Edinburgh Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009
PETER IN RADIOLAND
by Johanna Wagner (United Kingdom 2009, 10′, documentary)

The film is now nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009 and was selected by the festival’s international short film jury, consisting of actor Harry Treadaway, Mark Cosgrove, Head of Exhibition at Watershed Media Centre and Artistic Director of Brief Encounters Short Film Festival, and producer Melanie Coombs.

Director Johanna Wagner has created a carefully observed study of her father Peter, who stubbornly remains in an analogue world.

The short film initiative is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the European short films in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards.

The overall winner will be presented during the Awards Ceremony on 12 December in Germany’s Ruhr Metropolis.

PETER IN RADIOLAND joins the following nominees:

BETWEEN DREAMS by Iris Olsson (Finland),
ZWEMLES by Danny de Vent (Belgium),
14 by Asitha Ameresekere (UK),
LÄGG M FÖR MORD by Magnus Holmgren (Sweden),
WAS BLEIBT by David Nawrath (Germany),
DIE LEIDEN DES HERRN KARPF. DER GEBURTSTAG by Lola Randl (Germany),
SZKLANA PULAPKA (The Glass Trap) by Pawel Ferdek (Poland), and
POSTE RESTANTE by Marcel Loszinski (Poland)

The next nomination will be presented in co-operation with Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal.

Berlin, 16 June 2009

The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad congratulate the

Grimstad Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009
BETWEEN DREAMS
by Iris Olsson (France/Russia/Finland 2008, 11′, documentary)

The film is now nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009 and was selected by the festival’s international jury with the following statement:

This film touches upon the intangible and the unspoken. It takes us on a journey between two physical points and in that process goes into the deeper recesses of one’s hopes and fears. Through a few individual stories the film reveals a subtle interplay between fate and the subconscious. The atmosphere and composition envelope the viewer in another universe.

The short film initiative is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the European short films in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards.

The overall winner will be presented during the Awards Ceremony on 12 December in Germany’s Ruhr Metropolis.

BETWEEN DREAMS joins the following nominees:

ZWEMLES by Danny de Vent (Belgium),

14 by Asitha Ameresekere (UK),

LÄGG M FÖR MORD by Magnus Holmgren (Sweden),

WAS BLEIBT by David Nawrath (Germany),

DIE LEIDEN DES HERRN KARPF. DER GEBURTSTAG by Lola Randl (Germany),

SZKLANA PULAPKA (The Glass Trap) by Pawel Ferdek (Poland)

POSTE RESTANTE by Marcel Lozinski (Poland)

The next nomination will be presented in co-operation with the International Film Festival Edinburgh.

Berlin, 16 June 2009

Communiqué de Presse  # 7/2009

La European Film Academy (EFA) et le Festival Norvégien de court métrage de Grimstad félicite le :

lauréat du court-métrage de Grimstad nominé pour les European Film Awards 2009
BETWEEN DREAMS
de Iris Olsson (France/Russie/Finlande 2008, 11′, documentaire)

Le film est désormais nominé pour les European Film Awards Courts-Métrages 2009 et a été sélectionné par le jury du festival international avec la déclaration suivante:

“Ce film touche à l’intangible et le non-dit. Il nous emmène dans un voyage entre deux points physiques et dans ce processus sont enfouis au plus profond les peurs et espoirs de chacun. A travers quelques histoires personnelles, le film révèle une interaction subtile entre le destin et le subconscient. L’ambiance et la composition transporte le spectateur dans un autre univers.

L’initiative du court métrage est soutenue par la European Film Academy en coopération avec une série de festivals de films européens. Dans chaque festival, un jury indépendant choisit un des courts métrages européens en compétition pour une nomination dans la catégorie court métrage des European Film Awards.

Le lauréat sera révélé au cours la Cérémonie des Awards du 12 décembre au Metropolis dans la Rhur en Allemagne.

