The European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced November 10 the nominations for the 33rd European Film Awards, including those for best European Documentary.
Mike Downey, Chairman of the EFA Board: “In order to widen the platform to more European films in what is such a difficult time for European cinema and artists, the EFA Board has decided to exceptionally increase the nominations in the full length feature film categories and in the documentary category from five to six.”
The more than 3,800 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented in a series of virtual events from 8 to 12 December.
The nominations in the European Documentary category are:
Acasă, My Home (Romania, Germany, Finland)
Directed by Radu Ciorniciuc
Written by Lina Vdovîi
Produced by Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
Collective (Romania, Luxembourg)
Directed by Alexander Nanau
Written by Antoaneta Opris & Alexander Nanau
Produced by Alexander Nanau, Bianca Oana, Bernard Michaux & Hanka Kastelocova
Gunda (Norway, USA)
Written & directed by Victor Kossakovsky
Produced by Anita Rehoff Larsen & Joslyn Barnes
Little Girl (Petite fille, France)
Written & directed by Sébastien Lifshitz
Produced by Muriel Meynard
Saudi Runaway (Switzerland)
Written & directed by Susanne Regina Meures
Produced by Christian Frei
The Cave (Syrian Arab Republic, Denmark)
Directed by Feras Fayyad
Written by Alisar Hasan & Feras Fayyad
Produced by Kirstine Barfod & Sigrid Dyekjær
For nominations across all categories click here.
As reported November 4 2020, the 33rd European Film Awards will take place as a series of virtual events produced out of Berlin. Every evening will see a livestream of The EFAs at Eight, celebrating the nominees and winners of the various categories of the 2020 European Film Awards.
The EFAs at Eight events will kick off on Tuesday, 8 December, at 20:00 with a high-profile group discussion about the future of European filmmaking after Covid-19, and will close with the grand finale on Saturday, 12 December, at 20.00.
EFA Chairman Mike Downey: “The times we live in call for innovation and extra creativity. In this unusual year, this will be an unusual, and, we hope an exceptional, awards ceremony – one with a different approach, that will allow us to give more attention to the various awards presented. Necessity being the mother of invention, we have chosen to try out this different format, and will use it to see how we will further develop the EFAs in the years to come.”
The entire programme will be streamed live at www.europeanfilmawards.eu and through an international network of streaming and broadcasting partners, with the nominees & winners joining via live video conference.
