Dogman by Matteo Garrone and Happy as Lazzaro by Alice Rohrwacher will rapresent Italy at the European Film Awards (Efa 2018). The award ceremony at the European Film Festival will be held on December 15 in Seville. The two films have gained four nominations: Best European Film, Best European Director, Best European Screenwriter, Best European Actress and Best European Actor. Other nominated Italian films include The Happy Prince (Rupert Everett nominated for Best Actor) and Call me by your name by Luca Guadagnino in the People’s Choice Award.
Here are all the nominations for the Efa 2018:
European Film
- Border by Ali Abbasi (Sweden/Denmark)
- Cold War by Pawel Pawlikowski (Poland/UK/France)
- Dogman by Matteo Garrone (Italy/France)
- Girl by Lukas Dhont (Belgium/Netherlands)
- Happy as Lazzaro by Alice Rohrwacher (Italy/Switzerland/France/Germany)
European Documentary
- A Woman Captured by Bernadett Tuza-Ritter (Hungary/Germany)
- Bergman: A Year in a Life by Jane Magnusson (Sweden)
- Of Fathers and Sons by Talal Derki (Germany/Syria/Lebanon)
- The Distant Barking of Dogs by Simon Lereng Wilmont (Denmark/Sweden/Finland)
- The Silence of Others by Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar (US/Spain)
European Director
- Ali Abbasi for Border
- Matteo Garrone for Dogman
- Samuel Maoz for Foxtrot (Israel/Switzerland/Germany/France)
- Pawel Pawlikowski for Cold War
- Alice Rohrwacher for Happy as Lazzaro
European Actress
- Marie Bäumer for 3 Days in Quiberon (Germany/Austria/France)
- Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir for Woman at War (Iceland/France/Ukraine)
- Joanna Kulig for Cold War
- Bárbara Lennie for Petra (Spain/France/Denmark)
- Eva Melander for Border
- Alba Rohrwacher for Happy as Lazzaro
European Actor
- Jakob Cedergren for The Guilty (Denmark)
- Rupert Everett for The Happy Prince (Germany/Belgium/United Kingdom/Italy)
- Marcello Fonte for Dogman
- Sverrir Gudnason for Borg/McEnroe (Sweden/Denmark/Finland/Czech Republic)
- Tomasz Kot for Cold War
- Victor Polster for Girl
European Screenplay
- Ali Abbasi, Isabella Eklöf & John Ajvide Lindqvist for Border
- Matteo Garrone for Dogman
- Gustav Möller & Emil Nygaard Albertsen for The Guilty
- Pawel Pawlikowski for Cold War
- Alice Rohrwacher for Happy as Lazzaro
European Comedy
- C’est la vie! by Eric Toledano & Olivier Nakache (France)
- Diamantino by Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt (Portugal/France/Brazil)
- The Death of Stalin by Armando Iannucci (UK/France)
European Animated Feature Film
- Another Day of Life by Raul de la Fuente & Damian Nenow (Poland/Spain/Belgium/Germany/Hungary)
- Early Man by Nick Park (UK)
- The Breadwinner by Nora Twomey (Ireland/Canada/Luxembourg)
- White Fang by Alexandre Espigares (France/Luxembourg)
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
- Girl by Lukas Dhont
- One Day by Zsófia Szilágyi (Hungary)
- Scary Mother by Ana Urushadze (Georgia/Estonia)
- The Guilty by Gustav Möller
- Those Who Are Fine by Cyril Schäublin (Switzerland)
- Touch Me Not by Adina Pintilie (Romania/Germany/Czech Republic/Bulgaria/France)
People’s Choice Award
- Borg/McEnroe by Janus Metz
- C’est la vie by Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano (France)
- Call Me by Your Name by Luca Guadagnino (Italy/France/US/Brazil)
- Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan (United Kingdom/Netherlands/France/United States)
- Darkest Hour by Joe Wright (UK)
- In the Fade by Fatih Akin (Germany)
- The Death of Stalin by Armando Ianucci
- Valerian by Luc Besson (France)
- Victoria & Abdul by Stephen Frears (UK)