BETWEEN DREAMS rejoint les nominés suivants:

ZWEMLES de Danny de Vent (Belgique),
14 de Asitha Ameresekere (Royaume-Uni),
LÄGG M FÖR MORD de Magnus Holmgren (Suède),
WAS BLEIBT de David Nawrath (Allemagne),
DIE LEIDEN DES HERRN KARPF. DER GEBURTSTAG de Lola Randl (Allemagne),
SZKLANA PULAPKA (The Glass Trap) de Pawel Ferdek (Pologne),
POSTE RESTANTE de Marcel Loszinski (Pologne)

La prochaine nomination sera annoncé dans le cadre du Festival International du Film d’Edimbourg.

Berlin, le 16 Juin 2009

Le groupe de réflexion “THE IMAGE OF EUROPE” de la European Film Academy avec le Président Barroso de la Commission Européenne appellent à mettre le cinéma au programme des écoles.

Premier rang (de gauche à droite): Volker Schlöndorff, Labina Mitevska, Marjane Satrapi, José Manuel Barroso, Agnieszka Holland, Dieter Gorny. Deuxième rang: Michael Schmid-Ospach, Constantin Costa-Gavras, István Szabó, Johanna ter Steege, Wim Wenders, Albert Solé. Troisième rang: Peter Cowie, Kujtim Çashku, et Ademir Kenovic. A l’arrière: Thomas Høeg, Barbara Gessler, Fernando Trueba, Marion Döring, Søren Høy, et Michael Althen. (photo: Peter Wieler)

Vingt créateurs de premier plan réunissant toutes les composantes du cinéma, réalisateurs, scénaristes, acteurs, producteurs, distributeurs et professeurs ont rencontré José Manuel Barosso, Président de la Commission Européenne, pour échanger leur point de vue sur l’impact que les images et le cinéma peuvent avoir sur l’identité européenne et la manière dont les Européens s’identifient à leur continent. Le président, qui a honoré l’invitation de l’Académie en acceptant de placer la réunion sous son patronage, a déclaré que l’Union Européenne était perçue “comme étant principalement une union économique,” il a demandé à ce que “nous nous concentrions sur un aspect plus émotionnel de l’Europe”.

La réunion eut lieu dans le cadre d’un groupe de réflexion appelé “THE IMAGE OF EUROPE”, organisé par la European Film Academy en Allemagne dans la métropole de la Ruhr, capitale européenne de la culture en 2010, avec le partenariat du Filmstifung de la Rhénanie-du-Nord Westphalie et de RUHR 2010.

Sur l’invitation de Wim Wenders et Volker Schlöndorff, les participants ont évoqué un certain nombre de sujets, comme l’accentuation des dommages occasionnés par la piraterie par internet, ou encore les problèmes de distribution qu’un film peut subir en dehors de son pays d’origine. Comme l’a fait remarquer Wim Wenders, “il y a un nouveau cinéma engendré par une jeune génération optimiste qui se déplace sans entrave à travers un continent sans frontière. Cependant, leurs films de génie ne se déplacent pas autant que leurs réalisateurs”.

Tous se sont entendus dans l’idée que les films peuvent jouer un rôle immense dans la manière dont les citoyens européens établissent un rapport personnel avec leur continent, et que le développement d’une sensibilité de la culture de l’autre, une connaissance de son pays maintient en vie l’esprit de diversité et forge une appréciation de la richesse de la culture européenne. Volker Schlöndorff a insisté sur la nécessité de “créer une autre langue commune, celle des images”.

Les discussions ont amené les participants à faire appel aux états membres de l’Union Européenne afin qu’ils incluent le cinéma, de la même manière que la littérature, dans les programmes scolaires. Ainsi les étudiants qui vivent dans un monde dominé par l’image apprendront à partir de l’école primaire la grammaire des images en mouvement, de la même manière qu’ils apprennent celle des mots écrits.

Les participants du groupe de réflexion de la European Film Academy qui comprenait Constantin Costa-Gavras (France, MISSING, AMEN), Agnieszka Holland (Pologne, EUROPA EUROPA), Marjane Satrapi (Iran/France, PERSEPOLIS), István Szabó (Hongrie, MEPHISTO, COLONEL REDL), et Fernando Trueba (Espagne, BELLE EPOQUE, LA NIÑA DE TUS OJOS) ont proposé leur aide à la Commission Européenne pour mettre en place le future du cinéma européen en tant que composante de l’identité européenne, ils œuvreront en tant qu’ambassadeurs dans leurs pays respectifs pour diffuser le contenu des débats et les conclusions de cette rencontre.

