21-08-2019

Thirteen Films from CEE In EFA Feature Film Selection

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    Oleg by Juris Kursietis Oleg by Juris Kursietis

    BERLIN: Thirteen films from the CEE are among the 46 titles which made it on the 2019 EFA Feature Film Selection list and are recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2019.

    The 32nd European Film Awards gala will be held in Berlin on 7 December 2019.

    Selected CEE Films:

    I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians / Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari (Romania, Czech Republic, France, Bulgaria, Germany)
    Directed by Radu Jude
    Produced by Hi Film Productions
    Coproduced by endorfilm, Les Films d‘Ici, Klas Film, Komplizen Film, ZFD/Arte, TVR
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the Czech Film Fund, the Bulgarian National Film Center

    And Then We Danced / Da chven vitsekvet (Sweden, Georgia, France, Finland)
    Directed by Levan Akin
    Produced by French Quarter Film, Takes Film
    Coproduced by AMA Productions, RMV Film, Inland Film in cooperation with Sveriges Television
    Supported by the Georgian National Film Center

    Bad Poems / Rossz versek (France, Hungary)
    Directed by Gábor Reisz

    Clergy (Poland)
    Directed by Wojciech Smarzowski
    Produced by Profil Film Jacek Rzehak
    Coproduced by Showmax, Moderator Inwestycje, Atlas Sztuki, Tovares, Studio Metrage, Kino Świat, Krakow Festival Office, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya / Gospod postoi, imeto i' e Petrunija (North Macedonia, Belgium, France, Croatia, Slovenia)
    Directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska
    Produced by Sisters and Brother Mitevski
    Coproduced by Entre Chien et Loup, Deuxième Ligne Films, EZ Films, Spiritus movens, Vertigo
    Supported by the Macedonian Film Agency, the Belgium Film and Tax Shelter, the Slovenian Film Center , the Croatian Audiovisual Centre and Eurimages

    High Life (Germany, France, USA, UK, Poland)
    Directed by Claire Denis
    Produced by Pandora Film
    Coproduced by Alcatraz Films, Apocalypse Films, Andrew Lauren Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Madants
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    I Was at Home, But / Ich war Zuhause, aber (Germany, Serbia)
    Directed by Angela Schanelec
    Produced by Nachmittagfilm
    Coproduced by Dart Film & Video, ZDF/3sat
    Supported by Film Center Serbia

    Jumpman / Podbrosy (Russia, Ireland, Lithuania, France)
    Directed by Ivan I. Tverdovsky
    Produced by New People Company
    Coproduced by Film and Music Entertainment, Tremora, Arizona Production
    Supported by the Ministry of Culture of Russia, the Lithuanian Film Center, Eurimages

    Mr. Jones (Poland, Ukraine, UK)
    Directed by Agnieszka Holland
    Produced by Film Produkcja
    Coproduced by the Polish Film Institute, the Ukrainian State Film Agency, Creative Scotland, BFI Film Fund

    Oleg / Olegs (Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania, France)
    Directed by Juris Kursietis
    Produced by Tasse Film (Latvia)
    Coproduced by InScript (Lithuania), Iota Production (Belgium), Arizona Productions (France)
    Supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel, Belgian Tax Incentives, Eurimages, the Lithuanian Film Centre

    Stitches/ Savovi (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia)
    Directed by Miroslav Terzić
    Produced by West End Production
    Coproduced by Nora Production Group, Spiritus Movens, SCCA/PRO.BA
    Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Sarajevo Film Fund, the Slovenian Film Centre

    The Whistlers / La Gomera (Romania, France, Germany)
    Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
    Produced by 42 KM FILM
    Coproduced by Les Films du Worso, Komplizen Film, Arte Grand Accord
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, Eurimages

    Werewolf / Wilkolak (Poland, Netherlands, Germany)
    Directed by Adrian Panek
    Produced by Balapolis
    Coproduced by TVP, Rosco Polska, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH, House of Netherhorror
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute, Polsko-Niemiecki Fundusz Filmowy, Nederlands Filmfonds, the Netherlands Film Production Incentive

    Click HERE for the full EFA Feature Film Selection.