On Saturday, 1st December the European Film Academy e.V. and EFA Productions gGmbH with the support of the Maltese Ministry of Finance, Economy and Investment and the Malta Film Commission, will see the 25th Edition European Film Awards 2012 taking place in Malta.

The very first European Film Awards took place in 1988 in Berlin to celebrate together with illustrous European filmmakers the achievements in European film and since then has grown to what it is today recognising the greatest achievements in European cinema in a total of 17 categories, among them European Film, European Director, European Actress and European Actor.

This event will be hosted in the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta and will be broadcast live on TVM2 at 8pm. Prior to the actual awards TV Presenter Peter Carbonaro will be on the red carpet, interviewing and greating the distinguished guests and nominees, which will also be broadcast live on TVM2 at 6pm. In addition, the awards will also be screened live on the Big Screen setup in St. George’s Square, Valletta.

Guests will include EFA Ambassadors Moritz Bleibtreu (actor, Germany), Mads Mikkelsen (actor, Denmark), Kim Rossi Stuart (actor, Italy) and Danis Tanovic (director, Bosnia & Hercegovina), actresses Marama Corlett (Malta), Amira Casar (France), Carice van Houten (The Netherlands), Caterina Murino (Italy) and Marisa Paredes (Spain), their male colleagues Grigory Dobrygin (Russia), Sir Michael Gambon (UK), Thure Lindhardt (Denmark) and Sergi Lopez (Spain) together with directors Alexei Popogrebsky (Russia) and Jim Sheridan (Ireland). Helen Mirren will be honoured with the European Achievement in World Cinema award, Bernardo Bertolucci will receive this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Helena Danielsson will get the European Co-Production Award 2012 – Prix EURIMAGES. Among the guests of the ceremony will also be Austrian Minister for Arts and Culture, Claudia Schmied, German State Minister for Culture and the Media, Bernd Neumann, Cultural Minister Meli Kraniqi (Kosovo) and Zaneta Jaunzeme-Grende (Minister for Culture, Latvia).

German comedienne Anke Engelke, a familiar face at the European Film Awards, will be hosting the ceremony for the fourth time – introducing winners and presenters and guiding through an evening supported by Brikkuni, contributing a unique touch of Malta to the show with their music.

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