The European Film Academy announced the 46 films on this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2019. With 31 European countries represented, the list illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.
In the coming weeks, the over 3,600 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the nominations in the categories European Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenwriter. The nominations will then be announced on November 9 at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain. An 8-member jury will decide on the awards recipients in the categories European Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, Hair & Make-up, Original Score, Sound and Visual Effects.
The 32nd European Film Awards with the presentation of the winners will take place on December 7 in Berlin.
EFA FEATURE FILM SELECTION 2019
“I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS”
“ÎMI ESTE INDIFERENT DACĂ ÎN ISTORIE VOM INTRA CA BARBARI”
Romania, Czech Republic, France, Bulgaria, Germany
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Radu Jude
PRODUCED BY Ada Solomon, Jiří Konečný, Serge Lalou, Claire Dornoy, Rossitsa Valkanova, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski & Maren Ade
A TALE OF THREE SISTERS
KIZ KARDESLER
Turkey, Germany, Netherlands, Greece
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Emin Alper
PRODUCED BY Nadir Öperli, Muzaffer Yıldırım, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade, Stienette Bosklopper & Yorgos Tsourgiannis
A TWELVE-YEAR NIGHT
LA NOCHE DE 12 AÑOS
Spain, France, Argentina
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Alvaro Brechner
PRODUCED BY Mariela Besuievsky, Gerardo Herrero, Vanessa Ragone, Fernando Sokolowicz, Birgit Kemner & Philippe Gompel
A WHITE, WHITE DAY
HVÍTUR, HVÍTUR DAGUR
Iceland, Denmark, Sweden
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Hlynur Pálmason
PRODUCED BY Anton Máni Svansson
ALL GOOD
ALLES IST GUT
Germany
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Eva Trobisch
PRODUCED BY Trini Götze & David Armati Lechner
AND THEN WE DANCED
DA CHVEN VITSEKVET
Sweden, Georgia, France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Levan Akin
PRODUCED BY Mathilde Dedye & Ketie Danelia
BAD POEMS
ROSSZ VERSEK
Hungary, France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Gábor Reisz
PRODUCED BY Júlia Berkes & Estelle Robin You
BEANPOLE
ДЫЛДА
Russian Federation
DIRECTED BY Kantemir Balagov
WRITTEN BY Kantemir Balagov & Alexander Terekhov
PRODUCED BY Alexander Rodnyansky & Sergey Melkumov
BY THE GRACE OF GOD
GRÂCE À DIEU
France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY François Ozon
PRODUCED BY Eric & Nicolas Altmayer
CHAINED
EYNAYIM SHELI
Israel, Germany
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Yaron Shani
PRODUCED BY Saar Yogev & Naomi Levari
CLERGY
KLER
Poland
DIRECTED BY Wojciech Smarzowski
WRITTEN BY Wojciech Smarzowski & Wojciech Rzehak
PRODUCED BY Jacek Rzehak
DAFNE
Italy
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Federico Bondi
PRODUCED BY Marta Donzelli & Gregorio Paonessa
DIRTY GOD
Netherlands, United Kingdom, Belgium, Ireland
DIRECTED BY Sacha Polak
WRITTEN BY Sacha Polak & Susanne Farrell
PRODUCED BY Marleen Slot, Michael Elliott, Dries Phlypo & John Keville
FIRE WILL COME
O QUE ARDE
Spain, France, Luxembourg
DIRECTED BY Oliver Laxe
WRITTEN BY Oliver Laxe & Santiago Fillol
PRODUCED BY Andrea Vazquez, Andrea Queralt, Mani Mortazavi & Xavi Font
GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNIJA
GOSPOD POSTOI, IMETO I’ E PETRUNIJA
Republic of Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, France, Croatia
DIRECTED BY Teona Stugar Mitevska
WRITTEN BY Elma Tataragic & Teona Strugar Mievska
PRODUCED BY Labina Mitevska
GUNDERMANN
Germany
DIRECTED BY Andreas Dresen
WRITTEN BY Laila Stieler
PRODUCED BY Claudia Steffen & Christoph Friedel
HIGH LIFE
Germany, France, United States, Poland, United Kingdom
DIRECTED BY Claire Denis
WRITTEN BY Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau & Geoff Cox PRODUCED BY Claudia Steffen, Christoph Friedel, Laurence Clerc, Olivier Thery Lapiney, Oliver Dungey, Klaudia Śmieja & D.J. Gugenheim
HOMEWARD
EVGE
Ukraine
DIRECTED BY Nariman Aliev
WRITTEN BY Nariman Aliev & Marysia Nikitiuk
PRODUCED BY Vladimir Yatsenko
I WAS AT HOME, BUT
ICH WAR ZUHAUSE, ABER
Germany, Serbia
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Angela Schanelec
PRODUCED BY Angela Schanelec & Vladimir Vidic
IT MUST BE HEAVEN
France, Qatar, Germany, Canada, Turkey, Palestina
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Elia Suleiman
