First EFA Young Audience Award goes to KAUWBOY

Children Juries in Six European Cities Elect Dutch Film by Boudewijn Koole

In a truly European vote, 10-13-year-old audiences in Amsterdam, Belgrade, Copenhagen, Erfurt, Norrköping and Turin have elected KAUWBOY by Boudewijn Koole as the winner of the first European Film Academy Young Audience Award.

Having watched the three nominated films on today’s Young Audience Film Day, the young cinema-lovers had the opportunity to discuss the films before electing their favourite. The results were then reported live via Skype video conference to Erfurt (Germany) where TV host Juri Tetzlaff moderated the awards ceremony transmitted online as a live stream. The German jury speakers Marie-Louis und Carl (both 12 years old) presented the award to co-author Jolein Laarman who thanked the children for their votes and stated, “it’s so important that the European Film Academy gives all the children a voice!”

In its first year, this special initiative on the occasion of the 25th European Film Awards kicked off with a network of the following six partners: EYE Film Institute Netherlands, Film Center Serbia, Danish Film Institute, Deutsche Kindermedienstiftung Goldener Spatz (Germany), Swedish Film Institute, and National Cinema Museum Turin (Italy).

The European Film Academy Young Audience Award is organised and presented by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions with the support of the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM). The national Young Audience Film Day events will be organised with the support of the respective national partners. Official translation partner is English Express. The online presence is supported by Kulturserver.de