13-09-2010

European Film Academy announces contenders

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    A rich and varied crop of 46 films are in the running for the 23rd European Film Awards nominations, 11 of them from Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey

    The European Film Academy and EFA Productions GmbH will announce nominations 6 November at the Sevilla European Film Festival but those in the running for now include two Czech productions, 3 Seasons in Hell, directed by Tomáš Mašin and produced by Dawson Productions (www.dawson.cz), as well as the latest film of Jan Hřebejk, Kawasaki's Rose, produced by Rudolf Biermann of IN Film Praha and Tomáš Hoffman of Infinity Prague.
    Polish entry Reverse, directed by Borys Lankosz and produced by Studio Filmowe KADR (www.kadr.com.pl ), has already won a handful of local and international awards. Similarly the Slovenian Girl, directed by Dajman Kozole and produced by Vertigo/EmotionFilm (www.emotionfilm.si ), has already won attention for its home country.


    Hungary's Adrienn Pál, directed by Ágnes Kocsis and produced by KMH Film Productions (www.kmhfilm.com ) is also in the running, along with Romania's If I want to Whistle, I Whistle, directed by Florin Şerban and produced by Strada Film (www.stradafilm.ro ) in co-production with Film i Väst (www.filmivast.se) and The Chimney Pot (www.thechimneypot.com ).

    A Turkish entry, Honey, directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu and produced by Kaplan Film Production (www.kaplanfilm.com), was this year's Golden Bear winner at the 60th Berlin film festival (www.berlinale.de ). Croatia has two titles in the running, Donkey, directed by Antonio Nuić and produced by Propeler Film (www.propelerfilm.com) and On The Path, directed by Jasmila Žbanić, a co-production between Bosnia & Herzegovina (Deblokada, www.deblokada.ba ), Croatia (Production Živa), Austria (Coop 99, www.coop99.at ) and Germany (Pola Pandora, www.pandorafilm.com ).

    Estonia‘s entry is the internationally praised Temptation of St. Tony,
    directed by Veiko Õunpuu and produced by Homeless Bob Production, a
    company based in Tallinn. Bulgarian candidate Voice Over was directed by Svetoslav Ovcharov and produced by Gala Film (www.galafilm-bg.com ).

    The EFA gala, featuring the nominations of the academy's 2,300 members, will announce the winners from among 20 countries in Tallinn on 4 December during the city's Black Nights Film Festival


    List of Nominations

    3 SEZÓNY V PEKLE
    3 SEASONS IN HELL
    Czech Republic, 110 min.
    written and directed by Tomáš Mašin
    produced by Monika Kristl

    ANOTHER YEAR
    UK, 129 min.
    written and directed by Mike Leigh
    produced by Georgina Lowe

    BAL
    HONEY
    Turkey/Germany, 103 min.
    directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu
    written by Semih Kaplanoğlu & Orçun Köksal
    produced by Semih Kaplanoğlu & Johannes Rexin

    CARLOS
    Germany, France, 318 min.
    directed by Olivier Assayas
    written by Olivier Assayas & Dan Franck based on an original idea by
    Daniel Leconte
    produced by Daniel Leconte, Jens Meurer & Judy Tossell

    CELDA 211
    CELL 211
    Spain / France, 114 min.
    directed by by Daniel Monzón
    written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría & Daniel Monzón
    produced by Emma Lustres, Borja Pena, Juan Gordon & Álvaro Augustín

    LE CONCERT
    THE CONCERT
    France, 122 min.
    directed by Radu Mihaileanu
    written by Radu Mihaileanu
    produced by Alain Attal

    DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX
    OF GODS AND MEN
    France, 120 min.
    directed by Xavier Beauvois
    written by Etienne Comar & Xavier Beauvois

    EU CAND VREAU SA FLUIER, FLUIER
    IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE
    Romania, 94 min.
    directed by Florin Serban
    written by Catalin Mitulescu & Florin Serban
    produced by Catalin Mitulescu

