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Published by European Film Awards
Aug 23, 2018
  The European Film Awards are presented in 15 categories and take place in Berlin every second year.Every year, the various activities of the European Film Academy culminate in the ceremony...

49 Feature Films Selected for EFA Awards

The European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the titles of the 49 films on this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2018! With 35 European countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.

In the 20 countries with the most EFA Members, these members have voted one national film directly into the selection list. To complete the list, a Selection Committee consisting of the EFA Board and invited experts Giorgio Gosetti (Italy), Elise Jalladeau (Greece), Christophe Leparc (France), Jacob Neiendam (Denmark), Edvinas Pukšta (Lithuania) and Alik Shpilyuk (Ukraine) has included further films.

In the coming weeks, the over 3,500 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the nominations in the categories European Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenwriter. The nominations will then be announced on 10 November at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain. An 8-member jury will decide on the awards recipients in the categories European Cinematographer, Editor, Production Designer, Costume Designer, Hair & Make-up Artist, Composer, Sound Designer and – for the first time – Visual Effects Supervisor.

The 31st European Film Awards with the presentation of the winners will take place on 15 December in Seville.

For more information on the films and a complete list of the award categories:

www.europeanfilmawards.eu

NOTE TO EDITORS:

You will find further information on all films in the EFA Feature Film Selection incl. synopsis, cast & credits and director’s statement (if available) on our website at www.europeanfilmawards.eu

For printable stills to download: http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/Pictures.212.0.html

EFA Feature Film Selection 2018

3 DAYS IN QUIBERON

3 TAGE IN QUIBERON


Germany, Austria, France     

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Emily Atef

PRODUCED BY Karsten Stöter

ÁGA

ÁГА


Bulgaria, Germany, France

DIRECTED BY Milko Lazarov

WRITTEN BY Milko Lazarov & Simeon Ventsislavov   

PRODUCED BY Veselka Kiryakova

ANNA'S WAR

ВОЙНА АННЫ


Russia

DIRECTED BY Aleksey Fedorchenko

WRITTEN BY Aleksey  Fedorchenko & Nataliya Meshchaninova

PRODUCED BY Andrey  Saveliev, Artem Vasilyev, Maxim Lojevsky, Dmitriy Vorobyev & Alexander Yashnik   

