The short film initiative is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the European short films in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards. The winning film will be presented at the 24th European Film Awards Ceremony on 3 December 2011 in Berlin.
The nominate films include the following:
DERBY
by Paul Negoescu
Romania, 15 min., fiction
APELE TAC (Silent River)
by Anca Miruna Lăzărescu
Germany/Romania, 30 min., fiction
PAPARAZZI
by Piotr Bernas
Poland, 33 min., documentary
OPOWIESCI Z CHLODNI (Frozen Stories)
by Grzegorz Jaroszuk
Poland, 26 min., fiction
HYPERCRISIS
by Josef Dabernig
Austria, 17 min., fiction