28-09-2021

Five Films Nominated for European University Film Award (EUFA)

    The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg take great pleasure in announcing the five nominated films for the European University Film Award (EUFA). Introduced in 2016, this award is presented by university students from across Europe. Based on the European Film Awards Feature and Documentary Film Selections 2021, these are the nominations

    APPLES
    MILA
    Greece, Poland, Slovenia
    DIRECTED BY Christos Nikou
    WRITTEN BY Christos Nikou & Stavros Raptis
    PRODUCED BY Iraklis Mavroedis, Nikos Smpiliris, Angelos Venetis, Aris Dagios, Christos Nikou, Mariusz Włodarski, Ales Pavlin & Andrej Stritof

    FLEE
    FLUGT
    Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway
    DIRECTED BY Jonas Poher Rasmussen
    WRITTEN BY Jonas Poher Rasmussen & Amin Nawabi
    PRODUCED BY Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte De La Gournerie, Jean-François Le Corre, Mathieu Courtois, Charlotte Most & Maria Ekerhovd

    GREAT FREEDOM
    GROSSE FREIHEIT
    Austria, Germany
    DIRECTED BY Sebastian Meise
    WRITTEN BY Thomas Reider & Sebastian Meise
    PRODUCED BY Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann & Benny Drechsel

    HAPPENING
    L'ÉVÉNEMENT
    France
    DIRECTED BY Audrey Diwan
    WRITTEN BY Audrey Diwan & Marcia Romano
    PRODUCED BY Edouard Weil & Alice Girard

    QUO VADIS, AIDA?
    Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Netherlands, France, Poland, Norway, Germany, Romania, Turkey
    WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Jasmila Žbanić
    PRODUCED BY Damir Ibrahimović & Clément Chautant

    The nominated films will be viewed and discussed in 26 universities in 26 countries and each institution will select its favourite film. In early December, one student representative from each university will attend a three-day digital deliberation meeting to decide on the overall winner. The winner will then be announced on 8 December, shortly before this year’s European Film Awards Ceremony on 11 December.

    The aim of this initiative by the European Film Academy 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 European University Film Award 2021 is made possible with the support of Hamburg Marketing and Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S.

    Berlin and Hamburg, 28 September 2021