press release Five Films Nominated for European University Film Award (EUFA) Albert Wiederspiel (FFHH), Fabian Gasmia, Dagmar Brunow, Juho Kuosmanen, Elli Mastorou and Kathrin Kohlstedde (FFHH) / Picture: Filmfest Hamburg At the Filmfest Hamburg, the five nominated films for the European University Film Award (EUFA) have been announced. Introduced in 2016, this award is presented by university students from across Europe. Based on the lists of 51 feature films and 15 documentaries from the EFA Selections 2017 a committee consisting of Fabian Gasmia (producer / Germany), Juho Kuosmanen (director / Finland), Elli Mastorou (journalist / Belgium/Greece) and Dagmar Brunow (Linnaeus University / Sweden) has decided on the following nominations: HEARTSTONE HJARTASTEINN Iceland, Denmark 129 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson PRODUCED BY Anton Máni Svansson, Lise Orheim Stender, Jesper Morthorst & Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson HOME Belgium 103 min DIRECTED BY Fien Troch WRITTEN BY Fien Troch & Nico Leunen PRODUCED BY Antonino Lombardo LOVELESS НЕЛЮБОВЬ (NELYUBOV) Russia, Belgium, Germany, France 127 min DIRECTED BY Andrey Zvyagintsev WRITTEN BY Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev PRODUCED BY Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov & Gleb Fetisov THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE TOIVON TUOLLA PUOLEN Finland, Germany 100 min WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY Aki Kaurismäki THE WAR SHOW Denmark, Syria, Finland 100 min DIRECTED BY Andreas Dalsgaard & Obaidah Zytoon PRODUCED BY Miriam Nørgaard & Alaa Hassan The nominated films will be viewed and discussed in 21 universities in 21 countries and each institution will select its favourite film. In early December, one student representative from each university will attend a two-day deliberation meeting to decide on the overall winner. The announcement of the winning film will then take place in the week of the European Film Awards (9 December in Berlin). The aim of this initiative by the European Film Academy (EFA) and Filmfest Hamburg is to involve a younger audience, to spread the “European idea” and to transport the spirit of European cinema to an audience of university students. It shall also support film dissemination, film education and the culture of debating. The initiative is supported by the Körber Foundation (www.koerber-stiftung.de) and the Joachim Hertz Foundation and is realised in co-operation with NECS–European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (www.necs.org). Hamburg and Berlin, 10 October 2017 Pascal Edelmann Kathrin Kohlstedde EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY e.V. Filmfest Hamburg gGmbH Head of Press & PR Programme Kurfürstendamm 225 Mönckebergstr. 18 10719 Berlin 20095 Hamburg GERMANY GERMANY Tel. +49 30 887 16 70 Tel. +49 40 399 19 00 - 14 [email protected] [email protected] .