The European Film Academy revealed the nominees of the main categories of the 35th European Film Awards. Films nominated for European Film include Alcarràs directed by Carla Simón, Close directed by Lukas Dhont, Corsage directed by Marie Kreutzer, Holy Spider directed by Ali Abbasi, and Triangle of Sadness directed by Ruben Östlund.
The award ceremony takes place on December 10, 2022 in Reykjavík and will celebrate the best of European Film culture.
These are the nominations of the 2022 European Film Awards:
European Film
ALCARRÀS directed by Carla Simón, produced by María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera & Giovanni Pompili (Spain/ Italy)
CLOSE directed by Lukas Dhont, produced by Michiel Dhont, Dirk Impens, Michel Saint-Jean, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans Van Gestel & Jacques-Henri Bronckart (Belgium/ France/ Netherlands)
CORSAGE directed by Marie Kreutzer, produced by Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz, Bernard Michaux, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade & Jean-Christophe Reymond (Austria/ Luxembourg/ Germany/ France)
HOLY SPIDER directed by Ali Abbasi, produced by Sol Bondy & Jacob Jarek (Denmark/ Germany/ Sweden/ France)
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS directed by Ruben Östlund, produced by Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober (Sweden/ Germany/ France/ United Kingdom)
European Documentary
A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont (Denmark/ Sweden/ Finland/ Ukraine)
GIRL GANG directed by Susanne Regina Meures (Switzerland)
MARIUPOLIS 2 directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius (Lithuania/ France/ Germany)
THE BALCONY MOVIE (FILM BALKONOWY) directed by Paweł Łoziński (Poland)
THE MARCH ON ROME (MARCIA SU ROMA) directed by Mark Cousins (Italy)
European Director
Lukas Dhont for CLOSE
Marie Kreutzer for CORSAGE
Jerzy Skolimowski for EO
Ali Abbasi for HOLY SPIDER
Alice Diop for SAINT OMER
Ruben Östlund for TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
European Actress
Vicky Krieps in CORSAGE
Zar Amir Ebrahimi in HOLY SPIDER
Léa Seydoux in ONE FINE MORNING
Penélope Cruz in PARALLEL MOTHERS
Meltem Kaptan in RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH
European Actor
Paul Mescal in AFTERSUN
Eden Dambrine in CLOSE
Elliott Crosset Hove in GODLAND
Pierfrancesco Favino in NOSTALGIA
Zlatko Burić in TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
European Screenwriter
Carla Simón & Arnau Vilaró for ALCARRÀS
Kenneth Branagh for BELFAST
Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens for CLOSE
Ali Abbasi & Afshin Kamran Bahrami for HOLY SPIDER
Ruben Östlund for TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
107 MOTHERS (CENZORKA) directed by Peter Kerekes (Slovakia/ Czech Republic/ Ukraine)
LOVE ACCORDING TO DALVA (DALVA) directed by Emmanuelle Nicot (Belgium/ France)
OTHER PEOPLE (INNI LUDZIE) directed by Aleksandra Terpińska (Poland/ France)
PAMFIR directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (Ukraine/ France/ Poland/ Germany/ Chile)
SMALL BODY (PICCOLO CORPO) directed by Laura Samani (Italy/ Slovenia/ France)
SONNE directed by Kurdwin Ayub produced by Ulrich Seidl (Austria)