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27th European Film Awards

27th European Film Awards
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Latvian National Opera
Date 13 December 2014
Site Latvian National Opera, Riga, Latvia
Hosted by Thomas Hermanns
Produced by Marion Döring and Jürgen Biesinger
Organized by European Film Academy
Highlights
Best Film Ida
Best Actor Timothy Spall
Best Actress Marion Cotillard
Most awards Ida (5)
Most nominations Ida (7)
Television coverage
Channel Arte

The 27th European Film Awards were presented on 13 December 2014 in Riga, Latvia. The winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy. Nominations for the People's Choice Award category were announced on 1 September 2014.On 16 September 2014, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced a list of 50 films which qualified for nominations. All nominations were announced on 8 November 2014 at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain. British director Steve McQueen was presented with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award and filmmaker Agnès Varda was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The nominees were announced on 22 September 2014.

The nominees for Best Short Film were selected by independent juries at a series of film festivals throughout Europe.

Twelve- to fourteen-year-old audiences from across Europe voted for the winner after watching the three nominated films at special screenings held on "Young Audience Film Day".


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