08/10/2020 - Films by Nermin Hamzagic, Fanny Liatard & Jérémy Trouilh, Halina Reijn, Jurgis Matulevičius, Zoé Wittock and Carlo Sironi vie for the European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI award

The European Film Awards have announced the nominees for the European Discovery 2020 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented to a director for a first full-length feature film. This year’s nominations were determined by a committee comprised of EFA Board Members Valérie Delpierre (Spain) and Anita Juka (Croatia), curator Giona A Nazzaro (Italy) as well as film critics Marta Bałaga (Finland/Poland), Andrei Plakhov (Russia) and Frédéric Ponsard (France), all three as representatives of the FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics).

The nominees are:

Full Moon [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Nermin Hamzagić
film profile] - Nermin Hamzagic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Gagarin [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Tr…
film profile] - Fanny Liatard & Jérémy Trouilh (France)
Instinct [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Halina Reijn
film profile] - Halina Reijn (Netherlands)
Isaac [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jurgis Matulevičius
film profile] - Jurgis Matulevičius (Lithuania)
Jumbo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Zoé Wittock
film profile] - Zoé Wittock (France/Belgium/Luxembourg)
Sole [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Carlo Sironi
film profile] - Carlo Sironi (Italy/Poland)

The nominated films will soon be made available on the EFA VOD Platform to the more than 3,800 EFA Members who elect the winner. The European Discovery 2020 – Prix FIPRESCI will then be presented at the 33rd European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 12 December.