13/10/2015 - Adama, Shaun the Sheep and Song of The Sea to vie in the category

Song of The Sea by Tomm Moore

The European Film Academy has announced the three nominations in the European Film Awards’ category of Best European Animated Feature Film. These are the films:

Adama [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], Simon Rouby (France)
Shaun The Sheep [+see also:
trailer
making of
film profile], Richard Starzak & Mark Burton (UK, France)
Song of The Sea [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Tomm Moore
film profile], Tomm Moore (Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg)

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A committee decided on these nominations based on a list of films provided by Cartoon, the European Association of Animation Film, as well as individual film submissions. The committee consisted of EFA Board Member and producer Antonio Saura (Spain), animation experts Marcel Jean (Canada) and Anja Šošić (Poland), as well as Petteri Pasanen (Finland), Iain Harvey (UK) and Jacques-Rémy Girerd (France), representing Cartoon. The films will soon be submitted to the over 3,000 EFA members to elect the winner, which will then be presented with the prize at the European Film Awards ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, 12 December.