European Film Awards Selection Revealed With ‘Kinds of Kindness,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Sacred Fig,’ ‘The Substance’ Among Titles
The European Film Academy has revealed the first tranche of film titles that members can consider for nominations for the European Film Awards, which take place on Dec. 7 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
The academy’s selection of 29 titles covers films that had their first official screening between June 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024. Further titles will be announced in September, which will include films that had their premieres in the summer and early autumn festivals, such as Locarno and Venice.
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Among the selection are Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” Cannes’ best actress and jury prize winner, Miguel Gomes’ “Grand Tour,” Cannes’ best director winner, Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds Of Kindness,” best actor winner at Cannes, Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” jury special prize winner at Cannes, Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance,” best screenplay winner at Cannes, “Armand” by Halfdan Ullmann T?ndel, the Golden Camera winner at Cannes, Matthias Glasner’s “Dying,” best screenplay winner at Berlin, and Jaione Camborda’s “The Rye Horn,” best film winner at San Sebastian.
The selection is the first in a three-stage process. First, the 5,000 members of the academy will start to watch and vote for the selected films. Based on their votes the nominations in the European Film, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenwriter, Documentary and Discovery categories, as well as the Young Audience Award, will be made public on Nov. 5. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Dec. 7.
The selected films will also be considered for the Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, Make-up & Hair, Original Score, Sound and Visual Effects categories, which will be determined by an eight-member jury consisting of representatives of the different arts and crafts. There will be no nominations in these categories.
FEATURE FILM SELECTION 2024
UN AMOR
Directed by: Isabel Coixet
Written by: Isabel Coixet, Laura Ferrero
Produced by: Marisa Fernández Armenteros, Sandra Hermida Mú?iz
Festival: San Sebastian Film Festival (competition), best supporting performance winner
ARCADIA (ΑΡΚΑΝΤΙΑ)
Directed by: Yorgos Zois
Written by: Konstantina Kotzamani, Yorgos Zois
Produced by: Antigoni Rota, Maria Drandaki, Stelios Cotionis, Veselka Kiryakova
Festival: Berlin Film Festival (Encounters Award)
ARMAND
Directed by: Halfdan Ullmann T?ndel
Written by: Halfdan Ullmann T?ndel
Produced by: Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard), Golden Camera winner
BIRD
Directed by: Andrea Arnold
Written by: Andrea Arnold
Produced by: Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (competition)
THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO (LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO)
Directed by: Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière
Written by: Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière
Produced by: Dimitri Rassam, Ardavan Safaee
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (out of competition)
CROSSING
Directed by: Levan Akin
Written by: Levan Akin
Produced by: Mathilde Dedye, Katja Adomeit, Anna Kharahadze, Nino Chichua, Ersan ?ongar, Nadia Turincev, Omar El Kadi
Festival: Berlin Film Festival (Panorama)
THE DEVIL’S BATH (DES TEUFELS BAD)
Directed by: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Written by: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Produced by: Ulrich Seidl, Bettina Brokemper
Festival: Berlin Film Festival (competition), Outstanding Artistic Contribution winner
DYING (STERBEN)
Directed by: Matthias Glasner
Written by: Matthias Glasner
Produced by: Jan Krüger, Ulf Israel, Matthias Glasner
Festival: Berlin Film Festival (competition), best screenplay winner
EMILIA PéREZ
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Written by: Jacques Audiard
Produced by: Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (competition), best actress, jury prize winner
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (PIGEN MED N?LEN)
Directed by: Magnus von Horn
Written by: Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek
Produced by: Malene Blenkov, Mariusz W?odarski
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (competition)
GRAND TOUR
Directed by: Miguel Gomes
Written by: Mariana Ricardo, Telmo Churro, Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes
Produced by: Filipa Reis
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (competition), best director winner
HESITATION WOUND (TEREDDüT ??ZG?S?)
