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Published by European Film Awards
Sep 22, 2014
  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 Films in EFA Selection 2014

During a press conference in Riga, European Capital of Culture 2014 where this year’s 27th European Film Awards will take place, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the titles of the 50 films on this year’s selection list, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards! With 31 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 EFA Board Members and invited experts Mark Adams (UK), Marit Kapla (Sweden), Stefan Kitanov (Bulgaria), Paz Lázaro (Spain), Christophe Leparc (France) and Elma Tataragic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) 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 8 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, Composer and Sound Designer. 

The 27th European Film Awards with the presentation of the winners will take place in Riga on 13 December.

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

Riga and Berlin, 16 September 2014

EFA SELECTION 2014

 

ALIENATION

ОТЧУЖДЕНИЕ (OTCHUJDENIE)


Bulgaria

DIRECTED BY:Milko Lazarov

WRITTEN BY: Milko Lazarov, Kitodar Todorov & Georgi Tenev

PRODUCED BY: Veselka Kiryakova

AMOUR FOU 

Austria/Luxembourg/Germany    

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY:Jessica Hausner

PRODUCED BY: Martin Gschlacht, Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner, Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu & Philippe Bober

BEAUTIFUL YOUTH

HERMOSA JUVENTUD
 

Spain/France    

DIRECTED BY:Jaime Rosales 

WRITTEN BY: Jaime Rosales & Enric Rufas

PRODUCED BY: Jaime Rosales, José María Morales, Jérôme Dopffer & Barbara Diez

BIRD PEOPLE 

France 

DIRECTED BY:Pascale Ferran 

WRITTEN BY: Pascale Ferran & Guillaume Bréaud 

PRODUCED BY: Denis Freyd

BLIND 

Norway    /Netherlands

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY:Eskil Vogt 

PRODUCED BY: Hans-Jørgen Osnes & Sigve Endresen

BLIND DATES 

SHEMTKHVEVITI PAEMNEBI 


Georgia

DIRECTED BY:Levan Koguashvili    

WRITTEN BY: Boris Frumin & Levan Koguashvili 

PRODUCED BY: Suliko Tsulukidze

CALVARY 

Ireland/UK

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: John Michael McDonagh 

PRODUCED BY: Chris Clark & Flora Fernandez Marengo 

CANNIBAL

CANÍBAL


Spain/Romania/Russia/France 

DIRECTED BY:Manuel Martín Cuenca 

WRITTEN BY: Alejandro Hernández & Manuel Martín Cuenca 

PRODUCED BY: Manuel Martín Cuenca, Fernando Bovaira & Simón De Santiago

CLASS ENEMY

RAZREDNI SOVRAŽNIK


Slovenia 

DIRECTED BY:Rok Biček 

WRITTEN BY: Nejc Gazvoda, Rok Biček & Janez Lapajne 

PRODUCED BY: Aiken Veronika Prosenc & Janez Lapajne

CONCRETE NIGHT 

BETONIYÖ


Finland/Sweden/Denmark 

DIRECTED BY:Pirjo Honkasalo 

WRITTEN BY: Pirkko Saisio & Pirjo Honkasalo 

PRODUCED BY: Mark Lwoff & Misha Jaari

DREAMLAND 

TRAUMLAND
 

Switzerland/Germany 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY:Petra Volpe 

PRODUCED BY: Lukas Hobi & Reto Schaerli

FAIR PLAY 

Czech Republic/Slovakia/Germany 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Andrea Sedlackova 

