The films of four Romanian directors have been selected for the 39th edition of the European Film Awards, which celebrate \u201cthe finest achievements in European cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cristian Mungiu\u2019s Fjord<\/em>, also the winner of this year\u2019s Palme d\u2019Or and Romania\u2019s Oscar entry; Alina \u015eerban\u2019s <\/em> I Matter, the winner of the Audience Award at this year\u2019s Venice Film Festival; Radu Jude\u2019s <\/em> The Diary of a Chambermaid, which premiered in this year\u2019s Quinzaine des Cin\u00e9astes\/Directors\u2019 Fortnight in Cannes; and Florin \u015eerban\u2019s <\/em> You Don\u2019t Belong Here, the winner of the Pardo d\u2019Oro at this year\u2019s Locarno Film Festival, are on the Fiction Shortlist of the awards.<\/p>\n A total of 68 feature films have been shortlisted for a possible nomination for the European Film Awards, with the winners voted for by members of the European Film Academy. Forty-five films are selected for the fiction shortlist, 15 for the documentary shortlist and eight for the animation shortlist. Representing 40 European countries, the films bring together established and emerging filmmakers, including directors working across borders. Twenty-five films are directed or co-directed by women.<\/p>\n \u201cTogether, they celebrate the excellence, diversity and creativity of European cinema, reflecting its many cultures, languages and perspectives while exploring some of today\u2019s most pressing issues, from migration and cultural clashes to minority communities, gender and political freedom,\u201d the organizers said.<\/p>\n The shortlisted fiction and documentary films have been chosen by members of the European Film Academy Board and invited European experts, whereas the shortlisted animated feature films have been chosen by a selection committee composed of members of the Academy Board and invited experts in co-operation with CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film.<\/p>\n The nominations for the categories \u2018European Film\u2019, \u2018European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI\u2019, \u2018European Documentary\u2019, \u2018European Animation Film\u2019, \u2018European Director\u2019, \u2018European Actress\u2019, \u2018European Actor\u2019, \u2018European Screenwriter\u2019, \u2018European Casting Director\u2019, \u2018European Cinematographer\u2019, \u2018European Composer (Original Score)\u2019, \u2018European Costume Designer\u2019, \u2018European Editor\u2019, \u2018European Make-Up & Hair Artist\u2019, \u2018European Production Designer\u2019 and \u2018European Sound\u2019 will be announced on November 14, during the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.<\/p>\n The nominations for the \u2018European Young Audience Award\u2019 will be announced on November 1, at the International Film Festival Glasgow. On November 13, the nominations for the \u2018European Short Film\u2019, selected by the European Film Academy Short Film Network, will be revealed at the Seville European Film Festival. The nominees for the \u2018LUX Audience Award\u2019 will be unveiled on November 25.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The films of four Romanian directors have been selected for the 39th edition of the European Film Awards, which celebrate \u201cthe finest achievements in European cinema.\u201d Cristian Mungiu\u2019s Fjord, also the winner of this year\u2019s Palme d\u2019Or and Romania\u2019s Oscar entry; Alina \u015eerban\u2019s I Matter, the winner of the Audience Award at this year\u2019s Venice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}