Romania got nods for Toto and His Sisters by Alexander Nanau in the best documentary category and for Radu Jude & Florin Lazarescu in the screenwriting category for Aferim!, a coproduction with Bulgaria, Czech Republic and France.
Poland’s Małgorzata Szumowska received a nomination as best director for Body. The final CEE nomination went to Slovenia as coproducer on the documentary Dancing with Maria.
The complete list of nominations follows:
European Film
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Sweden, France, Germany, Norway)
Directed by Roy Andersson
Mustang (France, Germany, Turkey)
Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Rams (Iceland, Denmark)
Directed by Grímur Hákonarson
The Lobster (UK, Ireland, Greece, France, Netherlands)
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Victoria (Germany)
Directed by Sebastian Schipper
Youth (Italy, France, UK, Switzerland)
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
European Comedy
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Sweden, France, Germany, Norway)
Directed by Roy Andersson
The Belier Family (France)
Directed by Eric Lartigau
The Brand New Testament (Belgium, France, Luxembourg)
Directed by Jaco Van Dormael
European Documentary
A Syrian Love Story (UK)
Directed by Sean McAllister
Amy (UK)
Directed by Asif Kapadia
Dancing with Maria (Italy, Argentina, Slovenia)
Directed by Ivan Gergolet
Production: Transmedia, Imaginada Films and Staragara with support from the Slovenian Film Center
The Look of Silence (Denmark, Norway, Indonesia)
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Toto and His Sisters (Romania, Hungary)
Directed by Alexander Nanau
Production: HBO Europe in coproduction with Strada Film and Alexander Nanau Production,
European Director
Roy Andersson for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Yorgos Lanthimos for The Lobster
Nanni Moretti for My Mother
Sebastian Schipper for Victoria
Paolo Sorrentino for Youth
Małgorzata Szumowska for Body
Production: Nowhere, D35 Marcin Kryjom, Mazovia Film Fund and Kino Świat with support from the Polish Film Institute
European Actress
Margherita Buy in My Mother
Laia Costa in Victoria
Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years
Alicia Vikander in Ex Machina
Rachel Weisz in Youth
European Actor
Michael Caine in Youth
Tom Courtenay in 45 Years
Colin Farrell in The Lobster
Christian Friedel in 13 Minutes
Vincent Lindon in The Measure of a Man
European Screenwriter
Roy Andersson for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Alex Garland for Ex Machina
Andrew Haigh for 45 Year
Radu Jude & Florin Lazarescu for Aferim! (Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France)
Production: Hi Film, Klas Film, Endorfilm Mulberry Development, with the participation of Nu Boyana Film Studios, U-Films, Production XMG Media, Abis Studio, Division Camera, in association with EZ Films and HBO Romania, with the support of Eurimages, Romanian National Film Center, Bulgarian National Film Center and the Czech Film Fund.
Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou for The Lobster
Paolo Sorrentino for Youth