European Film Awards

European Film Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in European cinematic achievements
Location	Europe
Presented by	European Film Academy
First awarded	1988
Official website	www.europeanfilmawards.eu

The European Film Awards are presented annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories of which the most important is the Film of the year. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.

The awards were officially also called the Felix Awards until 1997, in reference to the award's trophy statuette.

The host cities alternate, as Berlin hosts them every other year while other European cities get the chance in between.

Awarding procedures

Feature films participating in the European Film Awards must be European feature-length fiction films intended for normal theatrical release which must have had their first official screening (be it at a festival or at a regular cinema) after 1 July of the year before. Based on a selection of app 40 films recommended for a nomination, the members of the European Film Academy vote for the nominations in the main categories,^[1] which are announced in early November at the Seville European Film Festival. Based on the nominations, the members of the European Film Academy then vote for the winners which are announced at the European Film Awards Ceremony in early December.

Host cities

Edition	Year	Venue	City	Presenter	Date
1	1988	Theater des Westens	Berlin	Jan Niklas, Désirée Nosbusch	Nov. 26, 1988
2	1989	Théâtre des Champs-Elysées	Paris	Fernando Rey, Agnès Soral	Nov. 25, 1989
3	1990	Royal Concert Hall	Glasgow	Schenna MacDonald, Melvyn Bragg	Dec. 2, 1990
4	1991	Babelsberg	Potsdam	Désirée Nosbusch-Becker, Johannes Willms	Dec. 1, 1991
5	1992	Babelsberg	Potsdam	Senta Berger, Ben Kingsley	Nov. 25, 1992
6	1993	Babelsberg	Potsdam	Fanny Ardant	Dec. 4, 1993
7	1994	Spiegelzelt	Berlin	-	Nov. 27, 1994
8	1995	Bar jeder Vernunft	Berlin	-	Nov. 12, 1995
9	1996	Blue Tent in Lützowplatz	Berlin	-	Nov. 8, 1996
10	1997	Flughafen Tempelhof	Berlin	Tania Bryer	Dec. 7, 1997
11	1998	Old Vic Theatre	London	Mel Smith, Carole Bouquet	Dec. 4, 1998
12	1999	Schiller Theater	Berlin	Mel Smith, Carole Bouquet	Dec. 4, 1999
13	2000	Chaillot National Theatre	Paris	Rupert Everett, Antoine de Caunes	Dec. 2, 2000
14	2001	Tempodrom	Berlin	Mel Smith	Dec. 1, 2001
15	2002	Rome Opera House	Rome	Asia Argento, Mel Smith	Dec. 7, 2002
16	2003	Treptow Arena	Berlin	Heino Ferch	Dec. 6, 2003
17	2004	Forum Convention Center	Barcelona	Maria de Medeiros, Juanjo Puigcorbé	Dec. 11, 2004
18	2005	Treptow Arena	Berlin	Heino Ferch	Dec. 3, 2005
19	2006	EXPO XXI Center	Warsaw	Maciej Stuhr, Sophie Marceau	Dec. 2, 2006
20	2007	Treptow Arena	Berlin	Jan Josef Liefers, Emmanuelle Béart	Dec. 1, 2007
21	2008	Forum	Copenhagen	Mikael Bertelsen	Dec. 6, 2008
22	2009	Hall of the Century	Bochum	Anke Engelke	Dec. 12, 2009
23	2010	Nokia Concert Hall	Tallinn	Anke Engelke, Märt Avandi	Dec. 4, 2010
24	2011	Tempodrom	Berlin	Anke Engelke	Dec. 3, 2011
25	2012	Mediterranean Conference Centre	Valletta	Anke Engelke	Dec. 1, 2012
26	2013	Haus der Berliner Festspiele	Berlin	Anke Engelke	Dec. 7, 2013
27	2014	Latvian National Opera	Riga	Thomas Hermanns[2]	Dec. 13, 2014
28	2015	Haus der Berliner Festspiele	Berlin	Thomas Hermanns	Dec. 12, 2015
29	2016		Wrocław[3]		Dec., 2016

Award categories

See also

Continental awards

• American Academy Award
• Africa Movie Academy Awards
• Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Other Pan-European events

• Lux Prize
• Film Award of the Council of Europe
• Prix Europa
• European Union MEDIA Prize
• MTV Europe Music Awards
• European Border Breakers Award

References

External links

• Official site
• European Film Awards at the Internet Movie Database
• Voting website for the People's Choice Award