EUFCN Location Awards 2025: Meet the Jury!

The European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN) is honoured to announce the Jury for the ninth edition of the EUFCN Location Awards. The annual competition celebrates outstanding achievements in the world of filming locations in Europe and showcases the incredible talent that contributes to the magic of filmmaking since 2017.

Alessandro Bonino (Production Supervisor at Wildside, a Fremantle company, ITALY), Andrea Keener (Location Manager, Board Member of the LMGI, USA), Gail McQuillan (Head of TV Production, Blueprint Pictures, UK), Sue Quinn (Supervising Location Manager, Member of the LMGI, UK), and Caroline von Kühn (Executive Director of Oxbelly, GREECE) will evaluate all submissions by the EUFCN members, focusing on the significant role of each location in the story and its remarkable impact on the audiovisual work.

‘’The suspense is now ON! Five exceptional film professionals with vast experience, invaluable insights and discerning judgment are undertaking the hard task of evaluating the thirteen locations submitted by the EUFCN members. Representatives of the vast and spectacular European locations, the hidden gems in unexpected parts of our continent, these locations will make the work of our Jury quite challenging this year.

We are grateful to all our Jury members and partners who support us in doing what we know best: advocating for the complex and collaborative work between film professionals, Film Commissions and local authorities when Filming Europe’’, underlines Venia Vergou, the Manager of the EUFCN.

Every year EUFCN members submit one location from their territory where a feature film or a series was shot and released with international distribution within a specific period. All submitted locations are then evaluated by the Jury which consists of five distinguished professionals from the film industry. Based on a set of criteria set by the EUFCN, during this first phase of the competition, the Jury selects the shortlist of the five finalist locations.

The shortlist of the five finalists will be revealed on December 9, 2025.

The second phase of the competition begins when the Jury evaluates the five finalists, based on a more thorough set of criteria, and votes for the winner of the EUFCN Location Award 2025, the best European Filming Location of 2025.

In parallel, the five finalists are subject to online voting by the public who determine the EUFCN Audience Location Award 2025.

The winners of the EUFCN Location Award 2025 and of the EUFCN Audience Location Award 2025 will be revealed during the EFM/Berlinale 2026 in February.

The EUFCN Location Awards 2025 Submissions

• AMRUM (MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, GERMANY) for Amrum
• ATAPUERCA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE (Castilla y León Film Commission, SPAIN) for The Cavern Crimes (La huella del mal)
• BELGRADE (Serbia Film Commission, SERBIA) for The Librarians: The Next Chapter
• CITY OF ZAGREB (Zagreb Film Office, CROATIA) for SRAM
• FIGUEIRA DA FOZ (Portugal Film Commission, PORTUGAL) for Broken Spies (Espias)
• INARI (Film Lapland – Finnish Lapland Film Commission, FINLAND) for Arctic Circle (Ivalo)
• LA PALMA (Canary Islands Film, SPAIN) for La Palma
• NEA KAMENI (Hellenic Film Commission, GREECE) for Sacrifice
• PERISTIL (Filming in Croatia, CROATIA) for Momo
• SANGERHAUSEN (MDM Film Commission, GERMANY) for Phantoms of July (Sehnsucht in Sangerhausen)
• SVALBARD (Arctic Film Norway, NORWAY) for Superman
• SVETVINČENAT (Istria Film Commission, CROATIA) for A.S. Rogue Heroes – Season 2
• VILNIUS TOWN HALL (Vilnius Film Office, LITHUANIA) for Whiskey on the Rocks

EUFCN proudly presents the members of the Jury:

Alessandro Bonino (Production Supervisor at Wildside, a Fremantle company, ITALY)

With over 10 years of experience in film and television production, Alessandro Bonino collaborated with leading Italian companies and global streaming platforms on projects of all scales. He joined Wildside, a Fremantle company, five years ago, where he has contributed to The Good Mothers (Berlinale Series Award) and Conclave (Oscar-nominated), overseeing the Production Service division. Currently he’s also developing Fremantle’s Production Service Hub, a team dedicated to supporting international productions with everything from tax incentives to trusted production networks.

Andrea Keener (Location Manager, Board Member of the LMGI, USA)

Andrea Keener started her career in the film industry in 1997 and after more than two decades in Location Management, she loves the role within the industry even more than when she started. Among her credits are TV series such as The Outsider, Genius: MLK/X, Echo for Marvel Studios, Tell Me Lies and feature films including Ant-Man, Captain America, Brave New World and Killers of The Flower Moon. She was elected to the board of directors for the Location Managers Guild International this past spring.

Gail McQuillan (Head of TV Production, Blueprint Pictures, UK)

Gail McQuillan is Head of TV Production at Blueprint Pictures, overseeing the company’s growing slate of high-end scripted projects. Her extensive career spans both television and feature films, giving her a uniquely rounded perspective on modern screen production. She has developed a reputation for balancing creative ambition with rigorous production oversight, while managing complex budgets, supporting creative talent at every stage of the process and delivering high-quality content in an evolving marketplace.

Sue Quinn (Supervising Location Manager, Member of the LMGI, UK)

Sue Quinn, a distinguished UK-based Supervising Location Manager, has worked across numerous countries worldwide. Her credits include Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, five of the Harry Potter films, Notting Hill, Love Actually, and Gosford Park. Renowned for her expertise and leadership in the field, Quinn’s contributions to international filmmaking were honoured in 2025 when she received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Location Managers Guild International (LMGI).

Caroline von Kühn (Executive Director of Oxbelly, GREECE)

Caroline von Kühn is Executive Director of Oxbelly. Prior roles building artist programs and film financing initiatives include her years as Director of Industry & Catalyst at Sundance Institute and as Director of Artist Development at SFFILM where she launched SFFILM Invest. She has a BA in Financial Economics from University of Virginia and an MFA from University of Manchester (UK) and serves on the Board of Catapult Film Fund and Points North Institute, which she co-founded.

Past Winners of the EUFCN Location Awards

Last year the island of Frøya (Midgard Film Commission Norway) was awarded the EUFCN Location Award 2024, selected by the Location Awards Jury, while the Schönbrunn Palace (Vienna Film Commission) won the EUFCN Audience Location Award 2024, chosen by the public through online voting.

Past winners of the EUFCN Location Award are the  City of Gorlitz  (Germany) in 2017, for playing the title role in Wes Anderson’s  The Grand Budapest Hotel ; the  Island of Corfu  (Greece) in 2018, recognized for its impact in the UK series  The Durrells;  El Hierro, Canary Islands (Spain) in 2019, striking setting of Spanish thriller series  Hierro; the  Pažaislis Church and Monastery Complex  (Lithuania) in 2020, which helped to recreate the splendid and tumultuous reign of Empress Catherine II of Russia in the miniseries  Catherine the Great;  Cahir Castle  (Ireland) in 2021, a key location for David Lowery’s fantasy film  The Green Knight; Chiliadou Beach  (Greece) in 2022, which  emerged as one of the protagonists of Ruben Östlund’s  Triangle of Sadness; Inis Mór (Ireland) in 2023, the isolated and rugged island that set the tone of The Banshees of Inisherin in a remarkable way.

EUFCN promotes the wide spectrum of landscape across Europe, the creative use of filming locations, and it advocates for the complex and hard work behind the scouting process which involves film professionals, Film Commissions and local authorities, as well as the economic and social growth of a territory generated by film productions.

EUFCN is a non-profit Association that supports and promotes the European film industry and culture. It currently represents over 100 film commissions in 33 countries in Europe.

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