European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) are announcing 22 films from different European countries that have been nominated for the Arab Critics’ Award for European Films.
Another 14 distinguished film critics have joined the jury this year, bringing the total to 56 of the most prominent and influential Arab film critics from 14 Arab-speaking countries. Put together by ACC, the jury under the direction of Ola Kamel Al-Sheikh will select the best European film from nominations submitted by the European national film institutions – EFP’s member organisations. The awards ceremony will be hosted at this year’s edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) in December.
The nominated films in alphabetical order:
Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus by Dalibor Barić, Croatia; A Loss of Something Ever Felt by Carlos Eduardo Lesmes López, Estonia; Apples by Christos Nikou, Greece; Bait by Mark Jenkin, UK; Charlatan by Agnieszka Holland, Czech Republic; Charter by Amanda Kernell, Sweden; Dead Souls‘ Vacation by Keko Chelidze, Georgia; Exil by Visar Morina, Kosovo*; Fear by Ivaylo Hristov, Bulgaria; Hope by Maria Sødahl, Norway; Jumbo by Zoe Wittock, Luxembourg; Last and First Man by Jóhann Jóhannson, Iceland; My Favorite War by Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen, Latvia; Never Gonna Snow Again by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert, Poland; Paradise Drifters by Mees Peijnenburg, The Netherlands; Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period of Time by Lili Horvát, Hungary; Quo vadis, Aida? by Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnia & Herzegovina; Saudi Runaway by Susanne Regina Meures, Switzerland; Schoolgirls by Pilar Palomero, Spain; Servants by Ivan Ostrochovský, Slovakia; The Flood Won’t Come by Marat Sargsyan, Lithuania; Undine by Christian Petzold, Germany.
