Six Debut Films Nominated for the European Film Awards 2018
The European Film Academy congratulates the nominees for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2018 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film.
This year’s nominations were determined by a committee comprised of EFA Board Member Katriel Schory (Israel), festival programmers Mihai Chirilov (Romania) and Azize Tan (Turkey) as well as film critics Isabelle Danel (France), Robbie Eksiel (Greece) and Michael Pattison (UK) as representatives of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.
GIRL
Belgium, Netherlands
DIRECTED BY Lukas Dhont
WRITTEN BY Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens
PRODUCED BY Dirk Impens
ONE DAY
EGY NAP
Hungary
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Zsófia Szilágyi
PRODUCED BY Agnes Pataki & Edina Kenesei
SCARY MOTHER
SASHISHI DEDA
Georgia, Estonia
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ana Urushadze
PRODUCED BY Lasha Khalvashi & Tinatin Kajrishvili
THE GUILTY
DEN SKYLDIGE
Denmark
DIRECTED BY Gustav Möller
WRITTEN BY Gustav Möller & Emil Nygaard Albertsen
PRODUCED BY Lina Flint
THOSE WHO ARE FINE
DENE WOS GUET GEIT
Switzerland
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Cyril Schäublin
PRODUCED BY Silvan Hillmann, Lara Hacisalhzade, Ralph Rutishauser & Cyril Schäublin
TOUCH ME NOT
Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Adina Pintilie
PRODUCED BY Bianca Oana, Philippe Avril & Adina Pintilie
The nominated films will soon be submitted to the more than 3,500 EFA Members to elect the winner. The European Discovery 2018 – Prix FIPRESCI will then be presented at the 31st European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 15 December, in Seville.
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