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MEDIA-supported films nominated for 23rd European Film Awards

The MEDIA Programme has a strong presence in the nominations for the European Film Awards 2010, which have been announced by the European Film Academy (EFA) and EFA Productions. Four of the six films nominated for the European Film EFA Award are MEDIA-supported, including the Academy Award®-winning El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes),directed by Juan José Campanella.

The French/German/UK co-production The Ghost,directed by Roman Polanski, has been nominated for seven EFA Awards, including European Film, European Director and European Screenwriter. The Ghostwas supported by the MEDIA i2i Audiovisual funding scheme.

Now, more than 2,300 EFA Members are voting for the winners, which will be announced during the European Film Academy Awards ceremony on 4 December 2010 in Tallinn, Estonia. The ceremony can be watched live on the EFA website.

MEDIA-supported films in this list of EFA Award nominations are marked with an asterisk:

EUROPEAN FILM 2010:

Bal (Honey),Turkey/Germany, directed by Semih Kaplano?lu
*Des hommes et des dieux (Of Gods and Men),France, directed by Xavier Beauvois
*El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in their Eyes),Spain/Argentina, directed by Juan José Campanella
Lebanon, Israel/Germany/France, directed by Samuel Maoz
*Soul Kitchen, Germany, directed by Fatih Akin
*The Ghost, France/Germany/UK, directed by Roman Polanski

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2010:

Olivier Assayas for Carlos
Semih Kaplano?lu for Bal (Honey)
Samuel Maoz for Lebanon
*Roman Polanski for The Ghost
Paolo Virzi for La prima cosa bella (The First Beautiful Thing)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2010:

Zrinka Cvitesic in Na putu (On the Path)
*Sibel Kekilli in Die Fremde (When We Leave)
Lesley Manville in Another Year
*Sylvie Testud in Lourdes
Lotte Verbeek in Nothing Personal

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2010:

*Jakob Cedergren in Submarino
Elio Germano in La nostra vita (Our Life)
*Ewan McGregor in The Ghost
*George Pistereanu in Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier (If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle)
*Luis Tosar in Celda 211 (Cell 211)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2010:

*Jorge Guerricaechevarría & Daniel Monzón for Celda 211 (Cell 211)
*Robert Harris & Roman Polanski for The Ghost
Samuel Maoz for Lebanon
*Radu Mihaileanu for Le concert (The Concert)

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2010:

Giora Bejach for Lebanon

*Caroline Champetier for Des hommes et des dieux (Of Gods and Men)

Pavel Kostomarov for Kak ya provyol etim letom (How I Ended this Summer)

Bar?? Özbiçer for Bal (Honey)

Other EFA Awards include those for European Composer, European Production Designer and European Editor. For a full list of nominations in all categories, visit the European Film Academy website.

Publication date: 10 Nov 2010