Valletta hosts 25th European Film Awards on December 1

The awards, which will be held at the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta on December 1, will encompass 31 European countries, represented by a total of 47 films.

Malta became the venue for the upcoming awards ceremony - which will be invitation-only - by dint of it being one of the patrons of the European Film Academy, and after the Malta Film Commission submitted their interest in hosting the awards four years ago.

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 Pierre-Henri Deleau (France), Marit Kapla (Sweden), Stefan Kitanov (Bulgaria), Paz Lázaro (Spain), Derek Malcolm (UK), and Elma Tataragic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) has included further films.

In the coming weeks, the 2,700 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the nominations in the different award categories.

The nominations will then be announced on 3 November at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain.

The 25th European Film Awards with the presentation of the winners will also be streamed live on www.europeanfilmawards.eu.

LIST OF NOMINEES

A PERDRE LA RAISON

OUR CHILDREN

Belgium/France/Switzerland/Luxembourg

by Joachim Lafosse

AΔΙΚΟΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΣ (ADIKOS KOSMOS)

UNFAIR WORLD

Greece/Germany

by Filippos Tsitos

AZ AJTÓ

THE DOOR

Hungary/Germany

by István Szabó

ALPEIS

ALPS

Greece

by Yorgos Lanthimos

AMOUR

LOVE

Austria/France/Germany

by Michael Haneke

THE ANGELS' SHARE

UK/France/Belgium/Italy

by Ken Loach

AVALON

Sweden

by Axel Petersén

BARBARA

Germany

by Christian Petzold

BİR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU'DA

ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA

Turkey

by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

CARNAGE

France/Germany/Poland/Spain

by Roman Polanski

CESARE DEVE MORIRE

CAESAR MUST DIE

Italy

by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani

CIGÁN

GYPSY

Czech Republic/Slovakia

by Martin Šulík

CSAK A SZÉL

JUST THE WIND

Hungary/Germany/France

by Bence Fliegauf

DE ROUILLE ET D'OS

RUST AND BONE

France

by Jacques Audiard

DIAZ: DON'T CLEAN UP THIS BLOOD

Italy/Romania/France

by Daniele Vicari

DJECA

CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO

Bosnia & Herzegovina/Germany/France/Turkey

by Aida Begić

DUPĂ DEALURI

BEYOND THE HILLS

Romania/France/Belgium

by Cristian Mungiu

L'ENFANT D'EN HAUT

SISTER

Switzerland/France

by Ursula Meier

FAUST

Russia

by Alexander Sokurov

GRUPO 7

UNIT 7

Spain

by Alberto Rodriguez

ההתחלפות (HAHITHALFUT)

THE EXCHANGE

Israel/Germany

by Eran Kolirin

השוטר (HASHOTER)

POLICEMAN

Israel

by Nadav Lapid

HASTA LA VISTA

COME AS YOU ARE

Belgium

by Geoffrey Enthoven

IN DARKNESS

Germany/Poland/Canada

by Agnieszka Holland

INTOUCHABLES

UNTOUCHABLE

Franceby Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano

IO SONO LI

SHUN LI AND THE POET

Italy

by Andrea Segre

IRON SKY

Finland/Germany/Australia

by Timo Vuorensola

JAGTEN

THE HUNT

Denmark

by Thomas Vinterberg

KAUWBOY

The Netherlands

by Boudewijn Koole

КЕЦОВЕ (KETCOVE)

SNEAKERS

Bulgaria

by Ivan Vladimirov & Valery Yordanov

EN KONGELIG AFFÆRE

A ROYAL AFFAIR

Denmark

by Nikolaj Arcel

KRIEGERIN

COMBAT GIRLS

Germany

by David Wnendt

PARADA

THE PARADE

Serbia

by Srđjan Dragojević

PARADIES: LIEBE

PARADISE: LOVE

Austria/Germany/France

by Ulrich Seidl

POUPATA

FLOWER BUDS

Czech Republic

by Zdeněk Jiráský

RÓŻA

ROSE

Poland

by Wojciech Smarzowski

SHAME

UK

by Steve McQueen

SMRT ČOVEKA NA BALKANU

DEATH OF A MAN IN BALKANS

Serbia

by Miroslav Momčilović

SØNNER AV NORGE

SONS OF NORWAY

Norway

by Jens Lien

SUEÑO Y SILENCIO

THE DREAM AND THE SILENCE

Spain/France

by Jaime Rosales

TABU

Portugal/Germany/Brazil/France

by Miguel Gomes

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

France/UK/Germany

by Tomas Alfredson

В ТУМАНΕ (V TUMANE)

IN THE FOG

Germany/Russia/Latvia/the Netherlands/Belarus

by Sergei Loznitsa

LA VOZ DORMIDA

THE SLEEPING VOICE

Spain

by Benito Zambrano

VUOSAARI

NAKED HARBOUR

Finland, 118 min

by Aku Louhimies

Жената која ги избриша своите солзи (ZENATA KOJA GI IZBRISA SOLZITE)

THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS

FYR Macedonia/Belgium/Slovenia/Germany

by Teona Strugar Mitevska

ЖИЛА-БЫЛА ОДНА БАБА (ZHILA-BYLA ODNA BABA)

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE LIVED A SIMPLE WOMAN

Russia

by Andrey Smirnov

For more information on the films: http://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/selection/films

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