Animated Films Nominated for the 24th European Film Awards

Yesterday, the European Film Academy announced the nominations in the European Film Academy Animated Feature Film 2011 category. With two nominated works, France has a good chance of winning the award, which will be presented in Berlin this year.
A man sitting at a desk with books, talking to a gray animated cat in a warm-colored room.

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These three films were nominated by the EFA jury: "Le Chat Du Rabbin" (The Rabbi’s Cat) from France by Antoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar, "Chico & Rita" from Spain by Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba, and the French-Belgian coproduction "A Cat in Paris" (Une Vie de Chat) by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol. 2,500 members of the European Film Academy vote on these nominated entries; the winner will be announced in Berlin on December 3. 45 films from 32 countries are available for selection in the feature-film category; they have a chance of being nominated by the jury for the award for best film of the year. From Germany, the films "Three" by Tom Tykwer and "Almanya – Welcome to Germany" by Yasemin Samdereli made it onto the selection list.