The members of the European Film Academy have elected five new members to the EFA Board: the producers Bruno Chatelin (France), Helena Danielsson (Sweden), László Kantor (Hungary), Marek Rozenbaum (Israel) and director Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland). Welcome! And thank you to the parting board members Per Holst, Cédric Klapisch, Despina Mouzaki and Andrzej Zulawski! Thank you!
Bruno Chatelin, your editor, commented "I am so happy that the 2500 members have trusted me with this honor.
As a former film distributor (over 200 films released for Sony and UGC FOX) and co-founder of filmfestivals.com and fest21.com I was hoping that the academy could find a modest role for my film marketing experience.
I sincerely look forward to contributing to the promotion of european cinema from january 2012. Best wishes for a happy new year and a merry christmas."


Re-elected were EFA Chairman Yves Marmion (producer, France), Deputy Chairmen Nik Powell (producer, director NFTS, UK) and Volker Schlöndorff (director, Germany) and board members Daniela Ciancio (costume designer , Italy), Mike Downey (producer, UK), and Antonio Saura (producer, Spain).

The full EFA Board will, as of 1 January 2012 be as follows:

Chairman:
Yves Marmion, France, producer

Deputy Chairmen:
Nik Powell , UK, producer, director NFTS
Volker Schlöndorff , Germany, director

Board Members:
Chris Auty, UK,producer
Bruno Chatelin, France, producer
Adriana Chiesa di Palma, Italy, int. distributor
Daniela Ciancio,Italy, costume designer
Helena Danielsson, Sweden, producer
Mike Downey,UK, producer
Stephan Hutter, Germany, distributor
László Kantor, Hungary, producer
Cedomir Kolar, France, producer
Goran Paskaljevic, Serbia, director/writer
Antonio Perez Perez, Spain, producer
Marek Rozenbaum, Israel, producer
Antonio Saura, Spain, producer
Els Vandevorst, the Netherlands, producer
Michael Weber, Germany, sales agent
Krzysztof Zanussi, Poland, director