{"id":41266,"date":"2025-01-30T10:03:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T10:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/?page_id=41266"},"modified":"2025-06-03T13:03:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:03:46","slug":"european-documentary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/regulations\/european-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"6 EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"41266\" class=\"elementor elementor-41266\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe638dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fe638dd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebd8997 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebd8997\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Eligibility<\/h4><p>6.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/>The award is presented to the European director(s) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/eligibility\/\">see 3.2<\/a>) of a feature-length European documentary intended for theatrical release which meets the general eligibility criteria (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/eligibility\/\">see 3<\/a>).<\/p><p>6.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Documentary films taken into consideration must have a minimum length of 70 minutes. The Academy Board has the right to refrain from this rule in exceptional cases.<\/p><p>6.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/>Documentary films must fulfil <strong>at least one<\/strong> of the following criteria:<\/p><ul><li>Having been selected at least at one major festival (see list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/documentary-films-list-of-festivals\/\">festivals)<\/a><\/li><li>Having been theatrically released in at least three countries or sold for such release<\/li><\/ul><h4><br \/>Selection<\/h4><p>6.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/>A committee of Academy Members and documentary experts appointed by the Academy Board chooses 15 documentary films for the EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS DOCUMENTARY SELECTION proposed to the Academy Members to be considered for a nomination.<\/p><p>6.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/>These documentary films are announced to the Academy Members internally and are made available for viewing to the Academy Members in three parts (first part in June, second part in September and third part in October) with the complete selection to be announced to the public in October.<\/p><p>Nominations and election of winners<\/p><p>6.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/>There are five nominations in the category EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY. Based on the EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS DOCUMENTARY SELECTION, three to four of the nominations are voted for by the Academy Members. The Academy Board can add up to two nominations in this category. The board\u2019s nominations need to be agreed on by the majority of the board members present at the nomination meeting.<\/p><p>6.7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/>Nominated documentaries also run for the category EUROPEAN FILM.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62c0c94 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"62c0c94\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f3a7cd elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6f3a7cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/regulations\/european-animated-feature-film\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM ><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a8e499 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7a8e499\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/european-discovery-prix-fipresci\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">< EUROPEAN DISCOVERY \u2013 Prix FIPRESCI <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eligibility 6.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The award is presented to the European director(s) (see 3.2) of a feature-length European documentary intended for theatrical release which meets the general eligibility criteria (see 3). 6.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Documentary films taken into consideration must have a minimum length of 70 minutes. 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