European film award
The European Film Prize is a pan-European film prize that has been awarded by the European Film Academy (EFA) since 1988 . The award is also known as the “European Oscar ”.
The last award ceremony took place on December 7, 2019 in Berlin , the next award ceremony is scheduled for 2020 in Reykjavík .
History and purpose
The European Film Prize, also known under the name Felix until 1997 , is intended to draw the public's attention to European films and strengthen European cinemas.
The first Felixe were awarded on November 26, 1988 in Berlin, the year European Capital of Culture .
Prize trophy
Until 1996, a prize trophy named Felix designed by Markus Lüpertz , which showed a man with a pigeon in his hand, was presented. In 1997 this was exchanged for a silver-colored statuette showing a long-haired woman with a dress adorned with European stars. The nameless prize trophy was designed by the British Theo Fennell .
Nomination process
Every year the European Film Academy (EFA) and EFA Productions GmbH in Berlin announce a shortlist ("longlist") with around 40 feature films that are eligible for nomination. All productions must have been shown publicly at festivals or in cinemas between July of the previous year and June of the year of announcement. 20 of these films are put directly on the list through the election of the EFA members in the respective European countries. The remaining 20 films are proposed by European film institutions, festivals and specialist journals, among others, and selected by a selection committee consisting of members of the EFA board and a group of experts. Over the next few weeks, the 2,500 members of the European Film Academy will vote on the nominees in the individual categories as well as at the Academy Awards by postal vote. You will receive copies of the films free of charge. The nominations are announced each year at the beginning of November, one month before the award ceremony, at the Seville European Film Festival . In a second ballot, the EFA members vote on the winners of the individual categories until the award ceremony.
According to the applicable regulations, producers of European feature film productions who are not on the list of recommended films have the right to send DVDs of their films to members of the European Film Academy as candidates for nomination at their own expense. This happened, for example, in 2008 in the case of So Many Years I Love You , for which British Kristin Scott Thomas was awarded the Actor Award.
Separate nomination guidelines apply to nominations in the categories of Best European Short Film and Best European Documentary Film ( Prix Arte ). In the case of short film productions, all film and video formats with a playing time of up to 15 minutes are eligible, including animation and documentaries. The nominees are determined individually at 15 European film festivals and prizewinning in advance. From these, the EFA members select the overall winner. Short films are considered European if the director was born in Europe or has a European passport. The European Film Academy also counts contributions from Israel and the Palestinian Autonomous Territories as European .
For documentaries, a team of experts agrees on three nominated productions with a running time of at least 70 minutes. These must have been officially shown at a film festival recognized by the EFA or have been shown publicly in the cinema after July 1st of each year. All EFA members decide on the winning film, which will be announced at the European Film Awards ceremony.
- Change of regulations 2019
The regulations were changed in 2019 with the aim of reducing the number of selected films, democratizing the nomination process and treating all countries equally. Among other things, direct voting of feature films in the 20 countries with the most EFA members has been abolished. In order to be able to participate in the EFAs, in addition to the previous criteria, a film must either have received an award at a major festival or attracted a lot of attention at film festivals, or it must have been sold or awarded in at least three countries (one country for documentaries).
Award ceremony
The European Film Prize is awarded on a Saturday in December during a television gala that has been taking place since 1997 in odd years in Berlin , the seat of the academy, and in even years in another European city (exception 2009 Bochum).
| place | country | number | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona |
 Spain
|
1 | 2004 |
| Berlin |
 Germany
|
15th | 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 , 2007 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 , 2019 |
| Bochum |
Germany
|
1 | 2009 |
| Wroclaw |
 Poland
|
1 | 2016 |
| Glasgow |
 United Kingdom
|
1 | 1990 |
| Copenhagen |
 Denmark
|
1 | 2008 |
| London |
United Kingdom
|
1 | 1998 |
| Valletta |
 Malta
|
1 | 2012 |
| Paris |
 France
|
2 | 1989, 2000 |
| Potsdam-Babelsberg |
Germany
|
3 | 1991, 1992, 1996 |
| Reykjavík |
 Iceland
|
1 | 2020 |
| Riga |
 Latvia
|
1 | 2014 |
| Rome |
 Italy
|
1 | 2002 |
| Seville |
Spain
|
1 | 2018 |
| Tallinn |
 Estonia
|
1 | 2010 |
| Warsaw |
Poland
|
1 | 2006 |
Categories
In addition to the main prize for the best European film, various other prizes are awarded; in 2018 there were a total of 24 categories, including three honorary and audience awards. The majority of the winners will be determined by the EFA members. In 2019, a category for the best European series (New European Achievement in Fiction Series Award) will be awarded for the first time, with which the German directors Achim von Borries , Henk Handloegten and Tom Tykwer are honored for their work on Babylon Berlin .
