The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations in the categories EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2016 and EUROPEAN COMEDY 2016.
Based on a list of films provided by CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, as well as on individual film submissions, a committee decided on the nominations in the category EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM. The committee consisted of EFA Board Member Antonio Saura, producer (Spain), director Tomm Moore (Ireland) and producer Anja Šošić (Poland), as well as CARTOON representatives Karsten Kiilerich (Denmark), Marc Du Pontavice (France), and Vincent Tavier (Belgium).
The Nominations for EUROPEAN COMEDY were decided by a committee consisting of EFA Board Member Ada Solomon, producer (Romania), Nacho Carballo from Gijón IFF, distributor Kim Foss (Denmark), Nik Powell from NFTS (UK), and Marten Rabarts representing EYE Film Institute (Netherlands).
EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI
MA VIE DE COURGETTE
Switzerland, France
66 min.
DIRECTED BY: Claude Barras
WRITTEN BY: Céline Sciamma
PRODUCED BY: Max Karli
ANIMATION: Kim Keukeleire
PSICONAUTAS, THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN
PSICONAUTAS, LOS NIÑOS OLVIDADOS
Spain
75 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alberto Vázquez & Pedro Rivero
PRODUCED BY: Farruco Castroman, Carlos Juarez & Luis Tosar
ANIMATION: Krhis Cembe
THE RED TURTLE
LA TORTUE ROUGE
France, Belgium
80 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Michael Dudok De Wit
PRODUCED BY: Vincent Maraval
ANIMATION: Michael Dudok De Wit
EUROPEAN COMEDY
A MAN CALLED OVE
EN MAN SOM HETER OVEÂ
Sweden, Norway
112 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Hannes Holm
PRODUCED BY: Annica Bellander Rune & Nicklas Wikström Nicastro
LOOK WHO´S BACK
ER IST WIEDER DA
Germany
110 min.
DIRECTED BY: David Wnendt
WRITTEN BY: David Wnendt & Mizzi Meyer
PRODUCED BY: Christoph Müller & Lars Dittrich
ONE MAN AND HIS COW
LA VACHE
France
92 min.
DIRECTED BY: Mohamed Hamidi
WRITTEN BY: Mohamed Hamidi, Alain-Michel Blanc & Fatsah Bouyahmed
PRODUCED BY: Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun & Jamel Debbouze
The nominated films will now be submitted to the over 3,000 EFA Members to elect the winner. The European Animated Feature Film 2016 and European Comedy 2016 will then be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony in Wroclaw, Poland (European Capital of Culture 2016) on Saturday, 10 December – streamed live here.
Berlin, 25 October 2016