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2024 European Film Awards Reveal Full Nominee Slate

Ceremony set for Dec. 7 in Lucerne, Switzerland, with winners streamed live on the academyโ€™s official site.

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Navid Nikkhah-Azad
Navid Nikkhah-Azad
Navid Nikkhah-Azad is an Iranian film director and cinema journalist. He is a member of the Association of Dutch Film Journalists (KNF), the Dutch branch of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI). He is the founder of 1TAKE NEWS and covers news about films and film festivals.

The European Film Academy has revealed the complete list of nominees for the 37th European Film Awards. Winners will be announced during the ceremony on Dec. 7 in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The awards ceremony, organized by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions, will be streamed live on the academyโ€™s official website (europeanfilmawards.eu).

The full list of 2024 European Film Awards nominees is as follows:

Nominees for European Film:

  • โ€œBye Bye Tiberiasโ€ย | Documentary | Director: Lina Soualem; Producers: Jean-Marie Nizan, Guillaume Malandrin, and Ossama Bawardi; France, Belgium, Palestine, and Qatar.
  • โ€œDahomeyโ€ย | Documentary | Director: Mati Diop; Producers: Eve Robin, Judith Lou-Lรฉvy, and Mati Diop; France and Senegal.
  • โ€œEmilia Pรฉrezโ€ย | Feature Film | Director: Jacques Audiard; Producers: Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valรฉrie Schermann, and Anthony Vaccarello; France.
  • โ€œFlowโ€ย | Animated Film | Director: Gints Zilbalodis; Producers: Matฤซss Kaลพa, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens, and Gregory Zalcman; Latvia, France, and Belgium.
  • โ€œIn Limboโ€ย | Documentary | Director: Alina Maksimenko; Producer: Filip Marczewski; Poland.
  • โ€œLiving Largeโ€ย | Animated Film | Director: Kristina Dufkovรก; Producers: Matej Chlupacek, Agata Novinski, and Marc Faye; Czech Republic, France, and Slovakia.
  • โ€œNo Other Landโ€ย | Documentary | Directors: Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra, and Hamdan Ballal; Producers: Fabien Greenberg, Bรฅrd Kjรธge Rรธnning, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, and Hamdan Ballal; Palestine and Norway.
  • โ€œSavagesโ€ย | Animated Film | Director: Claude Barras; Producers: Nicolas Burlet, Laurence Petit, Barbara Letellier, Carole Scotta, Vincent Tavier, Hugo Deghilage, Annemie Degryse, and Olivier Glassey; Switzerland, France, and Belgium.
  • โ€œSoundtrack to a Coup D'Etatโ€ย | Documentary | Director: Johan Grimonprez; Producers: Daan Milius and Rรฉmi Grellety; France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
  • โ€œSultanaโ€™s Dreamโ€ย | Animated Film | Director: Isabel Herguera; Producers: Chelo Loureiro, Diego Herguera, Fabian Driehorst, Mariano Baratech, and Ivรกn Miรฑambres; Spain, Germany, and India.
  • โ€œThe Room Next Doorโ€ย | Feature Film | Director: Pedro Almodรณvar; Producers: Agustรญn Almodรณvar and Esther Garcรญa; Spain.
  • โ€œThe Seed of the Sacred Figโ€ย | Feature Film | Director: Mohammad Rasoulof; Producers: Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner, and Rozita Hendijanian; Germany and France.
  • โ€œThe Substanceโ€ย | Feature Film | Director: Coralie Fargeat; Producers: Coralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner; Co-production: United Kingdom, United States, and France.
  • โ€œThey Shot the Piano Playerโ€ย | Animated Film | Directors: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal; Producers: Cristina Huete, Serge Lalou, Sophie Cabon, Bruno Felix, Janneke van de Kerkhof, Femke Wolting, and Humberto Santana; Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, and Peru.
  • โ€œVermiglioโ€ย | Feature Film | Director: Maura Delpero; Producers: Francesca Andreoli, Leonardo Guerra Serร gnoli, Santiago Fondevila Sancet, and Maura Delpero; Italy, France, and Belgium.

Nominees for European Documentary:

  • โ€œBye Bye Tiberiasโ€ย | Documentary | Director: Lina Soualem; Producers: Jean-Marie Nizan, Guillaume Malandrin, and Ossama Bawardi; Co-production: France, Belgium, Palestine, and Qatar.
  • โ€œDahomeyโ€ย | Documentary | Director: Mati Diop; Producers: Eve Robin, Judith Lou-Lรฉvy, and Mati Diop; Co-production: France and Senegal.
  • โ€œIn Limboโ€ย | Documentary | Director: Alina Maksimenko; Producer: Filip Marczewski; Poland.
  • โ€œNo Other Landโ€ย | Documentary | Directors: Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra, and Hamdan Ballal; Producers: Fabien Greenberg, Bรฅrd Kjรธge Rรธnning, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, and Hamdan Ballal; Co-production: Palestine and Norway.
  • โ€œSoundtrack to a Coup D'Etatโ€ย | Documentary | Director: Johan Grimonprez; Producers: Daan Milius and Rรฉmi Grellety; Co-production: France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Nominees for European Director:

