23-10-2012

THREE DOCUMENTARIES NOMINATED FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS

    The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2012. A committee consisting of NIK POWELL, director of the NFTS and deputy chairman of the EFA Board (UK), EFA Members FRANCINE BRÜCHER (Switzerland) and DESPINA MOUZAKI (Greece), and the documentary experts CLAAS DANIELSEN (Germany), ALLY DERKS (the Netherlands), and JACQUES LAURENT (Belgium) has chosen the following three films for a nomination:

    HIVER NOMADE (Winter Nomads)

    Switzerland, 90 min

    DIRECTED BY: Manuel von Stürler

    WRITTEN BY: Claude Muret & Manuel von Stürler

    PRODUCED BY: Elisabeth Garbar & Heinz Dill

    LONDON – THE MODERN BABYLON

    UK, 128 min

    DIRECTED BY: Julien Temple

    PRODUCED BY: Amanda Temple & Stephen Malit

    LE THÉ OU L‘ELECTRICITÉ (Tea or Electricity)

    Belgium / France / Morocco, 93 min

    WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jérôme le Maire

    PRODUCED BY: Isabelle Truc, Isabelle Mathy & Khadija Alami

    The nominated documentary films will be made available to the 2,700
    members of the European Film Academy. They will vote for the winner who
    will be presented at the 25th European Film Awards on 1 December in
    Malta.

    _Berlin, 23 October 2012_

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    The European Film Awards 2012 are presented by the European Film Academy
    e.V. and EFA Productions gGmbH with the support of the Maltese Ministry
    of Finance, Economy and Investment, the Malta Film Commission, FFA
    German Federal Film Board, the German State Lottery Berlin, the German
    State Minister for Culture and the Media, the MEDIA Programme of the EU,
    Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and GLS.