Awards

 THE SQUARE directed by Jehane Noujaim

The International Documentary Association announced all of the nominees for the 29th annual IDA Documentary Awards ceremony, to be held Friday, December 6, 2013 at the Director’s Guild in Los Angeles.  The five films nominated in IDA’s Best Feature category include THE ACT OF KILLING (Joshua Oppenheimer), BLACKFISH (Gabriela Cowperthwaite), LET THE FIRE BURN (Jason Osder), THE SQUARE (Jehane Noujaim), and STORIES WE TELL (Sarah Polley).

The five nominated films in the Best Short category are THE EDUCATION OF MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN (Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady), THE FLOGSTA ROAR, NINE TO NINETY (Alicia Dwyer), SLOMO (Josh Izenberg), and VULTURES OF TIBET (Russell O. Bush).

The IDA Creative Recognition Awards honor excellence in cinematography, composing, editing, and writing in documentary feature films. The recipients of these awards represent the highest achievements in their respective crafts, and highlight the importance of their work in compelling documentary storytelling.  PABLO’S WINTER (cinematography by Julian Schwanitz) will be recognized with the award for Best Cinematography; LET THE FIRE BURN (edited by Nels Bangerter) will receive the Best Editing award; NARCO CULTURA (original music by Jeremy Turner) will be presented with the Best Music award; and HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING DRUGS (written by Matthew Cooke) will receive the Best Writing award.

In addition to recognizing the year’s best in documentary filmmaking and nonfiction programming, the 2013 IDA Documentary Awards will be honoring director, producer and writer Alex Gibney with the organization’s Career Achievement Award. Producer Geralyn Dreyfous will receive the Amicus Award, which acknowledges friends of the documentary genre who have contributed significantly to our industry, and Laura Poitras will receive IDA’s Courage Under Fire Award in recognition of “conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth.”

Each year IDA also recognizes the achievements of a filmmaker who has made a significant impact at the beginning of his or her career in documentary film. This year IDA will honor Zachary Heinzerling, the producer, director and cinematographer of one of the year’s most-acclaimed films Cutie and the Boxer, with the 2013 Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award.

2013 IDA Documentary Awards

BEST FEATURE AWARD

THE ACT OF KILLING
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Producers: Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen
Executive Producers: Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, Torstein Grude, André Singer, Joram ten Brink, Bjarte Mørner Tveit
Drafthouse Films

BLACKFISH
Directors: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Producer: Manuel V. Oteyza
Writers: Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Eli Despres
Executive Producers: Judy Bart, Erica Kahn
Magnolia Pictures

LET THE FIRE BURN
Director/Producer: Jason Osder
Executive Producer: Andrew Herwitz
The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs

THE SQUARE
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer
Noujaim Films

STORIES WE TELL
Director/Writer: Sarah Polley
Producer: Anita Lee
Roadside Attractions

BEST SHORT AWARD

THE EDUCATION OF MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN
Directors: Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
Producers: Heidi Ewing; Rachel Grady; Sadia Shepard; Sara Bernstein (for HBO)
Executive Producers: Sheila Nevins (for HBO)
HBO Documentary Films

THE FLOGSTA ROAR
Director/Producer: Johan Palmgren
Writer: Johan Palmgren and Åsa Blanck
Strix Television AB, Swedish National Television

NINE TO NINETY
Director: Alicia Dwyer
Producer: Juli Vizza
Executive Producers: Sally Jo Fifer
Independent Television Service (ITVS)

SLOMO
Director: Josh Izenberg
Producer: Amanda Micheli
Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg
Big Young Films, Runaway Films

VULTURES OF TIBET
Director: Russell O. Bush
Producer: Elisabeth Oakham
Executive Producer: Gary Newsom
Bushfilm

BEST LIMITED SERIES AWARD

180 DAYS: A YEAR INSIDE AN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL
Directors/Producers: Jacquie Jones, Garland McLaurin
Executive Producer: Jacquie Jones
NBPC/PBS

INSIDE COMBAT RESCUE
Producers: Jared McGilliard, John Collin, Jr.
Executive Producers: Jerry Decker, Ted Duvall, Richard J. Wells.
National Geographic Channel

INSIDE MAN
Producers: Kristen Vaurio, Lisa Kalikow, Shannon Gibson, Suzanne Hillinger, Lara Benario
Writers: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock
Executive Producers: Jeremy Chilnick, Matthew Galkin, Morgan Spurlock
CNN

