“European Cinema Is Alive and Kicking”: EFA Chief Matthijs Wouter Knol on a Bold Awards Season Pivot

“European Cinema Is Alive and Kicking”: EFA Chief Matthijs Wouter Knol on a Bold Awards Season Pivot

This year’s awards race has seen an unprecedented surge for European talent with several films from continental auteurs — including Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, Oliver Laxe’s Sirat, and Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident (a French-Iranian production from the Iranian director) — heading into the final lap as Oscar favorites. No longer relegated to…

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Oscar Contenders ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘It Was Just an Accident Make EFA Short List

Oscar Contenders ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘It Was Just an Accident Make EFA Short List

Several of this year’s hottest award season contenders, including Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons; Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value with Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard, and Elle Fanning; and international feature contenders It Was Just an Accident and The Voice of Hind Rajab, have made the shortlist for the 2026 European Film Awards….

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#Labina Mitevska Receives Eurimages International Co-Production Award

#Labina Mitevska Receives Eurimages International Co-Production Award

Macedonian producer and actress Labina Mitevska has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Eurimages International Co-production Award, honoring producers for their contribution in fostering international film collaboration. Mitevska, who co-founded Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production in Skopje, North Macedonia, will receive the award from European film subsidy group Eurimages and the European Film…

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#European Film Awards: ‘The Substance,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘The Room Next Door,’ Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton Among Nominees

#European Film Awards: ‘The Substance,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘The Room Next Door,’ Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton Among Nominees

The Substance by Coralie Fargeat, Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard, The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar, and The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof are among the nominees for the 2024 European Film Awards (EFAs), organizers unveiled on Tuesday. Emilia Pérez and The Room Next Door earned four noms each, including for best European…

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#‘Kinds of Kindness,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Kneecap’ Among First Productions in the Running for 2024 European Film Awards

#‘Kinds of Kindness,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Kneecap’ Among First Productions in the Running for 2024 European Film Awards

The European Film Academy has selected the first 29 productions in the running for the 2024 European Film Awards. The selection, announced Wednesday, is a list of this year’s festival highlights, including Jacques Audiard, Coralie Fargeat and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Cannes winners Emilia Pérez, The Substance and Kinds of Kindness, respectively; Rich Peppiatt’s Sundance hit Kneecap;…

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#“Pseudo-Marxist Media Guerrilla” Group Total Refusal to Make Feature Film Debut With ‘Money Is a Form of Speech’ (Exclusive)

#“Pseudo-Marxist Media Guerrilla” Group Total Refusal to Make Feature Film Debut With ‘Money Is a Form of Speech’ (Exclusive)

Total Refusal, an avant-garde art collective that repurposes video games into critiques of capitalism, is set to make its first full-length feature film, a “post-apocalyptic political musical” called Money Is a Form of Speech. The project, which Total Refusal is producing together with Vienna-based film group Glitter & Doom — the team behind Achmed Abdel-Salam’s German-language…

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#The Tricky Politics of This Year’s European Film Awards

#The Tricky Politics of This Year’s European Film Awards

Typically, the European Film Awards (EFA) are an event for celebration and, broadly, consensus. There might be debate over which European movie deserves the top prize — this year’s best film contenders include refugee dramas Io Capitano from Italian director Matteo Garrone and Green Border from Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland; Justine Triet’s French legal thriller…

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