The European Film Academy has announced the nominees for the best European Short and Animated Feature Film Awards.
The European Animated Feature Film nominees are:
- A Greyhound of a Girl. Directed by Enzo d’Alò (Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, U.K., Latvia, Estonia, Germany)
- Chicken for Linda! Directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach (France, Italy)
- Robot Dreams. Directed by Pablo Berger (Spain, France)
- The Amazing Maurice. Directed by Toby Genkel (Germany, United Kingdom)
- White Plastic Sky. Directed by Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó (Hungary, Slovakia)
In the short film category, Flora Anna Buda’s 27 (France, Hungary), which won the top prize at Annecy as well, was the sole animated contender.
The deciding committee for the nominations was comprised of representatives of the European Film Academy and CARTOON, the European Association for Animation Film. The nomination committees will be presented on www.europeanfilmawards.eu after the publication of the nominations.
The European Short Film category is organized by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series of film festivals across Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presented one of the European short films in competition with a candidacy. Out of the complete list of 29 candidates, the participating festivals nominated five films for the European Film Awards. The 4,600 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the overall winners.
Last year, Alain Ughetto’s No Dogs or Italians Allowed won the Top Animated Feature prize, while Urška Djukić & Émilie Pigeard’s Granny’s Sexual Life took home the Top European Short Film prize.
This year the awards ceremony takes place on Dec. 9 in Berlin. The awards ceremony will be broadcast on GmbH.
