09-06-2008

UPI/EFA prize for Time is Running Out

    TIME IS RUNNING OUT wins Prix UIP Cracow

    The European Film Academy (EFA), United International Pictures (UIP) and
    the Krakow Film Festival congratulate the winner of the

    Prix UIP Cracow 2008
    TIME IS RUNNING OUT by Marc Reisbig
    UK, 7 min, animation

    TIME IS RUNNING OUT tells the story of a small town whose residents
    forget the distinction between good and evil and keep immersing
    themselves in destruction.
    Contact: Royal College of Art London, Animation Department, www.rca.ac.uk

    The Prix UIP is an initiative by UIP and the European Film Academy in
    co-operation with fourteen festivals throughout Europe. At each of these
    festivals, an independent jury selects a European short film to receive
    the Prix UIP. Each prize includes a financial donation of EUR 2,000 and
    the automatic nomination in the short film category of the 21st European
    Film Awards.

    The overall winner will be presented during the Awards Ceremony on 6
    December in Copenhagen and will receive a donation of EUR 10,000.

    The next winner will be presented in co-operation with the Norwegian
    Short Film Festival Grimstad.

    Berlin, 9 June 2008
    ------------------------------
    ---------------

    Pascal Edelmann
    Head of Press & PR
    EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY e.V.
    Kurfürstendamm 225
    10719 Berlin
    GERMANY
    tel. +49 - 30 - 887 167 - 0
    fax +49 - 30 - 887 167 - 77

    This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    www.europeanfilmacademy.org

    Director: Marion Döring / registered at Amtsgericht Charlottenburg 14236
    Nz

    THE 21st EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: Copenhagen, 6 Dec 2008

    The European Film Awards 2008 are presented by the European Film Academy
    e.V. and EFA Productions gGmbH with the support of the City of
    Copenhagen, the City of Frederiksberg, the Capital Region of Denmark,
    the Danish Ministry of Culture, the Danish Film Institute, Wonderful
    Copenhagen, the Nordic Film Fund, EFA08 ApS, and the Copenhagen
    International Film Festival.

    PATRONS: DANISH FILM INSTITUTE * EGEDA * EURIMAGES * ISRAEL FILM FUND/
    ISRAEL FILM ACADEMY * FUNDAÇÃO CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN * MINISTRY OF
    EDUCATION AND CULTURE OF CYPRUS (CULTURAL SERVICES) * NORWEGIAN FILM
    INSTITUTE * SOCIEDAD GENERAL DE AUTORES Y EDITORES (SGAE) * UNITED
    INTERNATIONAL PICTURES

    PARTNERS & SPONSORS: * FFA German Federal Film Board * MEDIA Programme
    of the EU * Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg * German State Minister of
    Culture and the Media * Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin * TNT *
    UIP *