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27 Mar 2017

EFFE: the Swedish jury has spoken

On March 15, the five members of the national EFFE jury met in Stockholm and went through all the Swedish applications. The jury - composed by Sweden Festivals - consisted of Ulrika Bandeira, Festivalcentrum - a network of film festivals in Stockholm; Carita Forslund, Kultur i Väst - and responsible for their Festival Platform; Peter Eriksson, artistic director of Saxå Chamber Music Festival; Gerd Román Hall, director of Lund Choral Festival and Sten Johannisson Thörne, President of Dalhalla Opera. In addition to the votes by the members of the jury, Festivals Sweden - on March 20 - sent an EFFE a report to the European Festivals Association. The next step is with the international jury. EFFE 2017 goes public in Wiesbaden May 4th.