2021 European Film Awards (EFA) nominations: ‘The Father,’ ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ lead field
Jasmila Žbanić’s Oscar-nominated Quo Vadis, Aida? led the 2021 European Film Awards (EFA) nominations this morning with five, including European Film, Director and Actress for Jasna Đuričić. Florian Zeller’s Oscar-winning The Father and Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or-winning Titane were close with four apiece.
Another Oscar-winning holdover, Promising Young Woman, earned a Best Actress nomination for Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan, who will compete against Jasna Đuričić for Quo Vadis, Aida?, Seidi Haarla for Compartment No. 6, Renate Reinsve for The Worst Person in the World and Agathe Rousselle for Titane.
Compartment No. 6 and The Hand of God each earned three nominations, including European Film. Flee earned nominations for both European Animated Film and European Documentary as well as the European University Film Award.
Steve McQueen will be honored with the European Innovative Storytelling award for his film collection Small Axe, Susanne Bier will receive the European Achievement in World Cinema award and the European Lifetime Achievement award will be presented to Márta Mészáros.
Last year, Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round swept the awards, winning European Film, European Director, European Screenwriter and European Actor. The film won the International Feature Film Oscar for Denmark and Vinterberg earned a Best Director nomination.
The European Film Academy is made up of over 4100 members and winners will be announced on December 11. Here is the full list of nominees.
European Film
Compartment No. 6
Quo Vadis, Aida?
The Father
The Hand of God
Titane
European Director
Julia Ducournau, Titane
Radu Jude, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Paolo Sorrentino, The Hand of God
Jasmila Žbanić, Quo Vadis, Aida?
Florian Zeller, The Father
European Actor
Yuriy Borisov, Compartment No. 6
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Vincent Lindon, Titane
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian
Franz Rogowski, Great Freedom
European Actress
Jasna Đuričić, Quo Vadis, Aida?
Seidi Haarla, Compartment No. 6
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Agathe Rousselle, Titane
European Screenwriter
Radu Jude, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Paolo Sorrentino, The Hand of God
Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, The Worst Person in the World
Jasmila Žbanić, Quo Vadis, Aida?
Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, The Father
European Comedy
Ninjababy
The Morning After
The People Upstairs
European Documentary
Babi Yar. Context
Flee
Mr Bachmann and His Class
Taming the Garden
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
European Animated Feature Film
Even Mice Belong in Heaven
Flee
The Ape Star
Where Is Anne Frank
Wolfwalkers
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
Beginning
Lamb
Playground
Pleasure
Promising Young Woman
The Whaler Boy
European Short Film
Bella
Displaced
Easter Eggs
In Flow of Words
My Uncle Tudor
European University Film Award
Apples
Flee
Great Freedom
Happening
Quo Vadis, Aida?
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