‘Fallen Leaves’ & ‘The Zone Of Interest’ Top European Film Award Nominations In Main Categories
deadline.comFinnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves and UK director Jonathan Glazer The Zone Of Interest lead the nominations in the main categories of the 36th European Film Awards which will take place in Berlin on December 9.
The dramas are nominated in all five key categories of Best European Film, Director, Screenwriter as well as Best Actress and Actor. (Click on film titles for Deadline reviews and interviews) Both films world premiered in Competition at Cannes this year, with The Zone Of Interest winning the Grand Prix and Fallen Leaves clinching the Jury Prize.
They are representing the UK and Finland respectively in the Best International Feature Film Oscar race. French director Justine Triet’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall follows with four nominations in all the categories except for best actor, while Poland’s Agnieszka Holland’s , which won the Venice Special Jury Prize, is next with three nominations.
Italian director Matteo Garrone’s Me Captain, German filmmaker Ilker Çatak’s The Teachers’ Lounge and the How To Have Sex, by the UK’s Molly Manning Walker clinched two nominations each in different categories.
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