Wim Wenders et Volker Schlöndorff ont déclaré que la European Film Academy était prête à occuper une place prépondérante dans le développement d’un programme paneuropéen d’éducation cinématographique et d’explorer d’autres chemins et outils qui permettraient de former une “considération plus affective vis a vis de l’Europe”

Berlin et Essen, le 9 juin 2009

EFA Think Tank THE IMAGE OF EUROPE with EU President Barroso Results in Filmmakers’ Call for Film Education in School

Front row (from left to right): Volker Schlöndorff, Labina Mitevska, Marjane Satrapi, José Manuel Barroso, Agnieszka Holland, Dieter Gorny. Second row: Michael Schmid-Ospach, Constantin Costa-Gavras, István Szabó, Johanna ter Steege, Wim Wenders, Albert Solé. Third row: Peter Cowie, Kujtim Çashku, and Ademir Kenovic. In the back: Thomas Høeg, Barbara Gessler, Fernando Trueba, Marion Döring, Søren Høy, and Michael Althen.

Twenty leading creators from the fields of film directing, writing, acting, production, distribution and education met with José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, to exchange their views on the impact that images and cinema have on the identity of Europe and the way Europeans identify with their home continent. The President who had followed the Academy’s invitation to take the meeting under his patronage stated that the European Union is perceived by many citizens “mainly as an economic union,” and demanded: “We have to concentrate more on the emotional side of Europe.”

The meeting took place in the framework of the think tank “THE IMAGE OF EUROPE”, organised by the European Film Academy in Germany’s Ruhr Metropolis, European Capital of Culture 2010 with the support of Filmstiftung North Rhine-Westphalia and RUHR.2010.

On the invitation of Wim Wenders and Volker Schlöndorff the participants discussed a variety of issues such as the growing damage done by piracy or the distribution problems outside the country of a film’s origin. As Wim Wenders pointed out, “there’s a new cinema by a young and optimistic generation that is moving freely across the borderless continent. Only their brilliant films don’t travel as much as the filmmakers do.”

It was unanimously agreed that film can play an enormous role in the way European citizens relate to their home continent and that a sensitivity for other cultures and countries keeps alive the spirit of diversity and creates an appreciation for the richness of European culture. As Volker Schlöndorff emphasized, it is time to “consider another lingua franca, the language of the images.”

The discussions have led the participants to call onto the member states of the European Union to include film, like literature, in the school curricula and to teach students who live in a world dominated by images, from primary school on, about the grammar of the moving image just as they are taught the grammar of the written word.

The EFA think tank’s participants, who included Constantin Costa-Gavras (France, MISSING, AMEN), Agnieszka Holland (Poland, EUROPA EUROPA), Marjane Satrapi (Iran/France, PERSEPOLIS), István Szabó (Hungary, MEPHISTO, COLONEL REDL), and Fernando Trueba (Spain, BELLE EPOQUE, LA NIÑA DE TUS OJOS) offered the European Commission their help in shaping the future of European cinema as part of European identity. They will act as ambassadors in their respective countries to spread the content and results of this meeting.

Wim Wenders and Volker Schlöndorff declared that the European Film Academy is ready to assume a major role in contributing to the development of a pan-European programme for film education and to explore other paths and tools that may help shaping the “emotional side of Europe”.

