Three European films nominated for the 2022 Young Audience Award
by Cineuropa
- Cyril Dion's Animal, Sanna Lenken's Comedy Queen and Lars Montag's Dreams Are Like Wild Tigers are vying for the award, as the European Film Academy revealed
Three films – two feature films and one documentary – have been selected by film experts and teenagers from all over Europe in a two-step awarding procedure to be in the running for European Film Academy's 2022 Young Audience Award. The films are Cyril Dion's Animal [+see also:
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The Award honours European films for an audience between 12 and 14 years and has been an official category since 2012. The nominations were chosen in a two-step procedure: for the first time an international committee consisting of five film experts – Joana Domingues (Academy Board, producer/Portugal), Andrey Hadjivasilev (producer, director/Bulgaria), Faridah Nabaggala (ECFA representative, festival director, author/Norway), Stavros Pamballis (artistic director/Cyprus), Claudia Schmid (festival director/Switzerland) – and a group of four representative young people – Hena, Madara, Maria Beatriz and Myrto – pre-selected eight films. Then, a jury of five 13 to 14-year-old former YAA participants – Aifric (Ireland), Natalija (Montenegro), Tin (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Christina (Greenland) and Riana (Kosovo) chose the three final nominees. The winners are being chosen by young juries in 42 European countries watching three films online as well as in over 60 movie theatres in more than 70 European cities (find the full list here). The award ceremony will take place on 13 November 2022 in Erfurt (Germany) and will also be streamed on the YAA website.
On the same day the CICAE will organize the European Arthouse Cinema Day. Together, both events will kick-off the “Month of European Film” being the first of many events celebrating European cinema. The grand finale will be the celebration of the European Film Awards on 10 December in Reykjavik. The YAA is also part of the European Film Club, a film platform and network across the continent for young people to come together to watch and discuss European films and make their own.
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