Nog 50 speelfilms, waaronder D'Ardennen van Robin Pront en La fille inconnue van de gebroeders Dardenne, blijven in de running voor de European Film Awards. Dat maakte de European Film Academy (EFA) vandaag bekend. De 29ste European Film Awards ceremonie wordt op 10 december in het Poolse Wroclaw georganiseerd. De shortlist van 50 fictie speelfilms werd samengesteld door enerzijds nationale juries in 20 landen en anderzijds een jury bestaande uit Péter Bognár (Hongarije), Dave Calhoun (Groot-Brittannië), Paz Lazaro Barquilla (Spanje), Christophe Leparc (Frankrijk) en Alik Shpilyuk (Oekraïne). De 3000 leden van de European Film Academy worden nu uitgenodigd om de genomineerden in de categorieën voor Beste Europese Film, Beste Regisseur, Beste Acteur en Actrice en Beste Scenarist aan te duiden. Deze nominaties worden op 5 november bekendgemaakt. Vervolgens kiezen de EFA leden de uiteindelijke winnaars in elk van deze categorieën, alsook in deze voor Beste Europese Kortfilm, Beste Documentaire en Beste Animatiefilm. Een zeven-koppige jury duidt de winnaars aan in de meer gespecialiseerde categorieën zoals deze voor Beste Fotografie, Beste Monteur, Beste Production Design, Beste Kostuumontwerp, Beste Haar en Make-Up Artiest, Beste Componist en Beste Sound Design, worden deze op 5 november bekendgemaakt. D’Ardennen is een productie van Bart Van Langendonck voor Savage Film in coproductie met Eyeworks en PRPL/Bastide Films in Nederland. Eyeworks en Savage Film zijn tevens de Vlaamse coproducenten van La fille inconnue. Er zijn met Bacalaureat, Elle, I, Daniel Blake en Beyond the Mountains and the Hills ook nog vier coproducties met België geselecteerd. De volledige short list vind je hieronder: 24 WEEKS 24 WOCHEN Germany 102 min. DIRECTED BY: Anne Zohra Berrached WRITTEN BY: Carl Gerber & Anne Zohra Berrached PRODUCED BY: Melanie Berke, Tobias Büchner & Thomas Kufus A MAN CALLED OVE EN MAN SOM HETER OVE Sweden, Norway 100 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Hannes Holm PRODUCED BY: Annica Bellander Rune & Nicklas Wikström Nicastro A WAR KRIGEN Denmark 115 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Tobias Lindholm PRODUCED BY: René Ezra & Tomas Radoor BEING 17 QUAND ON A 17 ANS France 114 min. DIRECTED BY: André Téchiné WRITTEN BY: André Téchiné & Céline Sciamma PRODUCED BY: Olivier Delbosc & Marc Missonier BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS מעבר להרים ולגבעות (ME'EVER LAHARIM VEHAGVAOT) Israel, Germany, Belgium 92 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Eran Kolirin PRODUCED BY: Eilon Ratzkovsky, Yochanan Kredo, Yossi Uzrad, Lisa Shiloach Uzrad, Guy Jacoel, Diana Elbaum, Sébastien Delloye, Michael Weber & Viola Fügen CHEVALIER Greece, Germany 99 min. DIRECTED BY: Athina Rachel Tsangari WRITTEN BY: Efthimis Filippou & Athina Rachel Tsangari PRODUCED BY: Maria Hatzakou, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos & Athina Rachel Tsangari DAWN AUSMA Latvia, Poland, Estonia 96 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Laila Pakalniņa PRODUCED BY: Laila Pakalniņa, Kaspar Kallas & Malgorzata Staron DEATH IN SARAJEVO SMRT U SARAJEVU France, Bosnia & Herzegovina 85 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Danis Tanovic PRODUCED BY: Amra Baksic Camo & Francois Margolin DON'T BE BAD NON ESSERE CATTIVO Italy 102 min. DIRECTED