Cannes Competition titles The Substance, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, and Emilia Perez are among the first set of titles recommended for nominations at this year’s European Film Awards.
Overall, 29 titles have been selected for the first stage of nominations by the European Film Academy Board. The selection includes films from 26 countries. In the coming weeks, the 5,000 members of the European Film Academy will start to vote on the selected films. The winners will be announced at the European Film Awards ceremony in Lucerne, Switzerland, on December 7.
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To be eligible for a European Film Awards, films must be European feature films which, among other criteria, had their first official screening between June 1, 2023 and May 31, 2024 and have a European director. The rule book states that should a film director not be European, exceptions can be made if the filmmaker is “provided they have a European refugee or similar status or have lived in Europe and worked in the European film industry for at least five consecutive years.”
Check out the full list of titles below:
ARCADIA (ΑΡΚΑΝΤΙΑ)
2024
Directed by: Yorgos Zois
Written by: Konstantina Kotzamani, Yorgos Zois
Produced by: Antigoni Rota, Maria Drandaki, Stelios Cotionis, Veselka Kiryakova
ARMAND
2024
Directed by: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Written by: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Produced by: Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
BIRD
2024
Directed by: Andrea Arnold
Written by: Andrea Arnold
Produced by: Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge
CROSSING
2024
Directed by: Levan Akin
Written by: Levan Akin
Produced by: Mathilde Dedye, Katja Adomeit, Anna Kharahadze, Nino Chichua, Ersan Çongar, Nadia Turincev, Omar El Kadi
DYING (STERBEN)
2024
Directed by: Matthias Glasner
Written by: Matthias Glasner
Produced by: Jan Krüger, Ulf Israel, Matthias Glasner
EMILIA PÉREZ
2024
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Written by: Jacques Audiard
Produced by: Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann
GRAND TOUR
2024
Directed by: Miguel Gomes
Written by: Mariana Ricardo, Telmo Churro, Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes
Produced by: Filipa Reis
HESITATION WOUND (TEREDDÜT ÇİZGİSİ)
2023
Directed by: Selman Nacar
Written by: Selman Nacar
Produced by: Diloy Gülün, Burak Çevik, Selman Nacar
JULIE KEEPS QUIET (JULIE ZWIJGT)
2024
Directed by: Leonardo Van Dijl
Written by: Leonardo van Dijl, Ruth Becquart
Produced by: Gilles De Schryver, Gilles Coulier, Wouter Sap, Roxanne Sarkozi
KINDS OF KINDNESS
2024
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
Produced by: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Kasia Malipan
KNEECAP
2024
Directed by: Rich Peppiatt
Written by: Rich Peppiatt, JJ Ó Dochartaigh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh
Produced by: Patrick O’Neill, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling
LIFE (HAYAT)
2023
Directed by: Zeki Demirkubuz
Written by: Zeki Demirkubuz
Produced by: Zeki Demirkubuz, Rossitsa Valkanova
MISERICORDIA (MISERICORDE)
2024
Directed by: Alain Guiraudie
Written by: Alain Guiraudie
Produced by: Charles Gillibert, Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Alves
SOULEYMANE’S STORY (L’HISTOIRE DE SOULEYMANE)
2024
Directed by: Boris Lojkine
Written by: Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut
Produced by: Bruno Nahon
THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO (LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO)
2024
Directed by: Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière
Written by: Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière
Produced by: Dimitri Rassam, Ardavan Safaee
THE DEVIL’S BATH (DES TEUFELS BAD)
2024
Directed by: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Written by: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Produced by: Ulrich Seidl, Bettina Brokemper
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (PIGEN MED NÅLEN)
2024
Directed by: Magnus von Horn
Written by: Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek
Produced by: Malene Blenkov, Mariusz Włodarski
THE INVISIBLE FIGHT (NÄHTAMATU VÕITLUS)
2023
Directed by: Rainer Sarnet
Written by: Rainer Sarnet
Produced by: Katrin Kissa, Amanda Livanou, Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov, Aleksi Bardy
THE OTHER WAY AROUND (VOLVERÉIS)
2024
Directed by: Jonás Trueba
Written by: Jonás Trueba, Itsaso Arana, Vito Sanz
Produced by: Jonás Trueba, Javier Lafuente
THE RYE HORN (O CORNO)
2023
Directed by: Jaione Camborda
Written by: Jaione Camborda
Produced by: Jaione Camborda, Andrea Vázquez,María Zamora
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (DANAYE ANJIR-E MOABAD)
2024
Directed by: Mohammad Rasoulof
Written by: Mohammad Rasoulof
Produced by: Mohammad Rasoulof, Mani Tilgner, Jean-Christophe Simon, Rozita Hendijanian, Amin Sadraei
THE SHAMELESS
2024
Directed by: Konstantin Bojanov
Written by: Konstantin Bojanov
Produced by: Nicolas Wadimoff, Philippe Coeytaux, Séverine Pisani, Frédéric Corvez, Maéva Savinien, Rossitsa Valkanova, Vincent Wang, Mohaan Nadaar
THE SUBSTANCE
2024
Directed by: Coralie Fargeat
Written by: Coralie Fargeat
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner
THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE
2024
Directed by: Mo Harawe
Written by: Mo Harawe
Produced by: Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann, Jean-Christophe Reymond, Nicole Gerhards, Mo Harawe
THERE’S STILL TOMORROW (C’È ANCORA DOMANI)
2023
Directed by: Paola Cortellesi
Written by: Furio Andreotti, Giulia Calenda, Paola Cortellesi
Produced by: Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Gangarossa
THREE KILOMETRES TO THE END OF THE WORLD (TREI KILOMETRI PANA LA CAPATUL LUMII)
2024
Directed by: Emanuel Pârvu
Written by: Emanuel Pârvu, Miruna Berescu
Produced by: Miruna Berescu
UN AMOR
2023
Directed by: Isabel Coixet
Written by: Isabel Coixet, Laura Ferrero
Produced by: Marisa Fernández Armenteros, Sandra Hermida Múñiz
WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS (LJÓSBROT)
2024
Directed by: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Written by: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Produced by: Heather Millard, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Raymond van der Kaaij, Igor A Nola, Mike Downey, Xenia Maingot, Sarah Chazelle
WITHOUT AIR (ELFOGY A LEVEGŐ)
2023
Directed by: Katalin Moldovai
Written by: Zita Palóczi, Katalin Moldovai
Produced by: Béla Attila Kovács, András Muhi, Katalin Moldovai
