European Film Academy unveils 45 selected films

12/09/2011 - The European Film Academy and EFA Productions have announced the titles of the 45 films on this year’s selection list, which are those recommended for a European Film Awards 2011 nomination.

In the coming weeks, the 2,500 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the nominations in the different award categories, which will then be announced on 5 November at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain.

The 24th European Film Awards will take place in Berlin on 3 December.

The 45 selected films are:

Almanya - Welcome to Germany) [trailer]
Directed by Yasemin Samdereli
Produced by Andreas Richter, Ursula Woerner and Annie Brunner

America [trailer]
Directed by João Nuno Pinto
Produced by Pandora Da Cunha Telles, António Da Cunha Telles, Pedro Uriol, Giya Lordkipanidze, Aleksandr Shein, Sara Silveira, João Nuno Pinto and Miguel Varela

The Artist [trailer]
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Produced by Thomas Langmann and Emmanuel Montamat

As If I Am Not There [trailer]
Directed by Juanita Wilson
Produced by James Flynn

Attenberg [trailer, film focus]
In competition for the LUX Prize of the European Parliament 2011
Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari
Produced by Maria Hatzakou, Yorgos Lanthimos, Iraklis Mavroidis, Athina Rachel Tsangari and Angelos Venetis

Ave [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Konstantin Bojanov
Produced by Konstantin Bojanov and Arnold Barkus

Balada Triste de Trompeta [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Alex de la Iglesia
Produced by Mariela Besuievsky and Gerardo Herrero

White White World [trailer]
Directed by Oleg Novkovic
Produced by Milena Trobozic Garfield and Uliks Fehmiu

Circus Columbia [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Danis Tanović
Produced by Cedomir Kolar, Amra Baksic Camo, Marc Bachet and Mirsad Purivatra

Circus Fantasticus
Directed by Janez Burger
Produced by Jožko Rutar

Three [trailer]
Directed by Tom Tykwer
Produced by Stefan Arndt

Volcano [trailer]
Directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson
Produced by Thor Sigurjonsson, Skuli Malmquist and Egil Dennerline

Elena
Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Produced by Alexander Rodnyansky and Sergey Melkumov

Essential Killing [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Produced by Alexander Rodnyansky and Sergey Melkumov

Le gamin au vélo [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Produced by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd and Andrea Occhipinti

Habemus Papam [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Nanni Moretti
Produced by Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci

In a Better World [trailer]
Directed by Susanne Bier
Produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen

Stopped On Track [trailer]
Directed by Andreas Dresen
Produced by Peter Rommel

Infiltration [trailer]
Directed by Dover Kosashvili
Produced by Marek Rozenbaum, Itai Tamir, Michael Rozenbaum, Sophie Dulac and Michel Zana

The King's Speech [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Tom Hooper
Produced by Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

Le Havre [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by Aki Kaurismäki and Karl Baumgartner

Lidice
Directed by Petr Nikolaev
Produced by Adam Dvořák and Tomas Vican

Loverboy [trailer]
Directed by Cătălin Mitulescu
Produced by Daniel Mitulescu, Cătălin Mitulescu and Marcian Lazăr

Mothers [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Milcho Manchevski
Produced by Christina Kallas

Melancholia [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Lars von Trier
Produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth

Neds [trailer] Directed by Peter Mullan
Produced by Alain de la Mata, Marc Missonnier and Olivier Delbosc

Noi credevamo [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Mario Martone
Produced by Conchita Airoldi et Carlo degli Esposti

Oslo, 31. August [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Joachim Trier
Produced by Hans-Jørgen Osnes and Yngve Saether

Silent Souls
Directed by Alexey Fedorchenco
Produced by Igor Mishin

Black Bread [trailer]
Directed by Agustí Villaronga
Produced by Isona Passola

The Little Room [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond
Produced by Ruth Waldburger

Les petits mouchoirs [trailer]
Directed by Guillaume Canet
Produced by Alain Attal

La piel que habito [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by Agustín Almodóvar & Esther García

Play [trailer, film focus]
In competition for the LUX Prize of the European Parliament 2011
Directed by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober

Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) [trailer]
Directed by Jan Švankmajer
Produced by Jaromír Kallista

Bullhead [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Michaël R. Roskam
Produced by Bart Van Langendonck

Suicide Room
Directed by Jan Komasa
Produced by Jerzy Kapuściński

Beyond [trailer]
Directed by Pernilla August
Produced by Helena Danielsson and Ralf Karlsson

Even the Rain [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Icíar Bollaín
Produced by Juan Gordon

Tilva Ros [trailer]
Directed by Nikola Ležaić
Produced by Uroš Tomić, Mina Đukić and Nikola Ležaić

Tirza [trailer]
Directed by Rudolf van den Berg
Produced by San Fu Maltha

Tomboy [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Céline Sciamma
Produced by Bénédicte Couvreur

The Turin Horse [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Béla Tarr
Produced by Gábor Téni, Marie-Pierre Macia, Juliette Lepoutre, Ruth Waldburger and Martin Hagemann

The Unintentional Kidnapping of Elfriede Ott
Directed by Andreas Prochaska
Produced by Danny Krausz and Kurt Stocker

We Need to Talk about Kevin [trailer, film focus]
Directed by Lynne Ramsay
Produced by Lynne Ramsay and Rory Stewart Kinnear