Five Debut Films Nominated

At the Oldenburg International Film Festival in Germany, the European Film Academy has announced this year’s nominations for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film.
On invitation by the festival, the committee met in Oldenburg and decided on the following nominations.

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2015 – Prix FIPRESCI: NOMINATIONS

GOODNIGHT MOMMY		GOODNIGHT MOMMY ICH SEH ICH SEH Austria WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala PRODUCED BY: Ulrich Seidl
LIMBO		LIMBO Germany, Denmark WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Anna Sofie Hartmann PRODUCED BY: Nina Helveg, Ben von Dobenek
MUSTANG		MUSTANG France, Germany, Turkey DIRECTED BY: Deniz Gamze Ergüven WRITTEN BY: Deniz Gamze Ergüven & Alice Winocour PRODUCED BY: Charles Gillibert
SLOW WEST		SLOW WEST UK, New Zealand WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: John Maclean PRODUCED BY: Conor McCaughan, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman & Rachel Gardner
SUMMERS DOWNSTAIRS		SUMMERS DOWNSTAIRS IM SOMMER WOHNT ER UNTEN Germany, France WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Tom Sommerlatte PRODUCED BY: Iris Sommerlatte

The European Film Academy congratulates the nominees. The nominated films will soon be submitted to the more than 3,000 EFA Members to elect the winner. The European Discovery 2015 – Prix FIPRESCI will then be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, 12 December – streamed live here.