The Polish drama Cold War (Zimna wojna) directed by Ali Abbasi leads the nominations for the 31st European Film Awards with 5 nods including Best European Film, Best Director, European Screenwriter along with Best Actress for Joanna Kulig as Zula, and Best Actor for Tomasz Kot as Wiktor. The more than 3,500 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on December 15 in Seville.
31st European Film Awards Nominations
EUROPEAN FILM 2018
BORDER
GRÄNS
Sweden, Denmark
DIRECTED BY Ali Abbasi
WRITTEN BY Ali Abbasi, Isabella Eklöf & John Ajvide Lindqvist
PRODUCED BY Nina Bisgaard, Piodor Gustafsson & Petra Jönsson
COLD WAR
ZIMNA WOJNA
Poland, UK, France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Pawel Pawlikowski
PRODUCED BY Ewa Puszczynska & Tanya Seghatchian
DOGMAN
Italy, France
DIRECTED BY Matteo Garrone
WRITTEN BY Matteo Garrone, Ugo Chiti & Massimo Gaudioso
PRODUCED BY Matteo Garrone, Jean Labadie, Jeremy Thomas & Paolo Del Brocco
GIRL
Belgium, Netherlands
DIRECTED BY Lukas Dhont
WRITTEN BY Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens
PRODUCED BY Dirk Impens
HAPPY AS LAZZARO
LAZZARO FELICE
Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Alice Rohrwacher
PRODUCED BY Carlo Cresto-Dina, Tiziana Soudani, Alexandra Henochsberg, Grégory Gajos, Arthur Hallereau, Pierre-François Piet, Michel Merkt, Michael Weber & Viola Fügen
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2018
A WOMAN CAPTURED
Hungary, Germany
DIRECTED BY Bernadett Tuza-Ritter
PRODUCED BY Julianna Ugrin & Viki Réka Kiss
BERGMAN – A YEAR IN A LIFE
BERGMAN – ETT ÅR, ETT LIV
Sweden, Germany
DIRECTED BY Jane Magnusson
PRODUCED BY Cecilia Nessen, Fredrik Heinig & Mattias Nohrborg
OF FATHERS AND SONS
Germany, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar
DIRECTED BY Talal Derki
PRODUCED BY Tobias Siebert, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme & Hans Robert Eisenhauer
THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS
Denmark, Finland, Sweden
DIRECTED BY Simon Lereng Wilmont
PRODUCED BY Monica Hellström, Tobias Janson & Sami Jahnukainen
THE SILENCE OF OTHERS
Spain, USA
DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2018
Ali Abbasi for BORDER
Matteo Garrone for DOGMAN
Samuel Maoz for FOXTROT
Pawel Pawlikowski for COLD WAR
Alice Rohrwacher for HAPPY AS LAZZARO
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2018
Marie Bäumer as Romy Schneider in 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir as Halla / Ása in WOMAN AT WAR
Joanna Kulig as Zula in COLD WAR
Bárbara Lennie as Petra in PETRA
Eva Melander as Tina in BORDER
Alba Rohrwacher as Antonia old in HAPPY AS LAZZARO
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2018
Jakob Cedergren as Asger in THE GUILTY
Rupert Everett as Oscar Wilde in THE HAPPY PRINCE
Marcello Fonte as Marcello in DOGMAN
Sverrir Gudnason as Björn Borg in BORG/MCENROE
Tomasz Kot as Wiktor in COLD WAR
Victor Polster as Lara in GIRL
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2018
Ali Abbasi, Isabella Eklöf & John Ajvide Lindqvist for BORDER
Matteo Garrone, Ugo Chiti & Massimo Gaudioso for DOGMAN
Gustav Möller & Emil Nygaard Albertsen for THE GUILTY
Pawel Pawlikowski for COLD WAR
Alice Rohrwacher for HAPPY AS LAZZARO