'Animal' directed by Cyril Dion wins Young Audience Award

Yearly 1000's of youngsters from throughout Europe watch three nominated movies and choose a winner for the Younger Viewers Award.

It is an official class of the European Movie Awards which will likely be held in Reykjavik on the ten December, rewarding one of the best of European cinema.

The winner this 12 months is "Animal" directed by Cyril Dion, a French author, director, and environmental activist.

Euronews spoke to Matthijs Wouter Knol, CEO, and Director of the European Movie Academy and he defined the method.

"We invite younger individuals between 12 and 14 years previous to look at three nominated movies, three totally different movies from throughout Europe and Cyril Dion's movie Animal was one among them. They watched the movies, they meet upfront of the day of the Younger Viewers Award, after which, on in the future, a month earlier than the opposite European Movie Awards, the younger individuals of Europe have already voted for his or her favorite movies. And that is the Younger Viewers Award."

In Animal, Cyril Dion and two youngsters, Bella and Vipulan, meet with scientists and activists from world wide in quest of an alternate way of life alongside different species, as cohabitants quite than predators.

The winner was chosen by younger juries in 42 European international locations watching the movies on-line in addition to in over 60 film theatres.

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"For them, it feels extra pure to both go to the cinema or nonetheless watch the movies on-line."

Matthijs Wouter Knol, CEO and Director of the European Movie Academy

"It is a venture that has grown particularly additionally within the time that screenings had been solely doable on-line," stated Knol. "It was a lot simpler to succeed in loads of younger people who could not come to the cinema. And truly now, for them, it feels extra pure to both go to the cinema or nonetheless watch the movies on-line."

Animal and the opposite two nominated movies, Comedy Queen from Sweden and Goals Are Like Wild Tigers from Germany might be seen on Younger Viewers Awards web site.

The opposite European Movie Awards will likely be offered in Reykjavik on 10 December. 

To observe the movies on-line click on right here.