European Film Academy Announces Animated Film Nominees; Adds 16 to Feature Film Selection of EFA Awards
Today, the European Film Academy revealed the nominees of the category European Animated Feature Film. As the Academy aims to equally recognize the achievements and contributions of animation films for European film culture, the nominated films in this category are also eligible for the category European Film. The committee which decided on the nominations was comprised of representatives of the European Film Academy and CARTOON, the European Association for Animation Film.
The nominees:
Flow directed by Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia, France, Belgium)
Living Large directed by Kristina Dufková (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia)
Savages directed by Claude Barras (Switzerland, France, Belgium)
Sultana’s Dream directed by Isabel Herguera (Spain, Germany, India)
They Shot the Piano Player directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal (Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru)
The selection is based on the Diversity & Inclusion Standards of the European Film Academy.
In addition, 16 further feature films have been added by the European Film Academy to the European Film Awards’ Feature Film Selection. With the already announced 29 films, the shortlist comprises 45 strong European feature films. They have been selected by the European Film Academy Board – consulted by a diverse range of European invited experts.
The European Film Academy will also honor director Wim Wenders with the European Lifetime Achievement Award and Isabella Rossellini with the European Achievement in World Cinema award.
In the coming weeks, the 5,000 members of the European Film Academy will watch the selected films and vote on the nominations in the categories ‘European Film,’ ‘European Director,’ ‘European Actress,’ European Actor,’ ‘European Screenwriter’ and ‘European Documentary.’ Based on the votes of all members, the nominations will be made public on November 5, 2024. The members of the European Film Academy will then vote for the winner who will be announced on December 7, 2024 in Lucerne.
Additional titles:
April directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Conclave directed by Edward Berger
The End directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh
Harvest directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari
Misericordia directed by Emma Dante
Moon directed by Kurdwin Ayub
Mr. K directed by Tallulah H. Schwab
My Father’s Daughter directed by Egil Pedersen
The New Year That Never Came directed by Bogdan Muresanu
Queer directed by Luca Guadagnino
The Room Next Door directed by Pedro Almodóvar
The Sparrow in the Chimney directed by Ramon Zurcher
Toxic directed by Saule Bliuvaite
Vermiglio directed by Maura Delpero
Windless directed by Pavel G. Vesnakov
They join the previously announced films:
Arcadia (Gre-Bul-US) directed by Yorgos Zois
Armand (Nor) directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Bird (UK) directed by Andrea Arnold
The Count Of Monte-Cristo directed by Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière
Crossing directed by Levan Akin
The Devil’s Bath directed by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Dying directed by Matthias Glasner
Emilia Pérez directed by Jacques Audiard
The Girl With The Needle directed by Magnus von Horn
Grand Tour directed by Miguel Gomes
Hesitation Wound directed by Selman Nacar
The Invisible Fight directed by Rainer Sarnet
Julie Keeps Quiet directed by Leonardo Van Dijl
Kinds Of Kindness directed byYorgos Lanthimos
Kneecap (Ire-UK) directed by Rich Peppiatt
Life directed by Zeki Demirkubuz
The Other Way Around directed by Jonás Trueba
The Rye Horn directed by Jaione Camborda
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
The Shameless directed by Konstantin Bojanov
Souleymane’s Story directed by Boris Lojkine
The Substance directed by Coralie Fargeat
There’s Still Tomorrow directed by Paola Cortellesi
Three Kilometres To The End Of The World directed by Emanuel Pârvu
Un Amor directed by Isabel Coixet
The Village Next To Paradise directed by Mo Harawe
When The Light Breaks directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson
Without Air directed by Katalin Moldovai
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