30/08/2023 - The European Film Academy has chosen 14 eligible productions, representing 16 European countries

The European Film Academy has revealed the Documentary Film Selection for the 2023 European Film Awards, which will be presented on 9 December in Berlin.

After the first part of the Fiction Feature Film Selection (read news), the academy is presenting a selection of 14 feature-length documentary films. A committee consisting of a diverse range of invited European experts has chosen these productions. With 16 European countries represented – both EU and non-EU – the selection demonstrates the great diversity in European cinema. Furthermore, additional titles of documentary films premiering at summer festivals might be added and announced in September.

Eligible for the European Film Awards are European documentaries which, among other criteria, had their first official screening between 1 June 2022 and 31 May 2023 and have a European director (should a film director not be European, “provided they have a European refugee or similar status or have lived in Europe and worked in the European film industry for at least five consecutive years”, exceptions can be made).

In the coming weeks, the 4,600 members of the European Film Academy will start to watch the selected films and after the final announcement of all films vote on the nominations in the category ‘European Documentary’. Based on the votes of all members, the nominations will be made public on 7 November 2023. The members of the European Film Academy will then vote for the winner.

The 2023 Documentary Film Selection:

Apolonia, Apolonia [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Lea Glob
film profile] - Lea Glob (Denmark/Poland)
Between Revolutions [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Vlad Petri
film profile] - Vlad Petri (Romania/Croatia)
Four Daughters [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Kaouther Ben Hania
film profile] - Kaouther Ben Hania (France/Tunisia/Germany/Saudi Arabia)
In The Rearview [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Maciek Hamela (Poland/France/Ukraine)
Light Falls Vertical [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Efthymia Zymvragaki (Spain/Germany/Italy/Netherlands)
Motherland [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich (Sweden/Ukraine/Norway)
On the Adamant [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Nicolas Philibert
film profile] - Nicolas Philibert (France/Japan)
Orlando, My Political Biography [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Paul B Preciado
film profile] - Paul B Preciado (France)
Our Body [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Claire Simon (France)
Paradise [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Alexander Abaturov (France/Switzerland)
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Anna Hints
film profile] - Anna Hints (Estonia/France/Iceland)
The Hearing [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Lisa Gerig (Switzerland)
We Will Not Fade Away [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Alisa Kovalenko (Ukraine/France/Poland)
Who I Am Not [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Tunde Skovran (Romania/Canada/Germany)