27/09/2023 - A total of 40 films will vie for the awards, which will be handed out on 9 December in Berlin

After 19 feature films had already been chosen as part of the European Film Awards’ Fiction Feature Film Selection (read news), the European Film Academy announced 21 further films that have been added to the shortlist for the European Film Awards now comprising 40 strong European feature films. They have been selected by the European Film Academy Board – consulted by a diverse range of European invited experts. The nominations of the European Film Awards will be revealed on 7 November, and the awards ceremony will take place on 9 December in Berlin.

With 31 European countries represented – both EU and non-EU, the list of the selected films reflects the excellency of European filmmakers demonstrating the variety, diversity and creativity throughout Europe. This year’s feature film selection presents an increased number of female filmmakers with 18 female directors out of all 43 directors of the 40 selected films.

The additional titles:

Animal [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sofia Exarchou
film profile] - Sofia Exarchou (Greece/Austria/Bulgaria/Romania/Cyprus)
Blaga's Lessons [+see also:
film review
interview: Stephan Komandarev
film profile] - Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria/Germany)
Club Zero [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jessica Hausner
film profile] - Jessica Hausner (Austria/UK/Germany/France/Denmark/Qatar)
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Radu Jude
film profile] - Radu Jude (Romania/Luxembourg/France/Croatia)
Excursion [+see also:
film review
interview: Una Gunjak
film profile] - Una Gunjak (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Croatia/Serbia/France/Norway/Qatar)
Explanation for Everything [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Gábor Reisz
film profile] - Gábor Reisz (Hungary/Slovakia)
Green Border [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Agnieszka Holland (Poland/France/Czech Republic/Belgium)
Holly [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Fien Troch
film profile] - Fien Troch (Belgium/Luxembourg/Netherlands/France)
Housekeeping for Beginners [+see also:
film review
interview: Goran Stolevski, Alina Serban
film profile] - Goran Stolevski (North Macedonia/Croatia/Serbia/Poland/Kosovo)
Me, Captain [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Matteo Garrone (Italy/Belgium)
Paradise Is Burning [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mika Gustafson
film profile] - Mika Gustafson (Sweden/Italy/Finland/Denmark)
Society of the Snow [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: JA Bayona
film profile] - JA Bayona (Spain)
Stepne [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Maryna Vroda (Ukraine/Germany/Poland/Slovakia)
Sweet Dreams [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ena Sendijarević
film profile] - Ena Sendijarević (Netherlands/Sweden/France/Indonesia)
Tatami [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Guy Nattiv, Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Georgia/USA)
The Taste of Things [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Tran Anh Hung (France)
The Promised Land [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Nikolaj Arcel (Denmark/Germany/Sweden)
The Universal Theory [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Timm Kröger
film profile] - Timm Kröger (Germany/Austria/Switzerland)
The Vanishing Soldier [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - Dani Rosenberg (Israel)
The Zone of Interest [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Jonathan Glazer (UK/Poland/USA)
Woman of... [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Małgorzata Szumowska, Micha…
film profile] - Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert (Poland/Sweden)

The previously-selected titles:

20,000 Species of Bees [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Estíbaliz Urresola
film profile] - Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain)
Afire [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Christian Petzold
film profile] - Christian Petzold (Germany)
Anatomy of a Fall [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Justine Triet
film profile] - Justine Triet (France)
Behind the Haystacks [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Asimina Proedrou (Greece/Germany)
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Elene Naveriani
film profile] - Elene Naveriani (Switzerland/Georgia)
Close Your Eyes [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Víctor Erice (Spain/Argentina)
Fallen Leaves [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] – Aki Kaurismäki (Finland/Germany)
Femme [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping
film profile] - Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (UK)
Firebrand [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Karim Aïnouz (UK)
How To Have Sex [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Molly Manning Walker
film profile] - Molly Manning Walker (UK/Greece)
Kidnapped [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Marco Bellocchio (Italy/France/Germany)
La Chimera [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Alice Rohrwacher (Italy/France/Switzerland)
Safe Place [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Juraj Lerotić
film profile] - Juraj Lerotic (Croatia/Slovenia)
Slow [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Marija Kavtaradze
film profile] - Marija Kavtaradze (Lithuania/Spain)
The Animal Kingdom [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Thomas Cailley
film profile] - Thomas Cailley (France)
The Goldman Case [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cédric Kahn
film profile] - Cédric Kahn (France)
The Happiest Man in the World [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Teona Strugar Mitevska
film profile] - Teona Strugar Mitevska (North Macedonia/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Belgium/Slovenia/Croatia/Denmark)
The Old Oak [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Ken Loach (UK/France/Belgium)
The Teachers' Lounge [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: İlker Çatak
interview: Leonie Benesch
film profile] - Ilker Çatak (Germany)