The European Film Academy and EFA Productions have announced the titles of the 49 films on this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2018. Ireland is represented by Frank Berry’s acclaimed prison drama Michael Inside.
Written and directed by Frank Berry, Michael Inside stars Dafhyd Flynn, Moe Dunford and Lalor Roddy and tells the story of Michael McCrea, an impressionable 18-year-old living with his grandfather Francis in a Dublin housing estate, who gets caught holding a bag of drugs for his friend’s older brother and is sentenced to three months in prison.
Produced by Donna Eperon, Tristan Orpen Lynch and Aoife O’Sullivan for Subotica and Write Direction Films, the film was made with funding from the Irish Film Board.
In the 20 countries with the most EFA Members, these members have voted one national film directly into the selection list. To complete the list, a Selection Committee consisting of the EFA Board and invited experts Giorgio Gosetti (Italy), Elise Jalladeau (Greece), Christophe Leparc (France), Jacob Neiendam (Denmark),Edvinas Pukšta (Lithuania) and Alik Shpilyuk (Ukraine) has included further films.
In the coming weeks, the over 3,500 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the nominations in the categories European Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenwriter. The nominations will then be announced on 10 November at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain. An 8-member jury will decide on the awards recipients in the categories European Cinematographer, Editor, Production Designer, Costume Designer, Hair & Make-up Artist, Composer, Sound Designer and – for the first time – Visual Effects Supervisor.
The 31st European Film Awards with the presentation of the winners will take place on 15 December in Seville.
The selection:
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3 DAYS IN QUIBERON 3 TAGE IN QUIBERON Germany, Austria, France WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Emily Atef PRODUCED BY Karsten Stöter |
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ÁGA ÁГА Bulgaria, Germany, France DIRECTED BY Milko Lazarov WRITTEN BY Milko Lazarov & Simeon Ventsislavov PRODUCED BY Veselka Kiryakova |
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ANNA’S WAR ВОЙНА АННЫ Russia DIRECTED BY Aleksey Fedorchenko WRITTEN BY Aleksey Fedorchenko & Nataliya Meshchaninova PRODUCED BY Andrey Saveliev, Artem Vasilyev, Maxim Lojevsky, Dmitriy Vorobyev & Alexander Yashnik |
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ARRHYTHMIA АРИТМИЯ Russia, Finland, Germany DIRECTED BY Boris Khlebnikov WRITTEN BY Natalia Meshchaninova PRODUCED BY Ruben Dishdishyan & Sergey Selyanov |
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AYKA AYKA Russia, Germany, Poland, Kazakhstan DIRECTED BY Sergey Dvortsevoy WRITTEN BY Sergey Dvortsevoy & Gennady Ostrovsky PRODUCED BY Thanassis Karathanos, Sergey Dvortsevoy, Martin Hampel & Anna Wydra |
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BEAST UK WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Michael Pearce PRODUCED BY Ivana MacKinnon & Kristian Brodie |
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BORDER GRÄNS Sweden, Denmark WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ali Abbasi PRODUCED BY Nina Bisgaard & Louis Tisne |
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BORG/MCENROE BORG Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Czech Republic DIRECTED BY Janus Metz WRITTEN BY Ronnie Sandahl PRODUCED BY Fredrik Wikström Nicastro & Jon Nohrstedt |
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CARMEN & LOLA CARMEN Y LOLA Spain WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Arantxa Echevarría PRODUCED BY Pilar Sánchez & Arantxa Echevarría |
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COBAIN Netherlands, Germany, Belgium DIRECTED BY Nanouk Leopold WRITTEN BY Stienette Bosklopper PRODUCED BY Stienette Bosklopper & Lisette Kelder |
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COLD WAR ZIMNA WOJNA Poland, UK, France WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Paweł Pawlikowski PRODUCED BY Ewa Puszczyńska & Tanya Seghatchian |
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CUSTODY JUSQU’A LA GARDE France WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Xavier Legrand PRODUCED BY Alexandre Gavras |