Think Tank THE IMAGE OF EUROPE
Participants:

Michael Althen, film critic/director/writer, Germany
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
Kujtim Çahsku, director and principal, Marubi Film & Multimedia School, Albania
Constantin Costa-Gavras, director, France
Peter Cowie, film historian, UK
Marion Döring, Director of the European Film Academy
Barbara Gessler, European Economic and Social Committee
Dieter Gorny, Artistic Director “Creative Economy” RUHR.2010, Germany
Thomas Høegh, CEO Arts Alliance Media / Lovefilm, UK
Agnieszka Holland, director, Poland
Søren Høy, principal, European Film College, Denmark
Ademir Kenovic, director / producer, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Labina Mitevska, actress/producer, FYR Macedonia
Marjane Satrapi, director, France
Volker Schlöndorff, director, member of the EFA Board, Germany
Michael Schmid-Ospach, CEO Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Albert Solé, documentary film director, Spain
Johanna ter Steege, actress, Netherlands
István Szabó, director, Hungary
Fernando Trueba, director/producer, Spain
Wim Wenders, director, President of the European Film Academy, Germany

Berlin & Essen, 5 June 2009

EFA Think Tank THE IMAGE OF EUROPE mit EU-Präsident Barroso führt zu Appell von Filmschaffenden für Filmerziehung in der Schule

Vordere Reihe (v.l.n.r.): Volker Schlöndorff, Labina Mitevska, Marjane Satrapi, José Manuel Barroso, Agnieszka Holland, Dieter Gorny. Zweite Reihe: Michael Schmid-Ospach, Constantin Costa-Gavras, István Szabó, Johanna ter Steege, Wim Wenders, Albert Solé. Dritte Reihe: Peter Cowie, Kujtim Çashku, and Ademir Kenovic. Dahinter: Thomas Høeg, Barbara Gessler, Fernando Trueba, Marion Döring, Søren Høy, and Michael Althen. (Bild: Peter Wieler)

Bei einem Treffen mit José Manuel Barroso, dem Präsidenten der Europäischen Kommission, tauschten sich zwanzig führende Persönlichkeiten aus den verschiedensten Bereichen des Filmschaffens, Filmverleihs und der Film-erziehung darüber aus, wie Bilder und Film die Identität Europas beeinflussen und die Art, wie sich Europäer mit ihrem Heimatkontinent identifizieren. Der Präsident, der auf Einladung der European Film Academy (EFA) die Schirm-herrschaft über das Treffen übernommen hatte, meinte, die Europäische Union werde von vielen Einwohnern „vorwiegend als Wirtschaftsunion” wahr genommen und forderte: „Wir müssen uns mehr auf die emotionale Seite Europas konzentrieren”.

Die Begegnung fand im Rahmen des Think Tanks “THE IMAGE OF EUROPE” statt, zu dem die European Film Academy in die Metropole Ruhr, Kulturhauptstadt Europas 2010, eingeladen hatte. Unterstützt wurde die Veranstaltung durch die Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen und RUHR.2010.

Auf Einladung von Wim Wenders und Volker Schlöndorff diskutierten die Teilnehmer Themen wie den wachsenden Schaden durch Raubkopieren oder die Probleme beim Verleih eines Filmes außerhalb seines Ursprungslandes. Wie Wim Wenders betonte, gibt es “eine neue, optimistische Gene-ration von Filmemachern, die sich frei über einen grenzen-losen Kontinent bewegt. Doch ihre Filme reisen weniger als diese Filmemacher”.

Man stimmte darin überein, dass Film eine enorme Rolle spielen kann für die Art und Weise in der Europäer sich ihrem Kontinent verbunden fühlen und dass ein Verständnis für andere Kulturen und Länder den Geist der Vielfalt lebendig hält und zu einer Wertschätzung des kulturellen Reichtums Europas führt. Volker Schlöndorff hob hervor, dass es an der Zeit sei, “eine andere Lingua franca in Betracht zu ziehen - die Sprache der Bilder”.

Die Diskussionen führten zu einem Appell der Teilnehmer, in dem sie die Mitgliedsstaaten der EU dazu auffordern, Film in die Lehrpläne aufzunehmen, genau wie Literatur, und Schülern, die in einer von Bildern geprägten Welt aufwachsen, von der Grundschule an die Sprache der bewegten Bilder näher zu bringen, ganz so wie sie die Sprache des geschriebenen Wortes erlernen.

