Nine of the 49 European films chosen for the European Film Awards selection list were wholly or partially made in the UK or Ireland.
Films including Ken Loach's sympathetic examination of the Irish Repulbican movement in the early part of the 20th century, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, and costume adaptation Pride And Prejudice are included on the list, alongside hard-hitting drama documentary The Road to Guantanamo and Neil Jordan's comedy drama with a transvestite twist Breakfast On Pluto.
Also on the list are Danish,Norwegian,Swedish and UK collaboration Drabet (Manslaughter) - the final instalment of director Per Fly's "class trilogy" - Danish/UK-make Efter Brylluppet (After The Wedding), Norwegian/UK coproduction Free Jimmy and Karaula (Border Post) a Bosnia-Herzegovina/Croatia/Slovenia/ Macedonia/UK/Serbia outing.
Spanish/UK collaboration recounting the story of anarchist Salvador Puig Antich, Salvador, and Swedish/Danish/UK coproduction Zozo - about an Arab boy who moves to Sweden from Lebanon - are also included.
The 49-strong shortlist is:
9-Ya Rota (9th Company)A Fost Sau N-A Fost (12:08 East Of Bucharest),
Aideista Parhain (Mother Of Mine)
L'Amico Di Famiglia (The Family Friend), Italy/France
Anche Libero Va Bene (Along The Ridge)
Een Ander Zijn Geluk (Someone Else’s Happiness)
Blo?Bond (Thicker Than Water)
Breakfast On Pluto
Den Brysommemannen (The Bothersome Man)
Il Caimano (The Caiman)
Drabet (Manslaughter)
Efter Brylluppet (After The Wedding)
Feher Tenyer (White Palms)
Free Jimmy
Garpastum
Grbavica
Iklimler (Climates)
Indigenes (Days Of Glory)
Je Ne Suis Pas La Pour Etre Aime (Not Here To Be Loved)
Juventude Em Marcha (Colossal Youth)
Karaula (Border Post)
Karov Labayit (Close To Home)
Komornik (The Collector)
Laitakaupungin Valot (Lights In The Dusk)
Langer Licht (Northern Light)
Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives Of Others)
Leidi Zi (Lady Zee)
Liubi
Persona Non Grata
Le Petit Lietenant
Pride & Prejudice
Princesas
Princess
Requiem
The Road To Guantanamo
Romanzo Criminale (Crime Novel)
Salvador
The Science Of Sleep
Sommer 04 (Summer '04)
Sommer Vorm Balkon (Summer In Berlin)
Spiele Leben (You Bet Your Life)
Something Like Happiness
Taxidermia
La Vida Secreta De Las Palabras (The Secret Life Of Words)
Volver
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Zozo
For further details about the European Academy visit the official site.
