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Published by European Film Awards
Aug 23, 2016
  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...

50 Feature Films Selected for European Film Awards 2016

 

 

European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the titles of the 50 films on this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2016! With 33 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 Péter Bognár (Hungary), Dave Calhoun (UK), Paz Lazaro Barquilla (Spain), Christophe Leparc (France) and Alik Shpilyuk (Ukraine) has included further films. 

In the coming weeks, the over 3,000 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 5 November at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain. A 7-member jury will decide on the awards recipients in the categories European Cinematographer, Editor, Production Designer, Costume Designer, Hair & Make-up Artist, Composer and Sound Designer.

The 29th European Film Awards with the presentation of the winners will take place on 10 December in Wroclaw, European Capital of Culture 2016.

For more information on the films and a complete list of the award categories: www.europeanfilmawards.eu

EFA SELECTION 2016

24 WEEKS

24 WOCHEN


Germany

102 min.

DIRECTED BY: Anne Zohra Berrached

WRITTEN BY: Carl Gerber & Anne Zohra Berrached

PRODUCED BY: Melanie Berke, Tobias Büchner & Thomas Kufus

 

A MAN CALLED OVE

EN MAN SOM HETER OVE


Sweden, Norway

100 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Hannes Holm

PRODUCED BY: Annica Bellander Rune & Nicklas Wikström Nicastro 

A WAR

KRIGEN


Denmark

115 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Tobias Lindholm

PRODUCED BY: René Ezra & Tomas Radoor 

BEING 17

QUAND ON A 17 ANS


France

114 min.

DIRECTED BY: André Téchiné

WRITTEN BY: André Téchiné & Céline Sciamma

PRODUCED BY: Olivier Delbosc & Marc Missonier 

 

BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS

מעבר להרים ולגבעות 
(ME'EVER LAHARIM VEHAGVAOT)

Israel, Germany, Belgium

92 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Eran Kolirin

PRODUCED BY: Eilon Ratzkovsky, Yochanan Kredo, Yossi Uzrad, Lisa Shiloach Uzrad, Guy Jacoel, Diana Elbaum, Sébastien Delloye, Michael Weber & Viola Fügen 

CHEVALIER

Greece, Germany

99 min.

DIRECTED BY: Athina Rachel Tsangari

WRITTEN BY: Efthimis Filippou & Athina Rachel Tsangari

PRODUCED BY: Maria Hatzakou, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos & Athina Rachel Tsangari 

DAWN

AUSMA


Latvia, Poland, Estonia

96 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Laila Pakalniņa

PRODUCED BY: Laila Pakalniņa, Kaspar Kallas & Małgorzata Staron 

DEATH IN SARAJEVO

SMRT U SARAJEVU / MORT À SARAJEVO


France, Bosnia & Herzegovina

85 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Danis TanovićPRODUCED BY: Amra Baksić Camo & François Margolin 

DON'T BE BAD

NON ESSERE CATTIVO


Italy

102 min.

DIRECTED BY: Claudio Caligari

WRITTEN BY: Claudio Caligari, Francesca Serafini & Giordano Meacci

PRODUCED BY: Paolo Bogna, Simone Isola & Valerio Mastandrea 

ELLE

France, Germany

130 min.

DIRECTED BY: Paul Verhoeven

WRITTEN BY: David Birke

PRODUCED BY: Saïd Ben Saïd

FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS

UK

110 min.

DIRECTED BY: Stephen Frears

WRITTEN BY: Nicholas Martin

PRODUCED BY: Michael Kuhn 

FRENZY

ABLUKA


Turkey, France, Qatar

119 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Emin Alper

PRODUCED BY: Nadir Öperli, Enis Köstepen & Cem Doruk 

GRADUATION

BACALAUREAT


Romania, France, Belgium

128 min.

WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY: Cristian Mungiu 

I, DANIEL BLAKE

UK, France

97 min.

