The European Film Academy reveals the titles of this year’s feature-length documentary films that have been recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2022. A committee consisting of a diverse range of invited European experts has chosen 13 films to be part of the Academy´s Documentary Film Selection 2022. The European Film Awards, honouring the greatest achievements in European cinema, will be presented on 10 December in Reykjavík.
With 15 European countries represented – both EU and non-EU – the selection once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.
Eligible for the European Film Awards are European documentaries which, among other criteria, had their first official screening between 1 June 2021 and 31 May 2022 and have a European director.
In the coming weeks, the 4,400 members of the European Film Academy will start to watch the selected films and after the final announcement of all films vote on the nominations in the category ‘European Documentary’. Based on the votes of all members, the nominations will be made public on 8 November 2022. The members of the European Film Academy will then vote for the winners who will be announced at the European Film Awards ceremony in Reykjavík on 10 December 2022.
The selection takes into account the Diversity & Inclusion Standards of the European Film Academy, as displayed here.
The ceremony of the European Film Awards – the most renowned and prestigious award for European film – is presented by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions.
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A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS
Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Ukraine (88 min)
Directed by: Simon Lereng Wilmont
A THOUSAND FIRES
France, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Palestine (90 min)
Directed by: Saeed Taji Farouky
Written by: Saeed Taji Farouky
ANGELS OF SINJAR
Poland, Germany (106 min)
Directed by: Hanna Polak
Written by: Hanna Polak
GIRL GANG
Switzerland (98 min)
Directed by: Susanne Regina Meures
Written by: Susanne Regina Meures
HOW TO SAVE A DEAD FRIEND
Sweden, Norway, France, Germany (103 min)
Directed by: Marusya Syroechkovskaya
Written by: Marusya Syroechkovskaya
KARAOKE PARADISE / KARAOKEPARATIISI
Finland (75 min)
Directed by: Einari Paakkanen
Written by: Einari Paakkanen
MARIUPOLIS 2
Lithuania, France, Germany (112 min)
Directed by: Mantas Kvedaravicius
MR LANDSBERGIS / MR LANDSBERGIS. SUGRIAUTI BLOGIO IMPERIJĄ
(248 min)
Directed by: Sergei Loznitsa
Written by: Vytautas V. Landsbergis (junior), Sergei Loznitsa
NELLY & NADINE
Sweden, Belgium, Norway (93 min)
Directed by: Magnus Gertten
Written by: Magnus Gertten, Jesper Osmund
REPUBLIC OF SILENCE
Germany, France, Syria, Qatar, Italy (183 min)
Directed by: Diana El Jeiroudi
Written by: Diana El Jeiroudi
THE BALCONY MOVIE / FILM BALKONOWY
Poland (100 min)
Directed by: Pawel Lozinski
Written by: Pawel Lozinski
THE ECLIPSE / FORMØRKELSEN
Norway (110 min)
Directed by: Nataša Urban
Written by: Nataša Urban
THREE MINUTES – A LENGTHENING
The Netherlands, UK (72 min)
Directed by: Bianca Stigter
Written by: Bianca Stigter
