France in force at EFA 2005
Producers, actors and technicians from the French film industry appear in great numbers on the list nominees for the European Film Awards 2005 which will be handed out on December 3rd in Berlin. Revealed last night, on the list of candidates in line to win the European equivalent of the Oscars Hidden [+see also:
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film profile] by Michel Haneke stands out, produced by Les Films du Losange (read Focus) among seven nominations in the categories for Best film, director, writer, photography, editing, actress (Juliette Binoche, already a winner at EFA in 1997 for The English Patient and in 1992 with Les amants du Pont-Neuf) (Lovers of the Pont-Neuf) and actor (Daniel Auteuil, winner in 1993 for Un cœur en hiver) (A Heart in Winter).
Two actors from the young generation will also battle for the titles of Best Actor and Best Actress: Audrey Tautou for A Very Long Engagement by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Romain Duris for The Beat That My Heart Skipped [+see also:
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The future of the 7th art is represented by When The Tide Comes In by Yolande Moreau and Gilles Porte, in line for the European Film Academy Discovery of 2005, and the presence of two minority co-productions among the six features nominated for EFA Best film, demonstrating the importance of France at a European level. Arte France Cinéma co-produced Don’t Come Knocking [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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