Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest and Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves led the nominations for the 2023 European Films Awards with five nominations apiece and both nominated in the same five categories: European film, European Director, European Screenwriter, European Actor and European Actress.
Glazer and Kaurismäki were triple nominated as producers of their films as well as their directing and screenwriting nods. Jussi Vatanen and Alma Pöysti were actor and actress nominees from Fallen Leaves and with no distinction between lead or supporting performances, Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller were the nominees for The Zone of Interest.
Hüller earned a second nomination in the same category for her performance in Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or-winning Anatomy of a Fall, which was next with four nominations including European Film and European Director.
Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border nabbed three nominations, for film, director and screenwriter. Me Captain (Io Capitano) and The Teachers’ Lounge each earned two nominations. Afire, Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, How to Have Sex, La Chimera and The Promised Land landed one nomination each in major categories.
The Zone of Interest (UK), Fallen Leaves (Finland) and Me Captain (Italy) are all official country submissions for the International Feature Film Oscar at the 96th Academy Awards. France opted to send The Taste of Things over Anatomy of a Fall. Last year, Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness was the sweeping winner with four. The film went on to earn three Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
The EFA Academy also revealed the nominations for the European Discovery category, which was selected by FIPRESCI, the international federation of film critics. The nominated films were 20,000 Species of Bees, How to Have Sex, La Palisiada, Safe Place, The Quiet Migration and Vincent Must Die.
The nominations are announced in an official nomination video in which teenagers from all over Europe, all members of the newly launched European Film Club. Today’s nominations join the previously announced nominees for European Animated Feature and European Short Film.
The nominations are based on the votes of the 4,600 members of the European Film Academy, will now vote for the winners for all categories. Winners will be announced live at the awards ceremony on December 9 in Berlin which will feature a tribute award to Béla Tarr.
Here is the full list of nominations.
European Film
European Director
European Screenwriter
European Actress
European Actor
European Documentary
European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
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