film - European Film Awards
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The film 2008 ceremony took place on 6 December in Copenhagen. Feature films participating in the European Film Awards must be European feature-length fiction films intended for normal theatrical release which film Cinema of the United Kingdom must have had their first official screening (be it at a festival or at a regular cinema) after 1 July of the film year before. Based on a selection of app 40 films recommended for a nomination, the members of the European Film Academy vote for the nominations in the main categories which are announced in early November at the Seville European Film Festival.
They are restricted to European cinema film and European producers and actors. The awards were originally called the Felix Awards but the name was changed to the European Film Awards. The host cities alternate, as Berlin hosts them every other year while other European cities get the chance in between. The awards are given in over ten categories of film which the most important is the Film of the year.