ARRHYTHMIA

АРИТМИЯ  
  

Russia, Finland, Germany

DIRECTED BY Boris Khlebnikov

WRITTEN BY Natalia Meshchaninova

PRODUCED BY Ruben Dishdishyan & Sergey Selyanov   

AYKA

Russia, Germany, Poland, Kazakhstan   

DIRECTED BY Sergey Dvortsevoy

WRITTEN BY    Sergey Dvortsevoy & Gennady Ostrovsky   

PRODUCED BY Thanassis Karathanos, Sergey Dvortsevoy, Martin Hampel & Anna Wydra   

BEAST

UK

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Michael Pearce

PRODUCED BY Ivana MacKinnon & Kristian Brodie

BORDER

GRÄNS


Sweden, Denmark   

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ali Abbasi   

PRODUCED BY Nina Bisgaard & Louis Tisne   

BORG/McENROE

BORG   


Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Czech Republic

DIRECTED BY Janus Metz   

WRITTEN BY Ronnie Sandahl

PRODUCED BY Fredrik Wikström Nicastro & Jon Nohrstedt

CARMEN & LOLA

CARMEN Y LOLA


Spain

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Arantxa Echevarría

PRODUCED BY Pilar Sánchez & Arantxa Echevarría   

COBAIN

Netherlands, Germany, Belgium

DIRECTED BY Nanouk Leopold   

WRITTEN BY Stienette Bosklopper   

PRODUCED BY Stienette Bosklopper & Lisette Kelder

COLD WAR

ZIMNA WOJNA


Poland, UK, France

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Paweł Pawlikowski

PRODUCED BY Ewa Puszczyńska & Tanya Seghatchian    

CUSTODY

JUSQU'A LA GARDE


France   

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Xavier Legrand

PRODUCED BY Alexandre Gavras   

DIAMANTINO

Portugal, France, Brazil

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt

PRODUCED BY Maria Joao Mayer & Justin Taurand

DOGMAN

Italy, France

DIRECTED BY Matteo Garrone

WRITTEN BY Matteo Garrone, Ugo Chiti & Massimo Gaudioso

PRODUCED BY Matteo Garrone, Jean Labadie, Jeremy Thomas & Paolo Del Brocco

DONBASS

Germany, France, Romania, Netherlands, Ukraine   

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Sergei Loznitsa

PRODUCED BY Heino Deckert

DOVLATOV

Russia, Poland, Serbia

DIRECTED BY Alexey German Jr.

WRITTEN BY Yulia Tupikina & Alexey German Jr.

PRODUCED BY Artem Vasilyev, Andrey Savelyev, Konstantin Ernst, Dariusz Jabłoński, Isabella Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska & Miroslav Mogorovich

FOXTROT

Germany, Israel, France   

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Samuel Maoz   

RODUCED BY Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Eitan Mansuri, Cedomir Kolar, Marc Baschet & Michel Merkt

FUGUE

FUGA


Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden   

DIRECTED BY Agnieszka Smoczyńska

WRITTEN BY Gabriela Muskała

PRODUCED BY Agnieszka  Kurzydło   

GIRL

Belgium, Netherlands

DIRECTED BY Lukas Dhont

WRITTEN BY    Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens

PRODUCED BY Dirk Impens

HAPPY AS LAZZARO

LAZZARO FELICE


Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Alice Rohrwacher

PRODUCED BY Francesca Andreoli, Alexandra Henochsberg, Michael Weber, Tiziana Soudani & Michel Merkt

LONGING

GAAGUA


Israel

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Savi Gabizon

PRODUCED BY Chilik  Michaeli, Avraham Pirchi, Tami Leon, Savi Gabizon, Moshe Edery & Leon Edery 

MADEMOISELLE PARADIS

LICHT


Austria, Germany

DIRECTED BY Barbara Albert

WRITTEN BY Kathrin Resetarits

PRODUCED BY Michael Kitzberger, Martina Haubrich, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter & Markus Glaser

MEN DON'T CRY

MUŠKARCI NE PLAČU


Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia

DIRECTED BY Alen Drljević

WRITTEN BY Alen Drljević & Zoran Solomun

PRODUCED BY Damir Ibrahimović & Jasmila Žbanić   

MICHAEL INSIDE

Ireland       

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Frank Berry

PRODUCED BY Aoife O'Sullivan, Donna Eperon & Tristan Orpen Lynch   

MILADA

Czech Republic

DIRECTED BY David Mrnka   

WRITTEN BY David Mrnka, Robert J. Gant & Robert J. Conant

PRODUCED BY David Mrnka, Kristina Hejduková, Pavel Müller, Ayelet Zurer & Robert Gant

MUG

TWARZ


Poland

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Małgorzata Szumowska

PRODUCED BY Jacek Drosio

 

ONE DAY   

EGY NAP  
 

Hungary

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Zsofia Szilagyi

PRODUCED BY Agnes Pataki  

PADDINGTON 2

UK

DIRECTED BY Paul King

WRITTEN BY Simon Farnaby

PRODUCED BY David Heyman

  

PETRA

Spain, France, Denmark

DIRECTED BY Jaime Rosales

WRITTEN BY Jaime Rosales, Michel Gaztambide & Clara  Roquet

PRODUCED BY Bárbara Díez, José María Morales, Antonio Chavarrías, Jérôme Dopffer & Katrin Pors

PITY

OIKTOS


Greece, Poland   

DIRECTED BY Babis Makridis

WRITTEN BY Babis Makridis & Efthimis Filippou

PRODUCED BY Amanda Livanou, Christos Konstantakopoulos, Klaudia Śmieja & Beata Rzeźniczek

