The substance by Coralie Fargeat, Emilia Perez by Jacques Audiard, The room next door by Pedro Almodóvar, e The seed of the sacred fig tree by Mohammad Rasoulof are among the nominees for the 2024 European Film Awards (EFA), the organizers announced on Tuesday.
Emilia Perez AND The room next door earned four nominations each, including Best European Film and Best Director. Holy fig is up for awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenwriter. The substance is in the running for best film and best screenwriter.
In the competition for best actress, Emilia Perez star Karla Sofía Gascón faces Renate Reinsve and Tilda Swinton for her role in The room next doorand Girl with the Needle actresses Trine Dyrholm and Vic Carmen Sonne.
Queer star Daniel Craig and Conclave star Ralph Fiennes competes for the best European actor award with Franz Rogowski (Bird), Lars Eidinger (Dying) and Abou Sangare (Soulemayne's story).
The winners of the 2024 European Film Awards will be revealed in Lucerne, Switzerland on 7 December.
The Italian actress Isabella Rossellini (Conclave, Blue velvet) will receive the European Achievement in World Cinema award during the ceremony, a lifetime achievement honour.
Here is the full list of nominees for the 2024 European Film Awards:
European cinema
BYE BYE TIBERIAS (France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar) – documentary film, directed by Lina Soualem, produced by Jean-Marie Nizan, Guillaume Malandrin and Ossama Bawardi
DAHOMEY (France, Senegal) – documentary film, directed by Mati Diop, produced by Eve Robin, Judith Lou-Lévy and Mati Diop
EMILIA PÉREZ (France) – feature film, directed by Jacques Audiard, produced by Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann and Anthony Vaccarello
FLOW (STRAUME) (Latvia, France, Belgium) – animated feature film, directed by Gints Zilbalodis, produced by Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman
IN LIMBO (W ZAWIESZENIU) (Poland) – documentary film, directed by Alina Maksimenko, produced by Filip Marczewski
LIVING LARGE (ŽIVOT K SEŽRÁNÍ) (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia) – animated feature film, directed by Kristina Dufková, produced by Matej Chlupacek, Agata Novinski and Marc Faye
NO OTHER LAND (Palestine, Norway) – documentary film, directed by Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal, produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal
SAVAGES (SAUVAGES) (Switzerland, France, Belgium) – animated feature film, directed by Claude Barras, produced by Nicolas Burlet, Laurence Petit, Barbara Letellier, Carole Scotta, Vincent Tavier, Hugo Deghilage, Annemie Degryse and Olivier Glassey
SOUNDTRACK OF A COUP D'ETAT (France, Belgium, Netherlands) – documentary film, directed by Johan Grimonprez, produced by Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
SULTANA'S DREAM (EL SUEÑO DE LA SULTANA) (Spain, Germany, India) – animated feature film, directed by Isabel Herguera, produced by Chelo Loureiro, Diego Herguera, Fabian Driehorst, Mariano Baratech and Iván Miñambres
THE NEXT ROOM (Spain) – feature film, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, produced by Agustín Almodóvar and Esther García
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (DANAYE ANJIR-E MOABAD) (Germany, France) – feature film, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, produced by Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner and Rozita Hendijanian
THE SUBSTANCE (UK, US, France) – feature film, directed by Coralie Fargeat, produced by Coralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner
THEY HAVE SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER (Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru) – animated feature film, directed by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, produced by Cristina Huete, Serge Lalou, Sophie Cabon, Bruno Felix, Janneke van de Kerkhoff, Femke Wolting & Humberto Santana
VERMIGLIO (Italy, France, Belgium) – feature film, directed by Maura Delpero, produced by Francesca Andreoli, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, Santiago Fondevila Sancet & Maura Delpero
European documentary
BYE BYE TIBERIAS (France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar), directed by Lina Soualem, produced by Jean-Marie Nizan, Guillaume Malandrin and Ossama Bawardi
DAHOMEY (France, Senegal), directed by Mati Diop, produced by Eve Robin, Judith Lou-Lévy and Mati Diop
IN LIMBO (W ZAWIESZENIU) (Poland), directed by Alina Maksimenko, produced by Filip Marczewski
NO OTHER LAND (Palestine, Norway), directed by Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal, produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal
SOUNDTRACK OF UN COUP D'ETAT (France, Belgium, Netherlands), directed by Johan Grimonprez, produced by Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
European Director
Andrea Arnold for BIRD
Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PÉREZ
Pedro Almodóvar for THE NEXT ROOM
Mohammad Rasoulof for THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Maura Delpero for VERMIGLIO
European actress
Renate Renovates in ARMAND
Karla Sofía Gascón in EMILIA PÉREZ
Trine Dyrholm in THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Vic Carmen Sonne in THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Tilda Swinton in the NEXT ROOM
European actor
Franz Rogowski in THE BIRD
Ralph Fiennes in the CONCLAVE
Lars Eidinger in DYING
Daniel Craig in QUEER
Abou Sangare in SOULEYMANE'S STORY
European screenwriter
Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PÉREZ
Magnus von Horn & Line Langebek for THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Pedro Almodóvar for THE NEXT ROOM
Mohammad Rasoulof for THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Coralie Fargeat for THE SUBSTANCE
European Discovery – FIPRESCI Award
ARMAND (Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden), directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, produced by Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
HOARD (UK), directed by Luna Carmoon, produced by Loran Dunn, Helen Simmons and Andrew Starke
KNEECAP (Ireland, UK), directed by Rich Peppiatt, produced by Patrick O'Neill, Trevor Birney and Jack Tarling
SANTOSH (UK, France, Germany), directed by Sandhya Suri, produced by Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Roman Paul, Gerhard Meixner, Carole Scotta and Eliott Khayat
THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME (ANUL NOU CARE NA FOST) (Romania, Serbia), directed and produced by Bogdan Mureșanu
TOXIC (AKIPLĖŠA) (Lithuania) directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė, produced by Giedre Burokaite
European animated feature film
Flow
Living large
Savages
Sultana's dream
They shot the pianist
European short film
2720
Outcry
The exploding girl
The man who couldn't stay silent
Wander to wonder
European Young Audience Award
LARS IS LOL (Norway, Denmark), directed by Eirik Sæter Stordahl, produced by Caroline Hitland and Matilda Appelin
THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN (Norway), directed by Benjamin Ree, produced by Ingvil Giske
WINNERS (Germany), directed by Soleen Yusef, produced by Sonja Schmitt, Marc Schmidheiny and Christoph Daniel