EFA Nominates 3 Animation films

The European Film Academy proudly announces the three nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2012. A committee consisting of EFA Board Member Antonio Saura (producer, Spain) and EFA Member Per Holst (producer, Denmark) as well as representatives of CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, Brigitte Baronet (France), Tony Loeser (Germany), and Tomm Moore (Ireland) decided on the following nominations:

ALOIS NEBEL

Czech Republic/Germany/Slovakia

DIRECTED BY: Tomáš Luňák

A black & white tale about the hallucinations of a lonely train dispatcher at the Czechoslovak border.

ARRUGAS

WRINKLES

Spain

DIRECTED BY: Ignacio Ferreras

The story of Emilio and Miguel’s newly formed friendship at their nursing home and the discovery of new beginnings in the most unusual of places

THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS

UK/USA

DIRECTED BY:
Peter Lord

In a quest from exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London, a pirate captain fights his rivals for the ‘Pirate of the
Year’ award.

The nominated films will soon be submitted to the 2,700 EFA Members to elect the winner who will be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony in Malta on Saturday, 1 December.

Berlin, 18 September 2012