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DIAMANTINO Portugal, France, Brazil WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt PRODUCED BY Maria Joao Mayer & Justin Taurand |
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DOGMAN Italy, France DIRECTED BY Matteo Garrone WRITTEN BY Matteo Garrone, Ugo Chiti & Massimo Gaudioso PRODUCED BY Matteo Garrone, Jean Labadie, Jeremy Thomas & Paolo Del Brocco |
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DONBASS Germany, France, Romania, Netherlands, Ukraine WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Sergei Loznitsa PRODUCED BY Heino Deckert |
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DOVLATOV Russia, Poland, Serbia DIRECTED BY Alexey German Jr. WRITTEN BY Yulia Tupikina & Alexey German Jr. PRODUCED BY Artem Vasilyev, Andrey Savelyev, Konstantin Ernst, Dariusz Jabłoński, Isabella Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska & Miroslav Mogorovich |
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FOXTROT Germany, Israel, France WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Samuel Maoz RODUCED BY Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Eitan Mansuri, Cedomir Kolar, Marc Baschet & Michel Merkt |
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FUGUE FUGA Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden DIRECTED BY Agnieszka Smoczyńska WRITTEN BY Gabriela Muskała PRODUCED BY Agnieszka Kurzydło |
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GIRL Belgium, Netherlands DIRECTED BY Lukas Dhont WRITTEN BY Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens PRODUCED BY Dirk Impens |
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HAPPY AS LAZZARO LAZZARO FELICE Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Alice Rohrwacher PRODUCED BY Francesca Andreoli, Alexandra Henochsberg, Michael Weber, Tiziana Soudani & Michel Merkt |
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LONGING GAAGUA Israel WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Savi Gabizon PRODUCED BY Chilik Michaeli, Avraham Pirchi, Tami Leon, Savi Gabizon, Moshe Edery & Leon Edery |
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MADEMOISELLE PARADIS LICHT Austria, Germany DIRECTED BY Barbara Albert WRITTEN BY Kathrin Resetarits PRODUCED BY Michael Kitzberger, Martina Haubrich, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter & Markus Glaser |
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MEN DON’T CRY MUŠKARCI NE PLAČU Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia DIRECTED BY Alen Drljević WRITTEN BY Alen Drljević & Zoran Solomun PRODUCED BY Damir Ibrahimović & Jasmila Žbanić |
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MICHAEL INSIDE Ireland WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Frank Berry PRODUCED BY Aoife O’Sullivan, Donna Eperon & Tristan Orpen Lynch |
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MILADA Czech Republic DIRECTED BY David Mrnka WRITTEN BY David Mrnka, Robert J. Gant & Robert J. Conant PRODUCED BY David Mrnka, Kristina Hejduková, Pavel Müller, Ayelet Zurer & Robert Gant |
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MUG TWARZ Poland WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Małgorzata Szumowska PRODUCED BY Jacek Drosio |
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ONE DAY EGY NAP Hungary WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Zsofia Szilagyi PRODUCED BY Agnes Pataki |
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PADDINGTON 2 UK DIRECTED BY Paul King WRITTEN BY Simon Farnaby PRODUCED BY David Heyman |
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PETRA Spain, France, Denmark DIRECTED BY Jaime Rosales WRITTEN BY Jaime Rosales, Michel Gaztambide & Clara Roquet PRODUCED BY Bárbara Díez, José María Morales, Antonio Chavarrías, Jérôme Dopffer & Katrin Pors |
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PITY OIKTOS Greece, Poland DIRECTED BY Babis Makridis WRITTEN BY Babis Makridis & Efthimis Filippou PRODUCED BY Amanda Livanou, Christos Konstantakopoulos, Klaudia Śmieja & Beata Rzeźniczek |
