The first part of the Feature Film Selection has 40 titles and the Documentary Film Selection has 15 titles. More films than ever have been selected in 2021, according to the European Film Academy (EFA).
More feature films will be announced in September 2021.
The over 4,000 members of the EFA will vote for the nominations in the feature film categories European Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenwriter as well as for the European Documentary.
Based on the votes of all members, the nominations will be made public on 9 November 2021 during the Seville European Film Festival in Spain. An eight-member jury will decide on the award recipients in the categories European Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, Make-up & Hair, Original Score, Sound and Visual Effects.
Films from FNE Partner Countries in the Feature Film Selection – Part 1:
Apples (Greece, Poland, Slovenia)
Directed by Christos Nikou
Produced by Boo Productions (GR)
Coproduced by Lava Films (PL), Perfo Production (SI)
Supported by the Greek Film Center, ERT, the Polish Film Institute , MEDIA – Creative Europe
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn / Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc (Romania, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia)
Directed by Radu Jude
Produced by microFILM (RO)
Coproduced by Paul Thiltges Distributions (LU), endorfilm (CZ) and Kinorama (HR)
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), Cinéworld - Film Fund Luxembourg, the Czech Film Fund and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC)
Beginning (Georgia, France)
Directed by Déa Kulumbegashvili
Produced by First Picture (GE)
Coproduced by Zagid Films(FR), O.F.A (GE)
Supported by the Georgian National Film Centre, JSFL, Netherlands Film Fonds and Hubert Bals Fund
Brother's Keeper / Okul Tıraşı (Turkey, Romania)
Directed by Ferit Karahan
Produced by Asteros Film (TR)
Coproduced by Flama Booking (RO)
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre
Conference (Russia, Estonia, Italy, UK)
Directed by Ivan Tverdovskiy
Produced by Vega Film (RU), Ark Pictures (RU), Nafta Films (EE)
Coproduced by Reason8 Films (UK), Revolver Films production (IT)
Supported by the Estonian Film Institute , the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Eurimages
Forest - I See You Everywhere / Rengeteg - mindenhol látlak (Hungary)
Directed by Bence Fliegauf
Produced by Inforg-M&M Film
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary
The Hive (Kosovo, Switzerland, Albania, North Macedonia)
Directed by Blerta Basholli
Produced by Industria Film (Kosovo), Iköne Studio (Kosovo), Alva Film (Switzerland), Alb Sky Film Production, Black Cat Production (North Macedonia)
Supported by the Kosovan Cinematographic Center (KCC), the Switzerland Federal Office for Culture FOC and Cineforom, the North Macedonia Film Agency, the Albanian National Center of Cinematography
Luzzu (Malta)
Directed by Alex Camilleri
Produced by Noruz Films, Luzzu Ltd, Pellikola, Maborosi Films
Supported by the Malta Film Fund and the financial incentives provided by the Malta Film Commission and the Government of Malta
Natural Light / Természetes fény (Hungary, Belgium, Latvia, France, Germany)
Directed by Dénes Nagy
Produced by Campfilm (HU)
Coproduced by Novak Prod (BE), Mistrus Media (LV), Lilith Films (FR), Propeller Film (DE), Proton Cinema (HU)
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary, the National Film Centre of Latvia, Eurimages, Aides aux Cinémas du Monde, Creative Europe MEDIA, Torino Film Lab
Never Gonna Snow Again (Poland, Germany)
Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert
Produced by Lava Films (PL)
Coproduced by Kino Świat, Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, DI Factory (PL), Bayerischer Rundfunk (DE), in cooperation with Arte
Supported by the Polish Film Institute, Film und Medien Stiftung NRW, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH, Polish-German Film Fund, Cinecopro Award, Amsterdam Post Lab
Nowhere Special (Italy, UK, Romania)
Directed by: Uberto Pasolini
Produced by: Picomedia SRL (IT), Nowhere Special Ltd (UK), Digital Cube (RO), in association with RAI Cinema
Supported by Northern Ireland Screen, the Romanian Film Centre, Eurimages
Oasis (Serbia, Slovenia, the Netherlands, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Ivan Ikić
Produced by SENSE Production (RS)
Coproduced by Tramal Films (SI), Kepler Film (HL), Les Films d’Antoine (FR), SCCA / Pro.ba (BiH)
Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Slovenian Film Center, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Sarajevo Cinema Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA and Eurimages
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (Hungary)
Directed by Lili Horvat
Produced by Poste Restante
Supported by the Hungarian National Film Institute
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Norway)
Directed by Jasmila Žbanić
Produced by Deblokada (BA)
Coproduced by coop99 filmproduktion (AT), Digital Cube (RO), N279 (HOL), Razor Film (DE), Extreme Emotions (PL), Indie Prod, Torden Film (NO), TRT, ZDF arte , ORF (Film/Television-Agreement), BHRT (BA)
Supported by Eurimages, Vlada FBiH – Ministarstvo obrazovanja, the Romanian Film Centre, Fondacija za kinematografiju Sarajevo, the Austrian Film Institute, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Netherlands Film Incentive, the Polish Film Institute, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, ACM, CNC, IF, Filmfonds Wien, Sørfond, Creative Europe, Ministarstvo kulture i sporta Kantona Sarajevo, the Foundation Open Society Institute
The Whaler Boy (Russia, Poland, Belgium)
Directed by Philipp Yuryev
Produced by Rock Films
Coproduced by Orka Film, Man’s Film Productions
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? / Ras vkhedavt, rodesac cas vukurebt? (Germany, Georgia)
Directed by Alexandre Koberidze
Produced by DFFB (DE)
Coproduced by Sakdoc (GE)
Supported by MBB and RBB, the Georgian National Film Center
Films from FNE Partner Countries in the Documentary Film Selection:
A New Shift / Noová Šichta (Czech Republic)
Directed by Jindrich Andrš
Gorbachev. Heaven / Gorbačovs. Paradize (Latvia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Vitaly Manskiy
Taming the Garden (Switzerland, Germany, Georgia)
Directed by Salomé Jashi
This Rain Will Never Stop (Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, Qatar)
Directed by Alina Gorlova
Click HERE to see the first part of the Feature Film Selection
Click HERE to see the Documentary Selection
