EFA nominees and first winners announced.

Starred Up and Locke among early recipients.

by Amber Wilkinson

The European Film Academy and EFA Productions have announced the nominations for the 27th European Film Awards. The more than 3,000 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on December 13, in the Latvian capital Riga, European Capital of Culture 2014.

Nominees:

EUROPEAN FILM

Force Majeure (Turist)
Sweden/Denmark/France/Norway
Writer/Director: Ruben Östlund

Ida
Poland/Denmark
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Writers: Paweł Pawlikowski & Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Leviathan (Leviafan)
Russia
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Writer: Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev

Nymphomaniac Director's Cut Volume I and II
Denmark/Germany/France/Belgium
Writer/Director: Lars von Trier

Winter Sleep (Kis Uykusu)
Turkey/France/Germany
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Writer: Ebru Ceylan & Nuri Bilge Ceylan

EUROPEAN COMEDY

Carmina and Amen (Carmina y Amen)
Spain
Writer/Director: Paco León

Le Week-End
UK
Director: Roger Michel
Writer: Hanif Kureishi

The Mafia Only Kills In Summer (La Mafia Uccide Solo d'Estate)
Italy
Director: Pierfrancesco Diliberto
Writer: Michele Astori, Pierfrancesco Diliberto & Marco Martani

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2014
Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Winter Sleep (Kis Uykusu)
Steven Knight for Locke
Ruben Östlund for Force Majeure (Turist)
Paweł Pawlikowski for Ida
Paolo Virzì for Human Capital (Il Capitale Umano)
Andrey Zvyagintsev for Leviathan (Leviafan)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS
Marian Alvarez in Wounded (La Herida)
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in Human Capital (Il Capitale Umano)
Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night (Deux Jours, Une Nuit)
Charlotte Gainsbourg in Nymphomaniac Director's Cut Volume I and II
Agata Kulesza in Ida
Agata Trzebuchowska in Ida

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2014
Brendan Gleeson in Calvary
Tom Hardy in Locke
Alexey Serebryakov in Leviathan (Leviafan)
Stellan Skarsgård in Nymphomaniac Director's Cut Volume I and II
Timothy Spall in Mr. Turner

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER Ebru Ceylan & Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Winter Sleep (Kis Uykusu)
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for Two Days, One Night (Deux Jours, Une Nuit)
Steven Knight for Locke
Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev for Leviathan (Leviafan)
Paweł Pawlikowski & Rebecca Lenkiewicz for Ida

EFA JURY AWARDS

A special seven-member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the EFA Selection list, decided on the following awards recipients:

European Cinematographer – Prix Carlo Di Palma
Łukasz Żal & Ryszard Lenczewski for Ida

European Editor
Justine Wright for Locke

European Production Designer
Claus-Rudolf Amler for The Dark Valley (Das Finistere Tal)

European Costume Designer
Natascha Curtius-Noss for The Dark Valley (Das Finistere Tal)

European Composer
Mica Levi for Under The Skin

European Sound Designer
Joakim Sundström for Starred Up

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