The European Movie Awards is ready to make its debut in Southwestern Europe in January 2027, when its thirty ninth version will probably be hosted in Athens.
The award present, which had been first offered in Berlin in 1988 to promote and assist the European movie trade, beforehand came about in London, Paris, Rome, Barcelona, Warsaw, Copenhagen, Tallinn, Malta, Riga, Wroclaw, Seville, Reykjavík and most not too long ago in Lucerne, Switzerland.
The 2027 European Movie Awards will happen within the Stavros Niarchos Basis Cultural Middle (pictured), following the standard Mayor’s Night time reception on the eve of the award ceremony on the Zappeion Megaron.
“We’re delighted to announce that the European Movie Awards will probably be going down within the magnificent metropolis of Athens,” says Matthijs Wouter Knol, Academy CEO. “Greece, with its wealthy cultural heritage and profound cinematic historical past, gives the right backdrop for celebrating the achievements of European cinema. The colourful Greek movie trade of at present will undoubtedly encourage a celebration of European cinema, additionally in the course of the annual Month of European Movie that precedes the award ceremony. We sit up for honouring the most effective in European filmmaking in such a rare setting.”
Dr. Lina Mendoni, minister of tradition of the Hellenic Republic, mentioned, “The choice of Athens confirms its dynamism as a world cultural hub, internet hosting occasions of world significance, serving as a vibrant nucleus of the up to date inventive trade, and boosting the extroversion of home audiovisual manufacturing.” She identified that the ceremony “presents an excellent alternative to resume the ties between Greek creators and their European counterparts” and “highlights the high-quality work of Greek creators, proving that the systematic efforts of the Ministry of Tradition, via steady encouragement and substantial assist of the Greek audiovisual sector, are bearing fruit.”
Haris Doukas, the mayor of Athens, famous the town already has a robust bond with the movie neighborhood via its assist of worldwide and nationwide movie productions “which discover in our magnificent monuments, distinctive neighbourhoods, and the unparalleled vibes of our metropolis the best setting to shoot their movies.”
The thirty seventh European Movie Awards came about in December in Switzerland and noticed Jacques Audiard‘s “Emilia Pérez” profitable finest movie, director, screenwriter and actress.