European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) have revealed the film selections list of 24 films from different European countries. These films are currently being viewed by 42 film critics from across 13 Arab countries to select the best European film out of the entries submitted by the national film promotion institutes from all over Europe. The awards ceremony will be hosted at this year’s edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), which is slated to be held in November.
The List of European Films (in alphabetical order):
And Then We Danced
Director: Levan Akin
Sweden
Baghdad in My Shadow
Director: Samir
Switzerland
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
Director: Salvador Simó
Spain
Corpus Christi
Director: Jan Komasa
Poland
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya
Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska
North Macedonia
Gods of Molenbeek
Director: Reetta Huhtanen
Finland
History of Love
Director: Sonja Prosenc
Slovenia
Let There Be Light
Director: Marko Škop
Slovakia
Mali
Director: Antonio Nuić
Croatia
Oleg
Director: Juris Kursietis
Latvia
Our Mothers
Director: César Diaz
Belgium
Out Stealing Horses
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Norway
Shindisi
Director: Dito Tsintsadze
Georgia
Stitches
Director: Miroslav Terzic
Serbia
System Crasher
Director: Nora Fingscheidt
Germany
Take Me Somewhere Nice
Director: Ena Sendijarevic
The Netherlands
The Champion
Director: Leonardo D’Agostini
Italy
The Delegation
Director: Bujar Alimani
Albania
The Painted Bird
Director: Václav Marhoul
Czech Republic
The Son
Director: Ines Tanović
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Truth and Justice
Director: Tanel Toom
Estonia
When Tomatoes Met Wagner
Director: Marianna Economou
Greece
Who You Think I Am
Director: Safy Nebbou
France
You Have the Night
Director: Ivan Salatić
Montenegro
More information on the Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films here