‘The Substance’ And ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ Among First Wave Of 2024 European Film Award Hopefuls

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Cannes Competition titles The Substance, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, and Emilia Perez are among the first set of titles recommended for nominations at this year’s European Film Awards.

Overall, 29 titles have been selected for the first stage of nominations by the European Film Academy Board. The selection includes films from 26 countries. In the coming weeks, the 5,000 members of the European Film Academy will start to vote on the selected films. The winners will be announced at the European Film Awards ceremony in Lucerne, Switzerland, on December 7. 

To be eligible for a European Film Awards, films must be European feature films which, among other criteria, had their first official screening between 1 June 2023 and 31 May 2024 and have a European director. The rule book states that should a film director not be European, exceptions can be made if the filmmaker is “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.” 

Check out the full list of titles below:

ARCADIA (ΑΡΚΑΝΤΙΑ)

2024

Directed by: Yorgos Zois

Written by: Konstantina Kotzamani, Yorgos Zois

Produced by: Antigoni Rota, Maria Drandaki, Stelios Cotionis, Veselka Kiryakova

ARMAND

2024

Directed by: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

Written by: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

Produced by: Andrea Berentsen Ottmar

BIRD

2024

Directed by: Andrea Arnold

Written by: Andrea Arnold

Produced by: Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge

CROSSING

2024

Directed by: Levan Akin

Written by: Levan Akin

Produced by: Mathilde Dedye, Katja Adomeit, Anna Kharahadze, Nino Chichua, Ersan Çongar, Nadia Turincev, Omar El Kadi

DYING (STERBEN)

2024

Directed by: Matthias Glasner

Written by: Matthias Glasner

Produced by: Jan Krüger, Ulf Israel, Matthias Glasner

EMILIA PÉREZ

2024

Directed by: Jacques Audiard

Written by: Jacques Audiard

Produced by: Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann

GRAND TOUR

2024

Directed by: Miguel Gomes

Written by: Mariana Ricardo, Telmo Churro, Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes

Produced by: Filipa Reis

HESITATION WOUND (TEREDDÜT ÇİZGİSİ)

2023

Directed by: Selman Nacar

Written by: Selman Nacar

Produced by: Diloy Gülün, Burak Çevik, Selman Nacar

JULIE KEEPS QUIET (JULIE ZWIJGT)

2024

Directed by: Leonardo Van Dijl

Written by: Leonardo van Dijl, Ruth Becquart

Produced by: Gilles De Schryver, Gilles Coulier, Wouter Sap, Roxanne Sarkozi

KINDS OF KINDNESS

2024

Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos

Written by: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou

Produced by: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Kasia Malipan

KNEECAP

2024

Directed by: Rich Peppiatt

Written by: Rich Peppiatt, JJ Ó Dochartaigh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh

Produced by: Patrick O’Neill, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling

LIFE (HAYAT)

2023

Directed by: Zeki Demirkubuz

Written by: Zeki Demirkubuz

Produced by: Zeki Demirkubuz, Rossitsa Valkanova

MISERICORDIA (MISERICORDE)

2024

Directed by: Alain Guiraudie

Written by: Alain Guiraudie

Produced by: Charles Gillibert, Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Alves

SOULEYMANE’S STORY (L’HISTOIRE DE SOULEYMANE)

2024

Directed by: Boris Lojkine

Written by: Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut

Produced by: Bruno Nahon

THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO (LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO)

2024

Directed by: Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière

Written by: Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière

Produced by: Dimitri Rassam, Ardavan Safaee

THE DEVIL’S BATH (DES TEUFELS BAD)

2024

Directed by: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala

Written by: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala

Produced by: Ulrich Seidl, Bettina Brokemper

THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (PIGEN MED NÅLEN)

2024

Directed by: Magnus von Horn

Written by: Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek

Produced by: Malene Blenkov, Mariusz Włodarski

THE INVISIBLE FIGHT (NÄHTAMATU VÕITLUS)

2023

Directed by: Rainer Sarnet

Written by: Rainer Sarnet

Produced by: Katrin Kissa, Amanda Livanou, Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov, Aleksi Bardy

THE OTHER WAY AROUND (VOLVERÉIS)

2024

Directed by: Jonás Trueba

Written by: Jonás Trueba, Itsaso Arana, Vito Sanz

Produced by: Jonás Trueba, Javier Lafuente

THE RYE HORN (O CORNO)

2023

Directed by: Jaione Camborda

Written by: Jaione Camborda

Produced by: Jaione Camborda, Andrea Vázquez,María Zamora

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (DANAYE ANJIR-E MOABAD)

2024

Directed by: Mohammad Rasoulof

Written by: Mohammad Rasoulof

Produced by: Mohammad Rasoulof, Mani Tilgner, Jean-Christophe Simon, Rozita Hendijanian, Amin Sadraei

THE SHAMELESS

2024

Directed by: Konstantin Bojanov

Written by: Konstantin Bojanov

Produced by: Nicolas Wadimoff, Philippe Coeytaux, Séverine Pisani, Frédéric Corvez, Maéva Savinien, Rossitsa Valkanova, Vincent Wang, Mohaan Nadaar

THE SUBSTANCE

2024

Directed by: Coralie Fargeat

Written by: Coralie Fargeat

Produced by: Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner

THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE

2024

Directed by: Mo Harawe

Written by: Mo Harawe

Produced by: Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann, Jean-Christophe Reymond, Nicole Gerhards, Mo Harawe

THERE’S STILL TOMORROW (C’È ANCORA DOMANI)

2023

Directed by: Paola Cortellesi

Written by: Furio Andreotti, Giulia Calenda, Paola Cortellesi

Produced by: Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Gangarossa

THREE KILOMETRES TO THE END OF THE WORLD (TREI KILOMETRI PANA LA CAPATUL LUMII)

2024

Directed by: Emanuel Pârvu

Written by: Emanuel Pârvu, Miruna Berescu

Produced by: Miruna Berescu

UN AMOR

2023

Directed by: Isabel Coixet

Written by: Isabel Coixet, Laura Ferrero

Produced by: Marisa Fernández Armenteros, Sandra Hermida Múñiz

WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS (LJÓSBROT)

2024

Directed by: Rúnar Rúnarsson

Written by: Rúnar Rúnarsson

Produced by: Heather Millard, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Raymond van der Kaaij, Igor A Nola, Mike Downey, Xenia Maingot, Sarah Chazelle

WITHOUT AIR (ELFOGY A LEVEGŐ)

2023

Directed by: Katalin Moldovai

Written by: Zita Palóczi, Katalin Moldovai

Produced by: Béla Attila Kovács, András Muhi, Katalin Moldovai

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