Scheduled presenters at the 2009 European Film Awards, to be held later this evening in Bochum, Germany, are:
Actresses Victoria Abril (Spain), Caterina Murino (Italy), Johanna ter Steege (the Netherlands), María Valverde (Spain), and actors Detlev Buck (Germany), Jesper Christensen (Denmark), Ben Kingsley (UK), Maciej Stuhr (Poland), and Anatole Taubman (Switzerland).
Also, documentary director Nino Kirtadzé (France/Georgia), actor/director Aksel Hennie (Norway), and director/actor Branko Djuric (Bosnia & Herzegovina).
And finally, Gottfried Langenstein, President of ARTE, Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information, Society and Media, and EFA President Wim Wenders.
Among the expected guests are actresses Hannelore Elsner (Germany), Krystyna Janda (Poland), and Julia Jentsch (Germany), and directors Roland Emmerich and Sönke Wortmann. Plus award winners Peter Liechti (EFA Documentary 2009 – Prix ARTE), Diana Elbaum and Jani Thiltges (European Co-production Award – Prix EURIMAGES), Andrzej Wajda (EFA Critics’ Award 2009 – Prix FIPRESCI) and honorary-award recipients Ken Loach and Isabelle Huppert.
German comedy star Anke Engelke will host the event.