European University Film Award
| European Film Award University Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | University Award |
| Country |  Europe |
| Presented by | European Film Academy, Filmfest Hamburg |
| First awarded | 2016 |
| Currently held by | Saudi Runaway |
| Website | europeanfilmawards.eu eufa.org |
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[edit]
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 paticipants 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.
Universities[edit]
The following universities participated in the 5th EUFA edition:
Winners and nominees[edit]
2010s[edit]
| Year | English title | Director(s) | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ||||
| I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach |   |
English | |
| Graduation | Cristian Mungiu |   |
Romanian | |
| The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki | Juho Kuosmanen |    |
Finnish, English | |
| Fire at Sea | Gianfranco Rosi |  |
Italian | |
| Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade |  |
German, English, Romanian | |
| 2017 | ||||
| Heartstone | Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson |   |
Icelandic | |
| Home | Fien Troch | |
Flemish, Dutch | |
| Loveless | Andrey Zvyagintsev |  |
Russian | |
| The Other Side of Hope | Aki Kaurismäki | |
Finnish, English, Arabic | |
| The War Show | Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon |  |
Arabic | |
| 2018 | ||||
| Happy as Lazzaro | Alice Rohrwacher |  |
Italian | |
| Foxtrot | Samuel Maoz |  |
Hebrew | |
| Styx | Wolfgang Fischer | |
German | |
| Tarzan's Testicles | Alexandru Solomon | |
Russian | |
| Utøya: July 22 | Erik Poppe |  |
Norwegian | |
| 2019[1] | ||||
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Céline Sciamma | |
French | |
| And Then We Danced | Levan Akin |  |
Georgian | |
| God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija | Teona Stugar Mitevska |    |
Macedonian | |
| Piranhas | Claudio Giovannesi | |
Italian, Neapolitan | |
| System Crasher | Nora Fingscheidt | |
German |
2020s[edit]
| Year | English title | Director(s) | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020[2] | ||||
| Saudi Runaway | Susanne Regina Meures | |
TBA | |
| Another Round | Thomas Vinteberg | |
Danish | |
| Berlin Alexanderplatz | Burhan Qurbani | |
German, English | |
| Corpus Christi | Jan Komasa |  |
Polish | |
| Slalom | Charlène Favier | |
French |