Φέτος έχει γίνει μια αλλαγή στον τομέα «Καλύτερη Ταινία», όπου υιοθέτησαν κι οι Ευρωπαίοι τον κανόνα της Αμερικάνικης Ακαδημίας των OSCAR και στην «καλύτερη ταινία» συμπεριλαμβάνονται και τα ντοκυμαντέρ και τα φιλμ κινουμένου σχεδίου, χωρίς να καταργούνται οι δικές τους κατηγορίες Ετσι, θα δείτε, κάποια φιλμ να φιγουράρουν και στις δύο κατηγορίες όπως λχ η «ΔΑΧΟΜΕΗ». Εχει αλλάξει γενικώς η αντίληψη περί «καλύτερης ταινίας» ως κατηγορία ευρύτερου φασματος, αυτό που ξεκίνησε η αμερικάνικη εδώ και κάποια αρκετά χρόνια.

Το ότι δεν συμπεριελήφθη η ταινία του Γερμανού σκηνοθέτη Εντβαρντ Μπέργκερ «Κονκλάβιο», διεθνούς παραγωγής κι αγγλόφωνη, παρα μόνο στην κατηγορία της ανδρικής ερμηνείας για τον ΡΕΙΦ ΦΑΪΝΣ, ας μη θεωρηθεί και τόσο καθοριστικό. Υπενθυμίζω ότι η ταινία ου ίδιου σκηνοθέτη που εκπροσωπούσε μάλιστα και τη χωρα του επίσημα, το «Ουδεν νεωτερον από το δυτικόν μέτωπον» που σάρωσε στα Oscar και σε πολλές εκδηλώσεις ακαδημιών αλλά και κριτικών ενώσεων, είχε μείνει εντελώς εκτός, από την Ευρωπαϊκή Ακαδημία.

Εκτός νυμφώνος έμεινε κι η ταινία του Γιώργου Λάνθιμου "Ιστορίες Καλοσύνης"

Η απονομή θα γίνει στις 7 Δεκεμβρίου στη Λουκέρνη, στην Ελβετία

Ακολουθούν οι υποψηφιότητες

European Film

BYE BYE TIBERIAS (BYE BYE TIBERIADE) (France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar) – documentary film, directed by Lina Soualem, produced by Jean-Marie Nizan, Guillaume Malandrin & Ossama Bawardi

DAHOMEY (France, Senegal) – documentary film, directed by Mati Diop, produced by Eve Robin, Judith Lou-Lévy & Mati Diop

EMILIA PÉREZ (France) – feature film, directed by Jacques Audiard, produced by Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann & Anthony Vaccarello

FLOW (STRAUME) (Latvia, France, Belgium) – animated feature film, directed by Gints Zilbalodis, produced by Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens & Gregory Zalcman

IN LIMBO (W ZAWIESZENIU) (Poland) – documentary film, directed by Alina Maksimenko, produced by Filip Marczewski

LIVING LARGE (ŽIVOT K SEŽRÁNÍ) (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia) – animated feature film, directed by Kristina Dufková, produced by Matej Chlupacek, Agata Novinski & Marc Faye

NO OTHER LAND (Palestine, Norway) – documentary film, directed by Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal, produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor & Hamdan Ballal

SAVAGES (SAUVAGES) (Switzerland, France, Belgium) – animated feature film, directed by Claude Barras, produced by Nicolas Burlet, Laurence Petit, Barbara Letellier, Carole Scotta, Vincent Tavier, Hugo Deghilage, Annemie Degryse & Olivier Glassey

SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT (France, Belgium, Netherlands) – documentary film, directed by Johan Grimonprez, produced by Daan Milius & Rémi Grellety

SULTANA’S DREAM (EL SUEÑO DE LA SULTANA) (Spain, Germany, India) – animated feature film, directed by Isabel Herguera, produced by Chelo Loureiro, Diego Herguera, Fabian Driehorst, Mariano Baratech & Iván Miñambres

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Spain) – feature film, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, produced by Agustín Almodóvar & Esther García

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (DANAYE ANJIR-E MOABAD) (Germany, France) – feature film, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, produced by Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner & Rozita Hendijanian

THE SUBSTANCE (UK, United States, France) – feature film, directed by Coralie Fargeat, produced by Coralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner

THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER (Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru) – animated feature film, directed by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, produced by Cristina Huete, Serge Lalou, Sophie Cabon, Bruno Felix, Janneke van de Kerkhoff, Femke Wolting & Humberto Santana

VERMIGLIO (Italy, France, Belgium) – feature film, directed by Maura Delpero, produced by Francesca Andreoli, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, Santiago Fondevila Sancet & Maura Delpero

European Documentary

BYE BYE TIBERIAS (BYE BYE TIBERIADE) (France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar), directed by Lina Soualem, produced by Jean-Marie Nizan, Guillaume Malandrin & Ossama Bawardi

DAHOMEY (France, Senegal), directed by Mati Diop, produced by Eve Robin, Judith Lou-Lévy & Mati Diop

IN LIMBO (W ZAWIESZENIU) (Poland), directed by Alina Maksimenko, produced by Filip Marczewski

NO OTHER LAND (Palestine, Norway), directed by Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal, produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor & Hamdan Ballal

SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT (France, Belgium, Netherlands), directed by Johan Grimonprez, produced by Daan Milius & Rémi Grellety

European Director

Andrea Arnold for BIRD

Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PÉREZ

Pedro Almodóvar for THE ROOM NEXT DOOR

Mohammad Rasoulof for THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

Maura Delpero for VERMIGLIO

European Actress

Renate Reinsve in ARMAND

Karla Sofía Gascón in EMILIA PÉREZ

Trine Dyrholm in THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE

Vic Carmen Sonne in THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE

Tilda Swinton in THE ROOM NEXT DOOR

European Actor

Franz Rogowski in BIRD

Ralph Fiennes in CONCLAVE

Lars Eidinger in DYING

Daniel Craig in QUEER

Abou Sangare in SOULEYMANE’S STORY

European Screenwriter

Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PÉREZ

Magnus von Horn & Line Langebek for THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE

Pedro Almodóvar for THE ROOM NEXT DOOR

Mohammad Rasoulof for THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

Coralie Fargeat for THE SUBSTANCE

European Discovery — Prix FIPRESCI

ARMAND (Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden), directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, produced by Andrea Berentsen Ottmar

HOARD (UK), directed by Luna Carmoon, produced by Loran Dunn, Helen Simmons & Andrew Starke

KNEECAP (Ireland, UK), directed by Rich Peppiatt, produced by Patrick O’Neill, Trevor Birney & Jack Tarling

SANTOSH (UK, France, Germany), directed by Sandhya Suri, produced by Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Roman Paul, Gerhard Meixner, Carole Scotta & Eliott Khayat

THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME (ANUL NOU CARE N-A FOST) (Romania, Serbia), directed and produced by Bogdan Mureșanu

TOXIC (AKIPLĖŠA) (Lithuania) directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė, produced by Giedre Burokaite

European Young Audience Award

LARS IS LOL (Norway, Denmark), directed by Eirik Sæter Stordahl, produced by Caroline Hitland & Matilda Appelin

THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN (Norway), directed by Benjamin Ree, produced by Ingvil Giske

WINNERS (Germany), directed by Soleen Yusef, produced by Sonja Schmitt, Marc Schmidheiny & Christoph Daniel