POMEGRANATE ORCHARD   

NAR BAĞI


Azerbaijan

DIRECTED BY Ilgar Najaf   

WRITTEN BY Asif Rustamov, Ilgar Najaf & Roelof Jan Minneboo

PRODUCED BY Mushfiq Hatamov & Ilgar Najaf

POROROCA

Romania, France

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Constantin Popescu

PRODUCED BY Liviu  Marghidan & Lissandra  Haulica

SCARY MOTHER

SASHISHI DEDA


Georgia, Estonia

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ana Urushadze

PRODUCED BY Lasha Khalvashi & Tinatin Kajrishvili

SHOCK WAVES: DIARY OF MY MIND

ONDES DE CHOC: JOURNAL DE MA TÊTE


Switzerland

DIRECTED BY Ursula Meier

WRITTEN BY Ursula Meier & Antoine Jaccoud

PRODUCED BY Lionel Baier, Agnieszka Ramu & Françoise Mayor

STYX

Germany, Austria

DIRECTED BY Wolfgang Fischer

WRITTEN BY Wolfgang  Fischer & Ika Künzel

PRODUCED BY Marcos Kantis, Martin Lehwald & Michal Pokorny

THE CAPTAIN

DER HAUPTMANN


Germany, France, Poland   

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Robert Schwentke

PRODUCED BY Frieder Schlaich & Irene von Alberti

THE GIANT

HANDIA


Spain   

DIRECTED BY Aitor Arregi

WRITTEN BY Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga & Andoni De Carlos   

PRODUCED BY Xabier Berzosa, Iñigo Obeso, Fernando Larrondo, Iñaki Gomez & Koldo Zuazua

THE GUILTY

DEN SKYLDIGE


Denmark

DIRECTED BY Gustav Möller

WRITTEN BY Gustav Möller & Emil Nygaard Albertsen

PRODUCED BY Lina Flint

THE HOUSE BY THE SEA

LA VILLA


France   

DIRECTED BY Robert Guédiguian

WRITTEN BY Robert Guédiguian & Serge Valletti

PRODUCED BY Marc Bordure & Robert Guédiguian

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Lars von Trier

PRODUCED BY Louise Vesth

THE SUMMER

LETO


Russia, France

DIRECTED BY Kirill Serebrennikov

WRITTEN BY Mkhail Idov, Lily Idova & Kirill  Serebrennikov

PRODUCED BY Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann & Charles-Évrard Tcheckhoff

THE WILD PEAR TREE

AHLAT AĞACI


Turkey, Germany, France, Bulgaria, FYR Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, Qatar

DIRECTED BY Nuri Bilge Ceylan

WRITTEN BY Akın Aksu, Ebru Ceylan & Nuri Bilge Ceylan

PRODUCED BY Zeynep Özbatur Atakan

THOSE WHO ARE FINE

DENE WOS GUET GEIT


Switzerland

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Cyril Schäublin

PRODUCED BY Silvan Hillmann, Lara Hacisalhzade, Ralph Rutishauser, Cyril Schäublin

TOUCH ME NOT

Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Adina Pintilie

PRODUCED BY Bianca Oana, Philippe Avril & Adina Pintilie

TRANSIT

Germany, France

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Christian  Petzold

PRODUCED BY Florian Koerner von Gustorf & Michael Weber

U - JULY 22

UTØYA 22. JULI


Norway

DIRECTED BY Erik Poppe   

WRITTEN BY Siv Rajendram Eliassen & Anna Bache-Wiig

PRODUCED BY Stein B. Kvae & Finn Gjerdrum

UNDER THE TREE   

UNDIR TRÉNU


Iceland, Denmark, Poland, Germany

DIRECTED BY Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson   

WRITTEN BY Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson & Huldar Breiðfjörð

PRODUCED BY Grímar Jónsson, Sindri Páll Kjartansson & Þórir Snær Sigurjónsson

WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY

HVA VIL FOLK SI 


Norway, Germany, Sweden

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Iram Haq   

PRODUCED BY Maria Ekerhovd

WOMAN AT WAR

KONA FER Í STRÍÐ


Iceland, France, Ukraine

DIRECTED BY Benedikt Erlingsson   

WRITTEN BY Benedikt Erlingsson & Olafur Egill Egilsson

PRODUCED BY Marianne Slot, Benedikt Erlingsson & Carine Leblanc

 

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