PRODUCED BY: Pavel Strnad, Thommy Kral & Silvia Panakova

FORCE MAJEURE

TURIST
 

Sweden/Denmark/France/Norway

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ruben Östlund 

PRODUCED BY: Erik Hemmendorff, Marie Kjellson & Philippe Bober

FRANK 

UK/Ireland

DIRECTED BY: Lenny Abrahamson

WRITTEN BY: Jon Ronson & Peter Straughan 

PRODUCED BY: Ed Guiney, David Barron & Stevie Lee 

GIRLHOOD 

BANDE DE FILLES 


France 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Céline Sciamma 

PRODUCED BY: Bénédicte Couvreur

GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE 

ADIEU AU LANGAGE 


France 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY:Jean-Luc Godard

PRODUCED BY: Brahim Chioua

HOME FROM HOME - CHRONICLE OF A VISION 

DIE ANDERE HEIMAT – CHRONIK EINER SEHNSUCHT 


Germany/France

DIRECTED BY: Edgar Reitz 

WRITTEN BY: Edgar Reitz & Gert  Heidenreich 

PRODUCED BY: Christian Reitz

HUMAN CAPITAL 

IL CAPITALE UMANO


Italy 

DIRECTED BY: Paolo Virzì 

WRITTEN BY: Francesco  Piccolo, Francesco  Bruni & Paolo  Virzì 

PRODUCED BY: Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen, Benedetto Habib, Philippe Gompel & Birgit Kemner 

IDA

Poland/Denmark 

DIRECTED BY: Pawel Pawlikowski 

WRITTEN BY: Paweł Pawlikowski & Rebecca Lenkiewicz 

PRODUCED BY: Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzięcioł, Ewa Puszczyńska &  Christian Husum 

IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE 

KRAFTIDIOTEN 


Norway/Denmark/Sweden

DIRECTED BY: Hans Petter Moland 

WRITTEN BY: Kim Fupz Aakeson 

PRODUCED BY: Finn Gjerdrum & Stein B. Kvae 

KERTU. LOVE IS BLIND 

KERTU 


Estonia 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ilmar Raag

PRODUCED BY: Riina Sildos

LEVIATHAN

LEVIAFAN
 

Russia 

DIRECTED BY: Andrey Zvyagintsev

WRITTEN BY: Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev 

PRODUCED BY: Alexander Rodnyansky & Sergey Melkumov

LIFE IN A FISHBOWL 

VONARSTRÆTI 


Iceland/Sweden/Finland/Czech Republic 

DIRECTED BY: Baldvin Zophoníasson 

WRITTEN BY: Baldvin Zophoníasson, Birgir Steinarsson 

PRODUCED BY: Julius Kemp, Ingvar Thordarson, Per Janérus, Markus Selin, Jukka Helle, Karla Stojakova

LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES CLOSED 

VIVIR ES FÁCIL CON LOS OJOS CERRADOS 


Spain 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY:David Trueba 

PRODUCED BY: Cristina Huete

LOCKE 

UK

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Steven Knight 

PRODUCED BY: Guy Heeley & Paul Webster

MACONDO 

Austria 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Sudabeh Mortezai 

PRODUCED BY: Oliver Neumann & Sabine Moser

MISS VIOLENCE 

Greece 

DIRECTED BY: Alexandros  Avranas 

WRITTEN BY: Alexandros Avranas & Kostas Peroulis 

PRODUCED BY: Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos & Alexandros Avranas 

MR. TURNER 

UK/France/Germany

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Mike Leigh 

PRODUCED BY: Georgina  Lowe

NYMPHOMANIAC DIRECTOR'S CUT - VOLUME I & 2 

Denmark/Germany/France/Belgium 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Lars von Trier 

PRODUCED BY: Louise Vesth

OF HORSES AND MEN 

HROSS Í OSS


Iceland/Norway/Germany

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Benedikt Erlingson 

PRODUCED BY: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

PAPUSZA

Poland 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Joanna Kos-Krauze & Krzysztof Krauze 

PRODUCED BY: Lambros Ziotas

STARRED UP 

UK 

DIRECTED BY: David  Mackenzie 

WRITTEN BY: Jonathan  Asser 

PRODUCED BY: Gillian Berrie

STILL LIFE 

UK/Italy 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Uberto  Pasolini 

PRODUCED BY: Uberto Pasolini, Felix Vossen & Christopher Simon 

STRATOS 

TO MIKRO PSARI 


Greece/Germany/Cyprus 

DIRECTED BY: Yannis Economides

WRITTEN BY: Yannis Economides, Thanos Xiros, Vangelis Mourikis, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos & Harry Lagoussis

