THE EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY

President

AGNIESZKA HOLLAND

Chairman

MIKE DOWNEY

Deputy Chairwomen

REBECCA O’BRIEN, ADA SOLOMON

Members of the Academy Board

GRAZIELLA BILDESHEIM, ÀNGELA BOSCH RIUS, BETTINA BROKEMPER, MARTA DONZELLI, ILDIKÓ ENYEDI, MIKE GOODRIDGE, NINA HOSS, ANITA JUKA, BALTASAR KORMÁKUR, CHRISTOPHE LEPARC, LEONTINE PETIT, ANTONIO SAURA, KATRIEL SCHORY, JIM SHERIDAN, JOANNA SZYMAŃSKA, BÉATRICE THIRIET

Honorary Members of the Board

SIR BEN KINGSLEY, ISTVÁN SZABÓ

Treasurers

RENÉE GUNDELACH, IRINA WANKA

Deputy Treasurers

HANS-ROBERT EISENHAUER, ULRICH GREGOR

CEO and Director

MATTHIJS WOUTER KNOL

Assistant to the Director / Membership Relations

VIVIANE GAJEWSKI

Head of Awarding Procedures and Protocol

BETTINA SCHWARZ

Head of Knowledge Sharing / Awarding Procedures Animation, Documentary and Short Films

SANDRA LEEGE

Head of Press and PR

PASCAL EDELMANN

Head of Finances and Administration

RAINER PYLS

Accounting / Membership Administration

YVONNE APT

Project Manager Digital

YVES WILKEN

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EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRODUCTIONS

Managing Director / Producer

JÜRGEN BIESINGER

Managing Director

RAINER PYLS

Project Manager

HEIDI FRANKL

Head of Sponsoring and Partnerships

BARBARA HEXGES

Team and Event Co-ordinator

KAROLINA RANDERATH

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THE 34th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS

Producers

JÜRGEN BIESINGER, MATTHIJS WOUTER KNOL

Project Manager

HEIDI FRANKL

Event & Sponsoring Manager

BARBARA HEXGES

Event Project Manager & Hygiene Officer

MARC WÖSTEN

Host of Ceremony

ANNABELLE MANDENG

TV Director

NADJA ZONSAROWA

Scriptwriters

VOLKER FERENZ, ADRIAN KENNEDY

Art Director

BODE BRODMÜLLER

Light Designer

MANFRED “OLLIE“ OLMA

Music Director

KRITON KLINGLER-IOANNIDES

Live Stream

Kulturserver

Clips & Graphics Supervisor

MORITZ RICHARD SCHMIDT

Clip Material Co-ordinator & Rights Clearance

CÉCILE TOLLU-POLONOWSKI

Nominees & Honorary Awards Clips

ELIAS GABELE

Clip Editors

VERENA HERZOG, ILKA RISSE, KOSEI TAKASAKI, PAUL MÜLLER-HAHL

After Effects & Photoshop Artist

THOMAS ZIPF

Audience Clips Creative Producer

HELGA-MARI STEININGER

Audience Clips Directors

LISA MARIE KRISTENSEN, PER-JOSEF IDIVUOMA (Kautokeino, Norway), HENRI NÕMM (Tallinn, Estonia), INÊS OLIVEIRA (Lisbon, Portugal), KOSEI TAKASAKI (Berlin, Germany)

Audience Clips Protagonists

Sami Film Enthusiasts (Norway), Tallinn Film Quizzers (Estonia), Teatro Griot Lisboa (Portugal), Yorck Cinema Club Berlin (Germany), European Film Club Youth Council

