The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg take great pleasure in announcing the five nominated films for the European University Film Award (EUFA). Introduced in 2016, this award is presented by university students from across Europe. Based on the EFA Feature Film Selection and the EFA Documentary Selection, a committee consisting of producer Carlo Cresta-Dina (Italy), EFA Board Member Joanna Szymańska (producer/Poland) and university representative Dagmar Brunow (Linnaeus University, Sweden) has decided on the following nominations
 | AND THEN WE DANCED DA CHVEN VITSEKVET Sweden, Georgia, France WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Levan Akin PRODUCED BY Mathilde Dedye & Ketie Danelia | |
 | GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNIJA GOSPOD POSTOI, IMETO I' E PETRUNIJA North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, France, Croatia DIRECTED BY Teona Stugar Mitevska WRITTEN BY Elma Tataragic & Teona Strugar Mitevska PRODUCED BY Labina Mitevska | |
 | PIRANHAS LA PARANZA DEI BAMBINI Italy DIRECTED BY Claudio Giovannesi WRITTEN BY Roberto Saviano, Claudio Giovannesi & Maurizio Braucci PRODUCED BY Carlo Degli Esposti & Nicola Serra | |
 | PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU France WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Céline Sciamma PRODUCED BY Bénédicte Couvreur | |
 | SYSTEM CRASHER SYSTEMSPRENGER Germany WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Nora Fingscheidt PRODUCED BY Jonas Weydemann, Peter Hartwig, Jakob Weydemann & Frauke Kolbmüller | |
The nominated films will be viewed and discussed in 25 universities in 25 countries and each institution will select its favourite film. In early December, one student representative from each university will attend a three-day deliberation meeting to decide on the overall winner. The winner will then be announced on 5 December and the presentation will take place on 6 December, on the eve of the 32nd European Film Awards on 7 December in Berlin.
The aim of this initiative by the European Film Academy (EFA) and Filmfest Hamburg is to involve a younger audience, to spread the “European idea” and to transport the spirit of European cinema to an audience of university students. It shall also support film dissemination, film education and the culture of debating.
Further information is available from the EUFA Website.
The European University Film Award 2019 is made possible with the support of the Joachim Herz Stiftung and the Hamburg Ministry for Science, Research and Equalities Hamburg and in close collaboration with NECS–European Network for Cinema and Media Studies.
Berlin and Hamburg, 1 October 2019
