The European Film Awards 2024: The European Film Academy announces this year’s Feature Film Selection – Part 1
The European Film Awards 2024: The European Film Academy announces this year’s Feature Film Selection – Part 1
Taking place on 7 December in Lucerne, Switzerland, the European Film Awards 2024 honour the greatest achievements in European cinema. The selection procedure for the prestigious awards, presented jointly by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions, is underway.
The European Film Academy Board – consulted by a diverse range of invited European experts – chose 29 productions as the first part of the Academy’s Feature Film Selection 2024. The Feature Film Selection includes films that the Board of the Academy recommends to all Academy members for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2024. Further titles will be announced in September.
Eligible for the European Film Awards are European feature films which, among other criteria, had their first official screening between 1 June 2023 and 31 May 2024 and have a European director*.
Please find the list of all selected films as well as further information on all films including synopsis, cast, credits and statements of directors (if available).
With 26 European countries represented – both EU and non-EU, the list of the selected films reflects the excellency of European filmmakers demonstrating the variety, diversity and creativity throughout Europe.
The Feature Film Selection announcement is the first step in the three-stage awarding procedure. In the coming weeks, the 5,000 members of the European Film Academy will start to watch and vote for the selected films. Based on the votes of the participating members the nominations in the feature film categories ‘European Film’, ‘Director’, ‘Actor’, ‘Actress’ and ‘Screenwriter’, ‘European Documentary’ as well as ‘European Discovery’ and ‘Young Audience Award’ will be made public on 5 November 2024. The winners will be announced at the European Film Awards ceremony in Lucerne on 7 December 2024.
In addition to voting, the selected films will be considered for the Excellence Awards in the categories ‘European Cinematography’, ‘Editing’, ‘Production Design’, ‘Costume Design’, ‘Make-up & Hair’, ‘Original Score’, ‘Sound’ and ‘Visual Effects’ which will be determined by an eight-member jury consisting of representatives of the different arts and crafts. There will be no nominations in these categories.
Here you can find further information as well as printable stills for download. The selection is based on the Diversity & Inclusion Standards of the European Film Academy.
The ceremony of the European Film Awards – the most renowned and prestigious award for European film – is presented by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Production gGmbH.
*Should a film director not be European, ‘provided they have a European refugee or similar status or have lived in Europe and worked in the European film industry for at least five consecutive years’, exceptions by the Board can be made. See Regulations for the 37th European Film Awards.