European Film Awards: ‘Triangle of Sadness’, ‘Close’, ‘Holy Spider’ top nominations – CNET – ApparelGeek

The Belgian initiation drama by Lukas Dhont closeAli Abbasi’s Persian-language crime thriller holy spider and Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s satirical black comedy triangle of sadnesswhich won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, tops the nominations unveiled Tuesday for the European Film Awards (EFA) 2022. Each of the acclaimed titles, which also happen to be Oscar nominees for the 2023 Oscars in the category Best International Feature Film, received EFA nominations for Best European Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter and one acting category each.

Also in the running for the EFA 2021 for Best European Film are Alcarras of the period drama from Spaniard Carla Simón and Austrian director Marie Kreutzer Corset.

European honors are highly regarded in Hollywood as an indicator of the Oscars. Last year, Florian Zeller The father received three EFA nominations en route to earning six Oscar nominations and two wins, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for star Anthony Hopkins.

This year’s European Film Awards ceremony will take place on December 10 in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Find the full list of nominees below.

european movie
• ALCARRE directed by Carla Simón, produced by María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono
Folguera & Giovanni Pompili (Spain/ Italy)
• CLOSE directed by Lukas Dhont, produced by Michael Dhont, Dirk Impens, Michel Saint-Jean,
Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel & Jacques-Henri Bronckart (Belgium/
France/Netherlands)
• BODICE directed by Marie Kreutzer, produced by Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz,
Bernard Michaux, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade & Jean-Christophe Reymond
(Austria/ Luxembourg/ Germany/ France)
• HOLY SPIDER directed by Ali Abbasi, produced by Sol Bondy & Jacob Jarek (Denmark/
Germany/ Sweden/ France)
• TRIANGLE OF SAD directed by Ruben Östlund, produced by Erik Hemmendorff &
Philippe Bober (Sweden/ Germany/ France/ United Kingdom)

European documentary
• A HOUSE IN SHARDS directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont (Denmark/Sweden/
Finland/Ukraine)
• GIRL GANG directed by Susanne Regina Meures (Switzerland)
• MARIUPOLIS 2 directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius (Lithuania/ France/ Germany)
• THE BALCONY FILM (FILM BALKONOWY) directed by Paweł Łoziński (Poland)
• THE MARCH ON ROME (MARCIA SU ROMA) directed by Mark Cousins ​​(Italy)

Europe Director
• Lukas Dhont for CLOSE
• Marie Kreutzer for BODICE
• Jerzy Skolimowski for HEY
• Ali Abbassi for HOLY SPIDER
• Alice Diop for SAINT-OMER
• Ruben Ostlund for TRIANGLE OF SAD

European actress
• Vicky Krieps in BODICE
• Zar Amir Ebrahimi at HOLY SPIDER
• Léa Seydoux in A NICE MORNING
• Penélope Cruz in PARALLEL MOTHERS
• Kaptan of Meltem RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH

European actor
• Paul Mescal in AFTER SUN
• Eden Dambrine at CLOSE
• Elliott Crosset Hove in EARTH GOD
• Pierfrancesco Favino at NOSTALGIA
• Zlatko Buric in TRIANGLE OF SAD

European screenwriter
• Carla Simón & Arnau Vilaró for ALCARRE
• Kenneth Branagh for BELFAST
• Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens for CLOSE
• Ali Abbasi and Afshin Kamran Bahrami for HOLY SPIDER
• Ruben Ostlund for TRIANGLE OF SAD

European discovery – FIPRESCI Prize
• 107 MOTHERS (CENZORKA) directed by Peter Kerekes (Slovakia/ Czech Republic/ Ukraine)
• LOVE ACCORDING TO DALVA (DALVA) directed by Emmanuelle Nicot (Belgium/ France)
• THE OTHER PEOPLE (INNI PEOPLE) directed by Aleksandra Terpińska (Poland / France)
• PAMPHIRE directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (Ukraine/ France/ Poland/ Germany/ Chile)
• SMALL BODY (PICCOLO CORPO) directed by Laura Samani (Italy/ Slovenia/ France)
• RING directed by Kurdwin Ayub produced by Ulrich Seidl (Austria)