The European Short Film 2020 is presented in co-operation with the following 24 European film festivals. At each of the festivals, the jury of the international competition appointed by the festival chooses a single candidate (there shall be no ex-aequo candidates). Then the participating festivals nominate five short films from the list of 24 candidates.[7]
12 - 18 October 2019: International Film Festival of Cyprus () - the jury has chosen In Between (dir. Samir Karahoda)
Sommerhaus Filmproduktion, Lemming Film, ARTE, Entertainment One, Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Nederlands Filmfonds, Eurimages, Wild at Art
The nominees were announced on 27 October 2020. The nominations were determined by a committee consisting of EFA Board Members Katriel Schory (Israel) and Angela Bosch Ríus (Spain), director/screenwriter Paddy Breathnach (Ireland), festival programmer Markus Duffner (Germany/Italy) and distributor/festival programmer Selma Mehadžić (Croatia).
Artemis Rising Foundation, Empathy Arts, Fritt Ord Foundation, Louverture Films, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Norwegian Film Institute, Sant & Usant, Storyline Studios
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English
Little Girl
Sébastien Lifshitz
Muriel Meynard
Agat & Cie
French
Saudi Runaway
Susanne Regina Meures
Christian Frei
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Animated Feature
The nominations were determined by a committee consisting of EFA Board Member EFA Board Member Béatrice Thiriet (France), director Anca Damian (Romania), producer Antonio Saura (Spain) and, representing CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, Diogo Carvalho (producer, Portugal), Camilla Deakin (producer, UK) and Norbert Laporte (institutional, Luxembourg).[citation needed]
The nominees were announced on 8 October 2020. The nominations were determined by a committee composed of EFA Board Members Valérie Delpierre (Spain) and Anita Juka (Croatia), curator Giona A. Nazzaro (Italy) as well as film critics Marta Bałaga (Finland/Poland), Andrei Plakhov (Russia) and Frédéric Ponsard (France), all three as representatives of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. [9]
The three nominated films are viewed by audiences in cinemas (online if the situation requires it) across Europe, via the LUX Film Days (February – May) and the LUX Audience Week (March or May depending on the ceremony date). Voting opens for the public from day 1 after the EFA Ceremony until two weeks before the LUX Ceremony. Members of the European Parliament vote from the beginning of March until the day before the Awards Ceremony (exact timeline TBD/TBC). The final ranking will be determined by combining the public vote ratings and the vote ratings by the Members of the European Parliament, with each group weighing 50 per cent. The film with the highest average rating will become the winner.
Sommerhaus Filmproduktion, Lemming Film, ARTE, Entertainment One, Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Nederlands Filmfonds, Eurimages, Wild at Art
) - the jury has chosen In Between (dir. Samir Karahoda)
) - the jury has chosen Uncle Thomas, Accounting for the Days (dir. Regina Pessoa)
) - the jury has chosen Flesh (dir. Camila Kater)
) - the jury has chosen Past Perfect (dir. Jorge Jácome)
) - the jury has chosen Community Gardens (dir. Vytautas Katkus)
) - the jury has chosen Things That Happen in the Bathroom (dir. Maggie M. Bailey)
) - the jury has chosen 12 K. Marx Street (dir. Irine Jordania)
) - the jury has chosen Lake of Happiness (dir. Aliaksei Paluyan)
) - the jury has chosen The Bite (dir. Pedro Neves Marques)
) - the jury has chosen Invisible Hero (dir. Cristèle Alves Meira)
) - the jury has chosen It Wasn't the Right Mountain, Mohammad (dir. Mili Pecherer)
) - the jury has chosen Memorable (dir. Bruno Collet)
) - the jury has chosen The Best City Is No City At All (dir. Christoph Schwarz)
) - the jury has chosen The Golden Buttons (dir. Alex Evstigneev)
) - the jury has chosen Nha Mila (dir. Denise Fernandes)
) - the jury has chosen To the Dusty Sea (dir. Héloïse Ferlay)
) - the jury has chosen All Cats Are Grey in the Dark (dir. Lasse Linder)
) - the jury has chosen Nina (dir. Hristo Simeonov)
) - the jury has chosen The Shift (dir. Laura Carreira)
) - the jury has chosen Favourites (dir. Martin Monk)
) - the jury has chosen The Tiger Who Came to Tea (dir. Robin Shaw)
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