The 2023 European Film Awards nominations have finally been unveiled, with some worthy contenders leading the way. Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest are among the top contenders with nominations in five major categories.
Both Fallen Leaves and The Zone of Interest are in the running for the main award at this ceremony: best film. They’ll have to face tough competition in Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border, and Matteo Garrone’s Me Captain to take the trophy home.
All of these five films are also in the running in the best European director field. The Zone of Interest, Fallen Leaves, Green Border, and Anatomy of a Fall also received nominations for their screenplays, while Me Captain lost its spot to the German drama The Teachers’ Lounge.
Fallen Leaves and The Zone of Interest are also in the running in the acting categories, thanks to the amazing performances of its stars Jussi Vatanen and Alma Pöysti (Fallen Leaves) and Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller (The Zone of Interest). Hüller also received a nod for her performance in Anatomy of a Fall.
The 36th European Film Awards will take place on December 9 in Berlin, Germany.
FULL LIST OF NOMINATION FOR 2023 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:
European Film
- ANATOMY OF A FALL (ANATOMIE D’UNE CHUTE)
Directed by Justine Triet
produced by Marie-Ange Luciani & David Thion
(France) - FALLEN LEAVES (KUOLLEET LEHDET)
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by Aki Kaurismäki, Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff & Reinhard Brundig
(Finland, Germany) - GREEN BORDER (ZIELONA GRANICA)
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Produced by Marcin Wierzchosławski, Fred Bernstein & Agnieszka Holland
(Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium) - ME CAPTAIN (IO CAPITANO)
Directed by Matteo Garrone
Produced by Matteo Garrone, Paolo Del Brocco, Ardavan Safaee & Joseph Rouschop
(Italy, Belgium) - THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Produced by James Wilson & Ewa Puszczyńska
(United Kingdom, Poland, USA)
European Documentary
- APOLONIA, APOLONIA
Directed by Lea Glob (Denmark, Poland) - FOUR DAUGHTERS (LES FILLES D’OLFA)
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania (France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia) - MOTHERLAND
Directed by Hanna Badziaka & Alexander Mihalkovich (Sweden, Ukraine, Norway) - ON THE ADAMANT (SUR L’ADAMANT)
Directed by Nicolas Philibert (France, Japan) - SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD (SAVVUSANNA SÕSARAD)
Directed by Anna Hints (Estonia, France, Iceland)
European Director
- Justine Triet for ANATOMY OF A FALL
- Aki Kaurismäki for FALLEN LEAVES
- Agnieszka Holland for GREEN BORDER
- Matteo Garrone for ME CAPTAIN
- Jonathan Glazer for THE ZONE OF INTEREST
European Actress
- Sandra Hüller in ANATOMY OF A FALL
- Eka Chavleishvili in BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY
- Alma Pöysti in FALLEN LEAVES
- Mia McKenna-Bruce in HOW TO HAVE S-X
- Leonie Benesch in THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE
- Sandra Hüller in THE ZONE OF INTEREST
European Actor
- Thomas Schubert in AFIRE
- Jussi Vatanen in FALLEN LEAVES
- Josh O’Connor in LA CHIMERA
- Mads Mikkelsen in THE PROMISED LAND
- Christian Friedel in THE ZONE OF INTEREST
European Screenwriter
- Justine Triet & Arthur Harari for ANATOMY OF A FALL
- Aki Kaurismäki for FALLEN LEAVES
- Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko & Agnieszka Holland for GREEN BORDER
- İlker Çatak & Johannes Duncker for THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE
- Jonathan Glazer for THE ZONE OF INTEREST
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
- 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (20.000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS) directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain)
- HOW TO HAVE S-X directed by Molly Manning Walker (United Kingdom, Greece)
- LA PALISIADA (ЛЯ ПАЛІСІАДА) directed by Philip Sotnychenko (Ukraine)
- SAFE PLACE (SIGURNO MJESTO) directed by Juraj Lerotić (Croatia, Slovenia)
- THE QUIET MIGRATION (STILLE LIV) directed by Malene Choi (Denmark)
- VINCENT MUST DIE (VINCENT DOIT MOURIR) directed by Stéphan Castang (France)
