The European Film Academy announced the nominations for the 33rd European Film Awards. Films nominated for Best European Film include Another Round, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Corpus Christi, Martin Eden, The Painted Bird and Undine. Films nominated for Best European Documentary include Acasa – My Home, Collective (Colectiv), Gunda, Little Girl (Petite Fille), Saudi Runaway and The Cave.
Mike Downey, Chairman of the EFA Board: “In order to widen the platform to more European films in what is such a difficult time for European cinema and artists, the EFA Board has decided to exceptionally increase the nominations in the full length feature film categories and in the documentary category from five to six.”
The more than 3,800 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented in a series of virtual events from 8 to 12 December.
European Film Awards 2020 Nominations
EUROPEAN FILM 2020
ANOTHER ROUND
DRUK
Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden
DIRECTED BY Thomas Vinterberg
WRITTEN BY Thomas Vinterberg & Tobias Lindholm
PRODUCED BY Sisse Graum Jørgensen & Kasper Dissing
BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ
Germany, Netherlands
DIRECTED BY Burhan Qurbani
WRITTEN BY Martin Behnke & Burhan Qurbani
PRODUCED BY Leif Alexis, Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach
CORPUS CHRISTI
BOŻE CIAŁO
Poland, France
DIRECTED BY Jan Komasa
WRITTEN BY Mateusz Pacewicz
PRODUCED BY Leszek Bodzak & Aneta Hickinbotham
MARTIN EDEN
Italy, France
DIRECTED BY Pietro Marcello
WRITTEN BY Pietro Marcello & Maurizio Braucci
PRODUCED BY Pietro Marcello, Beppe Caschetto, Thomas Ordonneau, Michael Weber & Viola Fügen
THE PAINTED BIRD
NABARVENÉ PTÁČE
Czech Republic, Ukraine, Slovakia
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Václav Marhoul
PRODUCED BY Václav Marhoul, Igor Savychenko, Zuzana Mistríková, Eduard Kučera & Richard Kaucký
UNDINE
Germany, France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Christian Petzold
PRODUCED BY Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber & Margaret Menegoz
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2020
ACASĂ, MY HOME
ACASĂ
Romania, Germany, Finland
DIRECTED BY Radu Ciorniciuc
WRITTEN BY Lina Vdovîi
PRODUCED BY Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
COLLECTIVE
COLECTIV
Romania, Luxembourg
DIRECTED BY Alexander Nanau
WRITTEN BY Antoaneta Opris & Alexander Nanau
PRODUCED BY Alexander Nanau, Bianca Oana, Bernard Michaux & Hanka Kastelocova
GUNDA
Norway, USA
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Victor Kossakovsky
PRODUCED BY Anita Rehoff Larsen & Joslyn Barnes
LITTLE GIRL
PETITE FILLE
France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Sébastien Lifshitz
PRODUCED BY Muriel Meynard
SAUDI RUNAWAY
Switzerland
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Susanne Regina Meures
PRODUCED BY Christian Frei
THE CAVE
Syrian Arab Republic, Denmark
DIRECTED BY Feras Fayyad
WRITTEN BY Alisar Hasan & Feras Fayyad
PRODUCED BY Kirstine Barfod & Sigrid Dyekjær
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2020
ALL CATS ARE GREY IN THE DARK
NACHTS SIND ALLE KATZEN GRAU
Switzerland
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Lasse Linder
PRODUCED BY Edith Flückiger
GENIUS LOCI
France
DIRECTED BY Adrien Mérigeau
WRITTEN BY Adrien Mérigeau & Nicolas Pleskof
PRODUCED BY Amaury Ovise & Jean-Christophe Reymond
PAST PERFECT
Portugal
DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY Jorge Jácome
WRITTEN BY Jorge Jácome & Pedro Penim
SUN DOG
Belgium/Russia
WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY Dorian Jespers
UNCLE THOMAS, ACCOUNTING FOR THE DAYS
TIO TOMÁS, A CONTABILIDADE DOS DIAS
Portugal/Canada/France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Regina Pessoa
PRODUCED BY Abi Feijó, Julie Roy & Reginald de Guillebon
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2020
Agnieszka Holland for CHARLATAN
Jan Komasa for CORPUS CHRISTI
Pietro Marcello for MARTIN EDEN
François Ozon for SUMMER OF 85
Maria Sødahl for HOPE
Thomas Vinterberg for ANOTHER ROUND
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2020
Paula Beer in UNDINE
Natasha Berezhnaya in DAU. NATASHA
Andrea Bræin Hovig in HOPE
Ane Dahl Torp in CHARTER
Nina Hoss in MY LITTLE SISTER
Marta Nieto in MOTHER
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2020
Bartosz Bielenia in CORPUS CHRISTI
Goran Bogdan in FATHER
Elio Germano in HIDDEN AWAY
Luca Marinelli in MARTIN EDEN
Mads Mikkelsen in ANOTHER ROUND
Viggo Mortensen in FALLING
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2020
Martin Behnke & Burhan Qurbani for BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ
Costa-Gavras for ADULTS IN THE ROOM
Damiano & Fabio D’Innocenzo for BAD TALES
Pietro Marcello & Maurizio Braucci for MARTIN EDEN
Mateusz Pacewicz for CORPUS CHRISTI
Thomas Vinterberg & Tobias Lindholm for ANOTHER ROUND