‘Pain and Glory,’ ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire,’ ‘An Officer and a Spy’ lead 2019 European Film Awards (EFA) nominations
PAIN AND GLORY 
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE 
AN OFFICER AND A SPY
The Favourite and The Traitor also earned four nominations
At the Seville European Film Festival, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the 32nd European Film Awards with Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Roman Polanski’s An Officer and a Spy leading with four apiece. This comes just days after Polanski was accused of rape once again, this time by French actress Valentine Monnier, who said the “extremely violent” rape occurred in a ski chalet in Switzerland.
Among The Favourite‘s four nominations was one for Olivia Colman for European Actress. Colman won the Oscar for her role as Queen Anne last February. Two of four nominations for Portrait of a Lady on Fire were a shared nod for leading actresses Noémie Merlant & Adèle Haenel.
Among the European Actor nominees were Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory), Jean DuJardin (An Officer and a Spy) and Levan Gelbakhiani for And Then We Danced.
The more than 3,600 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on December 7th in Berlin.
Here is the full list of nominees:
European Film
The Favourite
Les Misérables
An Officer and a Spy
Pain and Glory
System Crasher
The Traitor
European Comedy
Ditte & Louise
The Favourite
Tel Aviv on Fire
European Discovery
Aniara
Atlantics
Blind Spot
Irina
Les Misérables
Ray & Liz
European Documentary
For Sama
Honeyland
Putin’s Witnesses
Selfie
The Disappearance of My Mother
European Animated Feature Film
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
I Lost My Body
Marona’s Fantastic Tale
The Swallows of Kabul
European Director
Pedro Almodovar, Pain and Glory
Marco Bellocchio, The Traitor
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Roman Polanski, An Officer and a Spy
Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
European Actress
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Trine Dyrholm, Queen of Hearts
Noemie Merland & Adele Haenel, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Viktoria Miroshnickenko, Beanpole
Helene Zengel, System Crasher
European Actor
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Jean Dujardin, An Officer and a Spy
Pierfrancesco Favino, The Traitor
Levan Gelbakhiani, And Then We Danced
Alexander Scheer, Gundermann
Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, A White, White Day
European Screenwriter
Pedro Almodovar, Pain and Glory
Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella & Francesco Piccolo, The Traitor
Robert Harris & Roman Polanski, An Officer and a Spy
Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini & Alexis Manenti, Les Misérables
Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
European Short Film
The Christmas Gift
Dogs Barking at Birds
The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady
Reconstruction
Watermelon Juice
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