14.08.2024 – A total of 29 productions, whose official premiere took place between 1 June 2023 and 31 May 2024, were selected for the awards ceremony.

Emilia Perez by Jacques Audiard

The European Film Awards ceremony will take place on 7 December in Lucerne, Switzerland, and will honour the greatest achievements of European cinema. The Board of the European Film Academy – advised by a wide range of invited European experts – selected 29 productions as the first part of the Academy’s selection of feature films.

To be eligible for the European Film Awards, European feature films must, among other things, have had their official premiere between 1 June 2023 and 31 May 2024 and be directed by a European director (if the director is not European, he or she must have European refugee status or equivalent status or have lived continuously in Europe for at least five years and worked in the European film industry). Further titles will be announced in September.

With 26 European countries represented – both EU and non-EU – the list of shortlisted films reflects the excellence of European filmmakers and demonstrates the variety, diversity and creativity across Europe. The announcement is the first step in the three-stage awards process. In the coming weeks, the 5,000 members of the European Film Academy will start watching and voting for the shortlisted films. Based on the votes of participating members, nominations will be awarded in the feature film categories of European Film, European Director, European Actor, European Actress and European Screenwriter, European Documentary, as well as European Discovery and the Young Audience Award (which will be announced on 5 November). In addition to the vote, the shortlisted films will be considered for the Excellence Awards in the categories of European Cinematography, European Editing, European Production Design, European Costume Design, European Make-up & Hair, European Original Music, European Sound and European Visual Effects, which will be judged by an eight-member jury representing the various arts and trades.

The first part of the 2024 feature film selection is:

Arcadia (+see also:
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Interview: Yorgos Zois
Film profile) – Yorgos Zois (Greece/Bulgaria/USA)
Armand (+see also:
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Interview: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Film profile) – Halfdan Ullmann Tondel (Norway/Netherlands/Germany/Sweden)
Bird (+see also:
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Film profile) – Andrea Arnold (Great Britain/France)
Crossing (+see also:
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Interview: Levan Akin
Film profile) – Levan Akin (Sweden/Denmark/France/Türkiye/Georgia)
Die (+see also:
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Interview: Matthias Glasner
Film profile) – Matthias Glasner (Germany)
Emilia Perez (+see also:
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Film profile) – Jacques Audiard (France)
Grand Tour (+see also:
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Interview: Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Pa…
Interview: Miguel Gomes
Film profile) – Miguel Gomes (Portugal/Italy/France/Germany/Japan/China)
Hesitation wound (+see also:
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Interview: Selman Nacar
Film profile) – Selman Nacar (Türkiye/Spain/Romania/France)
Julie is silent (+see also:
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Interview: Leonardo van Dijl
Film profile) – Leonardo Van Dijl (Belgium/Sweden)
Types of kindness (+see also:
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Film profile) – Yorgos Lanthimos (Ireland/UK/USA)
kneecap (+see also:
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Film profile) – Rich Peppiatt (Ireland)
Life – Zeki Demirkubuz (Turkey)
compassion (+see also:
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Interview: Alain Guiraudie
Film profile) – Alain Guiraudie (France)
Souleymane’s story (+see also:
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Interview: Boris Lojkine
Film profile) – Boris Lojkine (France)
The Count of Monte Cristo (+see also:
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Film profile) – Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de la Patelliere (France)
The Devil’s Bath (+see also:
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Interview: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Film profile) – Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala (Austria/Germany)
The girl with the needle (+see also:
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Interview: Magnus von Horn
Film profile) – Magnus Von Horn (Denmark/Poland/Sweden)
The invisible battle (+see also:
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Film profile) – Rainer Sarnet (Estonia/Latvia/Greece/Finland)
Vice versa (+see also:
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Film profile) – Jonas Trueba (Spain/France)
The Roggenhorn (+see also:
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Interview: Jaione Camborda
Film profile) – Jaione Camborda (Spain/Portugal/Belgium)
The seed of the holy fig (+see also:
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Film profile) – Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran/Germany/France)
The Shameless (+see also:
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Interview: Konstantin Bojanov
Film profile) – Konstantin Bojanov (Switzerland/France/Bulgaria/Taiwan/India)
The substance (+see also:
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Film profile) – Coralie Fargeat (UK/USA/France)
The village next to paradise (+see also:
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Film profile) – Mo Harawe (Austria/France/Germany/Somalia)
There is still tomorrow (+see also:
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Film profile) – Paola Cortellesi (Italy)
Three kilometers to the end of the world (+see also:
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Interview: Emanuel Parvu
Film profile) – Emanuel Parvu (Romania)
A love (+see also:
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Interview: Isabel Coixet
Film profile) – Isabel Coixet (Spain)
When the light breaks (+see also:
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Interview: Runar Runarsson
Film profile) – Runar Runarsson (Iceland/Netherlands/Croatia/France)
Without air (+see also:
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Interview: Katalin Moldova
Film profile) – Katalin Moldova (Hungary/Romania)