    FILM SOCIALISME
    FILM SOCIALISM
    Switzerland, 102 min.
    written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard
    produced by Ruth Waldburger
    DIE FREMDE
    WHEN WE LEAVE
    Germany, 119 min.
    written and directed by Feo Aladag
    produced by Feo Aladag & Züli Aladag
    THE GHOST WRITER
    France/Germany/UK, 128 min.
    directed by Roman Polanski
    written by Robert Harris & Roman Polanski
    produced by Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde & Roman Polanski

    GIULIAS VERSCHWINDEN
    JULIA'S DISAPPEARANCE
    Switzerland, 87 min.
    directed by Christoph Schaub
    written by Martin Suter
    produced by Marcel Hoehn

    HONEYMOONS
    Serbia/Albania, 95 min.
    directed by Goran Paskaljevic
    written by Goran Paskaljevic & Genc Permeti
    produced by Goran Paskaljevic & Genc Permeti

    I0, DON GIOVANNI
    I, DON GIOVANNI
    Austria/Italy/Spain, 120 min.
    directed by Carlos Saura
    written by Carlos Saura, Raffaelo Uboldi & Alessandro Vallini
    produced by Andrea Occhipinti, Andres Vicente Gomez & Igor Uboldi

    Как я провел этим летом (KAK YA PROVEL ETIM LETOM)
    HOW I ENDED THIS SUMMER
    Russia, 124 min.
    written and directed by Alexei Popogrebsky
    produced by Roman Borisevich & Alexandr Kushaev

    KAWASAKIHO RŮŽE
    KAWASAKI'S ROSE
    Czech Republic, 95 min.
    directed by Jan Hřebejk
    written by Petr Jarchovský
    produced by Rudolf Biermann & Tomas Hoffman

    KENJAC
    DONKEY
    Croatia, 94 min.
    written and directed by Antonio Nuić
    produced by Boris T. Matić

    LEBANON
    Israel, 94 min.
    written and directed by Samuel Maoz
    produced by Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, David Silber, Uri Sabag, Einat
    Bickel, Benjamina Mirnik & Illan Girard

    LOURDES
    Austria / France / Germany, 99 min.
    written and directed by Jessica Hausner
    produced by Martin Gschlacht, Philippe Bober & Susanne Marian

    MAMMA GÓGÓ
    Iceland, 88 min.
    written and directed by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
    produced by Gudrun Edda Thorhannesdottir & Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

    MINE VAGANTI
    LOOSE CANNONS
    Italy, 116 min.
    directed by Ferzan Ozpetek
    written by Ivan Cotroneo & Ferzan Ozpetek
    produced by Domenico Procacci

    MY QUEEN KARO
    Belgium/the Netherlands, 101 min.
    directed by Dorothée van den Berghe
    written by Dorothée van den Berghe in collaboration with Peter van Kraaij
    produced by Frank Van Passel, Bert Hamelinck & Frans Van Gestel

    NA PUTU
    ON THE PATH
    Bosnia & Herzegovina/Austria/Germany/Croatia, 100 min.
    written and directed by Jasmila Žbanić
    produced by Damir Ibrahimović, Bruno Wagner, Barbara Albert, Karl
    Baumgartner, Raimond Goebel, Leon Lučev

    LA NOSTRA VITA
    OUR LIFE
    Italy, 98 min.
    directed by Daniele Luchetti
    written by Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli & Daniele Luchetti
    produced by Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini & Marco Chimenz

    NOTHING PERSONAL
    the Netherlands, Ireland, 85 min.
    written and directed by Urszula Antoniak
    produced by Reinier Selen & Edwin van Meurs

    NOWHERE BOY
    UK, 98 min.
    directed by Sam Taylor-Wood
    written by Matt Greenhalgh
    produced by Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader

    ONDINE
    Ireland, 111 min.
    written and directed by Neil Jordan
    produced by James Flynn & Neil Jordan

    PAHA PERHE
    BAD FAMILY
    Finland, 95 min.
    written and directed by Aleksi Salmenperä
    produced by Aki Kaurismäki

