09-09-2015

52 Films in EFA Selection 2015 for 28th European Film Awards

    52 Films in EFA Selection for 28th European Film Awards

    It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the titles of the 52 films on this year’s selection list, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2015! With 36 European countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema. 

    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

    at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain. A 7-member jury will decide on the awards recipients in the categories European Cinematographer, Editor, Production Designer, Costume Designer, Composer and Sound Designer.

    The 28th European Film Awards with the presentation of the winners will take place in Berlin on 12 December.

    For more information on the films and a complete list of the award categories: www.europeanfilmawards.eu 


    Berlin, 8 September 2015

    EFA SELECTION 2015

    13 MINUTES
     ELSER
     Germany, 114 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Oliver Hirschbiegel 
     WRITTEN BY: Fred Breinersdorfer & Léonie-Claire Breinersdorfer 
     PRODUCED BY: Boris Ausserer, Oliver Schündler & Fred Breinersdorfer 

    45 YEARS
     UK, 94 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Andrew Haigh 
     PRODUCED BY: Tristan Goligher
    A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE 
     EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON
     Sweden, France, Germany, Norway, 96 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Roy Andersson 
     PRODUCED BY: Pernilla Sandström

    AFERIM!
     Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, 105 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Radu Jude 
     WRITTEN BY: Radu Jude & Florin Lazarescu 
     PRODUCED BY: Ada Solomon, Rossitsa Valkanova, Jiri Konecny & Ovidiu Sandor 

    AFTERTHOUGHT 
     HAYORED LEMA'ALA
     Israel/France, 105 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Elad Keidan 
     PRODUCED BY: Elie Meirovitz & Eitan Mansuri 

    ARABIAN NIGHTS - VOLUME I-III
     AS MIL E UMA NOITES - VOLUME I-III
     Portugal, Germany, France, Switzerland, 383 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Miguel Gomes 
     WRITTEN BY: Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo & Telmo Churro 
     PRODUCED BY:  Luís Urbano
    BLACK SOULS 
     ANIME NERE
     Italy, France, 103 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Francesco Munzi 
     WRITTEN BY: Francesco Munzi & Maurizio Braucci 
     PRODUCED BY:  Fabrizio Ruggirello

    BODY 
     CIAŁO
     Poland, 90 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Małgorzata Szumowska 
     WRITTEN BY: Małgorzata Szumowska & Michal Englert 
     PRODUCED BY:  Jacek Drosio, Małgorzata Szumowska & Michal Englert 

    CORN ISLAND 
     სიმინდის კუნძული (SIMINDIS KUNDZULI)
     Georgia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, 100 min.
     DIRECTED BY: George Ovashvili 
     WRITTEN BY: George Ovashvili, Roelof-Jan Minneboo & Nugzar Shataidze 
     PRODUCED BY:  Nino Devdariani, Eike Goreczka, Guillaume de Seille, Karla Stojakova, Sain Gabdullin & Gabor Ferenczy 

    CORRECTIONS CLASS 
     Класс коррекции (KLASS KORREKZII)
     Russia, Germany, 85 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Ivan Tverdovsky 
     WRITTEN BY: Dmitri Lanchikhin & Ivan Tverdovsky 
     PRODUCED BY: Natalia Mokritskaya, Mila Rozanova, Uliana Savelieva, Michael Kaszmareck & Markus Boehm 

    DORA OR THE SEXUAL NEUROSES OF OUR PARENTS 
     DORA ODER DIE SEXUELLEN NEUROSEN UNSERER ELTERN
     Switzerland, Germany, 90 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Stina Werenfels 
     WRITTEN BY: Boris Treyer & Stina Werenfels 
     PRODUCED BY: Samir & Nicole Gerhards 

    EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO
     Netherlands, Mexico, Belgium, Finland, 105 min.
     Written & DIRECTED BY: Peter Greenaway 
     PRODUCED BY: Bruno Felix, Femke Wolting, San Fu Maltha & Cristina Velasco L.

