36th European Film Awards
The 36th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, took place at Arena Berlin in Berlin on 9 December 2023. It was the twenty-second time that the awards ceremony took place in Germany.
The full list of nominations was revealed on 7 November 2023. Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves and Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest led the nominations with five each. Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall swept the awards, winning in each of the categories it was nominated for, including European Film, European Director, European Screenwriter and European Actress.
Selections
Feature films
Selection's part 1 was announced on 16 August 2023. 2nd part of the selection was announced on 27 September 2023.20,000 Species of Bees – Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren Afire – Christian Petzold Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet Animal – Sofia Exarchou The Animal Kingdom – Thomas Cailley Behind the Haystacks – Asimina Proedrou Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry – Elene Naveriani Blaga's Lessons – Stephan Komandarev Close Your Eyes – Victor Erice Club Zero – Jessica Hausner Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World – Radu Jude Excursion – Una Gunjak Explanation for Everything – Gábor Reisz Fallen Leaves – Aki Kaurismäki Femme – Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping Firebrand – Karim Aïnouz The Goldman Case – Cédric Kahn Green Border – Agnieszka Holland The Happiest Man in the World – Teona Strugar Mitevska Holly – Fien Troch Housekeeping for Beginners – Goran Stolevski How to Have Sex – Molly Manning Walker Kidnapped – Marco Bellocchio La chimera – Alice Rohrwacher Me, Captain – Matteo Garrone The Old Oak – Ken Loach Paradise Is Burning – Mika Gustafson The Pot-au-Feu – Tran Anh Hung The Promised Land – Nikolaj Arcel Safe Place – Juraj Lerotic Slow – Marija Kavtaradze Society of the Snow – J. A. Bayona Stepne – Maryna Vroda Sweet Dreams – Ena Sendijarević Tatami – Guy Nattiv & Zar Amir Ebrahimi The Teachers' Lounge – İlker Çatak The Universal Theory – Timm Kröger The Vanishing Soldier – Dani Rosenberg Woman Of... – Małgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert The Zone of Interest – Jonathan GlazerDocumentary
The selection was announced on August 30, 2023.Apolonia, Apolonia – Lea Glob Between Revolutions – Vlad Petri Four Daughters – Kaouther Ben Hania The Hearing – Lisa Gerig In the Rearview – Maciej Hamela Light Falls Vertical – Efthymia Zymvragaki Motherland – Hanna Badziaka & Alexander Mihalkovich On the Adamant – Nicolas Philibert Orlando, My Political Biography – Paul B. Preciado Our Body – Claire Simon Paradise – Alexander Abaturov Smoke Sauna Sisterhood – Anna Hints We Will Not Fade Away – Alisa Kovalenko Who I Am Not – Tunde SkovranShort films
The European Short Film 2023 is presented in co-operation with the following European film festivals. At each of the festivals, a jury appointed by the festival chooses a single candidate.Airhostess-737 – Thanasis Neofotistos – selected at International Short Film Festival of CyprusAsterión – Francesco Montagner – selected at Riga International Film FestivalAqueronte – Manuel Muñoz Rivas = selected at Drama International Short Film FestivalBeen There – Corina Schwingruber Ilić – selected at Locarno Film FestivalThe Birthday Party – Francesco Sossai – selected at Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film FestivalChords – Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren – selected at Go Short – International Short Film FestivalDaydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays – Christian Avilés – selected at DokuFest – International Documentary and Short Film FestivalThe Debutante – Elizabeth Hobbs – selected at Black Nights Film Festival – PÖFF Shorts Emotional Architecture 1959 – Mona León Siminiani – selected at Valladolid International Film FestivalA Free Run – Lauriane Lagarde – selected at Uppsala Short Film FestivalHardly Working – Susanna Flock, Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel & Michael Stumpf – selected at Internationale Kurzfilmtage WinterthurHeadspace – Aisling Byrne – selected at Cork International Film FestivalHow I Learned to Hang Laundry – Barbara Zemljič – selected at Sarajevo Film FestivalI Can See the Sun But I Can't Feel It Yet – Joseph Wilson – selected at Kurzfilm Festival HamburgI Think of Silences When I Think of You – Jonelle Twum – selected at International Short Film Festival OberhausenLes Chenilles – Michelle Keserwany & Noel Keserwany – selected at Berlin International Film FestivalPapa – Notes on Life and Death – Andreas Bøggild Monies – selected at OFF – Odense International Film FestivalRed Ears – Paul Drey – selected at Tampere Film FestivalRemember How I Used to Ride a White Horse – Ivana Bošnjak Volda & Thomas Johnson Volda – VIENNA SHORTS – International Short Film FestivalA Short Trip – Erenik Beqiri – selected at Venice Film FestivalThere Are People in the Forest – Szymon Ruczyński – selected at Kraków Film FestivalThings Unheard Of – Ramazan Kiliç – selected at Motovun Film Festival27 – Flóra Anna Buda – selected at Cannes Film FestivalWomen Visiting the City – Enrique Buelo – selected at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film FestivalZoon'' – Jonatan Schwenk – selected at ZINEBI – International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao and at Leuven International Short Film FestivalFeature Film Awards
Source:Excellence Awards
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