EFA selection

Source: Courtesy of EFA

First wave of titles for the European Film Awards 2022

The first 30 titles in the running for the 2022 European Film Awards have been revealed with a second wave of titles due to be announced in September.

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The titles include Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winner Triangle Of Sadness, Carla Simón’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Alcarras and Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar-winner Belfast. Also selected is Colm Bairéad’s The Quiet Girl, which is Ireland’s submission for the best international feature Oscar.

Further Cannes award winners to make the first wave of titles include Lukas Dhont’s Close, Tarik Saleh’s Boy From Heaven, Jerzy Skolimowski’s Eo and Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider as well as The Eight Mountains, directed by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, and Tori And Lokita, directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.

A second selection of 10-15 further titles will be revealed next month.

In the coming weeks, the 4,400 European Film Academy members will screen the selected films and, after part two has been announced, vote for the nominations in the categories European film, director, actor, actress and screenwriter as well as European documentary.

The nominations will be announced on November 8. Additionally, an eight-member jury will decide on the award recipients for European cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, make-up and hair, original score, sound and visual effects.

The 35th European Film Awards will be presented on December 10 in Reykjavík, Iceland.

EFA Feature Film Selection 2022 – Part 1

Alcarràs (Sp-It)
Dir. Carla Simón

As Far As I Can Walk (Ser-Lux-Fr-Bul-Lith)
Dir. Stefan Arsenijevic

The Beasts (Sp-Fr)
Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Beautiful Beings (Ice-Den-Swe-Neth-Cze)
Dirs. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

Belfast (UK-Ire)
Dir. Kenneth Branagh

Benediction (UK)
Dir. Terence Davies

Boy From Heaven (Swe-Fr-Fin)
Dir. Tarik Saleh

Burning Days (Turkey-Fr-Ger-Neth-Gre-Cro)
Dir. Emin Alper

Close (Belg-Fr-Neth)
Dir. Lukas Dhont

Corsage (Austria-Lux-Ger-Fr)
Dir. Marie Kreutzer

The Eight Mountains (It-Belg-Fr)
Dirs. Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch

Eo (Pol-It)
Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski

Girl Picture (Fin)
Dir. Alli Haapasalo

Godland (Den-Ice-Fr-Swe)
Dir. Hlynur Pálmason

The Hole (It-Ger-Fr)
Dir. Michelangelo Frammartino

Holy Spider (Den-Ger-Swe-Fr)
Dir. Ali Abbasi

Maixabel (Sp)
Dir. Iciar Bollain

Mediterranean Fever (Ger-Fr-Cyp-Pal)
Dir. Maha Haj

More Than Ever (Fr-Ger-Lux-Nor)
Dir. Emily Atef

Nostalgia (It-Fr)
Dir. Mario Martone

One Fine Morning (Fr-Ger-UK-US)
Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve

Pacifiction (Fr-Sp-Ger-Port)
Dir. Albert Serra

Parallel Mothers (Sp)
Dir. Pedro Almodóvar

The Quiet Girl (Ire)
Dir. Colm Bairéad

Rabiye Kurnaz Gegen George W. Bush (Ger-Fr)
Dir. Andreas Dresen

Reflection (Ukr)
Dir. Valentyn Vasyanovych

Tori And Lokita (Belg-Fr)
Dirs. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Triangle Of Sadness (Swe-Ger-Fr-UK)
Dir. Ruben Östlund

Will-O’-The-Wisp (Port-Fr)
Dir. João Pedro Rodrigues

Women Do Cry (Bul-Fr)
Dirs. Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova