European Film Awards Boost Oscar Contenders

Two hugely entertaining English-language Cannes contenders starring Rachel Weisz lead the field of European Film Awards nominees with five nominations each: Paolo Sorrentino’s “Youth” (Fox Searchlight), starring Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel, which has been a relatively quiet festival contender, and “The Lobster” (Alchemy), Yorgos Lanthimos’s black comedy starring Colin Farrell. Both films should get a nice boost with Academy voters, along with several foreign language Oscar contenders, including “Rams,” “Mustang,” and “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting Existence,” plus documentary Oscar frontrunners “Amy” and “The Look of Silence.”

NOMINATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2015:

EUROPEAN FILM 2015

A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE

EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON

Sweden, France, Germany, Norway, 96 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Roy Andersson

PRODUCED BY: Pernilla Sandström

 

MUSTANG

France, Germany, Turkey, 100 min.

DIRECTED BY: Deniz Gamze Ergüven

WRITTEN BY: Deniz Gamze Ergüven & Alice Winocour

PRODUCED BY: Charles Gillibert 

 

RAMS

HRÚTAR

Iceland, Denmark, 93 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Grímur Hákonarson

PRODUCED BY: Grímar Jónsson

 

THE LOBSTER

UK, Ireland, Greece, France, Netherlands, 118 min.

DIRECTED BY: Yorgos Lanthimos

WRITTEN BY: Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou

PRODUCED BY: Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey &  Yorgos Lanthimos

 

VICTORIA

Germany, 138 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Sebastian Schipper

PRODUCED BY: Jan Dressler 

 

YOUTH

YOUTH – LA GIOVINEZZA

Italy, France, UK, Switzerland, 118 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino

PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima & Carlotta Calori 

 

EUROPEAN COMEDY 2015:

A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE

EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON

Sweden, France, Germany, Norway, 96 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Roy Andersson

PRODUCED BY: Pernilla Sandström

 

THE BÉLIER FAMILY

LA FAMILLE BELIER

France, 106 min.

DIRECTED BY: Eric Lartigau

WRITTEN BY: Eric Lartigau, Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carre de Malberg &   Thomas Bidegain

PRODUCED BY: Eric Jehelmann, Philippe Rousselet & Stéphane Celerier

 

THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT

LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT

Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 114 min.

DIRECTED BY: Jaco Van Dormael

WRITTEN BY: Jaco Van Dormael & Thomas Gunzig

PRODUCED BY: Jaco Van Dormael, Olivier Rausin & Daniel Marquet 

 

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2015

A SYRIAN LOVE STORY

UK, 76 min.

DIRECTED BY: Sean McAllister

PRODUCED BY: Elhum Shakerifar

 

AMY

UK, 127 min.

DIRECTED BY: Asif Kapadia

PRODUCED BY: James Gay-Rees

 

DANCING WITH MARIA

Italy, Argentina, Slovenia, 75 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ivan Gergolet

PRODUCED BY: Igor Princic, David Rubio & Miha Cernec

 

THE LOOK OF SILENCE

Denmark, Norway, Indonesia, 99 min.

DIRECTED BY: Joshua Oppenheimer

PRODUCED BY: Signe Byrge Sørensen

 

TOTO AND HIS SISTERS

TOTO SI SURORILE LUI

Romania, Hungary, 93 min.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alexander Nanau

PRODUCED BY: Valeriu Nicolae, Hanka Kastelicova, Alexander Nanau, Catalin Mitulescu & Marcian Lazar

 

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2015

Roy Andersson for A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE

Yorgos Lanthimos for THE LOBSTER

Nanni Moretti  for MY MOTHER

Sebastian Schipper for VICTORIA

Paolo Sorrentino for YOUTH

Małgorzata Szumowska for BODY

 

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2015

Margherita Buy in MY MOTHER

Laia Costa in VICTORIA

Charlotte Rampling in 45 YEARS

Alicia Vikander in EX MACHINA

Rachel Weisz in YOUTH

 

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2015

Michael Caine in YOUTH

Tom Courtenay  in 45 YEARS

Colin Farrell in THE LOBSTER

Christian Friedel in 13 MINUTES

Vincent Lindon in THE MEASURE OF A MAN

 

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2015

Roy Andersson for A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE

Alex Garland for EX MACHINA

Andrew Haigh for 45 YEARS

Radu Jude & Florin Lazarescu for AFERIM!

Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou for THE LOBSTER

Paolo Sorrentino for YOUTH