36th European Film Awards Nominations

Few hours ago the European Film Academy announced the nominations for the 2024 edition of the European Film Awards and in the most innovative creation the announcement was done with a video presenting all nominated films and protagonists. Video might not be for all those that love cinema but is a great experiment that could be improved for future uses. So, if you are one of those who didn't like the video do not worry as here is the list with all the nominees and will be kept here to posterity.

No doubt change tend to be hard to assimilate, especially change that create a bit (or a lot) of confussion. Main change for the 2024 edition is the redefinition of the category that gives the top award, Best European Film. As announced a few weeks back, films from the European Documentary and European Animated Feature Film are also eligible and can be considered for a nomination in the European Film category. The result of the new regulation is that there are fifteen (15) films with a NOMINATION in the Best European Film category! Undoubtedly 15 nominees are too-many for one single category.

What confuses me is that there are 5 documentaries and 5 animated feature films included in the 15 nominees and are exactly the same to those nominated in European Documentary and European Animated Film; the other 5 are feature films. So, documentaries and animated films compete in 2 categories while feature film only in one! Does not seem fair.  Perhaps EFA is trying to give more relevance to docs and animation; but, diminishing the importance of feature films may not be the best way.

When first learn about the change was hoping for a more reasonable number of nominees (even 10 can be too-much) that included excellence in film no matter if film is fiction, documents reality or with stories told by animation. Was not expecting a repetition of those already honored in their own categories, except  feature films, that will not be honored as an individual category.

My suggestion for future consideration is European Feature Films having their own category called Best European Feature Film with 5 nominees and leave the Best European Film category with 15 nominees that will be like a "maximum" award when comparing apples with pears and oranges.

Will do the list with the European Film category separated by type of film so above comments can be seen clearly.

The nominations are based on the votes of 5,000 members of the European Film Academy who have been watching the films included in the annual Academy Selection. Now the Academy members will vote for the winners. The awards ceremony will be on December 7th in Lucerne, Switzerland and yes, that is the reason why the nomination video features Swiss elements.

The List

European Film

Feature Film
دانه‌ی انجیر معابد Danaye anjir-e moabad (The Seed of the Sacred Fig), Mohammad Rasoulof, Germany and France
Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, France and Belgium
The Room Next Door, Pedro Almodóvar, Spain and USA
The Substance, Carlie Fargeat, UK, USA and France
Vermiglio, Maura Delpero, Italy, France and Beglium

Documentary Film
Bye Bye Tiberiade (Bye Bye Tiberias), Lina Soualem, France Belgium, Palestine and Qatar
Dahomey, Mati Diop, France and Senegal
No Other Land, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal, Palestine and Norway
Soundtrack to a Coup d'etat, Johan Grimonprez, France, Belgium and Netherlands
W Zawieszeniu (In Limbo), Alina Maksimenko, Poland

Animated Feature Film
Dispararon Al Pianista (They Shot the Piano Player), Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal, Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal and Peru
El Sueño de la Sultana (Sultana's Dream), Isabel Herguera, Spain, Germany and India
Sauvages (Savages), Claude Barras, Switzerland, France and Belgium
Straume (Flow), Gints Zilbalodis, Latvia, France and Belgium
Život k sežrání (Living Large), Kristina Dufkova, Czech Republic, France and Slovakia

European Documentary
Bye Bye Tiberiade (Bye Bye Tiberias), Lina Soualem, France Belgium, Palestine and Qatar
Dahomey, Mati Diop, France and Senegal
No Other Land, Yuval Abraham, Rahcel Szor, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal, Palestine and Norway
Soundtrack to a Coup d'etat, Johan Grimonprez, France, Belgium and Netherlands
W Zawieszeniu (In Limbo), Alina Maksimenko, Poland

European Animation
Dispararon Al Pianista (They Shot the Piano Player), Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal, Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal and Peru
El Sueño de la Sultana (Sultana's Dream), Isabel Herguera, Spain, Germany and India
Sauvages (Savages), Claude Barras, Switzerland, France and Belgium
Straume (Flow), Gints Zilbalodis, Latvia, France and Belgium
Život k sežrání (Living Large), Kristina Dufkova, Czech Republic, France and Slovakia

European Director
Andrea Arnold for Bird, Andrea Arnold, UK, USA, France and Germany
Mohammad Rasoulof for دانه‌ی انجیر معابد Danaye anjir-e moabad (The Seed of the Sacred Fig), Mohammad Rasoulof, Germany, France and Iran
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, France
Pedro Almodóvar for The Room Next Door, Pedro Almodóvar, Spain and USA
Maura Delpero for Vermiglio, Maura Delpero, Italy, France and Beglium

European Actress
Renate Reinsve in Armand, Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, Norway, Netherlands, Germany and Sweden
Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, France and Belgium
Trine Dyrholm in Pigen med nålen (The Girl with the Needle), Magnus von Horn, Denmark, Poland and Sweden
Vic Carmen Sonne in Pigen med nålen (The Girl with the Needle), Magnus von Horn, Denmark, Poland and Sweden
Tilda Swinton in The Room Next Door, Pedro Almodóvar, Spain and USA

European Actor
Franz Rogowski in Bird, Andrea Arnold, UK, USA, France and Germany
Ralph Fiennes in Conclave, USA and UK
Abu Sangare in L'histoire de Souleymane (Souleymane's Story), Boris Lojkine, France
Daniel Craig in Queer, Luca Guadagnino, Italy and USA
Lars Eidinger in Sterben (Dying), Matthias Glasner, Germany

European Screenwriter
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, France and Belgium
Magnus von Horn and Line Langebek for Pigen med nålen (The Girl with the Needle), Magnus von Horn, Denmark, Poland and Sweden
Pedro Almodóvar for The Room Next Door, Pedro Almodóvar, Spain and USA
Mohammad Rasoulof for دانه‌ی انجیر معابد Danaye anjir-e moabad (The Seed of the Sacred Fig), Mohammad Rasoulof, Germany, France and Iran
Coralie Fargeat for The Substance, Coralie Fargeat, UK and France

European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI
Akiplėša (Toxic), Saulė Bliuvajtė, Lithuania
Anul nou care n-a fost (The New Year That Never Came), Bogdan Mureșanu, Romania and Serbia
Armand, Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, Norway, Netherlands, Germany and Sweden
Hoard, Luna Carmoon, UK
Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt, Ireland and UK
Santosh, Sandhya Suri, UK, France and Germany

European Young Audience Award
Iberlin (The Remarkable Life of Iberlin), Benjamin Ree, Norway
Lars er LOL (Lars is LOL), Eirik Sæter Stordahl, Norway
Sieger Sein (Winners), Soleen Yusef, Germany

European Short Film
2720, Basil da Cunha, Portugal and Switzeland 25'
Boucan (Clamor), Salomé Da Souza, France 25'
Čovjek koji nije mogao šutjeti (The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent), Nebojša Slijepčević, Croatia, France, Bulgaria and Slovenia 14'
La Fille qui explose (The Exploding Girl), Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel 19'
Wander To Wonder, Nina Gantz, Netherlands, Frnace, Belgium and UK 14'

European University Film Award
April, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Georgia, France and Italy
Armand, Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, Norway, Netherlands, Germany and Sweden
Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt, Ireland and UK
Mond (Moon), Kurdwin Ayub, Austria
Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii (Three Kilometers to the End of the World), Emanuel Pârvu, Romania

To check nominations plus info for each film go official site here.

The Video