BY: Claudio Caligari WRITTEN BY: Claudio Caligari, Francesca Serafini & Giordano Meacci PRODUCED BY: Paolo Bogna, Simone Isola & Valerio Mastandrea ELLE France, Germany 130 min. DIRECTED BY: Paul Verhoeven WRITTEN BY: David Birke PRODUCED BY: Saïd Ben Saïd FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS UK 110 min. DIRECTED BY: Stephen Frears WRITTEN BY: Nicholas Martin PRODUCED BY: Michael Kuhn FRENZY ABLUKA Turkey, France, Qatar 119 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Emin Alper PRODUCED BY: Nadir Öperli, Enis Köstepen & Cem Doruk GRADUATION BACALAUREAT Romania, France, Belgium 128 min. WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY: Cristian Mungiu I, DANIEL BLAKE UK, France 97 min. DIRECTED BY: Ken Loach WRITTEN BY: Paul Laverty PRODUCED BY: Rebecca O’Brien I, OLGA HEPNAROVA JÁ, OLGA HEPNAROVÁ Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, France 105 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Tomáš Weinreb & Petr Kazda PRODUCED BY: Vojtěch Frič, Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda, Marcin Kurek, Sylwester Banaszkiewicz, Marian Urban & Guillaume de Seille JULIETA Spain 96 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Pedro Almodóvar PRODUCED BY: Agustín Almodóvar KILLS ON WHEELS TISZTA SZÍVVEL Hungary 105 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Attila Till PRODUCED BY: Judit Stalter KÖPEK Switzerland 98 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Esen Işik PRODUCED BY: Brigitte Hofer & Cornelia Seitler LAND OF MINE UNDER SANDET Denmark, Germany 97 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Martin Zandvliet PRODUCED BY: Mikael Rieks & Malte Grunert LETTERS FROM WAR CARTAS DA GUERRA Portugal 105 min. DIRECTED BY: Ivo M. Ferreira WRITTEN BY: Edgar Medina & Ivo M. Ferreira PRODUCED BY: Luís Urbano & Sandro Aguilar LIKE CRAZY LA PAZZA GIOIA Italy, France 118 min. DIRECTED BY: Paolo Virzì WRITTEN BY: Paolo Virzì & Francesca Archibugi PRODUCED BY: Marco Belardi LOST IN MUNICH ZTRACENI V MNICHOVĚ Czech Republic 105 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Petr Zelenka PRODUCED BY: David Ondříček MAMMAL Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands 96 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Rebecca Daly PRODUCED BY: Macdara Kelleher, Conor Barry, Jesus Gonzalez, Gilles Chanial & Reinier Selen MIMOSAS Spain, Morocco, France, Qatar 96 min. DIRECTED BY: Oliver Laxe WRITTEN BY: Oliver Laxe & Santiago Fillol PRODUCED BY: Felipe Lage Coro, Lamia Chraibi & Nadia Turincev ON THE OTHER SIDE S ONE STRANE Croatia, Serbia 85 min. DIRECTED BY: Zrinko Ogresta WRITTEN BY: Mate Matišić & Zrinko Ogresta PRODUCED BY: Ivan Maloča ONE OF US EINER VON UNS Austria 86 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Stephan Richter PRODUCED BY: Arash T. Riahi & Karin C. Berger PERFECT STRANGERS PERFETTI SCONOSCIUTI Italy 90 min. DIRECTED BY: Paolo Genovese WRITTEN BY: Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paolo Genovese, Paola Mammini & Rolando Ravello PRODUCED BY: Giampaolo Letta & Marco Belardi PYROMANIAC PYROMANEN Norway, Sweden, Germany 96 min. DIRECTED BY: Erik Skjoldbjaerg WRITTEN BY: Bjørn Olaf Johannessen PRODUCED BY:  Edward Dreyer & Aage Aaberge RAUF Turkey 94 min. DIRECTED BY:  Barış Kaya & Soner Caner WRITTEN BY: Soner Caner PRODUCED BY: Kazım Uğur Kızılaslan ROOM