VIEWFINDER: LATIN AMERICA
Directors: Manuel Contreras, Russ Finkelstein, Alfonso Gastiaburo, Juan Pablo Rojas, Paola Gosalvez, Luciana Freitas Silva, Susanna Lira, Fernanda Polacow and Juliana Borges
Producers: Rodrigo Vazquez, Patricia Boero
Writer: Ingrid Falck
Executive Producers: Flora Gregory
Series Producer: Jean Garner
Al Jazeera English

WITNESS
Directors:David Frankham, Abdallah Omeish
Producers: Ike Martin, Allison Kunzman, Youree Henley, Julie Herrin, Josiah Hooper
Co-Producer: Ra’uf Glasgow
Executive Producers: Michael Mann, David Frankham
Blue Light Productions and Little Puppet Productions with HBO Entertainment and HBO Documentary Films

BEST CONTINUING SERIES AWARD

30 FOR 30
Producers: Libby Geist, Andy Billman, Kyle Godwin, Brian D’Ostilio, Jenna Anthony, Erin Leyden, Deirdre Fenton
Executive Producers: Connor Schell, John Dahl, Bill Simmons
ESPN

CURIOSITY
Producers: Geoff Deehan, Christine Weber
Executive Producers: Erik Nelson, Simon Dickson, Sanjay Singhal, Dave Harding, Mike Masland, Howard Swartz, Simon Andreae
Discovery Channel

INDEPENDENT LENS
Producer: Lois Vossen
Executive Producers: Sally Jo Fifer
Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with PBS

POV
Executive Producer: Simon Kilmurry
Co-Executive Producer: Cynthia López
VP of Programming & Production: Chris White
Series Producer: Andrew Catauro
American Documentary | POV in association with PBS

REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL
Producer: Joe Perskie
Executive Producers: Rick Bernstein
HBO Sports

DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARD

This award recognizes exceptional achievement in non-fiction film and video production at the university level and brings greater public and industry awareness to the work of students in the documentary field.

BETWEEN LAND AND SEA
Directors/Producers/Writers: Sarah Berkovich, J. Christian Jensen
Stanford University

MY SISTER SARAH
Directors/Producer: Elizabeth Chatelain
University of Texas at Austin

OME: TALES FROM A VANISHING HOMELAND
Director/Producer: Raul O. Paz Pastrana
Producer: Emily Parkey
MFA Social Documentary Film Department at the School of Visual Arts

SODIQ
Directors/Producers/Writer: Adeyemi Michael
National Film & Television School, UK

WHY WE RACE
Directors: Kiley Vorndran, Ryan Westra, Andrew Evers, Ben Fischinger
Producer: Kiley Vorndran
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

HUMANITAS DOCUMENTARY AWARD

This award is given to a film that explores the hopes and fears of human beings who are very different in culture, race, lifestyle, political loyalties and religious beliefs in order to break down the walls of ignorance which separate us.

ANTONS RIGHT HERE
Director: Lyubov Arkus
Producers: Konstantin Shavlovsky , Aleksandra Golutova
Writers: Lyubov Arkus
Executive Producers: Sergey Selyanov
INTERCINEMA Agency

BLOOD BROTHER
Director: Steve Hoover
Producer: Danny Yourd
Writers: Steve Hoover, Phinehas Hodges, Tyson VanSkiver
Executive Producers: Steve Hoover, Michael Killen, Kathy Dziubek, Jim Kreitzburg, Leigh Blake, John Carlin
Independent Television Service (ITVS)

LET THE FIRE BURN
Director/Producer: Jason Osder
Executive Producer: Andrew Herwitz
The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs

THE SQUARE
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer
Noujaim Films

PARE LORENTZ AWARD

The Pare Lorentz Award recognizes films that demonstrates exemplary filmmaking while focusing on the appropriate use of the natural environment, justice for all and the illumination of pressing social problems.

A PLACE AT THE TABLE
Directors/Producers: Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson
Producers: Julie Goldman, Ryan Harrington
Magnolia Pictures

The Pare Lorentz Committee acknowledges A RIVER CHANGES COURSE (director Kalyanee Mam) with a Special Mention.

ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD

This award is given each year for the best use of news footage as an integral component in a documentary.

ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN REVISITED
Director/Producer: Peter Schnall
Executive Producers: Robert Redford, Andy Lack, Laura Michalchyshyn
Writers: Chana Gazit, Patrick Prentice
PARTISAN PICTURES in Association with SUNDANCE PRODUCTIONS

FREE ANGELA AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS
Director/Producer/Writer: Shola Lynch
Producers: Sidra Smith, Carole Lambert, Carine Ruszniewski
Overbrook Entertainment

LET THE FIRE BURN
Director/Producer: Jason Osder
Executive Producer: Andrew Herwitz
The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs

THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI
Director: Bill Siegel
Producers: Bill Siegel, Rachel Pikelny
Executive Producers: Justine Nagan, Gordon Quinn, Leon Gast, Kat White
Independent Television Service (ITVS), Kino Lorber

WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS
Director/Producer/Writer: Alex Gibney
Producer: Marc Shmuger
Focus World

Creative Recognition Award Winners

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

PABLO’S WINTER
Cinematographer: Julian Schwanitz
Director: Chico Pereira

BEST EDITING

LET THE FIRE BURN
Editor: Nels Bangerter
Director: Jason Osder

BEST MUSIC

NARCO CULTURA
Original Music By: Jeremy Turner
Director: Shaul Schwartz

BEST WRITING

HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING DRUGS
Writer/Director: Matthew Cooke

 

 

 

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FILL THE VOID (LEMALE ET HA’HALAL)

The European Film Academy announces the first winners in the categories cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, composer and sound design who will be honored at this year’s 26th European Film Awards. The 26th European Film Awards Ceremony. will take place at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in Berlin on Saturday, December 7, 2013.

European Cinematographer 2013 – Prix Carlo di Palma:
Asaf Sudry
for LEMALE ET HA’HALAL (FILL THE VOID)
Israel
 … for his intuitive camerawork, both realistic and poetic, studying the characters with tenderness in an environment unknown to most of us – by sensitively lighting them he provides us with deep insight into their psychology and emotions.

European Editor 2013:
Cristiano Travaglioli
for LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (THE GREAT BEAUTY)
Italy/France

THE GREAT BEAUTY (LA GRANDE BELLEZZA)

… for an editing which continuously stimulates the senses and creates a weave of endless meanings in the storytelling.

European Production Designer 2013:
Sarah Greenwood
for ANNA KARENINA
UK

ANNA KARENINA

… for a production design that acts as if it were a character itself – dramaturgically integrated and contributing essentially to the film’s story and style.

European Costume Designer 2013:
Paco Delgado
for BLANCANIEVES
Spain/France

BLANCANIEVES

… for a costume design combining meticulous research of Spanish tradition and craft with the freedom of a gothic fairy tale.

European Composer 2013:
Ennio Morricone
for THE BEST OFFER
Italy

THE BEST OFFER

… for proving once again his extraordinary capacity of always renewing his style while remaining faithful to the style of the director and the film – a universal composer, indeed, and a true master.

European Sound Designer 2013:
Matz Müller & Erik Mischijew
for PARADIES: GLAUBE (PARADISE: FAITH)
Austria/Germany/France

PARADISE: FAITH (PARADIES: GLAUBE)

… for creating a sound design, pure and radical – like a music score that transforms every day sound into a composition.

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12 YEARS A SLAVE

The nominees for the 23rd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards by IFP were announced today and 12 YEARS A SLAVE lead with three nominations followed by BLUE CAPRICE, CONCUSSION, FRUITVALE STATION, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, and UPSTREAM COLOR with two nominations each.  The Gotham Awards is one of the leading awards for independent film and signals the kick-off to the film awards season. For 2013, the seven competitive awards include Best Feature, Best Actress (presenting sponsor euphoria Calvin Klein), Best Actor, Best Documentary, the Audience Award, Breakthrough Actor, and Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director. 

In addition to the competitive awards, Gotham Award Tributes will be given to actor Forest Whitaker, NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment’s Katherine Oliver, and director Richard Linklater.   The Gotham Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, December 2nd at Cipriani Wall Street.in New York City.

The 2013 Gotham Independent Film Award nominations are:

Best Feature
12 YEARS A SLAVE
Steve McQueen, director; Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon
Milchan, Anthony Katagas, producers. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS
David Lowery, director; Tony Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Amy Kaufman,
Cassian Elwes, producers (IFC Films)
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Richard Linklater, director; Richard Linklater, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Sara Woodhatch, producers
(Sony Pictures Classics)
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, directors; Scott Rudin, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, producers (CBS Films)
UPSTREAM COLOR
Shane Carruth, director; Shane Carruth, Casey Gooden, Ben LeClair, producers. (erbp)

Best Documentary
THE ACT OF KILLING
Joshua Oppenheimer, director; Signe Byrge, Joshua Oppenheimer, producers (Drafthouse Films)
THE CRASH REEL
Lucy Walker, director; Julian Cautherly, Lucy Walker, producers (HBO Documentary Films)
FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED
Alan Berliner, director and producer (HBO Documentary Films)
LET THE FIRE BURN
Jason Osder, director and producer (Zeitgeist Films)
OUR NIXON
Penny Lane, director; Brian L. Frye, Penny Lane, producers (Cinedigm and CNN Films)