  • Andrea Arnold for โ€œBirdโ€
  • Jacques Audiard for โ€œEmilia Pรฉrezโ€
  • Pedro Almodรณvar for โ€œThe Room Next Doorโ€
  • Mohammad Rasoulof for โ€œThe Seed of the Sacred Figโ€
  • Maura Delpero for โ€œVermiglioโ€

Nominees for European Actress:

  • Renate Reinsve in โ€œArmandโ€
  • Karla Sofรญa Gascรณn in โ€œEmilia Pรฉrezโ€
  • Trine Dyrholm in โ€œThe Girl with the Needleโ€
  • Vic Carmen Sonne in โ€œThe Girl with the Needleโ€
  • Tilda Swinton in โ€œThe Room Next Doorโ€

Nominees for European Actor:

  • Franz Rogowski in โ€œBirdโ€
  • Ralph Fiennes in โ€œConclaveโ€
  • Lars Eidinger in โ€œDyingโ€
  • Daniel Craig in โ€œQueerโ€
  • Abou Sangare in โ€œSouleymane's Storyโ€

Nominees for European Screenwriter:

  • Jacques Audiard for โ€œEmilia Pรฉrezโ€
  • Magnus von Horn & Line Langebek for โ€œThe Girl with the Needleโ€
  • Pedro Almodรณvar for โ€œThe Room Next Doorโ€
  • Mohammad Rasoulof for โ€œThe Seed of the Sacred Figโ€
  • Coralie Fargeat for โ€œThe Substanceโ€

European Discovery โ€“ Prix FIPRESCI:

  • โ€œArmandโ€ย | Director: Halfdan Ullmann Tรธndel; Producer: Andrea Berentsen Ottmar; Co-production: Norway, Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden.
  • โ€œHoardโ€ย | Director: Luna Carmoon; Producers: Loran Dunn, Helen Simmons, and Andrew Starke; United Kingdom.
  • โ€œKneecapโ€ย | Director: Rich Peppiatt; Producers: Patrick Oโ€™Neill, Trevor Birney, and Jack Tarling; Co-production: Ireland and United Kingdom.
  • โ€œSantoshโ€ย | Director: Sandhya Suri; Producers: Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Roman Paul, Gerhard Meixner, Carole Scotta, and Eliott Khayat; Co-production: United Kingdom, France, and Germany.
  • โ€œThe New Year That Never Cameโ€ย | Director and Producer: Bogdan Mureศ™anu; Co-production: Romania and Serbia.
  • โ€œToxicโ€ย | Director: Saulฤ— Bliuvaitฤ—; Producer: Giedre Burokaite; Lithuania.

Nominees for European Young Audience Award:

  • โ€œLars is Lolโ€ย | Director: Eirik Sรฆter Stordahl; Producers: Caroline Hitland and Matilda Appelin; Co-production: Norway and Denmark.
  • โ€œThe Remarkable Life of Ibelinโ€ย | Director: Benjamin Ree; Producer: Ingvil Giske; Norway.
  • โ€œWinnersโ€ย | Director: Soleen Yusef; Producers: Sonja Schmitt, Marc Schmidheiny, and Christoph Daniel; Germany.

The nominees for the 37th European Film Awards in the “European Animated Feature Film” and “European Short Film โ€“ Prix Vimeo” categories, announced earlier, are as follows:

Nominees for European Short Film โ€“ Prix Vimeo:

  • โ€œ2720โ€ย | Director: Basil da Cunha | Portugal, Switzerland.
  • โ€œClamorโ€ย | Director: Salomรฉ Da Souza | France.
  • โ€œThe Exploding Girlโ€ย | Director: Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel | France.
  • โ€œThe Man Who Could Not Remain Silentโ€ย | Director: Nebojลกa Slijepฤeviฤ‡ | Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia.
  • โ€œWander to Wonderโ€ย | Director: Nina Gantz | The Netherlands, France, Belgium, United Kingdom.

Nominees for European Animated Feature Film:

  • โ€œFlowโ€ย | directed by Gints Zilbalodis | Latvia, France, Belgium.
  • โ€œLiving Largeโ€ย | directed by Kristina Dufkovรก | Czech Republic, France, Slovakia.
  • โ€œSavagesโ€ย | directed by Claude Barras | Switzerland, France, Belgium.
  • โ€œSultana's Dreamโ€ย | directed by Isabel Herguera | Spain, Germany, India.
  • โ€œThey Shot the Piano Playerโ€ย | directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal | Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru.

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