Five films nominated for European University Film Award

The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg have announced the five nominated films for the European University Film Award (EUFA).

Introduced in 2016, this award is presented by university students from across Europe. Based on the European Film Awards Feature and Documentary Film Selections 2021, these are the nominations:

APPLES (MILA)
Greece, Poland, Slovenia
DIRECTED BY Christos Nikou
WRITTEN BY Christos Nikou & Stavros Raptis
PRODUCED BY Iraklis Mavroedis, Nikos Smpiliris, Angelos Venetis, Aris Dagios, Christos Nikou, Mariusz Włodarski, Ales Pavlin & Andrej Stritof

FLEE (FLUGT)
Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway
DIRECTED BY Jonas Poher Rasmussen
WRITTEN BY Jonas Poher Rasmussen & Amin Nawabi
PRODUCED BY Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte De La Gournerie, Jean-François Le Corre, Mathieu Courtois, Charlotte Most & Maria Ekerhovd

GREAT FREEDOM (GROSSE FREIHEIT)
Austria, Germany
DIRECTED BY Sebastian Meise
WRITTEN BY Thomas Reider & Sebastian Meise
PRODUCED BY Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann & Benny Drechsel

HAPPENING (L’ÉVÉNEMENT)
France
DIRECTED BY Audrey Diwan
WRITTEN BY Audrey Diwan & Marcia Romano
PRODUCED BY Edouard Weil & Alice Girard

QUO VADIS, AIDA?
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Netherlands, France, Poland, Norway, Germany, Romania, Turkey
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Jasmila Žbanić
PRODUCED BY Damir Ibrahimović & Clément Chautant

The nominated films will be viewed and discussed in 26 universities in 26 countries and each institution will select its favourite film. In early December, one student representative from each university will attend a three-day digital deliberation meeting to decide on the overall winner.

The winner will then be announced on 8 December, shortly before this year’s European Film Awards Ceremony on 11 December.
The aim of this initiative by the European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg is 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.

The European University Film Award 2021 is made possible with the support of Hamburg Marketing and Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S.