‘Fatherland’ Leads Nominations for 39th European Film Awards

Fatherland by Paweł Pawlikowski leads the nominations for the 39th European Film Awards in eleven categories, including European Film.

La Bola Negra by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi followed with ten nominations, and Fjord by Cristian Mungiu with five nominations.

Also nominated for European Film are Fjord, In Waves, Iron Boy (Le Corset), Jim Queen, La Bola Negra, La Gradiva, Letters From the Silenced Country (Listy), Lucy Lost, Naza, Rehearsals for a Revolution, To Hold a Mountain (Planina), Viva Carmen (Carmen, L’oiseau Rebelle), Whispers in the Woods (Le Chant Des Forêts), and Woman Unknown (Kvinde Ukendt).

The winners will be unveiled at the awards ceremony on 16 January at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Greece, where Hiam Abbass will also receive the European Achievement in World Cinema Award for her outstanding body of work.

European Film

FATHERLAND directed by Paweł Pawlikowski, produced by Mario Gianani, Ewa Puszczyńska, Jeanne Tremsal, Lorenzo Mieli, Edward Berger, Dimitri Rassam & Lorenzo Gangarossa (Poland, Germany, Italy, France) – fiction film

FJORD directed by Cristian Mungiu, produced by Cristian Mungiu (Romania, France, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland) – fiction film

IN WAVES directed by Phuong Mai Nguyen, produced by Priscilla Bertin, Judith Nora & Nick Shumaker (France, Belgium) – animation film

IRON BOY (LE CORSET) directed by Louis Clichy, produced by Nicolas de Rosanbo & Céline Vanlint (France, Belgium) – animation film

JIM QUEEN directed by Marco Nguyen & Nicolas Athané, produced by Arthur Delabays & David Alric (France, Belgium) – animation film

LA BOLA NEGRA directed by Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi, produced by Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo (Spain, France) – fiction film

LA GRADIVA directed by Marine Atlan, produced by Inès Daïen Dasi (France, Italy) – fiction film

LETTERS FROM THE SILENCED COUNTRY (LISTY) directed by Andrei Kutsila, produced by Miroslaw Dembinski (Poland, Lithuania, Germany) – documentary

LUCY LOST directed by Olivier Clert, produced by Marc Du Pontavice & Lucie Bolze (France) – animation film

NAZA directed by Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor, produced by Harry Davies, Lindsay Poulton & James Wilson (United Kingdom) – documentary

REHEARSALS FOR A REVOLUTION directed by Pegah Ahangarani, produced by Kaveh Farnam & Adrià Monés Murlans (Czech Republic, Spain) – documentary

TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN (PLANINA) directed by Biljana Tutorov & Petar Glomazić, produced by Biljana Tutorov (Montenegro, Serbia, France, Slovenia, Croatia) – documentary

VIVA CARMEN (CARMEN, L’OISEAU REBELLE) directed by Sébastien Laudenbach, by Damien Brunner, Sarah Delmas, Thibaut Ruby & Pierre-Henri Léon (France) – animation film

WHISPERS IN THE WOODS (LE CHANT DES FORÊTS) directed by Vincent Munier, produced by Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin, Laurent Baujard & Vincent Munier (France) – documentary

WOMAN UNKNOWN (KVINDE UKENDT) directed by May el-Toukhy, produced by Mikael Rieks (Denmark, Latvia, Sweden) – fiction film

European Animation Film

IN WAVES directed by Phuong Mai Nguyen (France, Belgium)

IRON BOY (LE CORSET) directed by Louis Clichy (France, Belgium)

JIM QUEEN directed by Marco Nguyen & Nicolas Athané (France, Belgium)

LUCY LOST directed by Olivier Clert (France)

VIVA CARMEN (CARMEN, L’OISEAU REBELLE) directed by Sébastien Laudenbach (France) European Documentary:

LETTERS FROM THE SILENCED COUNTRY (LISTY) directed by Andrei Kutsila (Poland, Lithuania, Germany)

NAZA directed by Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor (United Kingdom)

REHEARSALS FOR A REVOLUTION directed by Pegah Ahangarani (Czech Republic, Spain)

TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN (PLANINA) directed by Biljana Tutorov & Petar Glomazić (Montenegro, Serbia, France, Slovenia, Croatia)

