European Film Awards Contenders Lineup Includes Cannes, Berlin, Sundance Award Winners
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor The European Film Academy has fired the starting gun in the race for the European Film Awards.
It has recommended 19 films to its members who will then select the nominees from this list. Among the selected films are Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or winner “Anatomy of a Fall,” and the winner of its Jury Prize, “Fallen Leaves,” along with fellow Palme d’Or contenders “Kidnapped,” “Firebrand,” “La Chimera” and “The Old Oak.” Other titles include “How to Have Sex,” which won the Un Certain Regard Award in Cannes, “The Animal Kingdom,” which also played in Un Certain Regard, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight titles “Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry” and “The Goldman Case,” and “Close Your Eyes,” which played in the Cannes Premiere section.
Also selected are “Afire,” which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Berlinale, “20,000 Species of Bees,” which won the leading performance award at the festival for Sofía Otero, and “Femme” and “The Teachers’ Lounge,” which both had their world premieres in Berlinale’s Panorama section, with the latter winning the Label Europa Cinemas prize.
The remaining films are “Slow,” directing award winner in Sundance’s World Cinema – Dramatic section, “Safe Place,” winner of the best actor and first feature prizes at Locarno, “The Happiest Man in the World,” which played in Venice’s Horizons section, and “Behind the Haystacks,” which won six awards at the Thessaloniki Film Festival.
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