Triangle of Sadness among leaders of European film award nominations
Triangle of Sadness, the Palme d’Or winning satire of the super rich, is among the leaders of the European film award (EFA) nominations, it has been announced.
Directed by Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness is up for four gongs, including best European film, best European actor for Zlatko Burić, and best European director for Östlund. Two other films have received four nominations: Close, Belgian director Lukas Dhont’s study of a relationship between two teenage boys, and Holy Spider, a drama about an Iranian serial killer from Border director Ali Abbasi.
The acting categories see nominations for films that may have expected to feature in other categories: Penélope Cruz is up for best European actress for Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers and Paul Mescal for best European actor for Aftersun, the highly praised father-daughter drama directed by Charlotte Wells. Veteran Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski is nominated for best European director for his Cannes jury prize-winning donkey drama EO, and Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar-winning Belfast is likewise up for a single award: best European screenwriter.
Winners are decided by a vote by the 4,400 members of the European
Film Academy. A number of technical and craft categories will also give out awards: these are decided by a series of specialist committees and will be announced on 23 November. Previously announced awards include a lifetime achievement prize to veteran German director Margarethe von Trotta.
The winners of the main awards will be announced at a ceremony in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 10 December.
Full list of nominations
Best European filmAlcarràsCloseCorsageHoly SpiderTriangle of Sadness
Best European documentaryA House Made of SplintersGirl GangMariupolis 2The Balcony MovieThe March on Rome
Best European directorLukas Dhont (Close)Marie Kreutzer (Corsage)Jerzy Skolimowski (EO)Ali Abbasi (Holy Spider)Alice Diop (Saint Omer)Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness)
Best European actressVicky Krieps (Corsage)Zar Amir-Ebrahimi (Holy Spider)Léa Seydoux (One Fine Morning)Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers) Meltem Kaptan (Rabiye Kurnaz Vs George W Bush)
Best European actorPaul Mescal (Aftersun)Eden Dambrine (Close)Elliott Crosset Hove (Godland)Pierfrancesco Favino (Nostalgia)Zlatko Burić (Triangle of Sadness)
Best European screenwriterCarla Simón & Arnau Vilaró (Alcarràs)Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens (Close)Ali Abbasi & Afshin Kamran Bahrami (Holy Spider) Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness)
Best European animated feature filmLittle Nicholas, Happy As Can BeMy Love Affair With MarriageMy Neighbours’
NeighboursNo Dogs or Italians AllowedOink
Best European short filmGranny’s Sexual LifeIce MerchantsLove, DadTechno, MamaWill My Parents Come to
See Me
European discovery award: Prix Fipresci107 MothersLove According to DalvaOther PeoplePamfirSmall BodySonne
Innovative storytelling awardMarco Bellocchio (Esterno Notte)
European achievement in world cinema awardElia Suleiman
Lifetime achievement awardMargarethe von Trotta