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POMEGRANATE ORCHARD NAR BAĞI Azerbaijan DIRECTED BY Ilgar Najaf WRITTEN BY Asif Rustamov, Ilgar Najaf & Roelof Jan Minneboo PRODUCED BY Mushfiq Hatamov & Ilgar Najaf |
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POROROCA Romania, France WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Constantin Popescu PRODUCED BY Liviu Marghidan & Lissandra Haulica |
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SCARY MOTHER SASHISHI DEDA Georgia, Estonia WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ana Urushadze PRODUCED BY Lasha Khalvashi & Tinatin Kajrishvil |
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SHOCK WAVES: DIARY OF MY MIND ONDES DE CHOC: JOURNAL DE MA TÊTE Switzerland DIRECTED BY Ursula Meier WRITTEN BY Ursula Meier & Antoine Jaccoud PRODUCED BY Lionel Baier, Agnieszka Ramu & Françoise Mayor |
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STYX Germany, Austria DIRECTED BY Wolfgang Fischer WRITTEN BY Wolfgang Fischer & Ika Künzel PRODUCED BY Marcos Kantis, Martin Lehwald & Michal Pokorny |
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THE CAPTAIN DER HAUPTMANN Germany, France, Poland WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Robert Schwentke PRODUCED BY Frieder Schlaich & Irene von Alberti |
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THE GIANT HANDIA Spain DIRECTED BY Aitor Arregi WRITTEN BY Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga & Andoni De Carlos PRODUCED BY Xabier Berzosa, Iñigo Obeso, Fernando Larrondo, Iñaki Gomez & Koldo Zuazua |
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THE GUILTY DEN SKYLDIGE Denmark DIRECTED BY Gustav Möller WRITTEN BY Gustav Möller & Emil Nygaard Albertsen PRODUCED BY Lina Flint |
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THE HOUSE BY THE SEA LA VILLA France DIRECTED BY Robert Guédiguian WRITTEN BY Robert Guédiguian & Serge Valletti PRODUCED BY Marc Bordure & Robert Guédiguian |
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THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Lars von Trier PRODUCED BY Louise Vesth |
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THE SUMMER LETO Russia, France DIRECTED BY Kirill Serebrennikov WRITTEN BY Mkhail Idov, Lily Idova & Kirill Serebrennikov PRODUCED BY Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann & Charles-Évrard Tcheckhoff |
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THE WILD PEAR TREE AHLAT AĞACI Turkey, Germany, France, Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, Qatar DIRECTED BY Nuri Bilge Ceylan WRITTEN BY Akın Aksu, Ebru Ceylan & Nuri Bilge Ceylan PRODUCED BY Zeynep Özbatur Atakan |
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THOSE WHO ARE FINE DENE WOS GUET GEIT Switzerland WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Cyril Schäublin PRODUCED BY Silvan Hillmann, Lara Hacisalhzade, Ralph Rutishauser, Cyril Schäublin |
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TOUCH ME NOT Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Adina Pintilie PRODUCED BY Bianca Oana, Philippe Avril & Adina Pintilie |
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TRANSIT Germany, France WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Christian Petzold PRODUCED BY Florian Koerner von Gustorf & Michael Weber |
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U – JULY 22 UTØYA 22. JULI Norway DIRECTED BY Erik Poppe WRITTEN BY Siv Rajendram Eliassen & Anna Bache-Wiig PRODUCED BY Stein B. Kvae & Finn Gjerdrum |
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UNDER THE TREE UNDIR TRÉNU Iceland, Denmark, Poland, Germany DIRECTED BY Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson WRITTEN BY Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson & Huldar Breiðfjörð PRODUCED BY Grímar Jónsson, Sindri Páll Kjartansson & Þórir Snær Sigurjónsson |
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WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY HVA VIL FOLK SI Norway, Germany, Sweden WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Iram Haq PRODUCED BY Maria Ekerhovd |
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WOMAN AT WAR KONA FER Í STRÍÐ Iceland, France, Ukraine DIRECTED BY Benedikt Erlingsson WRITTEN BY Benedikt Erlingsson & Olafur Egill Egilsson PRODUCED BY Marianne Slot, Benedikt Erlingsson & Carine Leblanc |