European University Film Award

European Film Award University Award
Awarded forUniversity Award
CountryEurope
Presented byEuropean Film Academy, Filmfest Hamburg
First award2016
Currently held byFlee (2021)
Websiteeuropeanfilmawards.eueufa.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. The 2023 edition included participants from 24 universities,[1] and the 2024 edition saw that number drop to 23 in the absence of Israel's Tel Aviv University.[2]

Universities

The following universities participated in the 5th EUFA edition:

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country of production
2016(29th)[3]
I, Daniel BlakeKen LoachUnited Kingdom, France
GraduationBacalaureatCristian MungiuRomania, France, Belgium
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli MäkiHymyilevä miesJuho KuosmanenFinland, Germany, Sweden
Fire at SeaFuocoammareGianfranco RosiItaly, France
Toni ErdmannMaren AdeGermany, Austria
2017(30th)[4]
HeartstoneHjartasteinnGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonIceland, Denmark
HomeFien TrochBelgium
LovelessНелюбовь / NelyubovAndrey ZvyagintsevRussia, Belgium, Germany, France
The Other Side of HopeToivon tuolla puolenAki KaurismäkiFinland, Germany
The War ShowAndreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah ZytoonDenmark, Syria, Finland
2018(31st)[5]
Happy as LazzaroLazzaro feliceAlice RohrwacherItaly, Germany, France,  Switzerland
FoxtrotפוֹקְסטְרוֹטSamuel MaozIsrael, Germany, France,  Switzerland
StyxWolfgang FischerGermany, Austria
Tarzan's TesticlesOuăle lui TarzanAlexandru SolomonRomania, France
Utøya: July 22Utøya 22. juliErik PoppeNorway
2019(32nd)[6][7]
Portrait of a Lady on FirePortrait de la jeune fille en feuCéline SciammaFrance
And Then We Dancedდა ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ / Da chven vitsek'vetLevan AkinSweden, Georgia
God Exists, Her Name Is PetrunijaГоспод постои, името ѝ е Петрунија / Gospod postoi, imeto ì e PetrunijaTeona Stugar MitevskaNorth Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, France, Croatia
PiranhasLa paranza dei bambiniClaudio GiovannesiItaly
System CrasherSystemsprengerNora FingscheidtGermany

2020s

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country of production
2020(33rd)[8][9]
Saudi RunawaySusanne Regina Meures  Switzerland
Another RoundDrukThomas VinterbergDenmark
Berlin AlexanderplatzBurhan QurbaniGermany
Corpus ChristiBoże CiałoJan KomasaPoland
SlalomCharlène FavierFrance
2021(34th)[10][11]
FleeFlugtJonas Poher RasmussenDenmark, France, Sweden, Norway
ApplesMila / ΜήλαChristos NikouGreece, Poland, Slovenia
Great FreedomGroße FreiheitSebastian MeiseAustria, Germany
HappeningL'événementAudrey DiwanFrance
Quo Vadis, Aida?Jasmila ŽbanićBosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, the Netherlands, France, Poland, Norway, Germany, Romania, Turkey
2022(35th)[12][13]
AlcarràsCarla SimónSpain, Italy
CloseLukas DhontBelgium, France, Netherlands
The EclipseFormørkelsenNataša UrbanNorway
EoJerzy SkolimowskiPoland, Italy
Triangle of SadnessRuben ÖstlundSweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom

References

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  4. ^Pond, Steve (December 9, 2017). "Swedish Comedy 'The Square' Dominates European Film Awards". TheWrap. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  5. ^Nordine, Michael (December 15, 2018). "'Cold War' Is the Big Winner at the European Film Awards, Picking Up Oscar Momentum". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
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  10. ^"European Film Award Nominations 2021".
  11. ^Blaney, Martin (11 December 2021). "'Quo Vadis, Aida?' wins top prize at 2021 European Film Awards". ScreenDaily.
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