Movie categories
| category | Original designation | awarded since |
|---|---|---|
| Best movie | European film | 1988 |
| Best comedy | European comedy | 2013 |
| Best young film | European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI | 1988 |
| Best documentary | European Documentary | 1989 |
| Best animated film | European Animated Feature Film | 2009 |
| Best short film | European short film | 1998 |
Filmmakers
| category | Original designation | awarded since |
|---|---|---|
| Best director | European Director | 1988 |
| Best Actress | European Actress | 1988 |
| Best Actor | European Actor | 1988 |
| Best script | European screenwriter | 1988 |
| Best camera | European Cinematography / Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award | 1988 |
| Best cut | European editing | 1991 |
| Best production design | European production design | 1988 |
| Best costume design | European Costume Design | 2013 |
| Best makeup image | European hair & make-up | 2016 |
| Best film score | European Original Score | 1989 |
| Best tone | European sound | 2013 |
| Best visual effects | European visual effects | 2018 |
Prizes of honor
| category | Original designation | awarded since |
|---|---|---|
| European film award for a lifetime achievement | European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award | 1988 |
| Best European performance in world cinema | European Achievement in World Cinema | 1997 |
| Co-producer award | Eurimages Co-Production Award - Prix EURIMAGES | 2007 |
Audience awards
| category | Original designation | awarded since |
|---|---|---|
| Audience Award - Best Film | EFA People's Choice Award | 2006 |
| Best children's film | EFA Young Audience Award (YAA) | 2012 |
| European University Film Award | European University Film Award (EUFA) | 2016 |
- Formerly assigned categories
- Best Newcomer Film (1988–1996)
- Best Supporting Actor (1988, 1990–1992)
- Best Supporting Actress (1988, 1990–1992)
- Best Supporting Role (Both Sexes, 1989)
- Special Aspect Award (1988)
- Best artistic contribution (Prix d'Excellence) (2006–2009)
- Best Non-European Film (Prix Screen International) (1996-2005)
- Jameson Audience Award - Best Actor (1997-2005)
- Jameson Audience Award - Best Actress (1997-2005)
- Jameson Audience Award - Best Director (1998-2005)
Until 2009, the European FIPRESCI Prize ( Critics Award - Prix Fipresci ) of the Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique (FIPRESCI) was awarded as part of the award ceremony .
Trivia
The publishing house Zweiausendeins published two film calendars with the name FELIX in 1991 and 1992.
Web links
- Official website of the European Film Awards
- The pictures of the other In: Der Tagesspiegel November 30, 2007 "The academy does not discover, but confirms and rewards success."
- Special of the Federal Agency for Civic Education on European Film
- FELIX film calendar in the Kinogucker film blog
Individual evidence
- ↑ "European Oscar" for Fatih Akin. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . December 1, 2007, accessed January 6, 2011.
- ↑ Vote for the best film of the year! on moviepilot.de . September 2, 2010, accessed January 6, 2011.
- ↑ Deutsche Welle calendar sheet. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
- ↑ »It will help with the next production« . In: Aachener Nachrichten , December 3, 2012, p. 11.
- ↑ cf. Selection process at europeanfilmacademy.org (accessed on April 26, 2013)
- ↑ cf. Short film regulations ( memento of the original dated November 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at europeanfilmacademy.org (accessed April 26, 2013).
- ↑ cf. Documentary film regulations at europeanfilmacademy.org (accessed April 26, 2013).
- ↑ New regulations for the European Film Prize . Article dated April 10, 2019, accessed April 10, 2019.
- ^ New Regulations for European Film Awards . Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- ↑ a b Gala of the European Film Awards changes to Reykjavik in 2020: next stop in Seville and Berlin . Article dated February 28, 2019, accessed March 1, 2019.
- ↑ European Film Awards 2018 Go to Seville at europeanfilmacademy.org (accessed November 4, 2017).
- ↑ Award Categories . Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ↑ EFA Honors Babylon Berlin . Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ^ The European Film Academy: Launch of European University Film Award . Retrieved November 25, 2018.