Die Teilnehmer des Think Tanks, darunter Constantin Costa-Gavras (Frankreich, DER STELLVERTRETER), Agnieszka Holland (Polen, HITLERJUNGE SALOMON ), Marjane Satrapi (Iran/ Frankreich, PERSEPOLIS), István Szabó (Ungarn, MEPHISTO, OBERST REDL), and Fernando Trueba (Spanien, BELLE EPOQUE, DAS MÄDCHEN DEINER TRÄUME) bieten der Europäischen Kommission ihre Unterstützung dabei an, die Zukunft des europäischen Kinos als Teil der europäischen Identität zu gestalten. Als Botschafter des Think Tanks werden die Teilnehmer die Inhalte und Ergebnisse der Tagung in ihren Heimatländern verbreiten.

Wim Wenders und Volker Schlöndorff erklärten, dass die European Film Academy bereit sei, eine entscheidende Rolle zu übernehmen bei der Entwicklung eines europaweiten Programms für Filmerziehung und anderer Wege, um “die emotionale Seite Europas” zu gestalten

Think Tank THE IMAGE OF EUROPE

Teilnehmer:

Michael Althen, Kritiker/Autor/Regisseur
José Manuel Barroso, Präsident der Europäischen Kommission
Kujtim Çahsku, Regisseur und Leiter der Marubi Film & Multimedia Schule, Albanien
Constantin Costa-Gavras, Regisseur, Frankreich
Peter Cowie, Filmhistoriker, Großbritannien
Marion Döring, Geschäftsführerin European Film Academy
Barbara Gessler, European Economic and Social Committee, Belgien
Dieter Gorny, Künstlerischer Leiter “Creative Economy” RUHR 2010
Thomas Høegh, CEO Arts Alliance Media / Lovefilm, Großbritannien
Agnieszka Holland, Regisseurin, Polen
Søren Høy, Leiter des European Film College, Dänemark
Ademir Kenovic, Regisseur/Produzent, Bosnien & Herzegowina
Labina Mitevska, Schauspielerin/Produzentin, Mazedonien
Marjane Satrapi, Regisseurin, Frankreich
Volker Schlöndorff, Regisseur und Vorstandsmitglied der European Film Academy
Michael Schmid-Ospach, Geschäftsführer Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Albert Solé, Dokumentarfilmer, Spanien
Johanna ter Steege, Schauspielerin, Niederlande
István Szabó, Regisseur, Ungarn
Fernando Trueba, Regisseur/Produzent, Spanien
Wim Wenders, Regisseur und Präsident der European Film Academy

Berlin & Essen, 9. Juni 2009

Press release # 5/2009

The European Film Academy (EFA) and the Krakow Film Festival congratulate the

Krakow Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009
POSTE RESTANTE
by Marcel Łoziński (Poland)

The film is now nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film 2009. The film was selected by the festival’s international jury.

Letters whose addresses are impossible to find end up at the Undeliverable Letters Department of the Post Office in Koluszki. There are around a million of them in Poland each year, among them those addressed to God. The film tells the story of one of those letters.

The short film initiative is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the European short films in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards.

The overall winner will be presented during the Awards Ceremony on 12 December in Germany’s Ruhr Metropolis.

POSTE RESTANTE joins the following nominees:

ZWEMLES by Danny de Vent (Belgium),

14 by Asitha Ameresekere (UK),

LÄGG M FÖR MORD by Magnus Holmgren (Sweden),

WAS BLEIBT by David Nawrath (Germany),

DIE LEIDEN DES HERRN KARPF. DER GEBURTSTAG by Lola Randl (Germany),

SZKLANA PULAPKA (The Glass Trap) by Pawel Ferdek (Poland)

The next nomination will be presented in co-operation with the Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad.

