European Film Awards

Children Juries in Eight European Cities will Elect Winner of EFA Young Audience Award

The European Film Academy proudly announces and congratulates the three nominees for the EFA Young Audience Award 2013: 

The nominations were chosen by a committee consisting of children’s film experts Justin Johnson (UK), Tonje Hardersen (Norway) and Florian Weghorn (Germany). 

On Young Audience Film Day on 5 May, the three nominated films will be screened to a audience (12 – 14 year-olds) in Copenhagen (Denmark), Erfurt (Germany), Izola (Slovenia), London (UK), Sofia (Bulgaria), Turin (Italy), Valletta (Malta) and Wroclaw (Poland). And it is the young audience that will act as a jury and vote for the winner right after the screenings. In a truly European vote, jury speakers will then transmit the national results live via Skype video conference to Erfurt (Germany) where the winner will be in an award ceremony streamed live on yaa.europeanfilmawards.eu, a special website that offers further information about the nominated films and the eight participating cities.

This year’s second edition of the EFA Young Audience Award is realised with a network of the following eight partners: Danish Film Institute, Deutsche Kindermedienstiftung Goldener Spatz (Germany), BFI (British Film Institute), Sofia International Film Festival (Bulgaria), National Cinema Museum (Italy), MEDIA Desk Malta, New Horizons Association in Wroclaw (Poland) and Otok Institute for developing film culture (Slovenia). 

The European Film Academy Young Audience Award is organised and presented by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions with the support of the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM). The national Young Audience Film Day events will be organised with the support of the respective national partners.