PRODUCED BY Edouard Weil, Laurine Pelassy, Elia Suleiman, Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel & Serge Noël
JOY
Austria
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Sudabeh Mortezai
PRODUCED BY Oliver Neuman
JUMPMAN
PODBROSY
Russia, Ireland, France, Lithuania
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ivan I. Tverdovsky
PRODUCED BY Mila Rozanova & Natalya Mokritskaya
LES MISERABLES
France
DIRECTED BY Ladj Ly
WRITTEN BY Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini & Alexis Manenti
PRODUCED BY Christophe Barral
LITTLE JOE
Austria, United Kingdom, Germany
DIRECTED BY Jessica Hausner
WRITTEN BY Jessica Hausner & Géraldine Bajard
PRODUCED BY Bruno Wagner, Martin Gschlacht, Jessica Hausner, Bertrand Faivre, Gerardine O’Flynn & Philippe Bober
MR. JONES
Poland, United Kingdom, Ukraine
DIRECTED BY Agnieszka Holland
WRITTEN BY Andrea Chalupa
PRODUCED BY Stanisław Dziedzic, Andrea Chalupa & Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska
NON FICTION
DOUBLES VIES
France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Olivier Assayas
PRODUCED BY Charles Gillibert
OLEG
OLEGS
Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, France
DIRECTED BY Juris Kursietis
WRITTEN BY Juris Kursietis, Kaspars Odins & Liga Celma-Kursiete
PRODUCED BY Alise Gelze, Aija Berzina, Lukas Trimonis, Isabelle Truc & Guillaume de Seille
PAIN AND GLORY
DOLOR Y GLORIA
Spain
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Pedro Almodóvar
PRODUCED BY Agustín Almodóvar & Esther García
PIRANHAS
LA PARANZA DEI BAMBINI
Italy
DIRECTED BY Claudio Giovannesi
WRITTEN BY Roberto Saviano, Claudio Giovannesi & Maurizio Braucci
PRODUCED BY Carlo Degli Esposti & Nicola Serra
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU
France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Céline Sciamma
PRODUCED BY Bénédicte Couvreur
QUEEN OF HEARTS
DRONNINGEN
Denmark, Sweden
DIRECTED BY May el-Touhky
WRITTEN BY Maren Louise Käehne & May el-Toukhy
PRODUCED BY Caroline Blanco & René Ezra
SIBEL
Turkey, France, Germany, Luxembourg
DIRECTED BY Çagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti
WRITTEN BY Çagla Zencirci, Ramata Sy & Guillaume Giovanetti
PRODUCED BY Marie Legrand, Rani Massalha, Michael Eckelt, Johannes Jancke, Marsel Kalvo, Nefes Polat, Christel Henon, Lilian Eche & Marc Simoncini
SONS OF DENMARK
DANMARKS SØNNER
Denmark
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ulaa Salim
PRODUCED BY Daniel Mühlendorph
SORRY WE MISSED YOU
United Kingdom, France, Belgium
DIRECTED BY Ken Loach
WRITTEN BY Paul Laverty
PRODUCED BY Rebecca O’Brien
STITCHES
ŠAVOVI
Serbia
DIRECTED BY Miroslav Terzić
WRITTEN BY Elma Tataragić
PRODUCED BY Uliks Fehmiu & Milena Trobozić Garfield
SYNONYMS
SYNONYMES
France, Germany, Israel
DIRECTED BY Nadav Lapid
WRITTEN BY Nadav Lapid & Haim Lapid
PRODUCED BY Saïd Ben Saïd & Michel Merkt
SYSTEM CRASHER
SYSTEMSPRENGER
Germany
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Nora Fingscheidt
PRODUCED BY Jonas Weydemann, Peter Hartwig, Jakob Weydemann & Frauke Kolbmüller
TEL AVIV ON FIRE
Luxembourg, France, Israel, Belgium
DIRECTED BY Sameh Zoabi
WRITTEN BY Dan Kleinman
PRODUCED BY Bernard Michaux, Milena Poylo, Gilles Sacuto, Amir Harel & Patrick Quinet
THE FAVOURITE
United Kingdom, Ireland
DIRECTED BY Yorgos Lanthimos
WRITTEN BY Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara
PRODUCED BY Ed Guiney, Ceci Dempsey, Lee Magiday & Yorgos Lanthimos
THE REALM
EL REINO
Spain, France
DIRECTED BY Rodrigo Sorogoyen
WRITTEN BY Isabel Peña & Rodrigo Sorogoyen
PRODUCED BY Gerardo Herrero, Mikel Lejarza & Mercedes Gamero
THE TRAITOR
IL TRADITORE
Italy, Germany, France, Brazil
DIRECTED BY Marco Bellocchio
WRITTEN BY Valia Santella, Ludovica Rampoldi & Francesco Piccolo
PRODUCED BY Giuseppe Caschetto & Simone Gattoni
THE WHISTLERS
LA GOMERA
Romania, France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Corneliu Porumboiu
PRODUCED BY Marcela Mindru Ursu, Patricia Poienaru, Sylvie Pialat, Benoît Quainon, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach & Maren Ade
TWIN FLOWER
FIORE GEMELLO
Italy
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Laura Luchetti
PRODUCED BY Giuseppe Gallo
WEREWOLF
WILKOŁAK
Poland, Germany, Netherlands
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Adrian Panek
PRODUCED BY Magdalena Kamińska & Agata Szymanska
YESTERDAY
United Kingdom
DIRECTED BY Danny Boyle
WRITTEN BY Richard Curtis
PRODUCED BY Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Matthew James Wilkinson, Bernard Bellew, Richard Curtis & Danny Boyle
YOUNG AHMED
LE JEUNE AHMED
Belgium, France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne
PRODUCED BY Jean-Pierre, Luc Dardenne & Denis Freyd