MARIA EKERHOVD! During the ceremony of the European Film Awards held online from Berlin on 11 December 2021, the new German Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, presented the Eurimages Co-production Award to Norwegian producer Maria Ekerhovd for her contribution to the success of film co-production. Founder of the production company Mer Film which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, she has received support from Eurimages for numerous co-productions including What Will People Say (NO, DE) by Iram Haq en 2016, Suicide Tourist (DK, SE, FR, DE, NO) by Jonas Arnby in 2018 and more recently The Innocents (NO, FR, SE, DK, FI) by Eskil Vogt which premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and which has just received the European Film Award for Best Sound (Gisle Tveito & Gustaf Berger).

Another Eurimages’ supported film, Quo Vadis, Aida? (BH, NO, RO, AT, DE, FR, PL, NL) by Jasmila Žbanić, was a multiple winner at the online ceremony, taking the awards for Best European Film, Best European Director and Best European Actress (Jasna Đuričić).

Technical and craft awards went to Eurimages-supported films Natural Light (HU,FR,LV) by Dénes Nagy (European Film Award for Best Production Design for Márton Ágh), Lamb (IS, PL, SE) by Jóhansson Valdimar (European Film Award for Best Visual Effects to Peter Hjorth & Fredrik Nord) and Titane (FR, BE) by Julia Ducournau (European Film Award for Best Make-Up & Hair to Flore Masson, Olivier Afonson & Antoine Mancini).

See the full list of winners and watch the ceremony on the European Film Awards website.