12 feature-length docs have been chosen for the Documentary Film section of the upcoming European Film Awards 2024. The selection, announced August 21 by the European Film Academy, honours “the greatest achievements in European cinema,” the Academy writes. Based on the subsequent votes of all members, the nominations will be made public on 5 November 2024 before the winner is announced on 7 December in Lucerne during the European Film Awards ceremony.
Eligible for the European Film Awards are European documentaries which, among other criteria, had their first official screening between 1 June 2023 and 31 May 2024 and have a European director*. Additional titles of documentary films premiering at summer festivals may be added and announced in September.
Over the coming weeks, the 5000 members of the European Film Academy will begin 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 5 November 2024. The members of the European Film Academy will then vote for the winner which will be announced at the European Film Awards ceremony in Lucerne on 7 December 2024.
The selection is based on the Diversity & Inclusion Standards of the European Film Academy. The ceremony of the European Film Awards is presented by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Production GmbH.
The 2024 selection is as follows:
- At Averroes & Rosa Parks Written & directed by: Nicolas Philibert. Produced by: Miléna Poylo, Gilles Sacuto, Céline Loiseau
- Bye Bye Tiberias Directed by: Lina Soualem Written by: Lina Soualem, Nadine Naous, Gladys Joujou. Produced by: Jean-Marie Nizan, Ossama Bawardi, Guillaume Malandrin, Mohannad Malas, Jacques-Etienne Stein
- Dahomey Written & directed by: Mati Diop. Produced by: Eve Robin, Judith Lou-Lévy, Mati Diop
- Direct Action Written & directed by: Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell. Produced by: Guillaume Cailleau, Michel Balague
- In Limbo Written & directed by: by Alina Maksimenko. Produced by: Filip Marczewski, Katarzyna Madaj-Kozłowska
- Marching In The Dark Written & directed by: Kinshuk Surjan. Produced by: Evelien De Graef, Hanne Phlypo, Digna Sinke, Arya Rothe
- My Stolen Planet Written & directed by: Farahnaz Sharifi. Produced by: Anke Petersen, Lilian Tietjen, Farzad Pak
- No Other Land Written & 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
- Pelikan Blue Written & directed by: László Csáki. Produced by: Miklós Kázmér, Ádám Felszeghy, Réka Temple
- Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Written & directed by: Johan Grimonprez. Produced by: Rémi Grellety, Daan Milius
- The Landscape and the Fury Written & directed by: Nicole Vögele. Produced by: Aline Schmid, Adrian Blaser
- The Words Women Spoke of One Day Written, directed & produced by: Raphaël Pillosio
*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”, exceptions by the Board can be made.
