European University Film Award Explained

European Film Award
University Award
Awarded For:University Award
Presenter:European Film Academy, Filmfest Hamburg
Year:2016
Holder:Flee (2021)
Website:europeanfilmawards.eu eufa.org

The European University Film Award is one of the awards presented by the European Film Academy, it was first awarded at the 29th European Film Awards in 2016 and is presented and voted by European university students.

Background

The award was inspired by a model in Québec, the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois (PCCQ) and was launched by Filmfest Hamburg and the European Film Academy (EFA) in 2016 as the European University Film Award (EUFA). The creation of this initiative was 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".

For the first edition of the award 13 universities from 13 different European countries participated, the number has increased throughout the years with 20 participants in 2017, 22 in 2018 and 24 in 2019. For the 33rd European Film Awards, the participants were from 25 universities from 25 countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

Universities

The following universities participated in the 5th EUFA edition:

Winners and nominees

2010s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country of production
2016
(29th)
[1]
I, Daniel Blake Ken Loach United Kingdom, France
Graduation Bacalaureat Romania, France, Belgium
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki Hymyilevä mies
Fire at Sea Fuocoammare Italy, France
Toni Erdmann Germany, Austria
2017
(30th)
[2]
Heartstone Hjartasteinn Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Iceland, Denmark
Home
Loveless Нелюбовь / Nelyubov , Belgium, Germany, France
The Other Side of Hope Toivon tuolla puolen Finland, Germany
The War Show Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon Denmark,, Finland
2018
(31st)
[3]
Happy as Lazzaro Lazzaro felice Alice Rohrwacher Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland
Foxtrot פוֹקְסטְרוֹט Israel, Germany, France, Switzerland
Styx Wolfgang Fischer
Tarzan's Testicles Ouăle lui Tarzan Alexandru Solomon Romania, France
Utøya 22. juli Erik Poppe
2019
(32nd)
[4] [5]
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Portrait de la jeune fille en feu Céline Sciamma France
And Then We Danced და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ / Da chven vitsek'vet Levan Akin
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija Господ постои, името ѝ е Петрунија / Gospod postoi, imeto ì e Petrunija Teona Stugar Mitevska , Belgium, Slovenia, France, Croatia
Piranhas La paranza dei bambini Italy
System Crasher Systemsprenger

2020s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country of production
2020
(33rd)
[6] [7]
Saudi Runaway Susanne Regina Meures Switzerland
Another Round Druk
Berlin Alexanderplatz Germany
Corpus Christi Boże Ciało
Slalom Charlène Favier
2021
(34th)
[8] [9]
Flee Flugt Jonas Poher Rasmussen ,,,
Apples Mila / Μήλα Christos Nikou ,,
Great Freedom Große Freiheit Sebastian Meise ,
Happening L'événement
Quo Vadis, Aida? ,,,,,,,,
2022
(35th)[10]
[11]
Alcarràs ,
Close ,,
The Eclipse Formørkelsen Nataša Urban
Eo ,
Triangle of Sadness ,,,

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Toni Erdmann' Wins European Film Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Scott. Roxborough. December 10, 2016. August 7, 2021.
  2. Web site: Swedish Comedy 'The Square' Dominates European Film Awards. TheWrap. Steve. Pond. December 9, 2017. August 7, 2021.
  3. Web site: 'Cold War' Is the Big Winner at the European Film Awards, Picking Up Oscar Momentum. Indiewire. Michael. Nordine. December 15, 2018. August 7, 2021.
  4. Web site: Five Films Nominated for European University Film Award (EUFA).
  5. Web site: 'The Favourite' Wins Big at European Film Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Scott. Roxborough. December 7, 2019. August 7, 2021.
  6. Web site: Five Films Nominated for European University Film Award (EUFA). europeanfilmawards.eu. 2020-09-29.
  7. Web site: 'Another Round' Wins 2020 European Film Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Scott. Roxborough. December 12, 2020. August 7, 2021.
  8. Web site: European Film Award Nominations 2021.
  9. Web site: ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ wins top prize at 2021 European Film Awards. ScreenDaily. Martin. Blaney. 11 December 2021.
  10. Web site: Nikkhah Azad . Navid . 2022-12-09 . The European University Film Award (EUFA) 2022 goes to EO by Jerzy Skolimowski . 2022-12-09 . www.deed.news . en-US.
  11. Web site: Five Films Nominated for European University Film Award (EUFA) . 2022-10-07 . European Film Academy . en-US.