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, and the 2024 edition saw that number drop to 23 in the absence of Israel's Tel Aviv University.
Universities The following universities participated in the 5th EUFA edition:
– AAB College in Pristina – Aarhus University in Aarhus – Charles University in Prague – Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF in Potsdam – Kadir Has University in Istanbul – Latvian Academy of Culture in Riga – Linnaeus University in Växjö – Liverpool John Moores University in Liverpool – Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest – Sapientia – Hungarian University of Transylvania in Cluj-Napoca – Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv – University College Cork in Cork – University of Antwerp in Antwerp – University of Arts Belgrade in Belgrade – University of the Aegean in Lesbos – University of the Basque Country in Bilbao – University of Beira Interior in Covilhã – University of Iceland in Reykjavík – University of Lausanne in Lausanne – University of Łódź in Łódź – University of Oulu in Oulu – University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris – University of Udine in Udine – Utrecht University in Utrecht – Vilnius University in Vilnius
Winners and nominees 2010s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country of production 2016(29th)I, Daniel Blake Ken Loach , Graduation Bacalaureat Cristian Mungiu , , The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki Hymyilevä mies Juho Kuosmanen , , Fire at Sea Fuocoammare Gianfranco Rosi , Toni Erdmann Maren Ade , 2017(30th) Heartstone Hjartasteinn Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson , Home Fien Troch Loveless Нелюбовь / Nelyubov Andrey Zvyagintsev , , , The Other Side of Hope Toivon tuolla puolen Aki Kaurismäki , The War Show Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon , , 2018(31st) Happy as Lazzaro Lazzaro felice Alice Rohrwacher , , , Foxtrot פוֹקְסטְרוֹט Samuel Maoz , , , Styx Wolfgang Fischer , Tarzan's Testicles Ouăle lui Tarzan Alexandru Solomon , Utøya: July 22 Utøya 22. juli Erik Poppe 2019(32nd) Portrait of a Lady on Fire Portrait de la jeune fille en feu Céline Sciamma And Then We Danced და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ / Da chven vitsek'vet Levan Akin , God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija Господ постои, името ѝ е Петрунија / Gospod postoi, imeto ì e Petrunija Teona Stugar Mitevska , , , , Piranhas La paranza dei bambini Claudio Giovannesi System Crasher Systemsprenger Nora Fingscheidt
2020s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country of production 2020(33rd)Saudi Runaway Susanne Regina Meures Another Round Druk Thomas Vinterberg Berlin Alexanderplatz Burhan Qurbani Corpus Christi Boże Ciało Jan Komasa Slalom Charlène Favier 2021(34th) Flee Flugt Jonas Poher Rasmussen , , , Apples Mila / Μήλα Christos Nikou , , Great Freedom Große Freiheit Sebastian Meise , Happening L'événement Audrey Diwan Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić , , , , , , , , 2022(35th) Alcarràs Carla Simón , Close Lukas Dhont , , The Eclipse Formørkelsen Nataša Urban Eo Jerzy Skolimowski , Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund , , ,
References
External links European Film Academy archive