23/10/2018 - The European Film Academy has announced the nominations for the two award categories

The European Film Academy has announced the nominations for the award categories European Animated Feature Film 2018 and European Comedy 2018 at the European Film Awards.

The nominations for the Comedy category were determined by a committee comprised of EFA Board Members Angeles González-Sinde (Spain), Henning Kamm (Germany) and Ada Solomon (Romania), director Hannes Holm (Sweden) and distributor Hrvoje Laurenta (Croatia). As for Animated Feature Film, the committee consisted of EFA Board Deputy Chairman Antonio Saura (Spain), EFA Board Member Graziella Bildesheim (Italy), producer Manuel Cristobal (Spain), director Dorota Kobiela (Poland), distributor Sune Lind Thomsen (Denmark) and writer Claire Paoletti (France).

The nominees are:

European Comedy
C'est la vie! [+see also:
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Diamantino [+see also:
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film profile] - Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt (Portugal/France/Brazil)
The Death of Stalin [+see also:
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European Animated Feature Film
Another Day of Life [+see also:
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film profile] - Raul de la Fuente & Damian Nenow (Poland/Spain/Belgium/Germany/Hungary)
Early Man [+see also:
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The Breadwinner [+see also:
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film profile] - Nora Twomey (Ireland/Canada/Luxembourg)
White Fang [+see also:
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film profile] - Alexandre Espigares (France/Luxembourg)

The nominated films will soon be submitted to the more than 3,500 EFA Members to elect the winner. The European Comedy 2018 and the European Animated Feature Film 2018 will then be presented at the 31st European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 15 December, in Seville.