European Film Awards 2000

European Film Awards 2000 Live From Paris Exclusively in the U.S. on Sundance Channel December 2 at 9:00 PM



Rupert Everett to Co-Host Internationally Televised Event

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Sundance Channel, the premiere television destination for the film festival experience, announced today, that for the third year in a row it is the exclusive U.S. broadcaster of the 13th Annual European Film Awards. The annual awards, which are regarded as the European equivalent to the Academy Awards® and one of the early barometers for the Oscars™, will take place in Paris at the Theatre National de Chailot on December 2, and will air on Sundance Channel at 9 PM ET.

The event will be co-hosted by actor Rupert Everett ("An Ideal Husband,'' "The Next Best Thing'') and Antoine de Caunes, a European television personality (host of "Eurotrash''). Among the guests expected to attend are Pedro Almodovar, Liv Ullmann, Wim Wenders, Roberto Benigni, Carole Bouquet, and Sophie Marceau; presenters include Carmen Maura, Rossy di Palma, Virginie Ledoyen and Matthew Rhys.

These prestigious film awards are the highest honor that can be bestowed in Europe on a film or filmmaker and are selected by members of the European Film Academy.

"As the European Film Awards continue to move into the orbit of award show precursors to the Academy Awards®, we are happy that their U.S. broadcast home continues to be Sundance Channel,'' commented Liz Manne, Sundance Channel's Executive Vice President of Programming and Marketing. "Much of the world's most original cinema comes from Europe, and we are pleased to share the excitement of this work with our viewers.''

Last year, Sundance Channel presented the 1999 European Film Awards which took place at the Schiller Theatre in Berlin on December 4th, with 1,000 guests from the international film industry in attendance. Among the films honored included "All About My Mother,'' "Sunshine,'' "The Straight Story'' and "Buena Vista Social Club.'' Catherine Zeta Jones, Ralph Fiennes, Sean Connery and Antonio Banderas were among the artists who received awards at this event.

The program will re-broadcast on December 3 at 2 PM; December 5 at 10 PM; December 8 at 12:30 AM; December 13 at 2 PM & 1:30 AM; December 28 at 12 PM and 1 AM.



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