European Film Awards

European Film Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in European cinematic achievements
Location	Europe
Presented by	European Film Academy
First awarded	1988
Official website	http://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/

The European Film Awards are presented annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories of which the most important is the Film of the year. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.

The awards were originally called the Felix Awards but the name was changed to the European Film Awards.

The host cities alternate, as Berlin hosts them every other year while other European cities get the chance in between.

Awarding procedures [edit]

Feature films participating in the European Film Awards must be European feature-length fiction films intended for normal theatrical release which must have had their first official screening (be it at a festival or at a regular cinema) after 1 July of the year before. Based on a selection of app 40 films recommended for a nomination, the members of the European Film Academy vote for the nominations in the main categories,^[1] which are announced in early November at the Seville European Film Festival. Based on the nominations, the members of the European Film Academy then vote for the winners which are announced at the European Film Awards Ceremony in early December.

Host cities [edit]

Edition	Year	Venue	City	Presenter	Date
1	1988	Theater des Westens	Berlin	Jan Niklas, Désirée Nosbusch	November 26, 1988
2	1989	Théâtre des Champs-Elysées	Paris	Fernando Rey, Agnès Soral	November 25, 1989
3	1990	Royal Concert Hall	Glasgow	Schenna MacDonald, Melvyn Bragg	December 2, 1990
4	1991	Babelsberg	Potsdam	Désirée Nosbusch-Becker, Johannes Willms	December 1, 1991
5	1992	Babelsberg	Potsdam	Senta Berger, Ben Kingsley	November 25, 1992
6	1993	Babelsberg	Potsdam	Fanny Ardant	December 4, 1993
7	1994	Spiegelzelt	Berlin	none	November 27, 1994
8	1995	Bar jeder Vernunft	Berlin	?	November 12, 1995
9	1996	Blaues Zelt am Lützowplatz	Berlin	none	November 8, 1996
10	1997	Flughafen Tempelhof	Berlin	Tania Bryer	December 7, 1997
11	1998	Old Vic Theatre	London	Mel Smith, Carole Bouquet	December 4, 1998
12	1999	Schiller Theater	Berlin	Mel Smith, Carole Bouquet	December 4, 1999
13	2000	Chaillot National Theatre	Paris	Rupert Everett, Antoine de Caunes	December 2, 2000
14	2001	Tempodrom	Berlin	Mel Smith	December 1, 2001
15	2002	Rome Opera House	Rome	Asia Argento, Mel Smith	December 7, 2002
16	2003	Treptow Arena	Berlin	Heino Ferch	December 6, 2003
17	2004	Forum Convention Center	Barcelona	Maria de Medeiros, Juanjo Puigcorbé	December 11, 2004
18	2005	Treptow Arena	Berlin	Heino Ferch	December 3, 2005
19	2006	Teatr Wielki	Warsaw	Maciej Stuhr, Sophie Marceau	December 2, 2006
20	2007	Treptow Arena	Berlin	Jan Josef Liefers, Emmanuelle Béart	December 1, 2007
21	2008	Forum	Copenhagen	Mikael Bertelsen	December 6, 2008
22	2009	Jahrhunderthalle	Bochum	Anke Engelke	December 12, 2009
23	2010	Nokia Concert Hall	Tallinn	Anke Engelke, Märt Avandi	December 4, 2010
24	2011	Tempodrom	Berlin	Anke Engelke	December 3, 2011
25	2012	Mediterranean Conference Centre	Valletta	Anke Engelke	December 1, 2012
26	2013		Berlin		December 7, 2013
27	2014		Riga^[2]		December, 2014