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Ryan Coogler for FRUITVALE STATION (The Weinstein Company)
Adam Leon for GIMME THE LOOT (Sundance Selects)
Alexandre Moors for BLUE CAPRICE (Sundance Selects)
Stacie Passon for CONCUSSION (RADiUS-TWC)
Amy Seimetz for SUN DON’T SHINE (Factory 25)

Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Oscar Isaac in Inside Llewyn Davis (CBS Films)
Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
Robert Redford in All Is Lost (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
Isaiah Washington in Blue Caprice (Sundance Selects)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Scarlett Johansson in Don Jon (Relativity Media)
Brie Larson in Short Term 12 (Cinedigm)
Amy Seimetz in Upstream Color (erbp)
Shailene Woodley in The Spectacular Now (A24)

Breakthrough Actor
Dane DeHaan in Kill Your Darlings (Sony Pictures Classics)
Kathryn Hahn in Afternoon Delight (The Film Arcade and Cinedigm)
Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (The Weinstein Company)
Lupita Nyong’o in 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Robin Weigert in Concussion (RADiUS-TWC)

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 Eat Sleep Die (ÄTA SOVA DÖ)

Five debut films have been nominated for the European Film Academy, EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2013 – Prix FIPRESCI award, which is presented annually to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film. The European Discovery 2013 – Prix FIPRESCI will then be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, December 7 , 2013.

Nominated are:

ÄTA SOVA DÖ (Eat Sleep Die)
Sweden, 104 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Gabriela Pichler
PRODUCED BY: China Åhlander

CALL GIRL

CALL GIRL
Sweden/Norway/Ireland/Finland, 133 min
DIRECTED BY: Mikael Marcimain
WRITTEN BY: Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
PRODUCED BY: Mimmi Spång 

MIELE

MIELE
Italy/France, 90 min
DIRECTED BY: Valeria Golino
WRITTEN BY: Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella & Valeria Golino
PRODUCED BY: Riccardo Scamarcio, Viola Prestieri, Anne-Dominique Toussaint & Raphaël Berdugo

OH BOY

OH BOY
Germany, 83 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jan Ole Gerster
PRODUCED BY: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh

LA PLAGA (The Plague)

LA PLAGA (The Plague)
Spain, 85 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Neus Ballús
PRODUCED BY: Pau Subirós 

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THE LADY IN NUMBER 6: MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 86th Academy Awards has been narrowed to eight films, of which three to five will earn Oscar nominations.

The eight films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:

“CAVEDIGGER,” Karoffilms
“FACING FEAR,” Jason Cohen Productions, LLC
“JUJITSU-ING REALITY,” Sobini Films
“KARAMA HAS NO WALLS,” Hot Spot Films
“THE LADY IN NUMBER 6: MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE,” Reed Entertainment
“PRISON TERMINAL: THE LAST DAYS OF PRIVATE JACK HALL,” Prison Terminal LLC
“RECOLLECTIONS,” notrac productions
“SLOMO,” Big Young Films and Runaway Films

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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The NAACP Image Awards is moving to a new TV home.  Under a new five-year contract, TV One becomes the television home for the association’s awards show, beginning with the live airing of the “45th NAACP Image Awards” in February 2014.  The NAACP Image Awards describes itself as the nation’s premier event celebrating the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors. 

TV One will air live broadcasts of the Image Awards and red carpet arrivals in 2014. In addition, the network will provide promotional support on TV One, Radio One and Reach Media, Interactive One, and via a multi-platform marketing campaign.  In addition, to elevate the historic organization’s initiatives, there will be dedicated coverage on News One Now, TV One’s new daily news and information program,

“We are truly honored to be partnering with the NAACP and becoming the new home for the Image Awards,” said Liggins of TV One. “Today’s announcement is a game changer for TV One and our loyal viewers across the country. As we prepare to celebrate the 10th anniversary of TV One’s 2004 launch, I can think of no greater opportunity to thank this audience than by providing them with access to the preeminent awards show that showcases the incredible achievements of Black Americans and by creating an ongoing opportunity for dialogue around social justice issues on TV One.”

There are many well-deserving actors, authors, directors, writers, performing artists, as well as television, motion picture, recording, and literary projects that are recognized during theNAACP Image Awards.  Submissions are now being accepted until Friday, November 15, 2013 – information is available at www.naacpimageawards.net.

Nominations for the “45th NAACP Image Awards” will be announced next January.

 

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Afghanistan, “WAJMA – AN AFGHAN LOVE STORY,” Barmak Akram, director

A record 76 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®.  Moldova and Saudi Arabia are first-time entrants; Montenegro is submitting for the first time as an independent country.

