European Film Awards nominees announced

Daughter and father hi-jinks in Toni Erdmann with Sandra Hüller and Peter Simonischek Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival

Toni Erdmann is leading the charge in the European Film Award nominations. Maren Ade’s comedy drama about a woman whose father shakes up her life when he pays her a visit, is up for five gongs, including best film and acting nominations for Sandra Hüller and Peter Simonischek.

Ken Loach’s damning examination of the British benefits system I, Daniel Blake, has four nominations, including best film and Paul Laverty, for screenplay.

Both Pedro Almodóvar’s Julieta and Paul Verhoeven’s Elle scored three nominations each, including best film, with that top prize category rounded out by Lenny Abraham’s Room.

More than 3,000 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on December 10 in Wroclaw, Poland.

The full list of nominees is below:

BEST EUROPEAN FILM

• Elle, (Paul Verhoeven; France, Germany)
• I, Daniel Blake, (Ken Loach; UK, France)
• Julieta, (Pedro Almodóvar; Spain)
• Room, (Lenny Abrahamson; Ireland, Canada)
• Toni Erdmann, (Maren Ade; Germany, Austria)

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR

• Maren Ade, (Toni Erdmann)
• Pedro Almodóvar (Julieta)
• Ken Loach (I, Daniel Blake)
• Cristian Mungiu, (Graduation)
• Paul Verhoeven (Elle)

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR

• Javier Cámara, (Truman)
• Hugh Grant, (Florence Foster Jenkins)
• Dave Johns, (I, Daniel Blake)
• Burghart Klaußner, (The People vs. Fritz Bauer)
• Rolf Lassgård, (A Man Called Ove)
• Peter Simonischek, (Toni Erdmann)

BEST EUROPEAN ACTRESS

• Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, (Like Crazy)
• Trine Dyrholm, (The Commune)
• Sandra Hüller, (Toni Erdmann)
• Isabelle Huppert, (Elle)
• Emma Suárez & Adriana Ugarte, (Julieta)

BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER

• Maren Ade, (Toni Erdmann)
• Emma Donoghue, (Room)
• Paul Laverty, (I, Daniel Blake)
• Cristian Mungiu, (Graduation)
• Tomasz Wasilewski, (United States Of Love)

BEST EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY

• 21 X New York, (Piotr Stasik; Poland)
• A Family Affair, (Tom Fassaert; the Netherlands, Belgium)
• Fire At Sea, (Gianfranco Rosi; Italy, France)
• Mr Gaga, (Tomer Heymann; Israel, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands)
• S is for Stanley – 30 Years At The Wheel For Stanley Kubrick, (Alex Infascelli; Italy)
• The Land Of The Enlightened, (Pieter-Jan De Pue; Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands)

BEST EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE

• My Life As A Zucchini, (Claude Barras, France, Switzerland)
• Psiconautas, The Forgotten Children, (Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez, Spain)
• The Red Turtle (Michael Dudok de Wit, Japan, France, Belgium)

BEST EUROPEAN COMEDY

• A Man Called Ove, (Hannes Holm; Sweden, Norway)
• Look Who’s Back; (David Wnendt; Germany)
• One Man And His Cow, (Mohamed Hamidi; France)

FIPRESCI PRIZE – BEST EUROPEAN DISCOVERY

• Dogs, (Bogdan Mirica; France, Romania, Bulgaria, Qatar)
• Liebmann (Jules Herrmann; Germany)
• Sand Storm, (Elite Zexer; Israel)
• The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Mäki, (Juho Kuosmanen; Finland, Sweden, Germany)
• Thirst, (Svetla Tsotsorkova; Bulgaria)

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY FILM AWARD

• Fire At Sea
• Graduation
• I, Daniel Blake
• The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Mäki
• Toni Erdmann

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT

• 90 Degrees North (Detsky Graffam; Germany)
• 9 Days – From My Window In Aleppo (Thomas Vroege, Floor van der Meulen, Issa Touma; Netherlands, Syria)
• Amalimbo (Juan Pablo Libossart; Sweden, Estonia)
• A Man Returned (Mahdi Fleifel; Netherlands, Denmark, Lebanon, UK)
• Edmond (Nina Gantz; UK)
• Home (Daniel Mulloy; Kosovo, UK)
• I’m Not From Here (Giedrē Žickytē, Maite Alberdi; Lithuania, Denmark, Chile)
• In The Distance (Florian Grolig; Germany)
• Limbo (Konstantina Kotzamani; Greece, France)
• Shooting Star (Lyubo Yonchev; Italy, Bulgaria)
• Small Talk (Even Hafnor, Lisa Brooke Hansen; Norway)
• The Fullness Of Time (Romance) (Manon Coubia; France, Belgium)
• The Goodbye (Clara Roquet; Spain)
• The Wall (Samuel Lampaert; Belgium)
• We All Love The Sea Shore (Keina Espiñeir; Spain)