Iron Boy, Hold Onto Me and I Matter Up for Young Audience Award
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Viewers aged 12 to 19 in 30 countries will vote through January, with the winner named at the European Film Awards in Athens.
"The European Film Academy has nominated three films for its European Young Audience Award, FilmNewEurope reported: Louis Clichy's hand-painted animated feature Iron Boy (France, Belgium), Myrsini Aristidou's Hold Onto Me (Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, with U.S. participation) and Alina Șerban's I Matter (Romania, Germany, Belgium).
Forty-five partner organizations in 30 European countries will host jury screenings for viewers aged 12 to 19 from November through January. Pan-European voting closes Jan. 16, 2027, and the winner will be announced live during the 39th European Film Awards ceremony in Athens.
Iron Boy, a coming-of-age story about a boy in 1980s rural France who wears an iron leg brace, has won top prizes at Cannes and Annecy, according to Animation Magazine. Clichy is a former Pixar animator."