The 2013 submissions are:

Afghanistan, “Wajma – An Afghan Love Story,” Barmak Akram, director; 
Albania, “Agon,” Robert Budina, director; 
Argentina, “The German Doctor,” Lucía Puenzo, director;
Australia, “The Rocket,” Kim Mordaunt, director; 
Austria, “The Wall,” Julian Pölsler, director; 
Azerbaijan, “Steppe Man,” Shamil Aliyev, director; 
Bangladesh, “Television,” Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director; 
Belgium, “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” Felix van Groeningen, director; 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker,” Danis Tanovic, director; 
Brazil, “Neighboring Sounds,” Kleber Mendonça Filho, director; 
Bulgaria, “The Color of the Chameleon,” Emil Hristov, director; 
Cambodia, “The Missing Picture,” Rithy Panh, director; 
Canada, “Gabrielle,” Louise Archambault, director; 
Chad, “GriGris,” Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director; 
Chile, “Gloria,” Sebastián Lelio, director; 
China, “Back to 1942,” Feng Xiaogang, director; 
Colombia, “La Playa DC,” Juan Andrés Arango, director; 
Croatia, “Halima’s Path,” Arsen Anton Ostojic, director; 
Czech Republic, “The Don Juans,” Jiri Menzel, director;
Denmark, “The Hunt,” Thomas Vinterberg, director; 
Dominican Republic, “Quien Manda?” Ronni Castillo, director; 
Ecuador, “The Porcelain Horse,” Javier Andrade, director; 
Egypt, “Winter of Discontent,” Ibrahim El Batout, director; 
Estonia, “Free Range,” Veiko Ounpuu, director; 
Finland, “Disciple,” Ulrika Bengts, director; 
France, “Renoir,” Gilles Bourdos, director; 
Georgia, “In Bloom,” Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, directors; 
Germany, “Two Lives,” Georg Maas, director; 
Greece, “Boy Eating the Bird’s Food,” Ektoras Lygizos, director; 
Hong Kong, “The Grandmaster,” Wong Kar-wai, director; 
Hungary, “The Notebook,” Janos Szasz, director; 
Iceland, “Of Horses and Men,” Benedikt Erlingsson, director; 
India, “The Good Road,” Gyan Correa, director; 
Indonesia, “Sang Kiai,” Rako Prijanto, director; 
Iran, “The Past,” Asghar Farhadi, director; 
Israel, “Bethlehem,” Yuval Adler, director; 
Italy, “The Great Beauty,” Paolo Sorrentino, director; 
Japan, “The Great Passage,” Ishii Yuya, director; 
Kazakhstan, “Shal,” Yermek Tursunov, director; 
Latvia, “Mother, I Love You,” Janis Nords, director; 
Lebanon, “Blind Intersections,” Lara Saba, director; 
Lithuania, “Conversations on Serious Topics,” Giedre Beinoriute, director; 
Luxembourg, “Blind Spot,” Christophe Wagner, director; 
Mexico, “Heli,” Amat Escalante, director; 
Moldova, “All God’s Children,” Adrian Popovici, director; 
Montenegro, “Ace of Spades – Bad Destiny,” Drasko Djurovic, director; 
Morocco, “Horses of God,” Nabil Ayouch, director; 
Nepal, “Soongava: Dance of the Orchids,” Subarna Thapa, director; 
Netherlands, “Borgman,” Alex van Warmerdam, director; 
New Zealand, “White Lies,” Dana Rotberg, director; 
Norway, “I Am Yours,” Iram Haq, director; 
Pakistan, “Zinda Bhaag,” Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, directors; 
Palestine, “Omar,” Hany Abu-Assad, director; 
Peru, “The Cleaner,” Adrian Saba, director; 
Philippines, “Transit,” Hannah Espia, director; 
Poland, “Walesa. Man of Hope,” Andrzej Wajda, director; 
Portugal, “Lines of Wellington,” Valeria Sarmiento, director; 
Romania, “Child’s Pose,” Calin Peter Netzer, director; 
Russia, “Stalingrad,” Fedor Bondarchuk, director; 
Saudi Arabia, “Wadjda,” Haifaa Al Mansour, director; 
Serbia, “Circles,” Srdan Golubovic, director; 
Singapore, “Ilo Ilo,” Anthony Chen, director; 
Slovak Republic, “My Dog Killer,” Mira Fornay, director; 
Slovenia, “Class Enemy,” Rok Bicek, director; 
South Africa, “Four Corners,” Ian Gabriel, director; 
South Korea, “Juvenile Offender,” Kang Yi-kwan, director; 
Spain, “15 Years Plus a Day,” Gracia Querejeta, director; 
Sweden, “Eat Sleep Die,” Gabriela Pichler, director; 
Switzerland, “More than Honey,” Markus Imhoof, director; 
Taiwan, “Soul,” Chung Mong-Hong, director; 
Thailand, “Countdown,” Nattawut Poonpiriya, director; 
Turkey, “The Butterfly’s Dream,” Yilmaz Erdogan, director; 
Ukraine, “Paradjanov,” Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova, directors; 
United Kingdom, “Metro Manila,” Sean Ellis, director; 
Uruguay, “Anina,” Alfredo Soderguit, director; 
Venezuela, “Breach in the Silence,” Luis Alejandro Rodríguez and Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez, directors.