DIRECTED BY: Ken Loach

WRITTEN BY: Paul Laverty

PRODUCED BY: Rebecca O’Brien 

I, OLGA HEPNAROVA

JÁ, OLGA HEPNAROVÁ


Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, France

105 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Tomáš Weinreb & Petr Kazda

PRODUCED BY: Vojtěch Frič, Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda, Marcin Kurek, Sylwester Banaszkiewicz, Marian Urban & Guillaume de Seille 

JULIETA

Spain

96 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Pedro Almodóvar

PRODUCED BY: Agustín Almodóvar 

KILLS ON WHEELS

TISZTA SZÍVVEL


Hungary

105 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Attila Till

PRODUCED BY: Judit Stalter 

KÖPEK

Switzerland

98 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Esen Işık

PRODUCED BY: Brigitte Hofer & Cornelia Seitler 

LAND OF MINE

UNDER SANDET


Denmark, Germany

97 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Martin Zandvliet

PRODUCED BY: Mikael Rieks & Malte Grunert 

LETTERS FROM WAR

CARTAS DA GUERRA


Portugal

105 min.

DIRECTED BY: Ivo M. Ferreira

WRITTEN BY: Edgar Medina & Ivo M. Ferreira

PRODUCED BY: Luís Urbano & Sandro Aguilar 

LIKE CRAZY

LA PAZZA GIOIA


Italy, France

118 min.

DIRECTED BY: Paolo Virzì

WRITTEN BY: Paolo Virzì & Francesca Archibugi

PRODUCED BY: Marco Belardi 

LOST IN MUNICH

ZTRACENI V MNICHOVĚ


Czech Republic

105 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Petr Zelenka

PRODUCED BY: David Ondříček 

MAMMAL

Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands

96 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Rebecca Daly

PRODUCED BY: Macdara Kelleher, Conor Barry, Jesus Gonzalez, Gilles Chanial & Reinier Selen 

MIMOSAS

Spain, Morocco, France, Qatar

96 min.

DIRECTED BY: Oliver Laxe

WRITTEN BY: Oliver Laxe & Santiago Fillol

PRODUCED BY: Felipe Lage Coro, Lamia Chraibi & Nadia Turincev 

ON THE OTHER SIDE

S ONE STRANE


Croatia, Serbia

85 min.

 

DIRECTED BY: Zrinko Ogresta

WRITTEN BY: Mate Matišić & Zrinko Ogresta

PRODUCED BY: Ivan Maloča 

ONE OF US

EINER VON UNS


Austria

86 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Stephan Richter

PRODUCED BY: Arash T. Riahi & Karin C. Berger 

PERFECT STRANGERS

PERFETTI SCONOSCIUTI


Italy

90 min.

DIRECTED BY: Paolo Genovese

WRITTEN BY: Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paolo Genovese, Paola Mammini & Rolando Ravello

PRODUCED BY: Giampaolo Letta & Marco Belardi 

PYROMANIAC

PYROMANEN


Norway, Sweden, Germany

96 min.

DIRECTED BY: Erik Skjoldbjærg

WRITTEN BY: Bjørn Olaf Johannessen

PRODUCED BY: Edward Dreyer & Aage Aaberge 

RAUF

Turkey

94 min.

DIRECTED BY:  Barış Kaya & Soner Caner

WRITTEN BY: Soner Caner

PRODUCED BY: Kazım Uğur Kızılaslan 

ROOM

Ireland, Canada

118 min.

DIRECTED BY:  Lenny Abrahamson

WRITTEN BY: Emma Donoghue

PRODUCED BY:  Ed Guiney & David Gross 

SIERANEVADA

Romania, France

173 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Cristi Puiu

PRODUCED BY: Anca Puiu 

SONG OF SONGS

PESN PESNEY


Ukraine

76 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Eva Neymann

PRODUCED BY: Alexander Tkachenko 

SPARROWS

ÞRESTIR


Iceland, Denmark, Croatia

99 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Rúnar Rúnarsson

PRODUCED BY:  Mikkel Jersin, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Birgitte Hald, Igor A. Nola & Lilja Snorradóttir

STRANGE HEAVEN

OBCE NIEBO


Poland, Sweden

107 min.

