About EUFA
Inspired by a successfully and passionately run model in Québec, the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois (PCCQ), Filmfest Hamburg and the European Film Academy (EFA) launched in 2016 the European University Film Award (EUFA) - presented and voted by European university students. The aim of this initiative 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. In 2019 it became an official category of the European Film Awards.
News
Anatomy of a Fall wins 8th EUFA 2023
After a three-day deliberation meeting in Hamburg attended by 24 students representing 24 European countries the film ANATOMY OF A FALL (F 2023) by Justine Triet was awarded the European University Film Award (EUFA), which is organised by Filmfest Hamburg and the European Film Academy.
Five films nominated for EUFA 2023
Drumroll for the five nominees in the running for the European University Film Award (EUFA)! The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg announce this year’s nominated films. Introduced in 2016, the award is presented by university students from across Europe. Based on the European Film Awards Feature and Documentary Film Selections 2023.
EO wins 7th EUFA 2022
After a three-day deliberation meeting in Hamburg attended by 25 students representing 25 European countries the film EO (POL, ITA 2022) by Jerzy Skolimowski was awarded the European University Film Award (EUFA), which is organised by Filmfest Hamburg and the European Film Academy.
Universities
Austria (Vienna)
University of Vienna
Denmark (Aarhus)
Aarhus University
Czech Republic (Prague)
Charles University
Germany (Potsdam)
Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
Turkey (Istanbul)
Kadir Has University
Lativa (Riga)
Latvian Academy of Culture
Sweden (Växjö)
Linnaeus University
UK (Liverpool)
Liverpool John Moores University
Hungary (Budapest)
Budapest Metropolitan University
Romania (Cluj-Napoca)
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
Israel (Tel Aviv)
Tel Aviv University
Ireland (Cork)
University College Cork
Belgium (Antwerp)
University of Antwerp
Serbia (Belgrade)
University of Arts Belgrade
Greece (Athens)
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Spain (Bilbao)
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Portugal (Covilhã)
University of Beira Interior
Iceland (Reykjavík)
University of Iceland
Switzerland (Lausanne)
University of Lausanne
Poland (Lodz)
University of Lodz
Finland (Turku)
University of Turku
France (Paris)
University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle
Italy (Udine)
University of Udine
Netherlands (Utrecht)
Utrecht University
Lithuania (Vilnius)
Vilnius University
Nominated Films 2023
Based on the European Film Awards Feature and Documentary Film Selections 2023, five films were nominated for the 7th European University Film Award.
Anatomy of a Fall
For the past year, Sandra, a German writer, her French husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he committed suicide or was killed. Samuel's death istreated as suspicious, presumed murder, and Sandra becomes the main suspect. Little by little the trial becomes not just an investigation of the circumstances of Samuel's death, but an unsettling psychological journey into the depths of Sandra and Samuel's conflicted relationship.
Green Border
In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so called "green border" between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. In an attempt to provoke Europe, refugees are lured to the border by propaganda promising easy passage to the EU. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine.
Housekeeping for Beginners
From acclaimed filmmaker Goran Stolevski comes a story exploring the universal truths of family, both the ones we’re born into and the ones we find for ourselves. Dita never wanted to be a mother, but circumstances force her to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters, tiny troublemaker Mia and rebellious teen Vanesa. A battle of wills ensues as the three continue to butt heads and become an unlikely family that has to fight to stay together.
How to Have Sex
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday – drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
The Teachers' Lounge
Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and math teacher, starts her first job at a high school. She stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. Carla tries to mediate between outraged parents, opinionated colleagues and aggressive students, but is relentlessly confronted with the structures of the school system. The more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young teacher threatens to break.
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