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On the occasion of the European Capital of Culture year RUHR.2010 “Essen for the Ruhr”, this year’s 22nd European Film Awards will take place in Germany’s Ruhr area, a metropolitan region with 53 cities and 5.3 million people right in the heart of Europe.
The weekend programme will include two spectacular venues of historical dimension: Germany’s largest movie theatre, the Lichtburg in Essen, and the legendary Century Hall (Jahrhunderthalle), former gas power station of Bochum’s steel mills - where the heart of the industrial culture once beat.
On Friday, 11 December, nominees, EFA Members, invited guests and film fans from the region will gather at the Lichtburg (founded in 1928) for a film gala in honour of Ken Loach, recipient of the European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.
And on Saturday, 12 December, the industrial monument Jahrhunderthalle Bochum will be the venue for the 22nd European Film Awards Ceremony. The ceremony will be broadcast across Europe, check Broadcasters 2009 for details.
The 22nd European Film Awards are presented by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions with the support of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 “Essen for the Ruhr”, the Minister President and the Minister for Federal and European Affairs and the Media of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Filmstiftung NRW.
RUHR.2010
The weekend programme will include two spectacular venues of historical dimension: Germany’s largest movie theatre, the Lichtburg in Essen, and the legendary Century Hall (Jahrhunderthalle), former gas power station of Bochum’s steel mills - where the heart of the industrial culture once beat.
On Friday, 11 December, nominees, EFA Members, invited guests and film fans from the region will gather at the Lichtburg (founded in 1928) for a film gala in honour of Ken Loach, recipient of the European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.
And on Saturday, 12 December, the industrial monument Jahrhunderthalle Bochum will be the venue for the 22nd European Film Awards Ceremony. The ceremony will be broadcast across Europe, check Broadcasters 2009 for details.
The 22nd European Film Awards are presented by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions with the support of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 “Essen for the Ruhr”, the Minister President and the Minister for Federal and European Affairs and the Media of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Filmstiftung NRW.
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