The European film Academy (EFA) has revealed the 51 fiction films that will compete for nomination at the 30th European Film Awards.
A total of 31 European nations are represented on the list.
One national film has been voted into selection from the 20 counties with the most EFA members. The rest of the list was selected by the EFA board and invited experts Péter Bognár (Hungary), Dave Calhoun (UK), Giorgio Gosetti (Italy), Christophe Leparc (France), Jacob Neiendam (Denmark) and Alik Shpilyuk (Ukraine).
Members of the EFA will vote in the coming weeks to nominate films for the categories of best European film, director, actor, actress and screenwriter.
Nominations will be announced on November 4 at the Seville Film Festival.
The ceremony will take place in Berlin on December 9.
Recipients in the categories of cinematographer, editor, production designer, costume designer, hair and makeup artist, composer and sound designer will all be selected by a seven-member jury.
The 51 selections are as follows:
A Ciambra (Italy, USA, France, Sweden)
Dir. Jonas Carpignano
A Date For Mad Mary (Ireland)
Dir. Darren Thornton
A Gentle Creature (France, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands)
Dir.Sergei Loznitsa
A Jew Must Die (Switzerland)
Dir, Jacob Berger
A Monster Called (Spain)
Dir. J.A Bayona
Afterimage (Poland)
Dir.Andrej Wajda
Ana, Mon Amour (Romaina, Germany, France)
Dir. Câlin Peter Netzer
Big Big World (Turkey)
Dir.Reha Erdem
BPM (Beats Per minute) (France)
Dir.Robin Campillo
Bright Sunshine in (France)
Dir.Claire Denis
Brimstone (Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Sweden, UK, Hungary)
Dir. Martin Koolhoven
Fortunata (Italy)
Dir. Sergio Castellitto
Frantz (France, Germany)
Dir. François Ozon
Frost (Lithuania, France, Poland, Ukraine)
Dir. Sharaunas Bartas
Godless (Bulgaria, Denmark, France)
Dir. Ralitza Petrova
Happy End (France, Germany, Austria)
Dir. Michael Haneke
Heartstone (Iceland, Denmark)
Dir. Guòmundur Arnar Guòmundsson
Home (Belgium)
Dir. Fien Troch
Ice Mother (Czech Republic, Slovakiua, France)
DIr. Bohdan Sláma
In Times of Fading Light (Germany)
Dir. Matti Geschonneck
Indivisible (Italy)
Dir. Edoardo De Angelis
Insyraited (Belgium, France)
Dir. Philippe Van Leeuw
Istanbul Red (Turkey, Italy)
Dir. Ferzan Opetek
Jupiter’s Moon (Hungary, Germany)
Dir.Kornél Mundruczó
Lady Macbeth (UK)
Dir. William Oldroyd
Layla M. (Netherlands, Jordan, Belgium, Germany)
Dir. Mijke De Jong
Loveless (Russia, Belgium, Germany, France)
Dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
My Grandmother Fanny Kaplan (Ukraine)
Dir. Olena Demyanenko
On Body and Soul (Hungary)
Dir. Ildikó Enyedi
Paradise (Russia, Germany)
Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Requiem for Mrs. J. (Serbia, Bulgaria, Fyr Macedonia, Russia, France)
Dir. Bojan Vuletić
Return to Montauk (Germany, France, Ireland)
Dir. Volker Schlöndorff
Sami Blood (Sweden, Denmark, Norway)
Dir. Amanda Kernell
Son of Sofia (Greece, Bulgaria, France)
Dir. Elina Psykou
Spoor (Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovakia)
Dir. Agnieszka Holland & Katarzyna Adamik
Stefan Zweig – Farewell to Europe (Germany, Austria, France)
Dir. Maria Schrader
Summer 1993 (Spain)
Dir. Carla Simón
The Constitution (Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Fyr Macedonia)
Dir. Rajko Grlić
The Fury of A Patient Man (Spain)
Dir. Raúl Arévalo
The Killing of A Sacred Deer (Ireland, UK)
Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
The King’s Choice (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland)
Dir. Erik Poppe
The Last Family (Poland)
Dir.Jan P. Matuszyński
The Nothing Factory (Portugal)
Dir. Pedro Pinho
The Other Side of Hope (Finland, Germany)
Dir. Aki Kaurismäki
The Party (UK)
Dir.Sally Potter
The Square (Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark)
Dir, Ruben Östlund
The Teacher (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Dir. Jan Hřebejk
Tom of Finland (Finland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark)
Dir. Dome Karukoski
Western (Germany, Bulgaria, Austria)
Dir. Valeska Grisebach
Wild Mouse (Austria)
Dir.Josef Hader
You Disappear (Denmark, Sweden)
Dir. Peter Schønau Fog
Source: Screen Daily