Arab Critics’ Award for European Films nominees Announced

A total of 22 European films, including nine Oscar submissions for Best International Feature Film, are competing for the Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films. This event is jointly hosted by European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) for the sixth time.

Eighty-nine influential Arab film critics from 15 Arab-speaking countries will choose their top three favorites. The winning film will be announced during the El Gouna Film Festival, which takes place from 24th October to 1st November.

AUSTRIA

The Village Next to Paradise
by Mo Harawe
Read the review from Cannes

BELGIUM

Julie Keeps Quiet
by Leonardo van Dijl
Read the review from Sarajevo

CROATIA
Celebration
by Bruno Ankovi?
Read the review from Karlovy Vary

CZECH REPUBLIC
Waves
by Jiri Madl

DENMARK

The Girl with the Needle
by Magnus von Horn
Read the review from Cannes

ESTONIA

8 Views of Lake Biwa
by Marko Raat

FINLAND

Once upon a Time in a Forest
by Virpi Suutari

FRANCE
En fanfare (The Marching Band)
by Emmanuel Courcol

GERMANY

The Seed of the Sacred Fig
by Mohammad Rasoulof
Read the review from Cannes

GREECE
Meat
by Dimitris Nakos
Read the review from Toronto

Meat

HUNGARY

Semmelweis
by Lajos Koltai

ICEAND

When the Light Breaks
by Rúnar Rúnarsson

IRELAND
Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story
by Sinéad O’Shea
Read the review from Toronto

LATVIA
Flow
by Gints Zilbalodis

THE NETHERLAND
Three Days of Fish
by Peter Hoogendoorn
Read the review from Karlovy Vary

NORWAY

Loveable
by Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Read the review from Karlovy Vary

SERBIA

78 Days
by Emilija Gaši?
Read the review from Rotterdam

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Living Large
by Kristina Dufková

SLOVENIA

Family Therapy
by Sonja Prosenc
Read the review from Sarajevo

SPAIN
Black Butterflies
by David Baute

SWEDEN
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
by Göran Hugo Olsson

SWITZERLAND
Reinas
by Klaudia Reynicke
Read the review from Sundance

The Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films was launched in 2019 by EFP and the ACC. It is a spin-off from the ACC’s well-established Critics’ Awards to boost the diversity of films in the region and raise the interest of sales companies and the industry for outstanding European films. This initiative also wishes to cast a spotlight onto distinguished film critics from 15 Arab-speaking countries and their important role of introducing new perspectives and bridging cultural differences and characteristics.