European Film Academy Board Meeting in Novi Sad, ambiance and video

Members of the Board of the prestigious film institution European Film Academy have been honorary guests of the Cinema City 2012 in Novi Sad.

Krzysztof Zanussi

One of the annual board meetings of this world-renowned institution took place at Cinema City International Film Festival. The president of EFA is the renowned director Wim Wenders, the chairman of Board is French producer Yves Marmion, while Deputy Chairmen are German Oscar-winning director Volker Schlöndorff and famous producer and director of the National Film and Television School in London, Nik Powell.

Initially, the EFA had ninety-nine members, but today it brings together over two thousand six hundred film professionals under the common goal of promoting European film culture.

EFA was founded in 1989 under the name European Cinema Society, when the president of the initiative was the esteemed director Ingmar Bergman. The goal of the Academy is to promote European film culture and protect the interests of the European film industry. During the course of the year, the EFA initiates and participates in a series of activities associated to film politics, economy, art and professional trainings. The apex of EFA’s activities is the annual European Film Awards ceremony, next one will take place in Malta next December.

At the Cinema City Festival the renowned members of the Board and domestic film professionals had the opportunity to exchange their professional experience by supporting the development of modern trends in domestic and European film.

Nik Powell and Bruno Chatelin offered masterclasses to the audience of the festival.