The European Film Awards has selected 19 films as the first part of the Academy’s Feature Film Selection 2023. The Feature Film Selection includes films that the Board of the Academy recommends to all Academy members for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2023.
Eligible for the European Film Awards are European feature films which, among other criteria, had their first official screening between June 1, 2022 and May 31, 2023 and have a European director.
With the Feature Film Selection announcement, the first step in the three-stage awarding procedure is completed. The nominations in the feature film categories ‘European Film’, ‘Director’, ‘Actor’, ‘Actress’ and ‘Screenwriter’ as well as in the category ‘European Documentary’ will be made public on November 7, 2023. The winners will be announced at the European Film Awards ceremony in Berlin on December 9, 2023.
Feature Film Selection
20,000 Species of Bees / 20.000 Especies De Abejas
Spain (125 Min)
Directed by: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Written by: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Afire / Roter Himmel
Germany (102 Min)
Directed by: Christian Petzold
Written by: Christian Petzold
Anatomy of a Fall / Anatomie D’une Chute
France (150 Min)
Directed by: Justine Triet
Written by: Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
Behind the Haystacks
Greece, Germany, North Macedonia (118 Min)
Directed by: Asimina Proedrou
Written by: Asimina Proedrou
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
Switzerland, Georgia (111 Min)
Directed by: Elene Naveriani
Written by: Elene Naveriani, Nikoloz Mdivani, Tamta Mekashvili
Close Your Eyes / Cerrar Los Ojos
Spain, Argentina (169 Min)
Directed by: Víctor Erice
Written by: Víctor Erice, Michel Gaztambide
Fallen Leaves / Kuolleet Lehdet
Finland, Germany (81 Min)
Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki
Written by: Aki Kaurismäki
Femme
Uk (99 Min)
Directed by: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping
Written by: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping
Firebrand
Uk (120 Min)
Directed by: Karim aïnouz
Written by: Henrietta Ashworth, Jessica Ashworth, Rosanne Flynn
How to Have Sex
Uk, Greece (98 Min)
Directed by: Molly Manning Walker
Written by: Molly Manning Walker
Kidnapped / Rapito
Italy, France, Germany (135 Min)
Directed by: Marco Bellocchio
Written by: Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli
La Chimera
Italy, France, Switzerland (130 Min)
Directed by: Alice Rohrwacher
Written by: Alice Rohrwacher
Safe Place / Sigurno Mjesto
Croatia, Slovenia (102 Min)
Directed by: Juraj Lerotic
Written by: Juraj Lerotic
Slow / Tu Man Nieko Neprimeni
Lithuania, Spain, Sweden (107 Min)
Directed by: Marija Kavtaradze
Written by: Marija Kavtaradze
The Animal Kingdom / Le Regne Animal
France, France (130 Min)
Directed by: Thomas Cailley
Written by: Thomas Cailley, Pauline Munier
The Goldman Case / Le Procès Goldman
France (115 Min)
Directed by: Cedric Kahn
Written by: Cedric Kahn, Nathalie Hertzberg
The Happiest Man in the World / Najsrekniot Covek Na Svetot
North Macedonia, Bosnia-herzegovina, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, Denmark (95 Min)
Directed by: Teona Strugar Mitevska
Written by: Elma Tataragic, Teona Strugar Mitevska
The Old Oak
Uk, France, Belgium (112 Min)
Directed by: Ken Loach
Written by: Paul Laverty
The Teachers’ Lounge / Das Lehrerzimmer
Germany (94 Min)
Directed by: Ilker Çatak
Written by: Johannes Duncker, Ilker Çatak