In the 20 countries with the largest amount of EFA Members, the 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 Péter Bognár (Hungary), Dave Calhoun (UK), Paz Lazaro Barquilla (Spain), Christophe Leparc (France) and Alik Shpilyuk (Ukraine) has included further films.
In the coming weeks, 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 5 November 2016 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, Hair & Make-up Artist, Composer and Sound Designer.
The 29th European Film Awards with the presentation of the winners will take place on 10 December in Wroclaw, European Capital of Culture 2016.
The selected CEE films are:
Dawn / Ausma (Latvia, Estonia, Poland)
Directed by Laila Pakalnina
Produced by Hargla Pictures
Coproduced by Digital Sputnik, Staron Film
Supported by the National Film Center of Latvia, Latvian Cultural Capital Foundation, Polish Film Institute
Death in Sarajevo / Smrt u sarajevu (2016, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Danis Tanović
Produced by Margo Films and CCA/pro.ba
Coproduced by France 3 Cinema
Graduation / Bacalaureat (Romania, France, Belgium)
Directed by Cristian Mungiu
Produced by Mobra Films
Coproduced by Why Not Productions, Les Films du Fleuve, France 3 Cinéma
Supported by the Romanian National Film Centre (CNC), Eurimages
I, Olga Hepnarova (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, France)
Directed by Petr Kazda, Tomáš Weinreb
Produced by Black Balance
Coproduced by Media Brigade, Alef Film and Media Group, Love.FRAME, Spoon, Barrandov Studios, Michael Samuelson Lighting Prague, FAMU, Arizona Productions, Odra Film
Supported by the Polish Film Institute , the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Odra Film
KIlls on Wheels (Hungary)
Directed by Tiszta Szivvel
Produced by: Judit Stalter
Lost in Munich (Czech Republic)
Directed by Petr Zelenka
Produced by Lucky Man Films
Coproduced by the Czech Television and Barrandov Studio
Supported by the Czech Film Fund
On the Other Side / S one strane (Croatia, Serbia)
Directed by Zrinko Ogresta
Produced by Interfilm and Zillion Films
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
One of Us / Einer von Uns (Austria)
Directed by Stephan Richter
Sieranevada (Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, France)
Directed by Cristi Puiu
Produced by Mandragora
Coproduced by Studioul de Creaţie Cinematografică Romania, 2006 d.o.o., Spiritus Movens, Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production, Alcatraz Films
Supported by the Romanian National Film Centre, Fondacija za Kinematografiju Sarajevo, the Macedonian Film Agency, the Eurimages, Region Ile de France
Sparrows / Þrestir (Iceland, Denmark, Croatia)
Directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson
Produced by Nimbus Film, Nimbus Iceland, Halibut
Coproduced by Pegasus Pictures, MP – Film Production
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Strange Heaven / Obce niebo (Poland)
Directed by Dariusz Gajewski
Produced by Tak Film
Coproduced by TVN, Agora, LSW Leśnodorski Ślusarek i Wspólnicy
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
The Lure / Córki Dancingu (Poland)
Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Produced by Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych WFDiF
Coproduced by Platige Image, Telewizja Polska – Agencja Produkcji Telewizyjnej i Filmowej
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
The Paradise Suite (Netherlands, Sweden, Bulgaria)
Directed by Joost Van Ginkel
Produced by PRPL
Coproduced by GötaFilm, Film Väst , KaBoAl Pictures
Toni Erdmann (Germany, Austria, Romania)
Directed by Maren Ade
Produced by Komplizen Film
Coproduced by Coop99 Filmproduktion, Hi Film Productions
United States of Love / Zjednoczone Stany Miłości (Poland, Sweden)
Directed by Tomasz Wasilewski
Produced by Manana
Coproduced by VP SA, Film i Väst, Common Ground Pictures
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
