The European Movie Awards scheduled for December 11 will not happen as an in-person occasion.
The thirty fourth European Movie Awards ceremony was beforehand re-formatted as a distanced dwell occasion, with attendance restricted to nominees and award recipients.
“Because of the ongoing and sudden developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Movie Academy has determined that the upcoming ceremony of the thirty fourth European Movie Awards on December 11 shall be additional tailored,” the Academy stated in a press release.
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“The purpose of the organisation is to minimise dangers for the individuals concerned as a lot as attainable.”
“The present scenario forces the European Movie Awards to happen in a very hybrid kind, with nominees and winners becoming a member of in numerous digital codecs, pre-produced and dwell on-line,” the assertion added.
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The ceremony shall be hosted by German actor, moderator and author Annabelle Mandeng at a studio positioned within the Area Berlin, the place this yr’s in-person ceremony was scheduled to happen.
A number of presenters of the completely different award classes shall be on the studio and others will be part of by a digital connection.
“As a lot as we remorse this resolution, in the mean time what counts most to us is to forestall individuals from travelling throughout Europe and heightening the chance for everyone – this considerations foremost each nominees and winners, but additionally consists of our crew in Berlin,” stated Academy director Matthijs Wouter Knol.
“We belief that the obtainable know-how and a large effort from all people concerned, mixed with our collective expertise with every kind of on-line gatherings, will make it attainable to focus on the distinctive movies and achievements nominated for this yr’s European Movie Awards.”
“In troublesome occasions like these, we particularly hope that the awards ceremony will carry collectively the European movie neighborhood and attain as many film-loving members of the general public as attainable by streaming,” Wouter Knol added.
COVID-19 instances have shot up in latest weeks in Germany, which at the moment has 67,186 contaminated sufferers and 446 deaths as of December 1, in accordance with the nation’s Robert Koch Institute. Including to the chance is the looming presence of the brand new Omicron variant.
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