The 41st Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München) presented the awards in the five international competitions (CineCoPro, CineMasters, CineVision, CineRebels, and CineKindl), the FIPRESCI Prize, the Young Jury Award, and the three Audience Awards, with the most lucrative prize, the 100,000-euro CineCoPro Award, going to the film “To a Land Unknown” by Mahdi Fleifel.
51 films representing all 27 EU member gets the spotlight at this year’s 36th AFI European Union Film Showcase, taking place November 30–December 19, 2023, at the American Film Institute’s historic theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.
The European Film Academy added 21 more films to the shortlist for the European Film Awards’ Feature Film Selection 2023, now comprising 40 European feature films. This year’s feature film selection includes an increased number of female filmmakers with 18 female directors out of all 43 directors of the 40 selected films.
Poor Things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos won the Golden Lion for Best Film at Venice Film Festival. In the film starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael, a young Victorian woman, Bella, is brought back to life by brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.