The European Movie Academy has fired the beginning gun within the race for the European Movie Awards. It has really useful 19 movies to its members who will then choose the nominees from this checklist, in addition to some extra titles that will likely be introduced subsequent month.

Among the many chosen movies are Cannes Movie Competition’s Palme d’Or winner “Anatomy of a Fall,” and the winner of its Jury Prize, “Fallen Leaves,” together with fellow Palme d’Or contenders “Kidnapped,” “Firebrand,” “La Chimera” and “The Outdated Oak.”

Different titles embody “How you can Have Intercourse,” which gained the Un Sure Regard Award in Cannes, “The Animal Kingdom,” which additionally performed in Un Sure Regard, Cannes Administrators’ Fortnight titles “Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry” and “The Goldman Case,” and “Shut Your Eyes,” which performed within the Cannes Premiere part.

Additionally chosen are “Afire,” which gained the Grand Jury Prize on the Berlinale, “20,000 Species of Bees,” which gained the main efficiency award on the pageant for Sofía Otero, and “Femme” and “The Lecturers’ Lounge,” which each had their world premieres in Berlinale’s Panorama part, with the latter successful the Label Europa Cinemas prize.

The remaining movies are “Gradual,” Directing Award winner in Sundance’s World Cinema – Dramatic part, “Protected Place,” winner of the perfect actor and first characteristic prizes at Locarno, “The Happiest Man within the World,” which performed in Venice’s Horizons part, and “Behind the Haystacks,” which gained six awards on the Thessaloniki Movie Competition.

The choice is step one within the three-stage awards process. Within the coming weeks, the 4,600 members of the academy will watch and vote for the chosen movies to determine the nominees. Subsequent, the nominations within the Movie, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenwriter characteristic movie classes, in addition to within the Documentary class, will likely be made public on Nov. 7, 2023. Lastly, the winners will likely be introduced on the awards ceremony on Dec. 9 in Berlin.

The chosen movies can even be thought-about for the Excellence Awards within the following classes: Cinematography, Enhancing, Manufacturing Design, Costume Design, Make-up & Hair, Authentic Rating, Sound and Visible Results, which will likely be decided by an eight-member jury consisting of representatives of the totally different arts and crafts. There will likely be no nominations in these classes.

To be eligible for the awards, movies will need to have had their first official screening between June 1, 2022, and Might 31, 2023, and have a European director, with a couple of exceptions, for instance refugees dwelling in Europe.

FEATURE FILM SELECTION
“20,000 Species of Bees” (Spain, Argentina)
Directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Written by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren

“Afire” (Germany)
Directed by Christian Petzold
Written by Christian Petzold

“Anatomy of a Fall” (France)
Directed by Justine Triet
Written by Justine Triet, Arthur Harari

“The Animal Kingdom” (France)
Directed by Thomas Cailley
Written by Thomas Cailley, Pauline Munier

“Behind the Haystacks” (Greece, Germany)
Directed by Asimina Proedrou
Written by Asimina Proedrou

“Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry” (Switzerland, Georgia)
Directed by Elene Naveriani
Written by Elene Naveriani, Nikoloz Mdivani, Tamta Mekashvili

“La Chimera” (Italy, France, Switzerland)
Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Written by Alice Rohrwacher

“Shut Your Eyes” (Spain, Argentina)
Directed by Víctor Erice
Written by Víctor Erice, Michel Gaztambide

“Fallen Leaves” (Finland, Germany)
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Written by Aki Kaurismäki

“Femme” (U.Okay.)
Directed by Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping
Written by Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping

“Firebrand” (U.Okay.)
Directed by Karim Aïnouz
Written by Henrietta Ashworth, Jessica Ashworth, Rosanne Flynn

“The Goldman Case” (France)
Directed by Cedric Kahn
Written by Cedric Kahn, Nathalie Hertzberg

“The Happiest Man within the World”
(North Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, Denmark)
Directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska
Written by Elma Tataragic, Teona Strugar Mitevska

“How you can Have Intercourse” (U.Okay., Greece)
Directed by Molly Manning Walker
Written by Molly Manning Walker

“Kidnapped” (Italy, France, Germany)
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Written by Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli

“The Outdated Oak” (U.Okay., France, Belgium)
Directed by Ken Loach
Written by Paul Laverty

“Protected Place” (Croatia, Slovenia)
Directed by Juraj Lerotic
Written by Juraj Lerotic

“Gradual” (Lithuania, Spain)
Directed by Marija Kavtaradze
Written by Marija Kavtaradze

“The Lecturers’ Lounge” (Germany)
Directed by Ilker Çatak
Written by Johannes Duncker