The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg announced September 29 the Susanne Regina Meures’ documentary (Switzerland) as one of the five nominated films for the European University Film Award (EUFA).
Introduced in 2016, the award is presented by university students from across Europe. Based on the EFA Documentary Selection and EFA Feature Film Selection, these are the nominations:
SAUDI RUNAWAY (documentary), Switzerland
Written and directed by Susanne Regina Meures
Produced by Christian Frei
ANOTHER ROUND (fiction) Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Written by Thomas Vinterberg & Tobias Lindholm
Produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen & Kasper Dissing
BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (fiction) Germany, Netherlands
Directed by Burhan Qurbani
Written by Martin Behnke & Burhan Qurbani
Produced by Leif Alexis & Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach
CORPUS CHRISTI (fiction) Poland, France
Directed by Jan Komasa
Written by Mateusz Pacewicz
Produced by Leszek Bodzak & Aneta Hickinbotham
SLALOM (fiction) France
Written and directed by Charlène Favier
Produced by Édouard Mauriat
The nominated films will be viewed and discussed in 25 universities in 25 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 10 December, shortly before this year’s EFA Ceremony on 12 December.
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 European University Film Award 2020 is made possible with the support of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and in close collaboration with NECS–European Network for Cinema and Media Studies.
