Euro Film Awards Adds Animation Category

BERLIN:  The European Film Awards, taking place this December in Germany, has added an animated feature category, in partnership with CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film.

Three nominees will be selected by a committee of experts and then submitted to European Film Academy’s members to select a winner, which will be announced at the awards ceremony December 12 at Germany’s Ruhr Metropolis. The European Film Awards 2009 are presented by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions, with support from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Filmstiftung NRW, RUHR.2010, the German State Minister for Culture and the Media, the MEDIA Programme of the EU and the FFA German Federal Film Board.