The European Film Academy has fired the starting gun in the race for the European Film Awards.
It has recommended 19 films to its members who will then select the nominees from this list, as well as some additional titles that will be announced next month.Among the selected films are Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or winner “Anatomy of a Fall,” and the winner of its Jury Prize, “Fallen Leaves,” along with fellow Palme d’Or contenders “Kidnapped,” “Firebrand,” “La Chimera” and “The Old Oak.”Other titles include “How to Have Sex,” which won the Un Certain Regard Award in Cannes, “The Animal Kingdom,” which also played in Un Certain Regard, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight titles “Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry” and “The Goldman Case,” and “Close Your Eyes,” which played in the Cannes Premiere section.Also selected are “Afire,” which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Berlinale, “20,000 Species of Bees,…
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