15/09/2003 - The EFA members have selected 43 feature length films. At the start of November the final nominations will be announced for the 16 categories. Then the award ceremony itself will be in Berlin on December 6

There are 43 European films in the running for the 2003 European Film Awards. It’s now up to the 1,600 members of the European Film Academy to use this shortlist to choose the precise nominations for each of the 16 categories of the “European Oscars”. These candidates will be published at the start of November, with the final awards being announced at the ceremony being held in Berlin on December 6, 2003.
Here is the list of the magnificent 43:

EFA 2003 – THE SELECTION

28 Days Later, Danny Boyle (UK)
Bon Voyage [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Jean-Paul Rappeneau (FR)
Calendar Girls, Nigel Cole (UK/US)
The Miracle of Bern, Sönke Wortmann (DE)
The Green Butchers [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Anders Thomas Jensen (DK)
Twin Sisters, Ben Sombogaart (NL)
Dirty Pretty Things [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Stephen Frears (UK)
Dogville [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Lars von Trier (DK/NL/SE/FR/UK/DE)
Eddie, Piotr Trzaskalski (PL)
Good Bye, Lenin! [+see also:
trailer
interview: Wolfgang Becker
film profile], Wolfgang Becker (DE)
A Different Way, Christina Olofson (SE)
A Heart Elsewhere, Pupi Avati (IT)
It’s Easier for a Camel [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi (FR)
In This World, Michael Winterbottom (UK)
I’m Not Scared [+see also:
trailer
interview: Gabriele Salvatores
film profile], Gabriele Salvatores (IT)
Koktebel, Boris Khlebnikov & Alexei Popogrebsky (RU)
The Man on the Train [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Patrice Leconte (FR/UK)
Facing Window [+see also:
trailer
interview: Ferzan Ozpetek
film profile], Ferzan Ozpetek (IT/PT/TR/UK)
The End of a Mystery, Miguel Hermoso (ES/IT)
The Best of Youth [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Marco Tullio Giordana (IT)
Distant Lights, Hans-Christian Schmid (DE)
Mondays in the Sun [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Fernando León de Aranoa (ES/IT/FR)
The Lover, Valerij Todorovskij (RU)
Maria, Calin-Peter Netzer (RO)
My Last Film, Oliver Hirschbiegel (DE)
My Life Without Me [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Isabel Coixet (ES/CA)
Niki et Flo, Lucian Pintilie (FR/RO)
Nói Albinói, Dagur Kari (IE/DE/UK/DK)
Father and Son, Alexandr Sokurov (RU)
The Soul Keeper [+see also:
interview: Roberto Faenza
film profile], Roberto Faenza, (IT/FR/UK)
Spare Parts, Damjan Kozole (SI)
Remember Me [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Gabriele Muccino (IT/FR/UK)
Rosenstrasse [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Margarethe von Trotta (DE/NL)
Kitchen Stories, Bent Hamer (NO)
Loving Glances, Srdjan Karanovic (YU/Montenegro)
Soldiers of Salamina, David Trueba (ES)
Solino, Fatih Akin (DE)
His Brother, Patrice Chéreau (FR)
Swimming Pool [+see also:
trailer
film profile], François Ozon (FR/UK)
The Mother, Roger Michell (UK)
Distant, Nuri Bilge Ceylan (TR)
Sea of Silence, Stijn Coninx (NL/BE/DE/DK)
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Lone Scherfig (DK/UK)