Close, The Nights Of Mashhad And Without Filter Dominate The Nominations At The European Film Awards

08/11/2022 – Films by Lukas Dhont, Ali Abbasi and Ruben Östlund compete in four categories

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Tea European Film Academy has revealed the nominees in the main categories of the 35th European Film Awards, which will take place on 10 December in Reykjavík. For the first time, the Academy has announced the nominations in a video presenting all nominated productions and protagonists (find the video below).

With four nodes each, this year’s frontrunners are Close [+lire aussi :
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Hot on their heels is Bodice [+lire aussi :
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The European Film category is rounded off by this year’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner, Alcarras [+lire aussi :
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The rest of the nominations include welcome participants such as Poland’s Jerzy Skolimowski and France’s Alice Diopboth vying in the European Director category for the Cannes winner EO [+lire aussi :
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A diverse group of titles have been selected for the European Documentary category, including the latest film by mark cousins and the posthumous documentary by Mantas Kvedaravicius, who was killed in the Ukraine war. Lastly, as usual, the European Discovery category, presented in co-operation with FIPRESCI – International Federation of Film Critics, is shedding light on six interesting fiction debuts.

These nominees join the previously announced ones in the categories of European Comedy, European Animated Feature Film and European Short Film (see the news). Now the members of the European Film Academy will vote for the winners, who will be announced at the European Film Awards ceremony. The winners of the Excellence Awards in the categories of European Cinematography, European Editing, European Production Design, European Costume Design, European Make-up & Hair, European Original Score, European Sound and European Visual Effects will be determined by an eight-member jury consisting of representatives of the different arts and crafts, and will be announced on 23 November.

The appointments:

European Film
Alcarras [+lire aussi :
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Close [+lire aussi :
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Bodice [+lire aussi :
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interview : Marie Kreutzer
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holy spider [+lire aussi :
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Triangle of Sadness [+lire aussi :
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European Documentary
A House Made of Splinters [+lire aussi :
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Girl Gang [+lire aussi :
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Mariupolis 2 [+lire aussi :
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The Balcony Movie [+lire aussi :
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interview : Paweł Łoziński
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The March On Rome [+lire aussi :
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European Director
Lukas Dhont – Close
Marie Kreutzer – Bodice
Jerzy Skolimowski – EO [+lire aussi :
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Ali Abbasi- holy spider
Alice Diop- Saint-Omer [+lire aussi :
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Ruben Ostlund – Triangle of Sadness

european actress
Vicky Krieps- Bodice
Zar Amir Ebrahimi – holy spider
Léa Seydoux – One Fine Morning [+lire aussi :
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Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers [+lire aussi :
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Meltem Kaptan- Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush [+lire aussi :
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European Actor
Paul Mescal – aftersun [+lire aussi :
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Eden Dambrine – Close
Elliott Crosset Hove – Godland [+lire aussi :
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Pierfrancesco Favino – Nostalgia [+lire aussi :
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interview : Mario Martone
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Zlatko Buric – Triangle of Sadness

European Screenwriter
Carla Simon & Arnau Vilaró – Alcarras
Kenneth Branagh- Belfast [+lire aussi :
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Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens – Close
Ali Abbasi & Afshin Kamran Bahrami – holy spider
Ruben Ostlund – Triangle of Sadness