Romania, Germany, Britain and France go neck-to-neck in the best film award category at the European Film Awards this December

Next Saturday 1 December, the European Film Academy marks its twentieth anniversary in the city of Berlin, muse of Wim Wenders, the German director who is also an academy founder. In this edition of the annual 'European Oscars' (where the films are of a much higher quality than those from America), French cinema dominates nominations. British and German cinema are also well represented. Romania is in the running to take the award for best film whilst Spanish cinema, however, makes a notable absence.