The European Film Academy has revealed the nominees of the European Short Film category in the European Film Awards, which will be announced on 7 December in Lucerne. With the announcement the Academy enters a partnership with Vimeo, the video experience platform for creators and enterprises. The cooperation aims to encourage a cultural dialogue and showcases the layered richness of European cinema. Vimeo will serve as the exclusive title sponsor of the European Short Film category, renaming it to European Short Film – Prix Vimeo.

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Furthermore, the European Film Academy welcomes Vimeo “Staff Picks”, a curated selection of exceptional short films from the Vimeo community, on the website of the European Film Awards. With new curated videos added each week, the Academy highlights achievements in short filmmaking year-round. Since 2008 Vimeo’s “Staff Picks” have helped the careers of celebrated directors, inspired millions, and built a global community of storytellers.

The European Short Film – Prix Vimeo category is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series of film festivals across Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presented one of the European short films in competition with a candidacy. Out of the complete list of 28 candidates (read more), the participating festivals nominated five films for the European Film Awards.

The nominations for the Animated Feature Film category have already been announced (read news). Further nominations in the European Film, European Director, European Actress, European Actor, European Screenwriter, European Documentary and European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI categories will be made public on 5 November.

The nominees:

European Short Film – Prix Vimeo

2720 - Basil da Cunha (Portugal/Switzerland)
Clamor - Salomé Da Souza (France)
The Exploding Girl - Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel (France)
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent - Nebojša Slijepčević (Croatia/France/Bulgaria/Slovenia)
Wander to Wonder - Nina Gantz (Netherlands/France/Belgium/UK)