Award season is heating up, even across the pond, and the nominations for the European Film Awards are finally in. Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest are leading the way with nominations in five categories, including best film.
Fallen Leaves and The Zone of Interest are the strongest contenders for the best film award this year. The list of contenders in this category also includes Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border, and Matteo Garrone’s Me Captain—and they’ve all been nominated for the best European director, as well!
Fallen Leaves and The Zone of Interest also received nods for the best screenplay, along with Green Border and Anatomy of a Fall, while Me Captain missed out on this nomination, with the German drama The Teachers’ Lounge taking the fifth spot.
Fallen Leaves stars Jussi Vatanen and Alma Pöysti received acting nods for their respective performances, along with The Zone of Interest actors Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller. Hüller will be competing against herself in the best European actress field since she’s also nominated for Anatomy of a Fall.
The 36th European Film Awards will return to Berlin, Germany on December 9, when the award ceremony is set to take place.
FULL LIST OF NOMINATION FOR 2023 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:
European Film
- ANATOMY OF A FALL (ANATOMIE D’UNE CHUTE)
Directed by Justine Triet
produced by Marie-Ange Luciani & David Thion
(France) - FALLEN LEAVES (KUOLLEET LEHDET)
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by Aki Kaurismäki, Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff & Reinhard Brundig
(Finland, Germany) - GREEN BORDER (ZIELONA GRANICA)
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Produced by Marcin Wierzchosławski, Fred Bernstein & Agnieszka Holland
(Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium) - ME CAPTAIN (IO CAPITANO)
Directed by Matteo Garrone
Produced by Matteo Garrone, Paolo Del Brocco, Ardavan Safaee & Joseph Rouschop
(Italy, Belgium) - THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Produced by James Wilson & Ewa Puszczyńska
(United Kingdom, Poland, USA)
European Documentary
- APOLONIA, APOLONIA
Directed by Lea Glob (Denmark, Poland) - FOUR DAUGHTERS (LES FILLES D’OLFA)
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania (France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia) - MOTHERLAND
Directed by Hanna Badziaka & Alexander Mihalkovich (Sweden, Ukraine, Norway) - ON THE ADAMANT (SUR L’ADAMANT)
Directed by Nicolas Philibert (France, Japan) - SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD (SAVVUSANNA SÕSARAD)
Directed by Anna Hints (Estonia, France, Iceland)
European Director
- Justine Triet for ANATOMY OF A FALL
- Aki Kaurismäki for FALLEN LEAVES
- Agnieszka Holland for GREEN BORDER
- Matteo Garrone for ME CAPTAIN
- Jonathan Glazer for THE ZONE OF INTEREST
European Actress
- Sandra Hüller in ANATOMY OF A FALL
- Eka Chavleishvili in BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY
- Alma Pöysti in FALLEN LEAVES
- Mia McKenna-Bruce in HOW TO HAVE S-X
- Leonie Benesch in THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE
- Sandra Hüller in THE ZONE OF INTEREST
European Actor
- Thomas Schubert in AFIRE
- Jussi Vatanen in FALLEN LEAVES
- Josh O’Connor in LA CHIMERA
- Mads Mikkelsen in THE PROMISED LAND
- Christian Friedel in THE ZONE OF INTEREST
European Screenwriter
- Justine Triet & Arthur Harari for ANATOMY OF A FALL
- Aki Kaurismäki for FALLEN LEAVES
- Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko & Agnieszka Holland for GREEN BORDER
- İlker Çatak & Johannes Duncker for THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE
- Jonathan Glazer for THE ZONE OF INTEREST
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
- 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (20.000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS) directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain)
- HOW TO HAVE S-X directed by Molly Manning Walker (United Kingdom, Greece)
- LA PALISIADA (ЛЯ ПАЛІСІАДА) directed by Philip Sotnychenko (Ukraine)
- SAFE PLACE (SIGURNO MJESTO) directed by Juraj Lerotić (Croatia, Slovenia)
- THE QUIET MIGRATION (STILLE LIV) directed by Malene Choi (Denmark)
- VINCENT MUST DIE (VINCENT DOIT MOURIR) directed by Stéphan Castang (France)
