The European Film Academy is a group of European filmmakers who come together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988.
Ingmar Bergman, the academy's first president from 1988 to 1996
Wim Wenders, the second president of the European Film Academy (1996-2020)
Agnieszka Holland, the third and current president of the European Film Academy (2021-)
The Theater des Westens in Berlin was the first venue of the European Film Awards in 1988
István Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.
István Szabó, 2004