WHISPERS IN THE WOODS (LE CHANT DES FORÊTS) directed by Vincent Munier (France)

European Director

Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi for LA BOLA NEGRA

Cristian Mungiu for FJORD

Paweł Pawlikowski for FATHERLAND

Sandra Wollner for EVERYTIME

Andrey Zvyagintsev for MINOTAUR

European Screenwriter:

Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi & Alberto Conejero for LA BOLA NEGRA

Cristian Mungiu for FJORD

Paweł Pawlikowski & Henk Handloegten for FATHERLAND

Sandra Wollner for EVERYTIME

Simon Lyashenko & Andrey Zvyagintsev for MINOTAUR

European Actress

Mathilde Arcel in WOMAN UNKNOWN

Penélope Cruz in BUNKER

Sandra Hüller in FATHERLAND

Sandra Hüller in ROSE

Renate Reinsve in FJORD

Léa Seydoux in GENTLE MONSTER

European Actor

Swann Arlaud in A MAN OF HIS TIME

Javier Bardem in THE BELOVED

Andrew Scott in ELSINORE

Sebastian Stan in FJORD

Hanns Zischler in FATHERLAND

European Casting Director

Nina Haun, Magdalena Szwarcbart & Karen Lindsay Stewart for FATHERLAND

Eva Leira & Yolanda Serrano for LA BOLA NEGRA

Jessica Ronane for ELSINORE

European Cinematographer

Gris Jordana for LA BOLA NEGRA

Frank van den Eeden for COWARD

Łukasz Żal for FATHERLAND

European Composer (Original Score)

Volker Bertelmann for BUNKER

Tara Nome Doyle for ROSE

Alberto Iglesias for BITTER CHRISTMAS

European Costume Designer

Doris Bartelt for ROSE

Ana López Cobos for LA BOLA NEGRA

Rebecca Richmond & Jūlija Volkinšteine for WOMAN UNKNOWN

European Editor

Alberto Gutiérrez for LA BOLA NEGRA
Gesa Jäger for YELLOW LETTERS
Paweł Pawlikowski & Piotr Wójcik for FATHERLAND

European Make-up & Hair Artist

Pablo Morillas & Marilo Osuna for LA BOLA NEGRA

Evalotte Oosterop & Pierre Olivier Persin for COWARD

Waldemar Pokromski for FATHERLAND

European Production Designer

Roger Bellés for LA BOLA NEGRA

Olivier Meidinger for ROSE

Katarzyna Sobańska & Marcel Sławiński for FATHERLAND

European Sound

Robert Farr, Lars Ginzel & Benjamin Hörbe for NAZA

Lars Ginzel & Tarn Willers for FATHERLAND

Rodrigo Madrigal, Anna Harrington, Alejandro López & Mayte Cazorla for LA BOLA NEGRA

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

17 directed by Kosara Mitic (North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia)

AT NIGHT directed by Beatrice Gibson (United Kingdom)

CUTE directed by Marlene Emilie Lyngstad (Denmark, Norway)

FLESH & FUEL (DU FIOUL DANS LES ARTÈRES) directed by Pierre Le Gall (France, Poland)

THE GUEST (GÆSTEN) directed by Mads Mengel (Denmark)

THIRTEEN IN GAZA directed by Hosam Abu Dan (Palestine, Qatar)

European Short Film

GOD IS SHY (DIEU EST TIMIDE) directed by Jocelyn Charles (France)

L’MINA directed by Randa Maroufi (France, Morocco, Italy, Qatar, United Arab Emirates)

MORNING CIRCLE (MORGENKREIS) directed by Basma al-Sharif (Germany, Canada, United Arab Emirates)

THE END directed by Niki Lindroth von Bahr (Sweden, France, Denmark)

UNLEADED 95 (BLEIFREI 95) directed by Emma Hütt, Tina Muffler (Germany, Austria)

European Young Audience Award

HOLD ONTO ME (ΚΡΑΤΑ ΜΕ) directed by Myrsini Aristidou (Cyprus, Greece, Denmark)

I MATTER (EU CONTEZ) directed by Alina Șerban (Romania, Germany, Belgium)

IRON BOY (LE CORSET) directed by Louis Clichy (France, Belgium)