{"id":41294,"date":"2025-01-30T10:38:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T10:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/?page_id=41294"},"modified":"2025-12-17T14:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:27:28","slug":"european-young-audience-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/regulations\/european-young-audience-award\/","title":{"rendered":"13 EUROPEAN YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"41294\" class=\"elementor elementor-41294\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5132c2b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5132c2b\" 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-0f57d5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f57d5b\" 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<p>13.1 The award is presented to the European director(s) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/eligibility\/\">see 3.2<\/a>) of a European film suitable and mainly recommended for young people, having to be appropriate for an audience of 12-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p>13.2\u202fEligible are full-length fiction, animation or documentary films intended for theatrical release which meet the general eligibility criteria (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/eligibility\/\">see 3<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>13.3\u202fFurthermore, eligible films must fulfil <strong>at least one<\/strong> of the following criteria:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To have been selected for at least one major festival (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/feature-films-list-of-festivals\/\">feature film festivals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/documentary-films-list-of-festivals\/\">documentary festivals<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/childrens-and-youth-films-list-of-festivals\/\">children\u2019s and youth film festivals<\/a>)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>To have been theatrically released in at least two countries or sold for such release<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Academy Board has the right to refrain from this rule in exceptional cases.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>13.4 A committee of three film professionals\u202fand four representatives of the young audience (recruited from the Consultation Group of the European Film Academy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanfilmclub.com\/\">European Film Club<\/a>), each from a different country, nominates three films.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>13.5 The three nominated films are screened to young audiences aged between 12 and 19 in cinemas and online in 30+ European countries as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>During the European Award Season (18 November 2025 to 16 January 2026) in partnering cinemas (limited to up to 2 public screenings)<\/li>\n<li>Online for the members of <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanfilmclub.com\/\">European Film Club<\/a> during a limited period of time<\/li>\n<li>Online in 3 Watch Parties for the members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanfilmclub.com\/\">European Film Club<\/a> and pre-registered young audiences<\/li>\n<li>On 17 January 2026, the day of the European Film Awards, in a concluding jury event organised by a network of partners across Europe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>13.6\u202fIn order to determine the winning film, young audiences will rate the three nominations individually via a QR code following each screening. 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