German Comedian and Estonian Actor to Host Awards Ceremony

The 23rd European Film Awards ceremony will be hosted by German comedian Anke Engelke and Estonian actor Märt Avandi.

When the 1,400 guests take their seats for the 23rd European Film Awards at Tallinn's modern Nokia Concert Hall, they will be welcomed by German comedy star Anke Engelke and up-and-coming Estonian actor Märt Avandi. Last year's EFA host Anke Engelke has been producing and acting in her popular comedy show Ladykracher for almost ten years. Joining her on stage is Märt Avandi, a young Estonian actor, known for his comedy acts both in films and on stage, and as one half of a popular parody-duo hosting different television and live-shows.

Among the evening’s distinguished film guests will be Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, recipient of the EFA Lifetime Achievement Award. Another honorary award, the Eurpoean Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema 2010, will be presented to composer Gabriel Yared who will also be in Tallinn for a special film music concert with the Brussels Philharmonic.

Watch the 23rd European Film Awards on 4 December at www.europeanfilmawards.eu

The European Film Awards 2010 are presented by the European Film Academy e.V. and EFA Productions gGmbH with the support of European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011, Estonian Ministry of Culture, the City of Tallinn, Estonian Cultural Endowment, Enterprise Estonia, Estonian Public Broadcasting, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and BDG.

EFA Short Film Nominees

The short film nominees for the European Film Awards 2010 were recently announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama, in Greece.

The list of nominated short films is now complete. The short film initiative is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with fifteen film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the European short films in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards. Among the fifteen nominated short films there are fiction films, documentaries and animation films, representing 14 European countries. The 2,300 members of the European Film Academy will now vote for the winner.

The overall winner will be presented during the Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 4 December, in Tallinn, Estonia.

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY (EFA) SHORT FILM 2010

The nominations:

EFA Short Film Nominee Ghent
AMOR
by Thomas Wangsmo (Norway 2009, 14′, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Valladolid
AMPELMANN (Lights)
by Giulio Ricciarelli (Germany 2009, 14’, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Cork
LES ESCARGOTS DE JOSEPH (Joseph’s Snails)
by Sophie Roze (France 2009, 12’, animation)

EFA Short Film Nominee Angers
BLIJF BIJ ME, WEG (Stay, Away)
by Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito (the Netherlands 2009, 24’, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Rotterdam
ØNSKEBØRN (Out of Love)
by Birgitte Stærmose (Denmark 2009, 29′, documentary)

EFA Short Film Nominee Berlin
VENUS VS ME
by Nathalie Teirlinck (Belgium 2009, 27′, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Tampere
LUMIKKO (The Little Snow Animal)
by Miia Tervo (Finland 2009, 19′, documentary)

EFA Short Film Nominee Cracow
TUSSILAGO
by Jonas Odell (Sweden 2010, 14′, documentary animation)

EFA Short Film Nominee Grimstad
HANOI - WARSZAWA (Hanoi - Warsaw)
by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz (Poland 2009, 30′, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Edinburgh
MARÍA’S WAY
by Anne Milne (UK/Spain 2009, 16′, documentary)

EFA Short Film Nominee Vila do Conde
TALLERES CLANDESTINOS
by Catalina Molina (Austria/Argentina 2010, 40′, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Sarajevo
RENDEZ-VOUS A STELLA-PLAGE (Rendezvous in Stella-Plage)
by Shalimar Preuss (France 2009, 18′, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Locarno
DIARCHIA (Diarchy)
by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino (Italy/France 2010, 20′, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Venice
THE EXTERNAL WORLD
by David OReilly (Germany 2010, 15′, animation)

EFA Short Film Nominee Drama
ITT VAGYOK (Here I Am)
by Bálint Szimler (Hungary 2010, 36′, fiction)

Nominations for 23rd European Film Awards

At the Seville European Film Festival the European Film Academy (EFA) and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the European Film Awards 2010. The more than 2,300 EFA Members will now vote for the winners, which will be honoured during the awards ceremony on 4 December in Tallinn, Estonia.

EUROPEAN FILM 2010

Bal (Honey), Turkey/Germany
Directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu
Written by Semih Kaplanoğlu & Orçun Köksal
Produced by Semih Kaplanoğlu and Johannes Rexin

Des hommes et des dieux (Of Gods and Men), France
Directed by Xavier Beauvois
Written by Etienne Comar and Xavier Beauvois

The Ghost Writer, France/Germany/UK
Directed by Roman Polanski
Written by Robert Harris and Roman Polanski
Produced by Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde and Roman Polanski

Lebanon, Israel/Germany/France
Written and directed by Samuel Maoz
Produced by Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, David Silber, Uri Sabag, Einat Bickel, Benjamina Mirnik and Illan Girard

El Secretos De Sus Ojos (The Secret in their Eyes), Spain/Argentina
Directed by Juan José Campanella
Written by Eduardo Sacheri & Juan José Campanella
Produced by Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky and Juan José Campanella

Soul Kitchen, Germany
Directed by Fatih Akin
Written by Fatih Akin and Adam Bousdoukos
Produced by Fatih Akin and Klaus Maeck

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2010

Olivier Assayas for Carlos
Semih Kaplanoğlu for Bal (Honey)
Samuel Maoz for Lebanon
Roman Polanski for The Ghost Writer
Paolo Virzi for La Prima Cosa Bella (The First Beautiful Thing)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2010

Zrinka Cvitešić in Na Putu (On the Path)
Sibel Kekilli in Die Fremde (When We Leave)
Lesley Manville in Another Year
Sylvie Testud in Lourdes
Lotte Verbeek in Nothing Personal

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2010

Jakob Cedergren in Submarino
Elio Germano in La Nostra Vita (Our Life)
Ewan McGregor in The Ghost Writer
George Pistereanu in Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier (If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle)
Luis Tosar in Celda 211 (Cell 211)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2010

Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Daniel Monzón for Celda 211 (Cell 211)
Robert Harris and Roman Polanski for The Ghost Writer
Samuel Maoz for Lebanon
Radu Mihaileanu for Le concert (The Concert)
CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2010

Giora Bejach for Lebanon
Caroline Champetier for Des hommes et des dieux (Of Gods and Men)
Pavel Kostomarov for Как я провел этим летом (How I Ended this Summer)
Barış Özbiçer for Bal (Honey)

EUROPEAN EDITOR 2010

Luc Barnier and Marion Monnier for Carlos
Arik Lahav-Leibovich for Lebanon
Hervé de Luze for The Ghost Writer

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2010

Paola Bizzarri and Luis Ramirez for Io, Don Giovanni (I, Don Giovanni)
Albrecht Konrad for The Ghost Writer
Markku Pätilä & Jaagup Roomet for Püha Tõnu kiusamine (The Temptation of St. Tony)

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2010

Ales Brezina for Kawasakiho růže (Kawasaki’s Rose)
Pasquale Catalano for Mine Vaganti (Loose Cannons)
Alexandre Desplat for The Ghost Writer
Gary Yershon for Another Year

Watch the 23rd European Film Awards live on 4 December at www.europeanfilmawards.eu