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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PINOCCHIO directed by Enzo d’ AIò

Three films are nominated in the category EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2013 for the 2013 European Film Academy. The films are THE CONGRESS directed by Ari Folman; JASMINE directed by Alain Ughetto; and PINOCCHIO directed by Enzo d’ AIò. The European Animated Feature Film 2013 will be presented at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, December 7, 2013.

THE CONGRESS

Israel/Germany/Poland/ Luxembourg/France/Belgium, 120 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ari Folman
ANIMATION: Yoni Goodman 
Hollywood actress Robin Wright receives an unexpected offer …

JASMINE

France, 70 min
DIRECTED BY: Alain Ughetto
WRITTEN BY: Alain Ughetto & Jacques Reboud, with the collaboration of Chloé Inguenaud
ANIMATION: Alain Ughetto
A story of love and revolution emerging from plasticine…

PINOCCHIO
Italy/Luxembourg/France/ Belgium, 84 min
DIRECTED BY: Enzo d’ AIò
WRITTEN BY: Enzo d’ AIò & Umberto Marino
ANIMATION: Marco Zanoni 
Carpenter Geppetto builds a puppet and names it Pinocchio. 

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Catherine Deneuve will be honored with the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD by the European Film Academy for “her outstanding body of work.”  Catherine Deneuve will be an honorary guest at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony on December 7th, 2013, in Berlin.

Catherine Deneuve has starred in over 100 films, among them DANCER IN THE DARK by Lars von Trier, 8 FEMMES (earning her a Silver Bear in Berlin and a European Film Award) and POTICHE by François Ozon, UN CONTE DE NOËL by Arnaud Desplechin and PALAIS ROYAL by Valérie Lemercier. She can currently be seen in Emmanuelle Bercot’s ELLE S’EN VA (On my Way) and is now shooting TROIS COEURS by Benoît Jacquot.

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The European Film Academy will honor director Pedro Almodóvar with the honorary award EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA for his outstanding body of work.  Pedro Almodóvar will be an honorary guest at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony on December 7, 2013 in Berlin.

“I am very thankful for this award. From its creation, the European Film Academy has been very generous with me and my closest collaborators,” stated Pedro Almodóvar upon receiving the news, “I share with them the joy of this award”.

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 “I’M SO EXCITED!” “HANNAH ARENDT”

46 films have been selected for the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2013.  The nominations will be announced on 9 November at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain, with the 26th European Film Awards presentation of the winners taking place in Berlin on 7 December.

EFA SELECTION 2013

8-PALLO
8-BALL
Finland, 108 min
DIRECTED BY: Aku Louhimies 
WRITTEN BY: Jari Olavi Rantala
PRODUCED BY: Tero Kaukomaa & Marko Antila

TΟ ΑΓΟΡΙ ΤΡΩΕΙ ΤΟ ΦΑΓΗΤΟ ΤΟΥ ΠΟΥΛΙΟΥ 
(TO AGORI TROI TO FAGITO TOU POULIOU)
BOY EATING THE BIRD’S FOOD
Greece, 80 min 
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ektoras Lygizos 
PRODUCED BY: Giorgos Karnavas, Ektoras Lygizos, Elina Psykou & Argyris Papadimitropoulos 

Η ΑΙΏΝΙΑ ΕΠΙΣΤΡΟΦΉ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤΏΝΗ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΆ 
(I AIONIA EPISTROFI TOU ANTONI PARASKEUA)
THE ETERNAL RETURN OF ANTONIS PARASKEVAS
Greece, 88 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Elina Psykou
PRODUCED BY: Giorgos Karnavas & Elina Psykou

LOS AMANTES PASAJEROS
I’M SO EXCITED!
Spain, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Pedro Almodóvar
PRODUCED BY: Agustín Almodóvar & Esther García 

ANNA KARENINA 
UK, 124 min
DIRECTED BY: Joe Wright 
WRITTEN BY: Tom Stoppard 
PRODUCED BY: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner & Paul Webster 