DIRECTED BY: Dariusz Gajewski

WRITTEN BY: Dariusz Gajewski & Michał Godzic

PRODUCED BY: Kuba Kosma & Dariusz Gajewski 

SUFFRAGETTE

UK

106 min.

DIRECTED BY: Sarah Gavron

WRITTEN BY: Abi Morgan

PRODUCED BY: Faye Ward 

SUNTAN

Greece, Germany

104 min.

DIRECTED BY: Argyris Papadimitropoulos

WRITTEN BY: Argyris Papadimitropoulos & Syllas Tzoumerkas

PRODUCED BY: Phaedra Vokali & Argyris Papadimitropoulos 

THE ARDENNES

D' ARDENNEN


Belgium, Netherlands

90 min.

DIRECTED BY: Robin Pront

WRITTEN BY: Jeroen Perceval

PRODUCED BY: Bart Van Langendonck  

THE COMMUNE

KOLLEKTIVET


Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands

111 min.

DIRECTED BY: Thomas Vinterberg

WRITTEN BY: Thomas Vinterberg & Tobias Lindholm

PRODUCED BY: Sisse Graum Jørgensen & Morten Kaufmann 

THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI

HYMYILEVÄ MIES


Finland, Germany, Sweden

94 min.

DIRECTED BY: Juho Kuosmanen

WRITTEN BY: Mikko Myllylahti & Juho Kuosmanen

PRODUCED BY: Jussi Rantamäki 

THE LURE

CÓRKI DANCINGU


Poland

92 min.

DIRECTED BY: Agnieszka Smoczyńska

WRITTEN BY: Robert Bolesto

PRODUCED BY: Włodzimierz Niderhaus

THE OLIVE TREE

EL OLIVO


Spain, Germany

98 min.

DIRECTED BY: Iciar Bollain

WRITTEN BY: Paul Laverty

PRODUCED BY: Juan Gordon 

THE PARADISE SUITE

Netherlands, Sweden, Bulgaria

123 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Joost Van Ginkel

PRODUCED BY: Ellen Havenith & Jeroen Beker 

THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER

DER STAAT GEGEN FRITZ BAUER


Germany

105 min.

DIRECTED BY: Lars Kraume

WRITTEN BY: Oliver Guez & Lars Kraume

PRODUCED BY: Thomas Kufus 

THE STUDENT

УЧЕНИК
 (UCHENIK)

Russian Federation

119 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Kirill Serebrennikov

PRODUCED BY: Ilya Stewart 

THE UNKNOWN GIRL

LA FILLE INCONNUE


Belgium, France

113 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

PRODUCED BY: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne & Denis Freyd 

THINGS TO COME

L'AVENIR


France, Germany

100 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Mia Hansen-Løve

PRODUCED BY: Charles Gillibert 

TIKKUN

Israel

120 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Avishai Sivan

PRODUCED BY: Ronen Ben Tal, Avishai Sivan, Moshe Edery & Leon Edery 

TONI ERDMANN

Germany, Austria

162 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Maren Ade

PRODUCED BY: Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade & Michel Merkt 

TRUMAN

Spain, Argentina

108 min.

DIRECTED BY: Cesc Gay

WRITTEN BY: Cesc Gay & Tomás Aragay

PRODUCED BY: Marta Esteban & Diego Dubcovsky

UNITED STATES OF LOVE

ZJEDNOCZONE STANY MIŁOŚCI


Poland, Sweden

104 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Tomasz Wasilewski

PRODUCED BY: Piotr Kobus & Agnieszka Drewno

 

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