    PÁL ADRIENN
    ADRIENN PÁL
    Hungary, 136 min.
    directed by Ágnes Kocsis
    written by Ágnes Kocsis & Andrea Roberti
    produced by Ferenc Pusztai

    LA PRIMA COSA BELLA
    THE FIRST BEAUTIFUL THING
    Italy, 116 min.
    directed by Paolo Virzi
    written by Francesco Piccolo, Francesco Bruni & Paolo Virzi
    produced by Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen, Benedetto Habib

    PÜHA TÕNU KIUSAMINE
    THE TEMPTATION OF ST.TONY
    Estonia, 114 min.
    written and directed by Veiko Õunpuu
    produced by Katrin Kissa

    DER RÄUBER
    THE ROBBER
    Austria/Germany, 96 min.
    directed by Benjamin Heisenberg
    written by Benjamin Heisenberg & Martin Prinz
    produced by Michael Kitzberger, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser,
    Wolfgang Widerhofer & Peter Heilrath

    REWERS
    THE REVERSE
    Poland, 101 min.
    directed by Borys Lankosz
    written by Andrzej Bart
    produced by Jerzy Kapuściński & Wojciech Kabarowski

    Cчастье моё (SCHASTYE MOYE)
    MY JOY
    Germany/Ukraine/the Netherlands, 127 min.
    written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa
    produced by Heino Deckert & Oleg Kokhan

    SEBBE
    Sweden, 80 min.

    written and directed by Babak Najafi
    produced by Mimmi Spång & Rebecka Lafrenz

    EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS
    THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES
    Spain/Argentina, 129 min.
    directed by Juan José Campanella
    written by Eduardo Sacheri & Juan José Campanella
    produced by Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky & Juan José Campanella

    SLOVENKA
    SLOVENIAN GIRL
    Slovenia, 90 min.
    directed by Damjan Kozole
    written by Ognjen Sviličić, Matevž Luzar & Damjan Kozole
    produced by Danijel Hočevar
    SOUL KITCHEN
    Germany, 99 min.
    directed by Fatih Akin
    written by Fatih Akin & Adam Bousdoukos
    produced by Fatih Akin & Klaus Maeck

    SUBMARINO
    Denmark, 110 min.
    directed by Thomas Vinterberg
    written by Tobias Lindholm & Thomas Vinterberg
    produced by Morten Kaufmann

    TAMARA DREWE
    UK, 111 min.
    directed by Stephen Frears
    written by Moira Buffini
    produced by Alison Owen, Tracey Seaward & Paul Trijbits

    TESSERA MAVRA KOUSTOUMIA
    FOUR BLACK SUITS
    Greece, 90 min.
    written and directed by Renos Haralambidis
    produced by Aggelo Veneti, Iraklis Mavroidis, Takis Nikolakopoulos & Aris Dayios

    TOURNEE
    ON TOUR
    France, 111 min.
    directed by Mathieu Amalric
    written by Mathieu Amalric, Philippe Di Folco & Marcelo Novais-Teles
    produced by Yael Fogiel

    L'UOMO CHE VERRÀ
    THE MAN WHO WILL COME
    Italy, 117 min.
    directed by Giorgio Diritti
    written by Giorgio Diritti, Giovanni Galavotti & Tania Pedroni
    produced by Simone Bachini & Giorgio Diritti

    UPPERDOG
    Norway, 95 min.
    written and directed by Sara Johnsen
    produced by Christian Fredrik Martin & Asle Vatn

    DE VLIEGENIERSTER VAN KAZBEK
    THE AVIATRIX OF KAZBEK
    the Netherlands/Georgia, 104 min.
    directed by Ineke Smits
    written by Arthur Japin
    produced by Els Vandevorst

    ZAD KADAR
    VOICE OVER
    Bulgaria, 107 min.
    directed by Svetoslav Ovcharov
    written by Hristo Totev & Svetoslav Ovcharov
    produced by Galina Toneva & Kiril Kirilov