ARAF
ARAF- SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
Turkey/France/Germany, 124 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Yeşim Ustaoğlu 
PRODUCED BY: Yeşim Ustaoğlu & Serkan Çakarer 

ÄTA SOVA DÖ
EAT SLEEP DIE
Sweden, 104 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Gabriela Pichler
PRODUCED BY: China Åhlander

BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
UK, 92 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Peter Strickland 
PRODUCED BY: Keith Griffiths & Mary Burke  

THE BEST OFFER
Italy, 130 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Giuseppe Tornatore 
PRODUCED BY: Isabella Cocuzza & Arturo Paglia 

BLANCANIEVES
Spain/France, 104 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Pablo Berger
PRODUCED BY: Ibon Cormenzana, Jérôme Vidal & Pablo Berger

BORGMAN
The Netherlands/Belgium/Denmark, 113 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alex van Warmerdam 
PRODUCED BY: Marc van Warmerdam, Eurydice Gysel, Koen Mortier, Tine Mosegaard & Mogens Glad

THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Belgium, 100 min
DIRECTED BY: Felix van Groeningen 
WRITTEN BY: Carl Joos & Felix van Groeningen 
PRODUCED BY: Dirk Impens 

THE CONGRESS
Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg/France/Belgium, 120 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ari Folman
PRODUCED BY: Ari Folman, Reinhard Brundig & Robin Wright 

ЦВЕТЬТ НА ХАМЕЛЕОНА (CVETAT NA HAMELEONA) 
THE COLOUR OF THE CHAMELEON
Bulgaria, 111 min
DIRECTED BY: Emil Christov
WRITTEN BY: Vladislav Todorov
PRODUCED BY: Vladislav Todorov & Bouriana Zakharieva

DANS LA MAISON
IN THE HOUSE
France, 105 min
DIRECTED BY: François Ozon
WRITTEN BY: François Ozon, freely adapted from the play “The Boy in the last Row” by Juan Mayorga
PRODUCED BY: Eric & Nicolas Altmayer 

DJÚPIÐ
THE DEEP
Iceland/Norway, 92 min
DIRECTED BY: Baltasar Kormákur 
WRITTEN BY: Jón Atli Jónasson & Baltasar Kormákur 
PRODUCED BY: Agnes Johansen & Baltasar Kormákur

ДОЛГАЯ СЧАСТЛИВАЯ ЖИЗНЬ (DOLGAYA SCHASTLIVAYA ZHIZN) 
A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE
Russia, 77 min
DIRECTED BY: Boris Khlebnikov 
WRITTEN BY: Alexander Rodionov & Boris Khlebnikov 
PRODUCED BY: Roman Borisevich, Alexander Kushaev 

DOM ÖVER DÖD MAN
THE LAST SENTENCE
Sweden, 120 min
DIRECTED BY: Jan Troell 
WRITTEN BY: Klaus Rifbjerg & Jan Troell          
PRODUCED BY: Francy Suntinger

EPIZODA U ZIVOTU BERACA ZELJEZA
AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER
Bosnia & Herzegovina/France/Slovenia, 74 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Danis Tanović
PRODUCED BY: Amra Bakšić Čamo & Čedomir Kolar 

LA GRANDE BELLEZZA
THE GREAT BEAUTY
Italy/France , 140 min
DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino
WRITTEN BY: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima

GRENZGÄNGER
CROSSING BOUNDARIES
Austria, 88 min 
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Florian Flicker
PRODUCED BY: Viktoria Salcher & Mathias Forberg

GRZELI NATELI DGEEBI
IN BLOOM
Germany/Georgia/France, 104 min
DIRECTED BY: Nana Ekvtimishvili & Simon Gross 
WRITTEN BY: Nana Ekvtimishvili 
PRODUCED BY: Simon Gross, Marc Waechter & Guilleaume de Seille 

HANNAH ARENDT 
Germany/Luxembourg/France/Israel, 110 min 
DIRECTED BY: Margarethe von Trotta
WRITTEN BY: Pam Katz & Margarethe von Trotta 
PRODUCED BY: Bettina Brokemper & Johannes Rexin; Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre & David Silber

HOŘÍCÍ KEŘ
BURNING BUSH
Czech Republic, 234 min
DIRECTED BY: Agnieszka Holland
WRITTEN BY: Štěpán Hulík
PRODUCED BY: Antony Root, Tereza Polachová, Tomáš Hrubý & Pavla Kubečková 

IMAGINE
Poland/France/Portugal, 105 min 
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Andrzej Jakimowski
PRODUCED BY: Andrzej Jakimowski, Vladimir Kokh & François d’Artemare

