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EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2016

Toni Erdmann tops European Film Awards nominations

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- Maren Ade's film vies for five awards, while Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake follows hot on its heels with four nominations

Toni Erdmann tops European Film Awards nominations
The nominations announcement, at the Seville European Film Festival (© Lorenzo Pascasio)

The European Film Academy (EFA) has announced the nominees for the European Film Awards in a ceremony held on Saturday at the 13th Seville European Film Festival. German filmmaker Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann [+see also:
film review
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interview: Paolo Sorrentino
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]
, one of this year’s big festival darlings, tops the list of candidates with no less than five nominations, including Best Film, Director and Screenplay, as well as two acting nominations for leads Sandra Hüller and Peter Simonischek.

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English veteran Ken Loach's Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake [+see also:
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Q&A: Yorgos Lanthimos
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]
follows closely behind it, with four nominations: Best Film, Director and Screenplay (by Paul Laverty), as well as Best Actor for Dave Johns. Two other films, also presented at Cannes this year, have received three nominations: Elle [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Roy Andersson
film profile
]
 by Dutch cult director Paul Verhoeven (Best Film, Director and Actress for Isabelle Huppert) and Julieta [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Pedro Almodóvar
film profile
]
by Spanish maestro Pedro Almodóvar (Best Film, Director and Actress for both Adriana Ugarte and Emma Suárez). Room [+see also:
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making of
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]
by Ireland’s Lenny Abrahamson (Best Film and Best Screenplay for Emma Donoghue) and Graduation [+see also:
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Q&A: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Cristian Mungiu
film profile
]
by Romania’s Cristian Mungiu (Best Director and Best Screenplay) have garnered two nominations.

This year's nominations included for the second time the Best Documentary category, which was usually announced beforehand, alongside the Best Animated Film category (read news). The Academy will also present the winners of the technical European Film Awards (in the categories of cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, composer and sound design), next week.

The awards ceremony will take place in Wroclaw on 10 December. Here is the complete list of nominees:

Best European Film
Elle [+see also:
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trailer
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]
– Paul Verhoeven (France/Germany/Belgium)
I, Daniel Blake [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
– Ken Loach (United Kingdom/France/Belgium)
Julieta [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Pedro Almodóvar
film profile
]
– Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)
Room [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
film profile
]
– Lenny Abrahamson (Ireland/Canada)
Toni Erdmann [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Maren Ade
film profile
]
– Maren Ade (Germany/Austria)

Best European Documentary
21 X New York [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
 – Piotr Stasik (Poland)
A Family Affair [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Tom Fassaert
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]
– Tom Fassaert (Netherlands/Belgium)
Fire at Sea [+see also:
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interview: Gianfranco Rosi
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]
– Gianfranco Rosi (Italy/France)
Mr. Gaga [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
– Tomer Heymann (Israel/Sweden/Germany/Netherlands)
S Is for Stanley. 30 Years at the Wheel for Stanley Kubrick [+see also:
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]
– Alex Infascelli (Italy)
The Land of the Enlightened [+see also:
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– Pieter-Jan De Pue (Belgium/Ireland/Netherlands/Germany)

Best European Director
Maren Ade – Toni Erdmann
Pedro Almodóvar – Julieta
Ken Loach – I, Daniel Blake
Cristian Mungiu – Graduation [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Cristian Mungiu
film profile
]
(Romania/France/Belgium)
Paul Verhoeven – Elle

Best European Actress
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – Like Crazy [+see also:
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Q&A: Paolo Virzì
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]
(Italy/France)
Trine Dyrholm – The Commune [+see also:
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interview: Thomas Vinterberg
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]
(Denmark/Sweden/Netherlands)
Sandra Hüller – Toni Erdmann
Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Emma Suárez & Adriana Ugarte – Julieta

Best European Actor
Javier Cámara – Truman [+see also:
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making of
interview: Cesc Gay
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]
(Spain/Argentina)
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins [+see also:
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making of
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]
(United Kingdom/France)
Dave Johns – I, Daniel Blake
Burghart Klaußner - The People vs. Fritz Bauer [+see also:
trailer
interview: Lars Kraume
film profile
]
(Germany)
Rolf Lassgård – A Man Called Ove [+see also:
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]
(Sweden)
Peter Simonischek – Toni Erdmann

Best European Screenplay
Maren Ade – Toni Erdmann
Emma Donoghue – Room
Paul Laverty – I, Daniel Blake
Cristian Mungiu – Graduation
Tomasz Wasilewski – United States of Love [+see also:
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interview: Tomasz Wasilewski
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]
(Poland/Sweden)

Categories already announced:

Best European Comedy (read news)
A Man Called Ove – Hannes Holm
Look Who’s Back [+see also:
trailer
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]
– David Wnendt (Germany)
One Man and His Cow [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
– Mohamed Hamidi (France/Morocco)

Best European Animated Feature (read news)
My Life as a Courgette [+see also:
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interview: Claude Barras
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]
– Claude Barras (Switzerland/France)
Psiconautas [+see also:
trailer
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]
– Alberto Vázquez, Pedro Rivero (Spain)
The Red Turtle [+see also:
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]
– Michael Dudok de Wit (France/Belgium/Japan)

European Discovery Award (read news)
Dogs [+see also:
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interview: Bogdan Mirica
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]
– Bodgan Mirica (Romania/France/Bulgaria/Qatar)
Sand Storm [+see also:
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trailer
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]
– Elite Zexer (Israel/France)
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Juho Kuosmanen
film profile
]
– Juho Kuosmanen (Finland/Sweden/Germany)
Thirst [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Svetla Tsotsorkova
film profile
]
– Svetla Tsotsorkova (Bulgaria)
Liebmann [+see also:
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]
 – Jules Herrmann (Germany)

European University Film Award (read news)
Fire at Sea – Gianfranco Rosi
Graduation – Cristian Mungiu
I, Daniel Blake – Ken Loach
Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki – Juho Kuosmanen

People’s Choice Award (read news)
A Man Called Ove - Hannes Holm
A War [+see also:
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interview: Tobias Lindholm
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]
- Tobias Lindholm (Denmark)
Aferim! [+see also:
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interview: Radu Jude
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]
 - Radu Jude (Romania/Bulgaria/Czech Republic)
Body [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Malgorzata Szumowska
interview: Malgorzata Szumowska
film profile
]
- Malgorzata Szumowska (Poland)
Fire at Sea - Gianfranco Rosi
Julieta - Pedro Almodóvar
Mustang [+see also:
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interview: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
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]
- Deniz Gamze Erguven (France/Germany/Turkey/Qatar)
Spectre [+see also:
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making of
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]
- Sam Mendes (UK)
The Brand New Testament [+see also:
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interview: Jaco van Dormael
film profile
]
- Jaco Van Dormael (Belgium/France/Luxembourg)
The Danish Girl [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Paco Delgado
film profile
]
- Tom Hooper (UK)
The High Sun [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Dalibor Matanic
interview: Tihana Lazovic
film profile
]
- Dalibor Matanic (Croatia/Slovenia/Serbia)
The Lobster [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Yorgos Lanthimos
film profile
]
- Yorgos Lanthimos (UK/Ireland/Greece/France/Netherlands)

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