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TRIP TO THE 26th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS IN BERLIN! EFA Patrons 2013 EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY OPENS VOTE FOR PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2013 as of August
Every year, the EFA People’s Choice Award allows film fans across Europe to elect their ★ CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR favourite film. When the European Film Academy invites its members, Europe’s greatest CULTURAL COMPANIES FROM THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF film stars, directors, actors and actresses, to attend the European Film Awards, the CATALONIA ★ People’s Choice Award sheds a spotlight on the people films are made for: the audience. CENTRE DU CINEMA OF THE FEDERATION WALLONIA This year’s vote has started – vote now and win the chance to join winners and BRUSSELS nominees for the awards ceremony in Berlin! ★ DANISH FILM INSTITUTE ★ EURIMAGES Winners in the past have included films like Pedro Almodóvar’s VOLVER, Roberto ★ Benigni’s LA VITA E BELLA, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s AMÉLIE, Fatih Akin’s HEAD-ON, and EUROPEAN FILM BONDS (EFB) ★ Danny Boyle’s SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. In 2012, the EFA People's Choice Award went to FILM FINANCES SCANDINAVIA AB HASTA LA VISTA by Geoffrey Enthoven from Belgium. ★ FILM FUND LUXEMBOURG ★ Film fans can cast their vote on the official website FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND (VAF) www.europeanfilmawards.eu ★ HUNGARIAN NATIONAL FILM FUND and win a trip to the 26th European Film Awards on Saturday, 7 December 2013, in ★ ICELANDIC FILM CENTRE Berlin! ★ IRISH FILM BOARD ★ NOMINATED ARE: ISTITUTO LUCE / CINECITTÀ s.r.l. ★ ANNA KARENINA UK, 124 min KOSOVA CINEMATOGRAPHY DIRECTED BY: Joe Wright CENTER ★ WRITTEN BY: Tom Stoppard MACEDONIAN FILM FUND WITH: Keira Knightley, Aaron Johnson, Jude Law, Matthew Macfadyen, Domhnall ★ MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND Gleeson, Alicia Vikander CULTURE OF CYPRUS (CULTURAL SERVICES) ★ THE BEST OFFER Italy, 130 min NETHERLANDS FILM FUND ★ WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Giuseppe Tornatore POLISH FILM INSTITUTE WITH: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland ★ SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE ★ SWISS FILMS THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN Belgium, 100 min ★ DIRECTED BY: Felix van Groeningen TELEWIZJA POLSKA S.A. (TVP) WRITTEN BY: Carl Joos & Felix van Groeningen ★ WITH: Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse, Geert van Rampelberg, Nils de Caster THE 26th EUROPEAN FILM THE DEEP (DJÚPIÐ) Iceland/Norway, 92 min AWARDS Berlin DIRECTED BY: Baltasar Kormákur 7 December 2013 WRITTEN BY: Jón Atli Jónasson & Baltasar Kormákur supported by the MEDIA WITH: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jóhann G. Jóhannsson, Stefán Hallur Stefánsson, Björn Programme of the EU Thors, Thorbjorg H. Thorgilsdótir
THE GILDED CAGE (LA CAGE DORÉE) Portugal/France, 90 min DIRECTED BY: Ruben Alves WRITTEN: Ruben Alves, Jean-André Yerlès, Hugo Gélin WITH: Rita Blanco, Joaquim de Almeida, Roland Giraud, Chantal Lauby, Barbara Cabrita, Lannick Gautry
I’M SO EXCITED (LOS AMANTES PASAJEROS) Spain, 90 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Pedro Almodóvar WITH: Javier Cámara, Carlos Areces, Raúl Arévalo, Lola Dueñas, Cecilia Roth
THE IMPOSSIBLE (LO IMPOSIBLE) Spain, 114 min DIRECTED BY: J.A. Bayona WRITTEN BY: Sergio G. Sánchez & María Belón WITH: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast
KON-TIKI Norway, Denmark, UK, Germany, Sweden, 113 min DIRECTED BY: Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg WRITTEN BY: Petter Skavlan WITH: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Bassmo Christiansen, Tobias Santelmann, Gustaf Skarsgaard, Odd- Magnus Williamson, Jakob Oftebro, Agnes Kittelsen
LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED (DEN SKALDEDE FRISØR) Denmark, 111 min DIRECTED BY: Susanne Bier WRITTEN BY: Anders Thomas Jensen & Susanne Bier WITH: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Paprika Steen, Kim Bodnia
OH BOY! Germany, 83 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jan Ole Gerster WITH: Tom Schilling, Marc Hosemann, Friederike Kempter, Michael Gwisdek
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN UK/Sweden, 83 min DIRECTED BY: Malik Bendjelloul
The winner of the EFA People’s Choice Award 2013 will be announced on stage during the European Film Awards Ceremony on 7 December in Berlin.
Ernst & Young, one of the leading global professional services firms, continues to act as Official Tabulator, endorsing the voting procedures and confirming the winner.
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