    EVERY THING WILL BE FINE
     Germany, Canada, France, Sweden, Norway, 118 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Wim Wenders 
     WRITTEN BY: Bjørn Olaf Johannessen 
     PRODUCED BY: Gian-Piero Ringel 

    EX MACHINA
     UK, 108 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alex Garland
     PRODUCED BY: Andrew Macdonald & Allon Reich

    FATHER 
     BABAI
     Germany, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, France, 102 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Visar Morina 
     PRODUCED BY: Nicole Gerhards 

    GOODNIGHT MOMMY 
     ICH SEH ICH SEH
     Austria, 99 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala 
     PRODUCED BY:  Ulrich Seidl 

    IN THE SHADOW OF WOMEN 
     L'OMBRE DES FEMMES
     France, Switzerland, 73 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Philippe Garrel 
     WRITTEN BY: Philippe Garrel, Jean-Claude Carrière, Caroline Deruas & Arlette Langmann 
     PRODUCED BY:  Saïd Ben Saïd & Michel Merkt 

    KOZA
     Slovakia, Czech Republic, 75 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Ivan Ostrochovský 
     WRITTEN BY: Marek Leščák & Ivan Ostrochovský 
     PRODUCED BY:  Marek Urban, Ivan Ostrochovský & Jiří Konečný 

    LABYRINTH OF LIES 
     IM LABYRINTH DES SCHWEIGENS
     Germany, 118 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Giulio Ricciarelli 
     WRITTEN BY: Elisabeth Bartel
     PRODUCED BY: Uli Putz, Sabine Lamby & Jakob Claussen

    LOUDER THAN BOMBS
     Norway, Denmark, France, 108 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Joachim Trier 
     WRITTEN BY: Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier 
     PRODUCED BY: Thomas Robsahm, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Joshua Astrachan, Ron Yerxa, Albert Berger & Marc Turtletaub 

    MAGICAL GIRL
     Spain, 127 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Carlos Vermut
     PRODUCED BY:  Pedro Hernández Santos

    MARSHLAND 
     LA ISLA MÍNIMA
     Spain, 104 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Alberto Rodríguez 
     WRITTEN BY: Rafael Cobos & Alberto Rodríguez 
     PRODUCED BY:  José Antonio Félez, Mikel Lejarza, Mercedes Gomero & Gervasio Iglesias 

    MEN & CHICKEN 
     MÆND & HØNS
     Denmark, Germany, 104 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Anders Thomas Jensen 
     PRODUCED BY: Kim Magnusson & Tivi Magnusson 

    MISS JULIE 
     FRØKEN JULIE
     Norway, UK, Ireland, France, 129 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Liv Ullmann 
     WRITTEN BY: Liv Ullmann, adapted from August Strindberg’s play “Miss Julie Strindberg” 
     PRODUCED BY:  Synnøve Hørsdal, Teun Hilte & Oliver Dungey 

    MUSTANG
     France, Germany, Turkey, 100 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Deniz Gamze Ergüven 
     WRITTEN BY: Deniz Gamze Ergüven & Alice Winocour 
     PRODUCED BY:  Charles Gillibert 

    MY GOLDEN DAYS 
     TROIS SOUVENIRS DE MA JEUNESSE
     France, 120 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Arnaud Desplechin 
     WRITTEN BY: Arnaud Desplechin & Julie Peyr 
     PRODUCED BY: Pascal Caucheteux & Grégoire Sorlat 

    MY MOTHER
     MIA MADRE
     Italy, France, 104 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Nanni Moretti 
     WRITTEN BY: Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo & Valia Santella 
     PRODUCED BY: Nanni Moretti & Domenico Procacci 

    NO ONE`S CHILD 
     NIČIJE DETE
     Serbia, Croatia, 92 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Vuk Ršumović 
     PRODUCED BY:  Miroslav Mogorović 

    PADDINGTON
     UK/France, 95 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Paul King 
     PRODUCED BY: David Heyman 

    PEACE TO US IN OUR DREAMS
     Lithuania, France, Russia, 107 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Sharunas Bartas 
     PRODUCED BY: Jurga Dikciuviene 

    RAMS 
     HRÚTAR
     Iceland, 93 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Grímur Hákonarson
     PRODUCED BY: Grímar Jónsson

    SCHNEIDER VS. BAX
     Netherlands, Belgium, 96 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alex van Warmerdam 
     PRODUCED BY:  Marc van Warmerdam 

    TALE OF TALES
     Italy, UK, France, 133 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Matteo Garrone 
     WRITTEN BY: Matteo Garrone, Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti & Massimo Gaudioso 
     PRODUCED BY: Matteo Garrone & Jeremy Thomas 

    THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT 
     LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT
     Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 114 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Jaco Van Dormael 
     WRITTEN BY: Jaco Van Dormael & Thomas Gunzig 
     PRODUCED BY: Jaco Van Dormael, Olivier Rausin & Daniel Marquet 

    THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY 
     UK, Hungary, 104 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Peter Strickland 
     PRODUCED BY:  Andy Starke 

    THE FAREWELL PARTY 
     מיתה טובה‎ (MITA TOVA)
     Israel, Germany, 95 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Tal Granit & Sharon Maymon 
     WRITTEN BY: Sharon Maymon & Tal Granit 
     PRODUCED BY: Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg, Talia Kleinhendler, Osnat Handelsman-Keren & Thanassis Karathanos 

    THE HERE AFTER 
     EFTERSKALV / INTRUZ
     Poland, Sweden, France, 101 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Magnus von Horn 
     PRODUCED BY: Mariusz Włodarski & Madeleine Ekman 

    THE HIGH SUN 
     ZVIZDAN
     Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, 123 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Dalibor Matanić 
     PRODUCED BY: Ankica Jurić Tilić, Petra Vidmar & Nenad Dukić 

    THE LESSON 
     UROK
     Bulgaria, Greece, 107 min.
     WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY: Petar Valchanov & Kristina Grozeva 

    THE LOBSTER 
     UK, Ireland, Greece, France, Netherlands, 118 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Yorgos Lanthimos 
     WRITTEN BY: Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou 
     PRODUCED BY: Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey & Yorgos Lanthimos 

    THE MEASURE OF A MAN
     LA LOI DU MARCHÉ
     France, 91 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Stéphane Brizé 
     WRITTEN BY: Stéphane Brizé & Olivier Gorce 
     PRODUCED BY: Christophe Rossignon & Philip Boëffard 

    THE POSTMAN’S WHITE NIGHTS 
     Белые ночипочтальонаАлексея Тряпицына 
    (BELYE NOCHI POCHTALONA ALEKSEYA TRYAPITSYNA) 
     Russia, 100 min.
     DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY: Andrei Konchalovsky 
     WRITTEN BY: Andrei Konchalovsky & Elena Kiseleva 

    THE SNAKE BROTHERS 
     KOBRY A UŽOVKY
     Czech Republic, 111 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Jan Prušinovský 
     WRITTEN BY: Jaroslav Žváček 
     PRODUCED BY: Ondřej Zima & Jan Prušinovský 

    THE SUMMER OF SANGAILE 
     SANGAILES VASARA
     Lithuania, France, Netherlands, 89 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alanté Kavaïté
     PRODUCED BY: Živilė Gallego,  Antoine Simkine & Marleen Slot 

    THE TREASURE 
     COMOARA
     Romania, France, 88 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Corneliu Porumboiu 
     PRODUCED BY: Marcela Ursu 

    THEY HAVE ESCAPED 
     HE OVAT PAENNEET 
     Finland, Netherlands, 62 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää
     PRODUCED BY: Aleksi Bardy 

    THREE WINDOWS AND A HANGING 
     TRI DRITARE DHE NJË VARJE
     Kosovo, Germany, 93 min.
     DIRECTED BY: Isa Qosja 
     WRITTEN BY: Zymber Kelmendi 
     PRODUCED BY:  Shkumbin Istrefi, Mentor Shala & Nicole Gerhards 

    UNDER ELECTRIC CLOUDS 
     Под ЭЛЕКТРИЧЕСКИМИ ОБЛАКАМИ (POD ELECTRICHESKIMI OBLAKAMI)
     Russia, Ukraine, Poland, 137 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Aleksey German Jr. 
     PRODUCED BY: Artem Vasilyev, Andrey Savelyev & Rushan Nasibulin 

    VICTORIA
     Germany, 138 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Sebastian Schipper 
     PRODUCED BY: Jan Dressler 

    VIRGIN MOUNTAIN 
     FÚSI
     Iceland, Denmark, 94 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Dagur Kári 
     PRODUCED BY: Baltasar Kormákur & Agnes Johansen 

    WEDNESDAY 04:45 
     TETARTI 04:45
     Greece, Israel, Germany, 116 min.
     WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alexis Alexiou 
     PRODUCED BY: Thanassis Karathanos, Kostas Lambropoulos, Talia Kleinhendler & Osnat Handelsman-Keren 

    YOUTH 
     YOUTH – LA GIOVINEZZA
     Italy, France, UK, Switzerland, 118 min.
     Written & DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino 
     PRODUCED BY:  Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima & Carlotta Calori