Ireland, Canada 118 min. DIRECTED BY:  Lenny Abrahamson WRITTEN BY: Emma Donoghue PRODUCED BY:  Ed Guiney & David Gross SIERANEVADA Romania, France 173 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Cristi Puiu PRODUCED BY:  Anca Puiu SONG OF SONGS PESN PESNEY Ukraine 76 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Eva Neymann PRODUCED BY:  Alexander Tkachenko SPARROWS ÞRESTIR Iceland, Denmark, Croatia 99 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Rúnar Rúnarsson PRODUCED BY:  Mikkel Jersin, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Birgitte Hald, Igor A. Nola & Lilja Snorradóttir STRANGE HEAVEN OBCE NIEBO Poland, Sweden 107 min. DIRECTED BY: Dariusz Gajewski WRITTEN BY: Dariusz Gajewski & Michał Godzic PRODUCED BY: Kuba Kosma & Dariusz Gajewski SUFFRAGETTE UK 106 min. DIRECTED BY: Sarah Gavron WRITTEN BY: Abi Morgan PRODUCED BY: Faye Ward SUNTAN Greece, Germany 104 min. DIRECTED BY: Argyris Papadimitropoulos WRITTEN BY: Argyris Papadimitropoulos & Syllas Tzoumerkas PRODUCED BY: Phaedra Vokali & Argyris Papadimitropoulos THE ARDENNES D' ARDENNEN Belgium, Netherlands 90 min. DIRECTED BY: Robin Pront WRITTEN BY: Jeroen Perceval PRODUCED BY: Bart Van Langendonck THE COMMUNE KOLLEKTIVET Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands 111 min. DIRECTED BY: Thomas Vinterberg WRITTEN BY: Thomas Vinterberg & Tobias Lindholm PRODUCED BY: Sisse Graum Jørgensen & Morten Kaufmann THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI HYMYILEVÄ MIES Finland, Germany, Sweden 94 min. DIRECTED BY: Juho Kuosmanen WRITTEN BY: Mikko Myllylahti & Juho Kuosmanen PRODUCED BY: Jussi Rantamäki THE LURE CÓRKI DANCINGU Poland 92 min. DIRECTED BY: Agnieszka Smoczyńska WRITTEN BY: Robert Bolesto PRODUCED BY: Włodzimierz Niderhaus THE OLIVE TREE EL OLIVO Spain, Germany 98 min. DIRECTED BY: Iciar Bollain WRITTEN BY: Paul Laverty PRODUCED BY: Juan Gordon THE PARADISE SUITE Netherlands, Sweden, Bulgaria 123 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Joost Van Ginkel PRODUCED BY: Ellen Havenith & Jeroen Beker THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER DER STAAT GEGEN FRITZ BAUER Germany 105 min. DIRECTED BY: Lars Kraume WRITTEN BY: Oliver Guez & Lars Kraume PRODUCED BY: Thomas Kufus THE STUDENT УЧЕНИК (UCHENIK) Russian Federation 119 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Kirill Serebrennikov PRODUCED BY: Ilya Stewart THE UNKNOWN GIRL LA FILLE INCONNUE Belgium, France 113 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne PRODUCED BY: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne & Denis Freyd THINGS TO COME L'AVENIR France, Germany 100 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Mia Hansen-Løve PRODUCED BY: Charles Gillibert TIKKUN Israel 120 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Avishai Sivan PRODUCED BY: Ronen Ben Tal, Avishai Sivan, Moshe Edery & Leon Edery TONI ERDMANN Germany, Austria 162 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Maren Ade PRODUCED BY: Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade & Michel Merkt TRUMAN Spain, Argentina 108 min. DIRECTED BY: Cesc Gay WRITTEN BY: Cesc Gay & Tomás Aragay PRODUCED BY: Marta Esteban & Diego Dubcovsky UNITED STATES OF LOVE ZJEDNOCZONE STANY MIŁOŚCI Poland, Sweden 104 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Tomasz Wasilewski Bron: VAF