It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions gGmbH announce the titles of the 48 films on this year’s selection list, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2009. With 25 countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.
In the 20 countries with the most EFA Members, these members have voted one national film directly into the selection list. To complete the list, a Selection Committee consisting of EFA Board Members and invited experts Gunnar Bergdahl (Sweden), Stefan Kitanov (Bulgaria), Derek Malcolm (UK), and Nikolaj Nikitin (Germany) has included further films.
In the coming weeks, the 2,000 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the nominations in the different award categories. The nominations will then be announced on 7 November at the Sevilla European Film Festival in Spain.
The 22nd European Film Awards with the presentation of the winners will take place in Germany’s Ruhr Metropolis on 12 December.
Berlin, 7 September 2009
: The European Film Awards 2009 are presented by the European Film Academy e.V. and EFA Productions gGmbH with the support of the Minister President and the MinisterEuropean Film Awards 2009
–The Selection:33 SCENES FROM LIFE
Poland / Germany, 96 min
Written & directed by Ma½goÊka Szumowska
BROKEN EMBRACES
Spain, 129 min
Written & directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
EVERYONE ELSE
Germany, 119 min
Written & directed by: Maren Ade
ANTICHRIST
Denmark, 104 min
Written & directed by: Lars von Trier
APAFÖLD
FATHER’S ACRE
Hungary, 79 min
Written & directed by: Viktor Oszkár Nagy
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX
Germany, 149 min
Directed by: Uli Edel
Written & produced by: Bernd Eichinger
BROTHERS
Switzerland, 115 min
Directed by: Igaal Niddam
Written by: Igaal Niddam, David Belhassen & Roy Katsiri
PAPER SOLDIER (BUMAZHNY SOLDAT)
Russia, 118 min
Directed by: Alexey German Jr.
Written by: Alexey German Jr.,
with the participation of Vladimir Arkusha & Julia Glezarova
CAMINO
Spain, 143 min
Written & directed by: Javier Fesser
COCO BEFORE CHANEL
France, 110 min
Directed by: Anne Fontaine
Written by: Anne & Camille Fontaine
EASTERN PLAYS
Bulgaria, 89 min
Written & directed by: Kamen Kalev
FISH TANK
UK, 124 min
Written & directed by: Andrea Arnold
TERRIBLY HAPPY
Denmark, 99 min
Directed by: Henrik Ruben Genz
Written by: Henrik Ruben Genz & Gry Dunja Jensen
IT ALL BEGINS AT SEA
Israel, 93 min
Written & directed by: Eitan Green
JERICHOW
Germany, 93 min
Written & directed by: Christian Petzold
JAFFA
France / Israel / Germany, 105 min
Directed by: Keren Yedaya
Written by: Keren Yedaya in collaboration with Illa Ben Porat
TEARS OF APRIL
Finland, 115 min
Directed by: Aku Louhimies
Written by: Jari Olavi Rantala (screenplay), Leena Lander (Novel) KISSES
Ireland, 74 min
Written & directed by: Lance Daly
Produced by: Macdara Kelleher
THE BONE MAN
Austria, 121 min
Directed by: Wolfgang Murnberger
Written by: Wolf Haas, Josef Hader & Wolfgang Murnberger
DOGTOOTH (KYNODONTAS)
Greece, 96 min
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by: Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
Sweden, 114 min
Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
Written by: John Ajvide Lindqvist
LITTLE SOLDIER
Denmark, 97 min
Directed by: Annette K. Olesen
Written by: Kim Fupz Aakeson & Annette K. Olesen
LOFT
Belgium, 118 min
Directed by: Erik Van Looy
Written by: Bart de Pauw
LOOKING FOR ERIC
UK/France, 116 min
Directed by: Ken Loach
Written by: Paul Laverty
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Sweden, 152 min
Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev
Written by: Rasmus Heisterberg & Nikolaj Arcel
EVERLASTING MOMENTS
Denmark / Sweden, 130 min
Directed by: Jan Troell
Written by: Niklas Rådström, co-writers: Jan Troell & Agneta Ulfsäter Troell MAX MANUS
Norway, 113 min
Directed by: Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning
Written by: Thomas Nordseth-Tiller
NO ONE'S SON
Croatia, 100 min
Directed by: Arsen Anton Ostojic
Written by: Mate Matisic
NORTH
Norway, 79 min
Directed by: Rune Denstad Langlo
Written by: Erlend Loe
WINTER IN WARTIME
The Netherlands, 103 min
Directed by: Martin Koolhoven
Written by: Paul Jan Nelissen, Mieke de Jong & Martin Koolhoven
PANDORA'S BOX
Turkey / France / Germany / Belgium, 112 min
Directed by: Yes¸im Ustaog˜lu
Written by: Yes¸im Ustaog˜lu & Sema Kaygusuz
POLICE, ADJECTIVE
Romania, 113 min
Written & directed by: Corneliu Porumboiu
MID-AUGUST LUNCH
Italy, 75 min
Written & directed by: Gianni di Gregorio
A PROPHET
France, 149 min
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Written by: Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain based on an original idea by Abdel Raouf Dafri after an original screenplay by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit
A MATTER OF HEART
Italy, 104 min
Written & directed by: Francesca Archibugi
THE READER
Germany, 122 min
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Written by: David Hare
RETURN TO HANSALA
Spain, 95 min
Directed by: Chus Gutierrez
Written by: Juan Carlos Rubio & Chus Gutierrez
SERAPHINE
France, 125 min
Written & directed by: Martin Provost
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
UK, 90 min
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Written by: Simon Beaufoy
WOMAN'S WAY – STRELLA
Greece, 113 min
Directed by: Panos H. Koutras
Written by: Panos H. Koutras & Panayiotis Evangelidis
SWEET RUSH
Poland, 84 min
Written & directed by: Andrzej Wajda
THE TIME THAT REMAINS
France, 105 min
Written & Directed by: Elia Suleiman
TOBRUK
Czech Republic, 102 min
Directed by: Václav Marhoul
Written by: Václav Marhoul (based on the Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane)
THE TOUR
Serbia / Bosnia & Herzegovina / Croatia / Slovenia, 107 min
Written & directed by: Goran Markoviç
WRONG ROSARY
Turkey, 90 min
Directed by: Mahmut Fazžl Cos¸kun
Written by: Taržk Tufan, Görkem Yeltan & Bektas¸ Topalog˜lu
VINCERE
Italy, 128 min
Directed by: Marco Bellocchio
Written by: Marco Bellocchio & Daniela Ceselli
THE WHITE RIBBON
Germany / Austria / France / Italy, 145 min
Written & directed by: Michael Haneke
WELCOME
France, 110 min
Directed by: Philippe Lioret
Written by: Philippe Lioret, Olivier Adam & Emmanuel Courcol
