30/08/2022 - A committee consisting of a diverse range of European experts has chosen 13 films to vie for this year's awards

The European Film Academy has revealed the titles of this year’s feature-length documentary films that have been recommended for a nomination for the 2022 European Film Awards. A committee consisting of a diverse range of invited European experts has chosen 13 films to be part of the Academy's 2022 Documentary Film Selection. The European Film Awards, honouring the greatest achievements in European cinema, will be presented on 10 December in Reykjavík. With 15 European countries represented – both EU and non-EU – the selection once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.

As a reminder, eligible for the European Film Awards are European documentaries which, among other criteria, had their first official screening between 1 June 2021 and 31 May 2022 and have a European director (exceptions can be made by the Board should a film director not be European “provided they have a European refugee or similar status or have lived in Europe and worked in the European film industry for at least five consecutive years").

In the coming weeks, the 4,400 members of the European Film Academy will start to watch the selected films and after the final announcement of all films vote on the nominations in the category European Documentary. Based on the votes of all members, the nominations will be made public on 8 November, during the Seville European Film Festival. The Academy members will then vote for the winners who will be announced at the European Film Awards ceremony. The selection – which joins the already-announced first part of the Feature Film Selection (read news) – takes into account the Diversity & Inclusion Standards of the European Film Academy (read here).

The selection:

A House Made Of Splinters [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Simon Lereng Wilmont (Denmark/Sweden/Finland/Ukraine)
A Thousand Fires [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Saeed Taji Farouky (France/Switzerland/Netherlands/Palestine)
Angels Of Sinjar [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Hanna Polak (Poland/Germany)
Girl Gang [+see also:
film review
interview: Susanne Regina Meures
film profile] - Susanne Regina Meures (Switzerland)
How To Save A Dead Friend [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Marusya Syroechkovskaya (Sweden/Norway/France/Germany)
Karaoke Paradise [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Einari Paakkanen
film profile] - Einari Paakkanen (Finland)
Mariupolis 2 [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Mantas Kvedaravicius (Lithuania/France/Germany)
Mr Landsbergis [+see also:
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film profile] - Sergei Loznitsa (Lithuania/Netherlands)
Nelly & Nadine [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Magnus Gertten
film profile] - Magnus Gertten (Sweden/Belgium/Norway)
Republic of Silence [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Diana El Jeiroudi (Germany/France/Syria/Qatar/Italy)
The Balcony Movie [+see also:
film review
interview: Paweł Łoziński
film profile] - Pawel Lozinski (Poland)
The Eclipse [+see also:
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interview: Nataša Urban
film profile] - Nataša Urban (Norway)
Three Minutes – A Lengthening [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Bianca Stigter
film profile] - Bianca Stigter (Netherlands/UK)