The European Film Awards 2012, to be presented at the Mediterrean Conference Centre on December 1, will put Malta in the spotlight with hundreds of people coming over for the prestigious event.
Speaking at the MCC this morning, Marion Döring, the Director of the European Film Academy and executive producer of the European Film Awards said that in 35 years, she had never been to such a beautiful location.
She said that some 1,000 people will be coming to Malta for the event, including about 250 journalists and 20 film crews.
The event will also be televised in more than 50 countries reaching millions of viewers.
“Malta has to be turned into a summit of European Cinema," she said, adding that many prestigious names in the industry, including winners of life time achievement awards, were expected to come although they could not be announced yet.
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech and Tourism Minister Mario de Marco spoke about the event and how it should put Malta even more in the spotlight.
European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the titles of the 47 films on this year’s selection list, recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2012. Among them is Carnage, by Roman Polanski.
With 31 European countries represented, the list of films illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.
In the 20 countries with the most EFA Members, these members have voted one national film directly into the selection list. To complete the list, a Selection Committee consisting of EFA Board Members and invited experts Pierre-Henri Deleau (France), Marit Kapla (Sweden), Stefan Kitanov (Bulgaria), Paz Lázaro (Spain), Derek Malcolm (UK), and Elma Tataragic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) has included further films.
In the coming weeks, the 2,700 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the nominations in the different award categories. The nominations will then be announced on 3 November at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain.
The EFA Selection 2012
A PERDRE LA RAISON
OUR CHILDREN
Belgium/France/Switzerland/Luxembourg, 111 min
by Joachim Lafosse
AΔΙΚΟΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΣ (ADIKOS KOSMOS)
UNFAIR WORLD
Greece/Germany, 107 min
by Filippos Tsitos
AZ AJTÓ
THE DOOR
Hungary/Germany, 98 min
by István Szabó
ALPEIS
ALPS
Greece, 93 min
by Yorgos Lanthimos
AMOUR
LOVE
Austria/France/Germany, 127 min
by Michael Haneke
THE ANGELS’ SHARE
UK/France/Belgium/Italy, 102 min
by Ken Loach
AVALON
Sweden, 78 min
by Axel Petersén
BARBARA
Germany, 105 min
by Christian Petzold
BİR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU’DA
ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
Turkey, 157 min
by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
CARNAGE
France/Germany/Poland/Spain, 80 min
by Roman Polanski
CESARE DEVE MORIRE
CAESAR MUST DIE
Italy, 76 min
by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
CIGÁN
GYPSY
Czech Republic/Slovakia, 107 min
by Martin Šulík
CSAK A SZÉL
JUST THE WIND
Hungary/Germany/France, 86 min
by Bence Fliegauf
DE ROUILLE ET D’OS
RUST AND BONE
France, 120 min
by Jacques Audiard
DIAZ: DON’T CLEAN UP THIS BLOOD
Italy/Romania/France, 120 min
by Daniele Vicari
DJECA
CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO
Bosnia & Herzegovina/Germany/France/Turkey, 90 min
by Aida Begić
DUPĂ DEALURI
BEYOND THE HILLS
Romania/France/Belgium, 150 min
by Cristian Mungiu
L’ENFANT D’EN HAUT
SISTER
Switzerland/France, 97 min
by Ursula Meier
FAUST
Russia, 134 min
by Alexander Sokurov
GRUPO 7
UNIT 7
Spain, 96 min
by Alberto Rodriguez
ההתחלפות (HAHITHALFUT)
THE EXCHANGE
Israel/Germany, 95 min
by Eran Kolirin
השוטר (HASHOTER)
POLICEMAN
Israel, 105 min
by Nadav Lapid
HASTA LA VISTA
COME AS YOU ARE
Belgium, 115 min
by Geoffrey Enthoven
IN DARKNESS
Germany/Poland/Canada, 144 min
by Agnieszka Holland
INTOUCHABLES
UNTOUCHABLE
France, 108 min
by Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano
IO SONO LI
SHUN LI AND THE POET
Italy, 96 min
by Andrea Segre
IRON SKY
Finland/Germany/Australia, 93 min
by Timo Vuorensola
JAGTEN
THE HUNT
Denmark, 111 min
by Thomas Vinterberg
KAUWBOY
The Netherlands, 81 min
by Boudewijn Koole
КЕЦОВЕ (KETCOVE)
SNEAKERS
Bulgaria, 111 min.
by Ivan Vladimirov & Valery Yordanov
EN KONGELIG AFFÆRE
A ROYAL AFFAIR
Denmark, 132 min
by Nikolaj Arcel
KRIEGERIN
COMBAT GIRLS
Germany, 103 min
by David Wnendt
PARADA
THE PARADE
Serbia, 115 min
by Srđjan Dragojević
PARADIES: LIEBE
PARADISE: LOVE
Austria/Germany/France, 120 min
by Ulrich Seidl
POUPATA
FLOWER BUDS
Czech Republic, 91 min
by Zdeněk Jiráský
RÓŻA
ROSE
Poland, 94 min
by Wojciech Smarzowski
SHAME
UK, 96 min
by Steve McQueen
SMRT ČOVEKA NA BALKANU
DEATH OF A MAN IN BALKANS
Serbia, 80 min
by Miroslav Momčilović
SØNNER AV NORGE
SONS OF NORWAY
Norway, 88 min
by Jens Lien
SUEÑO Y SILENCIO
THE DREAM AND THE SILENCE
Spain/France, 110 min
by Jaime Rosales
TABU
Portugal/Germany/Brazil/France, 118 min
by Miguel Gomes
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
France/UK/Germany, 128 min
by Tomas Alfredson
В ТУМАНΕ (V TUMANE)
IN THE FOG
Germany/Russia/Latvia/the Netherlands/Belarus, 127 min
by Sergei Loznitsa
LA VOZ DORMIDA
THE SLEEPING VOICE
Spain, 128 min
by Benito Zambrano
VUOSAARI
NAKED HARBOUR
Finland, 118 min
by Aku Louhimies
Жената која ги избриша своите солзи (ZENATA KOJA GI IZBRISA SOLZITE)
THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS
FYR Macedonia/Belgium/Slovenia/Germany, 102 min
by Teona Strugar Mitevska
ЖИЛА-БЫЛА ОДНА БАБА (ZHILA-BYLA ODNA BABA)
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE LIVED A SIMPLE WOMAN
Russia, 150 min
by Andrey Smirnov
In the coming weeks, the 2,700 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the nominations in the different award categories. The nominations will then be announced on 3 November at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain.