Every year the European Film Awards’ People’s Choice Award allows film fans across Europe to elect their favourite film.

This year’s vote has started – film fans have until tomorrow to vote for their favourite film by casting their vote on www.europeanfilmawards.eu. Voters can also win a chance to join winners and nominees on the red carpet and attend the 24th European Film Awards on Saturday, 3 December in Berlin.

The EFA People’s Choice Award 2011 nominees are:

• Benvenuti al Sud (Welcome to the South), Luca Miniero, Italy (the hilarious Italian remake of Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis

• Hævnen (In a Better World), Susanne Bier, Denmark

• The King’s Speech, Tom Hooper, UK

• Konferenz der Tiere (Animals United), Reinhard Kloss and Holger Tappe, Germany

• Les petits mouchoirs (Little White Lies), Guillaume Canet, France

• Potiche, François Ozon, France

• También la lluvia (Even the Rain), Icíar Bollaín, Spain

• Unknown, Jaume Collet-Serra, Germany

Last year’s EFA People’s Choice Award was awarded to Mr Nobody, a 2009 Belgian science fiction drama film directed by Jaco Van Dormael, starring Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham, Sarah Polley, Natasha Little, Rhys Ifans and Daniel Mays. Previous winners in the past include Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver, Roberto Benigni’s La Vita E Bella, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amélie, Fatih Akin’s Head-On, and Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.

The European Film Awards are presented annually by the European Film Academy to recognise excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over 10 categories including European Film, European Director, European Actress and European Actor. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors. This year’s awards will be the 24th edition. The ceremony is televised on satellite television to over 50 countries, reaching millions of viewers across the continent. The awards are the first in the film industry’s awards season, and are considered to be Europe’s version of the Academy Awards. Berlin hosts this event every other year while other European cities get the chance in alternate years. The 25th edition of the European Film Awards Ceremony will take place in Malta on the first weekend of December. For more information visit www.europeanfilmacademy.org

For more information visit: www.europeanfilmacademy.org