The selection for the awards which takes place on 12 December 2015 in Berlin comprises 52 films from 36 European countries of which 16 are majority and minority coproductions from: Romania, Poland, Georgia, Austria, Slovakia, Lithuania, Croatia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland and Turkey.
In the 20 countries with the most EFA members, these members have voted one national film directly into the selection list. To complete the list, a Selection Committee consisting of EFA Board Members and invited experts Jonas Holmberg (Göteborg FF, Sweden), Paz Lazaro (Berlinale Panorama, Germany / Spain), Christophe Leparc (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, France), Alik Shpilyuk (Odessa FF, Ukraine), Elma Tataragic (Sarajevo FF, Bosnia & Herzegovina) has included further films.
In the coming weeks, the over 3,000 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the nominations in the categories European Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenwriter. The nominations will then be announced on 7 November 2015 at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain. A seven-member jury will decide on the awards recipients in the categories European Cinematographer, Editor, Production Designer, Costume Designer, Composer and Sound Designer.
FNE Profiles of Selected Films from Central and Eastern Europe:
Aferim! (Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic)
Directed by Radu Jude
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Body / Cialo (Poland)
Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska
Produces by Nowhere Sp. z o.o.
Supported by the Polish Film Institute and HBO Poland
Corn Island (Georgia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Czech Republic, France, Hungary)
Directed by George Ovashvili
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Goodnight Mommy (Austria)
Directed by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
Produced by Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion GmbH
Supported by the Austrian Film Institute
Koza (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Produced by sentimentalfilm and endorfilm
Coproduced by Czech Television, RTVS and Punkchart Films
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Czech Film Fund
Mustang (France, Germany, Turkey)
Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Produced by BAM Films
Coproduced by: CG Cinema, Vistamar Filmproduktion, Uhland Film, Kinology Production
No One’s Child (Serbia, Croatia)
Directed by Vuk Ršumović
Produced by Art & Popcorn
Coproduced by Baboon Production, Kinorama
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Peace to Us in Our Dreams (Lithuania, France, Russia)
Directed by Šarūnas Bartas
Produced by Studija Kinema
Coproduced by KinoElektron, Lookfilm
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre (www.lkc.lt)
The Here After / Intruz (Poland, Sweden, France)
Directed by Magnus von Horn
Produced by Lava, Zentropa Sweden
Coproduced by Cinema Defacto, Film i Vast
Supported by Polish Film Institute (pisf.pl)
The High Sun / Zvizdan (Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia)
Directed by Dalibor Matanić
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The Lesson / Urok (Bulgaria, Greece)
Directed by Petar Valchanov & Kristina Grozeva
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The Snake Brothers / Kobry a uzovky (Czech Republic)
Directed by Jan Prušinovský
Produced by Czech Television, RWE Česká Republika
Supported by Czech Film Fund
The Summer of Sangaile / Sangailes vasara (Lithuania, France, Netherlands)
Directed by Alanté Kavaïté
Produced by Fralita Films and Les Films d’Antoine
Coproduced by Viking Film
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre
The Treasure / Comoara (Romania, France)
Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
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They Have Escaped / He ovat paenneet (Finland, Netherlands)
Directed by Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää
Produced by Helsinki Filmi
Coproduced by Revolver Amsterdam
Supported by The Finnish Film Foundation
Under Electric Clouds / Pod electricheskimi oblakami (Russia, Ukraine, Poland)
Directed by Aleksey German Jr.
Produced by Metrafilms
Coproduced by Linked Films, Apple Film , Tor Film Studio
Supported by Tor Film Studios and Telewizja Polska
Click HERE for the full selection.