Eurimages Co-Production Award Clip Director

MARIA VON HELAND

Hair & Make-up Artist

BASTIAN CASARETTO

Technical Director

RALF SCHAFSTALL

Technical Co-ordinator

MAX KLARHORST, CONNER JOHNSEN

TV Production Manager

MANUEL MENGES

TV & International Broadcast Delivery Co-ordinator

MARTIN OBERST

TV Unit Manager

TIMM SPILLER

Live Links

Studio Berlin

Nominee Co-ordinators

HELGA ANGARANO, JANA PTÁCKOVA, DORINA OARGA, SUNNY SCHEUCHER

Nominee Coaching

SIBYLLE KURZ

Guest Team

SOPHIE CHARLESON, MONICA FERRARI, VIVIEN JAHN, ROMAN SCHRAMM, CATHERINE TAKASAKI-LAUW

Assistant Guest Team

LILJA KÜHN

Head of Talent Assistance

CHRISTINA DAMASKO

Talent Assistants

LENA EHLERS, GENIA SOPHIE KRASSNIG

Event Support

ULRIKE STADLER

Limousine Co-ordinator

KAROLINA RANDERATH

Press Team

PASCAL EDELMANN, NUNO OCHOA PIMENTEL, THOMAS ABELTSHAUSER, CHRISTOPH BOVERMANN, STANISLAS IDE

International Press Attachés

LORENA BORGHI (Italy), MICHEL BURSTEIN (France), MARIE-FRANCE DUPAGNE (Belgium & Luxembourg), BLANKA ELEKES SZENTÁGOTAI, EWA FERDYNUS (Central & Eastern Europe), EVA HERRERO (Spain), CHARLES MCDONALD (UK & Ireland), BARBARA SCHMIDT, ANNA SCHATTKOWSKY (Austria, Germany & Switzerland), ANNE-HELENE SOMMARSTRÖM (Nordic Countries), MONIQUE VAN SCHENDELEN

(Netherlands) Social Media Team

MATHIAS NOSCHIS, VALENTINA NEUMANN

Photographers

ANTHONY ICUAGU, SHINJI MANLANGIT

Production Intern

MATHIS EUVRARD

App Design and Development

Pedro Delgado · Estornudo Estudio

Official Tabulator for the European Film Awards

DR MANUEL HEIDE

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WE WISH TO THANK

JOSÉ LUIS CIENFUEGOS, MARINA LANZA, MARIONA VIADER (Seville European Film Festival), KLAUS EDER (FIPRESCI), CATHERINE TRAUTMANN, ROBERTO OLLA, ENRICO VANNUCCI, NATHALIE MONTEILLET (EURIMAGES), ANNICK MAES, ANA LECERDA (CARTOON – European Association of Animation Film), ALBERT WIEDERSPIEL, KATHRIN KOHLSTEDDE (Filmfest Hamburg), JINDRICH PIETRAS, MARISELLA ROSSETTI, LAURA FIORE, MAREK HANNIBAL, EVA BESE-GAL, KATHRIN KUNA (LUX Audience Award), GIULIA CAMILLA BRAGA, FRANCIS DOBBS (Connect4Climate), DR CHRISTIAN BRÄUER, DANIEL SIBBERS, CLAUDIA DOSTAL, MARCEL DANNER (Yorck Kinogruppe), BOGLÁRKA NAGY, OLIMPIA PONT CHAFER (CICAE)

The festivals participating in the Short Film Candidate selection procedure 2021:

