European Film Academy has selected 14 feature-length documentary films to comprise the Documentary Film Selection for the European Film Awards 2023. The European Film Awards, honorring the greatest achievements in European cinema, will be presented on December 9 in Berlin.
Eligible for the European Film Awards are European documentaries which, among other criteria, had their first official screening between 1 June 2022 and 31 May 2023 and have a European director. Additional titles of documentary films premiering at summer festivals might be added and announced in September.
In the coming weeks, the 4,600 members of the European Film Academy will start to watch the selected films and after the final announcement of all films vote on the nominations in the category ‘European Documentary’. Based on the votes of all members, the nominations will be made public on 7 November 2023. The members of the European Film Academy will then vote for the winner who will be announced at the European Film Awards ceremony in Berlin on 9 December 2023.
APOLONIA, APOLONIA / APOLONIA, APOLONIA
Denmark, Poland
Directed by: Lea Glob
Written by: Lea Glob
BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS / ÎNTRE REVOLUTII
Romania, Croatia
Directed by: Vlad Petri
Written by: Vlad Petri, Lavinia Braniste
FOUR DAUGHTERS / LES FILLES D’OLFA
France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia
Directed by: Kaouther Ben Hania
Written by: Kaouther Ben Hania
IN THE REARVIEW / SKAD DOKAD
Poland, France, Ukraine
Directed by: Maciek Hamela
Written by: Maciek Hamela
LIGHT FALLS VERTICAL / ARA LA LLUM CAU VERTICAL
Spain, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands
Directed by: Efthymia Zymvragaki
Written by: Efthymia Zymvragaki
MOTHERLAND
Sweden, Ukraine, Norway
Directed by: Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich
Written by: Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich
ON THE ADAMANT / SUR L’ADAMANT
France, Japan
Directed by: Nicolas Philibert
ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY / ORLANDO, MA BIOGRAPHIE POLITIQUE
France
Directed by: Paul B. Preciado
Written by: Paul B. Preciado
OUR BODY / NOTRE CORPS
France
Directed by: Claire Simon
PARADISE / PARADIS
France, Switzerland
Directed by: Alexander Abaturov
Written by: Alexander Abaturov
SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD / SAVVUSANNA SÕSARAD
Estonia, France, Iceland
Directed by: Anna Hints
Written by: Anna Hints
THE HEARING / DIE ANHÖRUNG
Switzerland
Directed by: Lisa Gerig
Written by: Lisa Gerig
WE WILL NOT FADE AWAY / MY NE ZGASNEMO
Ukraine, France, Poland
Directed by: Alisa Kovalenko
Written by: Alisa Kovalenko
WHO I AM NOT / WHO I AM NOT
Romania, Canada , Germany
Directed by: Tunde Skovran
Written by: Tunde Skovran