European Film Awards 2007: The selection

by Cineuropa

04/09/2007 - The European Film Academy has announced the 42 films which are part of the selection list for the European Film Awards 2007. In contrast to other years, none of the big film countries have more than three films on the list and with 26 countries represented, this year’s selection vividly illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.

In the coming weeks, the 1,800 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the nominations in the different award categories. The nominations will then be announced on November 3 at the Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo.

Winners will be announced on the 20th European Film Awards ceremony, which will take place in Berlin on December 1.

The Selection:

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [trailer, film focus] - Cristian Mungiu, Romania
Alastriste [trailer] - Agustin Díaz Yanes, Spain
Alexandra [trailer] - Alexander Sokurov, Russia/France
The Edge of Heaven [trailer, film focus] - Fatih Akin, Germany/Turkey
Belle Toujours [trailer] - Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/France
The Band's Visit [trailer] - Eran Kolirin, Israel/France
Children [trailer] - Ragnar Bragason, Iceland
With Friends Like These [trailer] - Felix van Groeningen, Belgium
You, the Living [trailer, film focus] - Roy Andersson, Sweden/Germany/France/Denmark/Norway
Eduart [trailer] - Angeliki Antoniou, Greece/Germany
Falkenberg Farewell [trailer] - Jesper Ganslandt, Sweden/Denmark
Fraulein - Andrea Staka, Switzerland/Germany
Import/Export [trailer] - Ulrich Seidl, Austria
In Memory of Myself [trailer] - Saverio Costanzo, Italy
Irina Palm [trailer, film focus] - Sam Garbarski, Belgium/Germany/Luxemburg/UK/France
The Banishment - Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia
The Trap [trailer] - Srdan Golubovic, Serbia/Germany/Hungary
The Art of Crying [trailer] - Peter Schoenau Fog, Denmark/Norway
Thieves - Jaime Marques, Spain
Lady Chatterley [trailer] - Pascale Ferran, France/Belgium
The Last King of Scotland [trailer] - Kevin Macdonald, UK
A Man´s Job [trailer] - Aleksi Salmenperä, Finland
My Brother Is An Only Child [trailer, film focus] - Daniele Luchetti, Italy
La Vie en Rose [trailer] - Olivier Dahan, France/Czech Republic/UK
Jar City [trailer] - Baltasar Kormakur, Iceland/Germany/Denmark
Without Mercy - Elemér Ragályi, Hungary
The Night of the Sunflowers [trailer, film focus] - Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo, Spain/Portugal/France
Christmas Tree Upside Down - Ivan Cherkelov/Vassil Zhivkov
Waiter [trailer] - Alex van Warmerdam, The Netherlands/Belgium
I Served the King of England [trailer] - Jiří Menzel, Czech Republic/Slovak Republic
Once [trailer] - John Carney, Ireland
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [trailer] - Tom Tykwer
Persepolis [trailer, film focus] - Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud, France
Savior’s Square [trailer] - Joanna Kos-Krauze/Krzysztof Krauze, Poland
The Queen [trailer, film focus] - Stephen Frears, UK/France/Italy
Reprise [trailer, film focus] - Joachim Trier, Norway/Sweden
The Unknown [trailer] - Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy/France
This is England [trailer] - Shane Meadows, UK
Four Minutes [trailer] - Chris Kraus, Germany
Empties [trailer] - Jan Svěrák, Czech Republic/UK/Denmark
Egg [trailer] - Semih Kaplanoglu ,Turkey/Greece
Black Book [trailer] - Paul Verhoeven, The Netherlands/Germany/Belgium/UK