Directed by: Selman Nacar
Written by: Selman Nacar
Produced by: Diloy Gülün, Burak ?evik, Selman Nacar
Festival: Venice Film Festival (Horizons)
THE INVISIBLE FIGHT (N?HTAMATU V?ITLUS)
Directed by: Rainer Sarnet
Written by: Rainer Sarnet
Produced by: Katrin Kissa, Amanda Livanou, Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov, Aleksi Bardy
Festival: Locarno Film Festival (competition)
JULIE KEEPS QUIET (JULIE ZWIJGT)
Directed by: Leonardo Van Dijl
Written by: Leonardo van Dijl, Ruth Becquart
Produced by: Gilles De Schryver, Gilles Coulier, Wouter Sap, Roxanne Sarkozi
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (Critics’ Week)
KINDS OF KINDNESS
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
Produced by: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Kasia Malipan
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (competition), best actor winner
KNEECAP
Directed by: Rich Peppiatt
Written by: Rich Peppiatt, JJ ó Dochartaigh, Naoise ó Cairealláin, Liam óg ó Hannaidh
Produced by: Patrick O’Neill, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling
Festival: Sundance Film Festival (NEXT Innovator Award), audience award winner
LIFE (HAYAT)
Directed by: Zeki Demirkubuz
Written by: Zeki Demirkubuz
Produced by: Zeki Demirkubuz, Rossitsa Valkanova
Festival: Thessaloniki Film Festival
MISERICORDIA (MISERICORDE)
Directed by: Alain Guiraudie
Written by: Alain Guiraudie
Produced by: Charles Gillibert, Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Alves
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (Premiere)
THE OTHER WAY AROUND (VOLVERéIS)
Directed by: Jonás Trueba
Written by: Jonás Trueba, Itsaso Arana, Vito Sanz
Produced by: Jonás Trueba, Javier Lafuente
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (Directors’ Fortnight), Label Europa Cinemas winner
THE RYE HORN (O CORNO)
Directed by: Jaione Camborda
Written by: Jaione Camborda
Produced by: Jaione Camborda, Andrea Vázquez,María Zamora
Festival: San Sebastian Film Festival (competition), best film winner
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (DANAYE ANJIR-E MOABAD)
Directed by: Mohammad Rasoulof
Written by: Mohammad Rasoulof
Produced by: Mohammad Rasoulof, Mani Tilgner, Jean-Christophe Simon, Rozita Hendijanian, Amin Sadraei
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (competition), jury special prize, Fipresci Award winner
THE SHAMELESS
Directed by: Konstantin Bojanov
Written by: Konstantin Bojanov
Produced by: Nicolas Wadimoff, Philippe Coeytaux, Séverine Pisani, Frédéric Corvez, Maéva Savinien, Rossitsa Valkanova, Vincent Wang, Mohaan Nadaar
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard), best actress winner
SOULEYMANE’S STORY (L’HISTOIRE DE SOULEYMANE)
Directed by: Boris Lojkine
Written by: Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut
Produced by: Bruno Nahon
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard), jury prize, best actor winner
THE SUBSTANCE
Directed by: Coralie Fargeat
Written by: Coralie Fargeat
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (competition), best screenplay winner
THERE’S STILL TOMORROW (C’è ANCORA DOMANI)
Directed by: Paola Cortellesi
Written by: Furio Andreotti, Giulia Calenda, Paola Cortellesi
Produced by: Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Gangarossa
Festival: Rome Film Festival, special jury award, audience award winner
THREE KILOMETRES TO THE END OF THE WORLD (TREI KILOMETRI PANA LA CAPATUL LUMII)
Directed by: Emanuel Parvu
Written by: Emanuel Parvu, Miruna Berescu
Produced by: Miruna Berescu
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (competition), Queer Palme winner
THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE
Directed by: Mo Harawe
Written by: Mo Harawe
Produced by: Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann, Jean-Christophe Reymond, Nicole Gerhards, Mo Harawe
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard)
WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS (LJóSBROT)
Directed by: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Written by: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Produced by: Heather Millard, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Raymond van der Kaaij, Igor A Nola, Mike Downey, Xenia Maingot, Sarah Chazelle
Festival: Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard)
WITHOUT AIR (ELFOGY A LEVEG?)
Directed by: Katalin Moldovai
Written by: Zita Palóczi, Katalin Moldovai
Produced by: Béla Attila Kovács, András Muhi, Katalin Moldovai
Festival: Toronto Film Festival
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