The European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the EFA Documentary Selection, a list of 13 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for this year’s European Film Awards. There are 14 European countries represented in this year’s EFA Documentary Selection.
EFA Members will now vote for five documentary nominations. Based on these nominations, the EFA Members will then elect the ‘European Documentary 2020’, which will be announced during the awards ceremony on December 12 in Reykjavik.
EFA DOCUMENTARY SELECTION 2020
ACASĂ, MY HOME
ACASĂ
Romania, Germany, Finland
DIRECTED BY Radu Ciorniciuc
WRITTEN BY Lina Vdovîi
PRODUCED BY Monica Gorgan
COLLECTIVE
COLECTIV
Romania, Luxembourg
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Alexander Nanau
PRODUCED BY Alexander Nanau, Bianca Oana, Bernard Michaux & Hanka Kastelocova
I AM NOT ALONE
Armenia
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Garin Hovannisian
PRODUCED BY Garin Hovannisian, Alec Mouhibian, Tatevik Manoukyan & Eric Esrailian
LITTLE GIRL
PETITE FILLE
France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Sébastien Lifshitz
PRODUCED BY Muriel Meynard
ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH
IL VARCO
Italy
DIRECTED BY Federico Ferrone & Michele Manzolini
WRITTEN BY Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini & Wu Ming 2
PRODUCED BY Claudio Giapponesi & Roberto Cicutto
SAUDI RUNAWAY
Switzerland
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Susanne Regina Meures
PRODUCED BY Christian Frei
SELF PORTRAIT
SELFPORTRETT
Norway
DIRECTED BY Margreth Olin, Katja Hogset & Espen Wallin
WRITTEN BY Margreth Olin & Katja Hogset
PRODUCED BY Margreth Olin
STATE FUNERAL
Netherlands, Lithuania
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Sergei Loznitsa
PRODUCED BY Maria Choustova, Sergei Loznitsa & Uljana Kim
THE CAVE
Syrian Arab Republic, Denmark
DIRECTED BY Feras Fayyad
WRITTEN BY Alisar Hasan & Feras Fayyad
PRODUCED BY Kirstine Barfod & Sigrid Dyekjær
THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE
ZEMLIA BLAKYTNA NIBY APEL’SYN
Ukraine, Lithuania
DIRECTED BY Iryna Tsilyk
PRODUCED BY Anna Kapustina & Giedrė Žickytė
THE EUPHORIA OF BEING
A LÉTEZÉS EUFÓRIÁJA
Hungary
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Réka Szabó
PRODUCED BY Sára László, Marcell Gerő & Réka Szabó
THEY CALL ME BABU
ZE NOEMEN ME BABOE
Netherlands
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Sandra Beerends
PRODUCED BY Pieter van Huijstee
WALCHENSEE FOREVER
Germany
DIRECTED BY Janna Ji Wonders
WRITTEN BY Janna Ji Wonders & Nico Woche
PRODUCED BY Martin Heisler, Katharina Bergfeld & Nadja Smith