FIVE DEBUT FILMS NOMINATED FOR THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2009

Presentation during the 22nd European Film Awards Ceremony
Saturday evening, December 12, 2009, Ruhr area, Germany

This year, too, the European Film Academy is presenting the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY AWARD to a film director for the best feature film debut. The announcement of the nominations took place during the Zurich Film Festival.

The five nominated films were selected by a committee consisting of EFA Board members Pawel Pawlikowski (UK), Els Vandevorst (Netherlands), and Pierre-Henri Deleau (France), Jacob Neiiendam (Director of the CPH:PIX Film Festival, Denmark), and film journalists Dana Linssen (Netherlands) and Alin Taciyan (Turkey), both affiliated with FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics). At the invitation of the festival, the committee met in Zurich and arrived at the following nominations:

AJAMI, Germany / Israel
Screenplay and direction by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
Produced by Mosh Danon, Thanassis Karathanos & Talia Kleinhendler

GAGMA NAPIRI (The Other Bank), Georgia / Kazakhstan
Directed by George Ovashvili
Screenplay by Nugzar Shataidze
Produced by George Ohashvili & Sain Gabdullin

KATALIN VARGA, Romania / UK / Hungary
Screenplay and direction by Peter Strickland
Produced by Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu & Peter Strickland

SOIS SAGE (BE GOOD), France / Denmark
Screenplay and direction by Juliette Garcias
Produced by Marianne Slot

SONBAHAR (Autumn), Turkey / Germany
Screenplay and direction by Özcan Alper
Produced by F. Serkan Acar & Kadir Sïzen

The 2,000 members of the European Film Academy will select the final winner.
The announcement of the winner and the award ceremony will take place on December 12 during the European Film Awards Ceremony at the German Ruhr Metropolis.



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