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A European Flavour at the Oscars and Golden Globe Awards It Is Award A European flavour at the Oscars and Golden Globe awards It is award time in the United States, and EU- funded films have proved they travel well across the Atlantic: 11 EU-funded films in the Oscar nominations and 7 in the Golden Globe awards. This year the MEDIA programme celebrates its 25th anniversary at the service of Europe's audiovisual culture. 18 nominations have been announced for 11 MEDIA-supported films at the Oscar awards and 7 competed at the Golden Globe awards' ceremony, with one of them, Son of Saul , bringing home the Best Foreign Language Film award. These films have received a total support of €8.9 million from the European Commission's Creative MEDIA Europe programme and originate from 11 countries: Hungary, France, Turkey, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland, Norway, Finland and Sweden. Last year, the Creative Europe programme counted with 10 Oscar nominations for 6 films, and for a total of €3 million. The British co-production Carol, directed by Todd Haynes, lead the European delegation with 6 nominations: Best Adapted screenplay, Actress in a leading role (Cate Blanchett), Actress in a supporting role (Rooney Mara), Cinematography, Costume Design and Original score. Creative Europe MEDIA programme contributed €62,831 in funding for the development of Carol . Irish coproduction Brooklyn also benefitted from Development support of €56,936. The film, directed by John Crowley will have three chances to bring an Oscar home in the categories Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Saoirse Ronan). It also has one award of €33,068 from Distribution so far. In the category "Best Foreign Language Film", three out of five nominated films are European. Tobias Lindholm's A War (€58,080 from the distribution scheme) and Deniz Gamze Ergüven 's Mustang (€23,700) will face the tough competition of László Nemes' Golden Globe award winner Son of Saul , which appears as the frontrunner and received €1,395,170 from the distribution scheme run by Creative Europe MEDIA. In the category Documentary Feature, The Look of Silence (€36,890 from the distribution scheme) as well as Amy (€212,836 from the distribution scheme) will try to scoop an Oscar. Finally, Swedish production The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (€1,844,924 from the distribution scheme) directed by Felix Herngren, multi-award winner Youth (€1,597,732 from the distribution scheme) by Paolo Sorrentino , animation Shaun the Sheep (€874,344 from the distribution scheme) by Mark Burton and Richard Starzack as well as Andrew Haigh's 45 Years (€583,852 from the distribution scheme) are also in the running, respectively for Make-Up and Hairstyling, Original Song, Animated Feature Film and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Charlotte Rampling). Many European talents will be in the spotlight during the 2016 ceremony: - Saoirse Ronan (Irish – Brooklyn ) and Charlotte Rampling (British – 45 years ) for Best Actress in a Leading Role. - Alician Vikander (Swedish – The Danish Girl ) and Kate Winslet (British – Steve Jobs ) for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. - Eddie Redmayne (British - The Danish Girl ) and Michael Fassbender (German-Irish – Steve Jobs ) for Best Actor in a Leading Role. - British Actors Tom Hardy ( The Revenant ) and Mark Rylance ( Bridge of Spies ) for Best Actor in a Supporting Role . - Lenny Abramson (Irish –Room ) for Best Director. The Oscar ceremony and the celebration of fresh winners will be held in Hollywood on 28 February 2016. Golden Globes In total, 7 MEDIA -supported films were competing at the Golden Globe awards' ceremony on January 10 th , 2016. EU-supported Son of Saul brought the Best Foreign Language Film award home to Europe. Jury Grand Prize at the 2015 Cannes festival, László Nemes' compelling drama is the first Hungarian film to secure a Golden Globe. 6 other EU-supported films were nominated: European Film Awards' winners Youth (Italy) and The Brand New Testament (Belgium, €2.122 .254 from the distribution scheme), Lux Prize winner Mustang (Turkey, France, Germany), as well as The Fencer (Finland, Estonia, Germany, €39.706 from the Distribution scheme), Carol (United Kingdom, United States), and Shaun the Sheep (United Kingdom). The Creative Europe programme celebrated another European success as Room scooped the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture award for the US's Brie Larson. The film's script was written by Dublin-born Emma Donoghue (who also wrote the novel), while it was developed and co- produced by Irelands Element Pictures and directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Background information Last year, the Creative Europe programme counted with 10 Oscar nominations for 6 films, and for a total of €3 million. In 2016, the MEDIA programme celebrates its 25 th anniversary at the service of Europe's audiovisual culture. Since its creation in 1991, the MEDIA programme committed €2.4 billion for the audiovisual sector. It has invested in the training of more than 20,000 producers, film distributors, directors, and screenwriters to help them adapt to new technologies. Each year, MEDIA supports around 2,000 European projects in film, television, including series and other audio-visual works, which are distributed digitally in cinema, on television and through video on demand. Useful Links Creative Europe Media Programme List of nominees for the Oscars .
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