Berlin, 5 June 2009

MEDIA PARTNERS: Belgium: De Morgen * Czech Republic: Cinema * Denmark: Politiken * Estonia: Nädal * France: STUDIO * Greece: Eleftherotypia * Hungary: VOX mozimagazin * Iceland: Frettabladid * Ireland: IFTN * Latvia: Diena * Luxembourg: Revue * Macedonia: Tea Moderna / Tin Shema * The Netherlands: Film Valley * Poland: www.stopklatka.pl * Romania: www.cinemagia.ro * Russia: www.film.ru * Slovenia: Vikend * Spain: Cinemania / RTVE/El séptimo vicio * Switzerland: www.film-demnaechst.ch * UK: www.guardian.co.uk *

Nominated are:

ARN – TEMPELRIDDAREN (Arn: The Knight Templar)
directed by Peter Flinth
written by Jan Guillou & Hans Gunnarsson

ATONEMENT
directed by Joe Wright
written by Ian McEwan & Christopher Hampton

BEN X
written and directed by Nic Balthazar

BIENVENUE CHEZ LES CH’TIS (Welcome to the Sticks)
directed by Dany Boon
written by Dany Boon & Alexandre Charlot

DIE WELLE (The Wave)
directed by Dennis Gansel
written by Dennis Gansel & Peter Thorwarth

EL ORFANATO (The Orphanage)
directed by Juan Antonio Bayona
written by Sergio G. Sánchez

ENSEMBLE, C’EST TOUT (Hunting and Gathering)
directed by Claude Berri
written by Anna Gavalda & Claude Berri

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
directed by David Yates
written by Michael Goldenberg

KEINOHRHASEN (Rabbit Without Ears)
directed by Til Schweiger
written by Anika Decker & Til Schweiger

MONGOL
directed by Sergei Bodrov
written by Arif Aliyev & Sergei Bodrov

[REC]
directed by Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza
written by Jaume Balagueró & Luis Berdejo

SATURNO CONTRO
directed by Ferzan Ozpetek
written by Ferzan Ozpetek & Gianni Romoli

EUROPEAN FILM 2008
GOMORRA (Gomorrah)
directed by Matteo Garrone
written by Maurizio Bracci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano
produced by Fandango, RAI Cinema

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2008
Matteo Garrone for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2008
Toni Servillo in IL DIVO and in GOMORRA (Gomorrah)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2008
Kristin Scott Thomas in IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME (I’ve Loved You So Long)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2008
Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2008
Marco Onorato for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D’EXCELLENCE 2008
Magdalena Biedrzycka for costume design, KATYN

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2008
Max Richter for WALTZ WITH BASHIR

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2008
HUNGER
directed by Steve McQueen
written by Enda Walsh & Steve McQueen

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS’ AWARD 2008 - Prix FIPRESCI
Abdellatif Kechiche
for LA GRAINE ET LE MULET (The Secret of the Grain / Couscous)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2008 - Pix ARTE
RENÉ by Helena Trestikova

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2008 - Prix UIP
FRANKIE by Darren Thornton

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dame Judi Dench

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2008
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Lars von Trier, and Thomas Vinterberg

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2008
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
directed by David Yates
written by Michael Goldenberg

in alphabetical order (please note that articles are ignored)

3 DIAS (Before the Fall), Spain
directed by Francisco Javier Gutierrez
written by Juan Velarde & F. Javier Gutierrez
produced by Maestranza Films, Green Moon Prod., Pentagrama

12, Russia
directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
written by Nikita Mikhalkov & Alexander Novototsky-Vlasov & Vladimir
Moiseenko
produced by Three T Productions

AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU (Moscow, Belgium), Belgium*
directed by Christophe van Rompaey
written by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem & Pat van Beirs
produced by A Private View

ATONEMENT, UK
directed by Joe Wright
written by Christopher Hampton
produced by Universal Pictures, Working Title, Studio Canal, Relativity
Media

BATTLE FOR HADITHA, UK*
directed by Nick Broomfield
written by Nick Broomfield & Marc Hoeferlin & Anna Telford
produced by Lafayette Films, Film 4

BIENVENUE CHEZ LES CH’TIS (Welcome to the Sticks), France
directed by Dany Boon
written by Dany Boon & Franck Manier & Alexandre Charlot
produced by Hirsch, Pathé, TF1 Films Production, Les Productions du
Ch’Timi, C.R.R.A.V Nord Pas De Calais

BOOGIE, Romania
directed by Radu Muntean
written by Radu Muntean & Alexandru Baciu & Rāzvan Rādulescu
produced by Multi Media Est, Antena 1

CAOTICA ANA, Spain
written and directed by Julio Medem
produced by Sociedad General de Cine S.A., Alicia Produce, S.L., Volcano
Internationals Productions S.L.