ANNA HENCKEL-DONNERSMARCK, LINN LÖFFLER (Berlin International Film Festival), LAURENCE BOYCE (Black Nights Film Festival / PÖFF Shorts), LAURENT CROUZEIX, TIM REDFORD (Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival), FIONA CLARK, DON O‘MAHONY (Cork International Film Festival), MIGUEL DIAS, HUGO RAMOS (Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival), YANNIS SAKARIDIS, SOPHIA GEORGIADOU, HELENE STERGIOPOULOU (Drama International Short Film Festival), RICH WARREN (Encounters Film Festival), CHRISTIAN JEUNE, ZOE KLEIN (Festival de Cannes), KIRSTEN RUBER, MATHIEU JANSSEN (Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen), PETER VAN HOOF (International Film Festival Rotterdam), ALEXIA ROIDER, IOAKIM MYLONAS, YIOTA CONSTANDI (International Short Film Festival of Cyprus), JOHN CANCIANI, LORENZ VOLLENWEIDER (Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur), KRZYSZTOF GIERAT, BARBARA ORILCZ-SZCZYPULA (Krakow Film Festival), MAIKE MIA HÖHNE, SVEN SCHWARZ, ANNA FEISTEL (Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg), VINCENT LANGOUCHE, JONAS CANTORO (Leuven International Short Film Festival), SARA BELLICINI, LUNA SCOLARI (Locarno Film Festival), IGOR MIRKOVIĆ, INJA KORAĆ (Motovun Film Festival), BIRGITTE WEINBERGER, DUNJA MISIC (OFF – Odense International Film Festival), ANNA ZAČA, LAUMA KAUDZĪTE (Riga International Film Festival), BIANCA LUCAS (Sarajevo Film Festival), JUKKA-PEKKA LAAKSO, LIINA HARKONEN, MERVI RANTALA, PÄIVI RÄSÄNEN (Tampere Film Festival), NICLAS GILLBERG, CHRISTOFFER ODE (Uppsala Short Film Festival), DENISE O’KEEFFE (Valladolid International Film Festival), SILVIA MENEGAZZI, MAURO GERVASINI (Venice Film Festival), DORIS BAUER, DANIEL EBNER (Vienna Shorts – International Short Film Festival)

Feature Film Selection Experts:

KEVIN CHAN (distributor/UK), JOSÉ LUIS CIENFUEGOS (festival programmer/Spain), TINE KLINT (sales agent/Denmark), GEORGETTE RANUCCI (distributor/Italy), MIRA STALEVA (distributor, festival programmer/Bulgaria), IRA VON GIENANTH (distributor/Germany)

Documentary Selection Experts:

GRAZIELLA BILDESHEIM (Academy Board – institutional/Italy), KATJA GAURILOFF (director, screenwriter/Finland), KATHRIN KOHLSTEDDE (festival programmer/Germany), VETON NURKOLLARI (artistic director/Kosovo), ORWA NYRABIA (artistic director/Netherlands, Syria), RADA ŠEŠIĆ (festival programmer/Bosnia & Herzegovina), ADA SOLOMON (Academy Board – producer/Romania), RAJESH THIND (writer, producer and director/UK), ANA VICENTE (sales agent/UK)

European Comedy Nomination Committee:

ANGELA BOSCH RÍUS (Academy Board – producer/Spain), ALBY JAMES (producer/UK), SELMA MEHADŽIĆ (distributor, festival programmer/Croatia), ROSHI BEHESHT NEDJAD (producer/Germany), KATRIEL SCHORY (Academy Board – institutional/Israel)

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI Nomination Committee:

MARTA BAŁAGA (FIPRESCI – critic/Finland, Poland), JANET BARIŞ (FIPRESCI – film critic/Turkey), ANITA JUKA (Academy Board – producer/Croatia), VLADIMER KATCHARAVA (producer/Georgia), ANDREI PLAKHOV (FIPRESCI – critic/Russia), FREDERIC PONSARD (FIPRESCI – critic/France), BRITT SØRENSEN (FIPRESCI – film critic/Norway), JOANNA SZYMAŃSKA (Academy Board – producer/Poland), PAULA ALVAREZ VACCARO (producer, screenwriter/UK, Italy)

European Animated Feature Film Nomination Committee:

SABĪNE ANDERSONE (CARTOON – producer/Latvia), JESPER MØLLER (CARTOON – director/Denmark), ANTONIO SAURA (Academy Board – sales agent/Spain)

Excellence Awards Jury:

CAMILLA HJELM (cinematographer/Denmark), MATT KASMIR (VFX supervisor/UK), JELENA MAKSIMOVIĆ (editor/Serbia), URSULA PATZAK (costume designer/Italy), CÉLIA SAYAPHOUM (sound designer/France), FRANCIS “KIKO” SOEDER (production designer/Germany), BAŞAR ÜNDER (composer/Turkey), LEENDERT VAN NIMWEGEN (make-up artist/Netherlands)

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MANY THANKS