PRODUCED BY: Christos V. Konstantakopoulos

THAT LOVELY GIRL

HARCHEK ME HEADRO
 

Israel

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Keren Yedaya

PRODUCED BY: Marek Rozenbaum, Michael Eckelt, Emmanuel Agneray & Jerome Bleitrach

THE DARK VALLEY 

DAS FINSTERE TAL


Austria/Germany

DIRECTED BY: Andreas Prochaska 

WRITTEN BY: Martin Ambrosch 

PRODUCED BY: Helmut Grasser & Stefan Arndt 

THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER 

HAGANENET


Israel/France

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Nadav Lapid 

PRODUCED BY: Osnat Keren-Handelsman, Talia Kleinhendler & Carole Scotta

THE LAMB

KUZU 


Turkey/Germany

WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY: Kutlug Ataman 

THE TRIBE

PLEMYA 


Ukraine    

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy 

PRODUCED BY: Valentyn Vasyanovych & Iya Myslytska

THE WONDERS 

LE MERAVIGLIE 


Italy/Germany/Switzerland 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alice Rohrwacher 

PRODUCED BY: Carlo Cresto-Dina, Karl Baumgartner, Tiziana  Soudani & Michael Weber 

TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT 

DEUX JOURS, UNE NUIT 


Belgium 

WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY: Jean-Pierre & Luc  Dardenne

UNDER THE SKIN

UK

DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Glazer 

WRITTEN BY: Walter Campbell & Jonathan Glazer

PRODUCED BY: Nick Wechsler & James Wilson 

VIOLETTE 

France/Belgium

DIRECTED BY: Martin Provost 

WRITTEN BY: Martin Provost, Marc Abdelnour & René  de Ceccatty 

PRODUCED BY: Miléna Poylo & Gilles Sacuto 

WALESA

Poland 

DIRECTED BY: Andrzej Wajda 

WRITTEN BY: Janusz Głowacki 

PRODUCED BY: Michał Kwieciński

WE ARE THE BEST! 

VI ÄR BÄST!
 

Sweden/Denmark 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Lukas Moodysson 

PRODUCED BY: Lars Jönsson

WHEN EVENING FALLS ON BUCHAREST OR METABOLISM 

CÂND SE LASA SEARA PESTE BUCURESTI SAU METABOLISM 


Romania/France

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Corneliu  Porumboiu 

PRODUCED BY: Marcela Ursu

WHITE GOD 

FEHÉR ISTEN 


Hungary/Germany/Sweden

DIRECTED BY: Kornél Mundruczó 

WRITTEN BY: Kata Wéber, Kornél Mundruczó & Viktória  Petrányi 

PRODUCED BY: Viktória Petrányi

WINTER SLEEP 

KIŞ UYKUSU
 

Turkey/France/Germany 

DIRECTED BY: Nuri Bilge Ceylan 

WRITTEN BY: Ebru Ceylan & Nuri Bilge Ceylan 

PRODUCED BY: Zeynep Özbatur Atakan

WOLF

Netherlands 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jim Taihuttu 

PRODUCED BY: Julius Ponten

WOUNDED 

LA HERIDA 


Spain 

DIRECTED BY: Fernando Franco 

WRITTEN BY: Fernando Franco & Enric Rufas 

PRODUCED BY: Koldo Zuazua

The European Film Awards 2014 are presented by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, the Riga City Council, Foundation Riga 2014, Creative Europe MEDIA Sub-Programme, FFA German Federal Film Board, German State Lottery Berlin, German State Minister for Culture and the Media, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg in co-operation with LTV and ZDF/ARTE.

 

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