UN CONTE DE NOËL (A Christmas Tale), France
directed by Arnaud Desplechin
written by Arnaud Desplechin & Emmanuel Bourdieu
produced by Why Not Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Wild Bunch, BAC Films

CZTERY NOCE Z ANNA (Four Nights With Anna), Poland
directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
written by Ewa Piaskowska & Jerzy Skolimowski
produced by Skopia Film, Alfama Films, Telewizja Polska

DELTA, Hungary*
directed by Kornél Mundruczó
written by Yvette Bíró & Kornél Mundruczó
produced by Proton Cinema, Essential Filmproduktion, Filmpartners

DIORTHOSI (Correction), Greece*
directed by Thanos Anastopoulos
written by Thanos Anastopoulos & Vassilis Raisis
produced by Fantasia LTD, Thanos Anastopoulos, Nova, Greek Film Centre

IL DIVO, Italy
written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino
produced by Indigofilm, Lucky Red, Parco Film, Babe Films, StudioCanal,
Arte France Cinéma

DUSKA, the Netherlands*
directed by Jos Stelling
written by Jos Stelling & Hans Heessen
produced by Eyeworks Egmond, NPS Television, Jos Stelling Films, TVIndie
Film Production, Molodist Film Festival

EDEN, Ireland*
directed by Declan Recks
written by Eugene O’Brien
produced by Samson Films

ENTRE LES MURS (The Class), France
directed by Laurent Cantet
written by Laurent Cantet & François Begaudeau & Robin Campillo after
the novel of François Begaudeau
produced by Haut et Court, France 2 Cinéma

FLAMMEN & CITRONEN (Flame & Citron), Denmark*
directed by Ole Christian Madsen
written by Lars K. Andersen
produced by Nimbus Film, Wüste Filmproduktion, Wüste Film Ost, Studio
Babelsberg, OC Film, Sirena Film, Duckling, Mainstream,
Kameraudlejningen, 4 ½

GIORNI E NUVOLE (Days and Clouds), Italy/Switzerland
directed by Silvio Soldini
written by Doriana Leondeff & Francesco Piccolo & Federica Pontremoli &
Silvio Soldini
produced by Lumière & Co., Amka Films Productions, RTSI – televisione
svizzera, Eurimages

GOMORRA (Gomorrah), Italy*
directed by Matteo Garrone
written by Maurizio Braucci & Ugo Chiti & Gianni di Gregorio & Matteo
Garrone & Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano
produced by Fandango, RAI Cinema

LA GRAINE ET LE MULET (The Secret of the Grain / Couscous), France*
written and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
produced by Hirsch / Pathé Renn Production, France 2 Cinéma

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, UK
Written and directed by Mike Leigh
produced by Thin Man Films Ltd., Summit Entertainement, Ingenious Film
Partners, Film4, UK Film Council

HOME, Switzerland*
directed by Ursula Meier
written by Ursula Meier & Antoine Jaccoud & Rapaëlle Valbrunne
produced by Box Productions sarl, Renens VD, Archipel 35, Need
Productions, TSR, SRG SSR idée Suisse, France 3, RTBF

HUNGER, UK
directed by Steve McQueen
written by Enda Walsh & Steve McQueen
produced by Blast! Films Production, Channel 4/Film 4, Northern Ireland
Screen, The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, The Wales Creative IP Fund
JAS SUM OD TITOV VELES (I am from Titov Veles), FYR Macedonia
written and directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska
produced by Sisters and Brother Mitevska Production, Entre Chien et
Loup, Vertigo Film, Silkroad Production

KÆRLIGHED PÅ FILM (Just Another Love Story), Denmark
written and directed by Ole Bornedal
produced by Thura Film A/S

