Pinocchio, The Crossing and Wolfwalkers are vying for the award, to be decided by audiences of 12- to 14-year-olds across Europe. Even in difficult times like these, with cinemas closed in many countries, the European Film Academy's Efa Young Audience Award invites 12-14-year-olds across Europe to join the international jury, watch three nominated films and vote for the winner of the 2021 award. The three nominees are Matteo Garrone's Pinocchio (Italy/France), Johanne Helgeland's The Crossing (Norway) and Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart's Wolfwalkers (Ireland/Luxembourg/France). The nominations were again chosen in a two-step procedure: an international committee consisting of Efa Board Member Graziella Bildesheim (producer/Italy) and experts Levan Dvali (Taoba International Youth Film Festival/Georgia), Nicola Jones (Goldener Spatz/Germany), Dimitris Spyrou (Olympia Children's Film Festival/Greece) and Annelot Tijs (Eye Film Institute/Netherlands) pre-selected eight films. A jury of 13-to-14-year-old former...
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