Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber, Margaret Menegoz Schramm Film Koerner & Weber   /   German, English

The nominees were announced on 27 October 2020. The nominations were determined by a committee consisting of EFA Board Members Katriel Schory (Israel) and Angela Bosch Ríus (Spain), director/screenwriter Paddy Breathnach (Ireland), festival programmer Markus Duffner (Germany/Italy) and distributor/festival programmer Selma Mehadžić (Croatia).

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Advantages of Travelling by Train Aritz Moreno Merry Colomer, Leire Apellaniz & Juan Gordon Morena Films, Logical Pictures, CNC, Castelao Pictures, Departamento de Cultura del Gobierno Vasco, Euskal Irrati Telebista (EiTB), Filmax, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Movistar+, Radio Televisión Española (RTVE), Señor & Señora, Ventajas de Viajar en Tren   /   Spanish, French, English, Russian
The Big Hit Emmanuel Courcol Marc Bordure & Robert Guédiguian Agat Films & Cie   French
Ladies of Steel Pamela Tola Aleksi Bardy, Dome Karukoski & Sirkka Rautiainen Helsinki-Filmi   Finnish

Documentary

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English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Acasă, My Home Radu Ciorniciuc Monica Lazurean-Gorgan HBO Europe, HBO Romania, Manifest Film   /   /   Romanian, English
The Cave Feras Fayyad Kirstine Barfod, Sigrid Dyekjær Danish Documentary Production   /   Arabic, English
Collective Alexander Nanau Alexander Nanau, Bianca Oana, Bernard Michaux, Hanka Kastelocova Alexander Nanau Production, HBO Europe, Samsa Film   /   Romanian, English
Gunda Victor Kossakovsky Joslyn Barnes, Anita Rehoff Larsen Artemis Rising Foundation, Empathy Arts, Fritt Ord Foundation, Louverture Films, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Norwegian Film Institute, Sant & Usant, Storyline Studios   /   English
Little Girl Sébastien Lifshitz Muriel Meynard Agat & Cie   French
Saudi Runaway Susanne Regina Meures Christian Frei -   -

Animated Feature

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The nominations were determined by a committee consisting of EFA Board Member EFA Board Member Béatrice Thiriet (France), director Anca Damian (Romania), producer Antonio Saura (Spain) and, representing CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, Diogo Carvalho (producer, Portugal), Camilla Deakin (producer, UK) and Norbert Laporte (institutional, Luxembourg).[citation needed]

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Calamity Rémy Chayé Henri Magalon & Claire Lacombe Maybe Movies, Noerlum Studios   /   French
  Josep Aurel Serge Lalou Les Films d'Ici Méditerranée, Imagic Telecom   /   /  French, Spanish, Catalan,

English

Klaus Sergio Pablos Jinko Gotoh, Sergio Pablos & Marisa Román The SPA Studios, Atresmedia Cine   English, Saami
The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks Andrey Khrzhanovsky Andrey Khrzhanovsky & Nikolay Makovsky School Studio 'Shar'   Russian, English

Short Film

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English title Director(s) Producer(s) Country
All Cats Are Grey in the Dark Lasse Linder Edith Flückiger    Switzerland
Genius Loci Adrien Mérigeau Jean-Christophe Reymond, Amaury Ovise   France
Past Perfect Jorge Jácome Jorge Jácome   Portugal
Sun Dog Dorian Jespers Dorian Jespers   Belgium,   Russia
Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days Regina Pessoa Abi Feijó, Julie Roy, Reginald de Guillebon   Portugal,   Canada,   France

Critics Award

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The nominees were announced on 8 October 2020. The nominations were determined by a committee composed of EFA Board Members Valérie Delpierre (Spain) and Anita Juka (Croatia), curator Giona A. Nazzaro (Italy) as well as film critics Marta Bałaga (Finland/Poland), Andrei Plakhov (Russia) and Frédéric Ponsard (France), all three as representatives of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. [9]

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Sole Carlo Sironi Giovanni Pompili Kino Produzioni   /   Italian
Full Moon Nermin Hamzagic Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo SCCA / pro.ba   Bosnian
Gagarine Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh Julie Billy, Carole Scotta Haut et Court   French
Instinct Halina Reijn Frans Van Gestel, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld Topkapi Films   Dutch
Isaac Jurgis Matulevicius Stasys Baltakis Film Jam   Lithuanian, German, Russian
Jumbo Zoé Wittock Anaïs Bertrand, Annabella Nezri, Gilles Chanial Insolence Productions   /   /   French

Audience awards

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Lux European Audience Film Award

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The three nominated films are viewed by audiences in cinemas (online if the situation requires it) across Europe, via the LUX Film Days (February – May) and the LUX Audience Week (March or May depending on the ceremony date). Voting opens for the public from day 1 after the EFA Ceremony until two weeks before the LUX Ceremony. Members of the European Parliament vote from the beginning of March until the day before the Awards Ceremony (exact timeline TBD/TBC). The final ranking will be determined by combining the public vote ratings and the vote ratings by the Members of the European Parliament, with each group weighing 50 per cent. The film with the highest average rating will become the winner.

English title Director(s) Country Language
Collective Alexander Nanau   /   Romanian, English
Another Round Thomas Vinterberg   /   /   Danish, Swedish
Corpus Christi Jan Komasa   /   Polish

University Award

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The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg have announced five following movies as a European University Film Award (EUFA) nominee. [10]

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Another Round Thomas Vinterberg Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Kasper Dissing Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst, Topkapi Films, Zentropa International Netherlands, Zentropa International Sweden   Danish
Saudi Runaway Susanne Regina Meures Christian Frei TBA   TBA
Berlin Alexanderplatz Burhan Qurbani Leif Alexis, Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach Sommerhaus Filmproduktion, Lemming Film, ARTE, Entertainment One, Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Nederlands Filmfonds, Eurimages, Wild at Art   German, English
Corpus Christi Jan Komasa Leszek Bodzak, Aneta Hickinbotham Aurum Film   Polish
Slalom Charlène Favier Édouard Mauriat Mille et Une Productions   French

Technical awards

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The winners for the Excellence Awards were presented on 9 December 2020.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "European Film Awards will be at Harpa in 2020". en.harpa.is.
  2. ^ "EFAs 2020 to be Presented in Virtual Ceremony From Berlin". europeanfilmawards.eu. 13 October 2020.
  3. ^ Dalton, Ben (1 March 2019). "European Film Awards 2020 to be held in Reykjavík". Screen.
  4. ^ "The European Film Awards 2020 Go To Reykjavík | Visit Reykjavik". visitreykjavik.is.
  5. ^ "The European Film Awards to be held in Reykjavik in 2020". en.kvikmyndamidstod.is.
  6. ^ "EFA Feature Film Selection - European Film Awards". europeanfilmawards.eu. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  7. ^ "European Film Academy : 24 Short Film Candidates for the European Film Awards 2020". www.europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  8. ^ "European Film Academy : Nominations for the European Film Awards 2020". www.europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Six Debut Films Nominated for the European Film Awards 2020". europeanfilmawards.eu. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Five Films Nominated for European University Film Award (EUFA)". europeanfilmawards.eu. 29 September 2020.
  11. ^ "The EFA Excellence Awards Winners 2020".
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