KARAMAZOVI (The Karamazovs), Czech Republic*/Poland
written and directed by Petr Zelenka
produced by Prvni Verejnopravni, Warsaw Pact, Ceska Televize

KATYN, Poland*
directed by Andrzej Wajda
written by Andrzej Wajda & Wladyslaw Pasikowski & Przemyslaw Nowakowski
produced by Akson Studio, TVP S.A. – Film Agency, Telekomunikacja Polska

KIRSCHBLUETEN - HANAMI (Cherry Blossoms - Hanami), Germany*
written and directed by Doris Dörrie
produced by Olga Film GmbH, Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARD/Degeto, Arte

LEMON TREE / עץ לימון, Israel/Germany/France
directed by Eran Riklis
written by Suha Arraf & Eran Riklis
produced by Eran Riklis Productions Ltd., Heimatfilm GmbH & Co. KG, Mact Productions, Riva Filmproduktion GmbH

LOVE AND OTHER CRIMES, Germany/Serbia
written and directed by Stefan Arsenijevic
produced by Coin Film GmbH, Art & Popcorn, Studio Arkadena

MONGOL, Russia*/Germany/Kazakhstan
directed by Sergei Bodrov
written by Sergei Bodrov & Arif Aliyev
produced by CTB Film Company, Andreevskiy Flag Film Company, X Filme
Creative Pool, Kinofabrika GmbH, Eurasia Film Production

MORAM SPAVAT’ ANDJELE (I Have to Sleep My Angel), Croatia/Bosnia & Herzegovina
directed by Dejan Acimovic
written by Tatjana Acimovic
produced by DA Film, Croatian Television, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Television, Croatia Film

MUSTA JÄÄ (Black Ice), Finland*
written and directed by Petri Kotwica
produced by Making Movies, Schmidt Katze Filmkollektiv

O’HORTEN, Norway*
written and directed by Bent Hamer
produced by Bulbul Film, Pandora Film, Memento Films, Scanbox

EL ORFANATO (The Orphanage), Spain*
directed by Juan Antonio Bayona
written by Sergio G. Sánchez
produced by Rodar y Rodar S.L., Telecinco Cinema

PING-PONGKINGEN (The King of Ping Pong), Sweden*
directed by Jens Jonsson
written by Jens Jonsson & Hans Gunnarsson
produced by Bob Film Sweden AB, Eurimages, Nordisk Film, MEDIA, Svenska
Filminstitutet, Nordisk Film A/S, Filmpool Nord AB, SVT

REVANCHE, Austria*
written and directed by Götz Spielmann
produced by Prisma Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Spielmann Film

LE SILENCE DE LORNA (Lorna’s Silence), Belgium
written and directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
produced by Les Films du Fleuve, Archipel 35, Lucky Red

TEŠKO JE BITI FIN (It’s Hard to Be Nice), Bosnia & Herzegovina
written and directed by Srdjan Vuletic
produced by Refresh Production

ÜÇ MAYMUN (Three Monkeys), Turkey
directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
written by Ebru Ceylan & Ercan Kesal & Nuri Bilge Ceylan
produced by Zeynofilm, Pyramide Productions, Bimfilm

WALTZ WITH BASHIR, Israel*/France/Germany
written and directed by Ari Folman
produced by Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d’Ici, Razor Film
Produktion, ARTE France, ITVS International

DIE WELLE (The Wave), Germany
directed by Dennis Gansel
written by Dennis Gansel & Peter Thorwarth
produced by Rat Pack Filmproduktion GmbH, Constantin Film Produktion,
B.A. Produktion, Medienfonds GFP I KG

WOLKE 9 (Cloud 9), Germany
directed by Andreas Dresen
written by Andreas Dresen & Laila Stieler & Cooky Ziesche & Jörg Hauschild
produced by Rommel Film e.K., Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, ARTE

ДЗИФТ / ZIFT, Bulgaria
directed by Yavor Gardev
written by Vladislav Todorov
produced by Miramar Film, Bulgarian National Film Centre, Bulgarian
National Television