LO IMPOSIBLE
THE IMPOSSIBLE
Spain, 114 min
DIRECTED BY: Juan Antonio Bayona
WRITTEN BY: Sergio G. Sánchez & María Belón
PRODUCED BY: Belén Atienza, Álvaro Augustín, Ghislain Barrois & Enrique López Lavigne

L’INCONNU DU LAC
STRANGER BY THE LAKE
France, 110 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alain Guiraudie 
PRODUCED BY: Sylvie Pialat

ИЗМЕНА (IZMENA) 
BETRAYAL
Russia, 115 min
DIRECTED BY: Kirill Serebrennikov 
WRITTEN BY: Natalia Nazarova & Kirill Serebrennikov 
PRODUCED BY: Sabina Eremeeva 

KAPRINGEN 
A HIJACKING
Denmark, 99 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Tobias Lindholm
PRODUCED BY: Tomas Radoor & Rene Ezra

KON-TIKI
Norway/Denmark/UK/Germany/Sweden, 113 min 
DIRECTED BY: Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg
WRITTEN BY: Petter Skavlan
PRODUCED BY: Aage Aaberge & Jeremy Thomas

KRUGOVI
CIRCLES
Serbia/Germany/France/Croatia/Slovenia, 112 min
DIRECTED BY: Srdan Golubović
WRITTEN BY: Srdjan Koljević & Melina Koljević 
PRODUCED BY: Jelena Mitrović, Alexander Ris, Emilie Georges, Boris T. Matić & Danijel Hočevar

לאםל את החלל (LEMALE ET HA’HALAL)
FILL THE VOID
Israel, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Rama Burshtein
PRODUCED BY: Assaf Amir 

מעל הגבעה (MEHAL HAGIVA)
A STRANGE COURSE OF EVENTS
Israel/France, 98 min
DIRECTED BY: Raphaël Nadjari 
WRITTEN BY: Raphaël Nadjari & Geoffrey Grison
PRODUCED BY: Caroline Bonmarchand, Marek Rozenbaum & Itai Tamir 

MÔJ PES KILLER
MY DOG KILLER
Slovakia/Czech Republic, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Mira Fornay
PRODUCED BY: Juraj Buzalka, Viktor Schwarcz & Mira Fornay

OH BOY!
Germany, 83 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jan Ole Gerster 
PRODUCED BY: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh

OIKOPEDO 12
BLOCK 12 
Cyprus/Greece, 94 min
DIRECTED BY: Kyriacos Tofarides
WRITTEN BY: Panos Stathoyannis & Kyriacos Tofarides
PRODUCED BY: Kyriacos Tofarides

ONLY GOD FORGIVES
Denmark/France, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Nicolas Winding Refn
PRODUCED BY: Lene Børglum, Sidonie Dumas & Vincent Maraval

PARADIES: GLAUBE
PARADISE: FAITH
Austria/Germany/France, 113 min
DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY: Ulrich Seidl 
WRITTEN BY: Ulrich Seidl & Veronika Franz 

POZITIA COPILULUI
CHILD’S POSE
Romania, 112 min
DIRECTED BY: Călin Peter Netzer
WRITTEN BY: Razvan Radulescu & Călin Peter Netzer
PRODUCED BY: Călin Peter Netzer & Ada Solomon

ROSIE
Switzerland, 106 min
DIRECTED BY: Marcel Gisler
WRITTEN BY: Marcel Gisler & Rudolf Nadler
PRODUCED BY: Susann Rüdlinger

THE SELFISH GIANT
UK, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Clio Barnard
PRODUCED BY: Tracy O’Riordan

SOM DU SER MEG
I BELONG
Norway, 112 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Dag Johan Haugerud
PRODUCED BY: Yngve Sæther

SVECENIKOVA DJECA
THE PRIEST’S CHILDREN 
Croatia/Serbia, 93 min
DIRECTED BY: Vinko Brešan
WRITTEN BY: Mate Matišić & Vinko Brešan
PRODUCED BY: Ivan Maloča

SYNGUÉ SABOUR, PIERRE DE PATIENCE
THE PATIENCE STONE
France/Germany/Afghanistan, 102 min
DIRECTED BY: Atiq Rahimi 
WRITTEN BY: Atiq Rahimi & Jean-Claude Carrière 
PRODUCED BY: Michaël Gentile 

W IMIĘ 
IN THE NAME OF 
Poland, 96 min
DIRECTED BY: Małgośka Szumowska
WRITTEN BY: Małgośka Szumowska & Michał Englert
PRODUCED BY: Agnieszka Kurzydło 

WHAT RICHARD DID
Ireland, 87 min
DIRECTED BY: Lenny Abrahamson
WRITTEN BY: Malcolm Campbell 
PRODUCED BY: Ed Guiney

 

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