13-10-2014

Five Debut Films Nominated for European Discovery 2014

    The European Film Academy congratulates the nominees for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2014 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film.

    This year’s nominations were determined by a committee comprised of EFA Board Members Ilann Girard (France) and Dagmar Jacobsen (Germany), EFA Members Paul Negoescu (Romania) and José Luis Cienfuegos (Spain), as well as Krzysztof Kwiatkowski (Poland), Marco Spagnoli (Italy) and Neil Young (UK) as representatives of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.

    Nominated are:

    10,000 KM
    Spain
    DIRECTED BY: Carlos Marques-Marcet
    WRITTEN BY: Carlos Marques-Marcet & Clara Roquet
    PRODUCED BY: Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno, Jana Díaz Juhl, Danielle Schleif & Pau Brunet

    71
    UK
    DIRECTED BY: Yann Demange
    WRITTEN BY: Gregory Burke
    PRODUCED BY: Angus Lamont

    PARTY GIRL
    France
    WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis
    PRODUCED BY: Marie Masmonteil & Denis Carot

    THE TRIBE
    PLEMYA
    Ukraine
    WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
    PRODUCED BY: Valentyn Vasyanovych & Iya Myslytska

    WOUNDED
    LA HERIDA
    Spain
    DIRECTED BY: Fernando Franco
    WRITTEN BY: Fernando Franco & Enric Rufas
    PRODUCED BY: Koldo Zuazua

    The nominated films will soon be submitted to the more than 3,000 EFA Members to elect the winner. The European Discovery 2014 – Prix FIPRESCI will then be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony in Riga on Saturday, 13 December - streamed live on www.europeanfilmawards.eu .
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    The European Film Awards 2014 are presented by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, the Riga City Council, Foundation Riga 2014, Creative Europe MEDIA Sub-Programme, FFA German Federal Film Board, German State Lottery Berlin, German State Minister for Culture and the Media, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg in co-operation with LTV and ZDF/ARTE.

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    EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY e.V.
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