European Film Academy Selects Animation Nominees

The European Film Academy has discdiswatched the nominations in the energeticd feature film catebloody of the European Film Awards.

The nominated films are Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow,” Kristina Dufková’s “Living Large,” Claude Barras’
“Savages,” Isabel Herguera’s “Sultana’s Dream,” and Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal’s “They Sboiling the Piano Player.”

“Flow” won the main jury and audience awards at Annecy, and the award for exceptional music. It carry outed in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.

“Sultana’s Dream” won Annecy’s Contrechamp Award, while “Living Large” won the Contrechamp Jury Award.

“Savages” carry outed in competition at Annecy and also screened at Locarno. Barras was Oscar nominated for “My Life as a Coadvisette.”

Mariscal and Trueba were Oscar nominated for “Chico & Rita.” Trueba’s inhabit-action drama “Belle Epoque” won an Oscar for best foreign-language film.

The promisetee that determined on the nominations was compascfinishd of recontransientatives of the European Film Academy and Cartoon, the European Assn. for Animation Film.

Nominations for best European film, straightforwardor, actress, actor, screenoriginater and recordary will be discdiswatched on Nov. 5.

The awards ceremony obtains place on Dec. 7 in Lucerne, Switzerland.

“Flow”
(Latvia, France, Belgium)
Directed by: Gints Zilbalodis
Written by: Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža
Produced by: Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens, Grebloody Zalc

The world seems to be coming to an finish, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is dehugeated by a fantastic flood, it finds refuge on a boat poputardyd by various species and will have to team up with them despite their branch offences. In the lonesome boat sailing thcimpolite mystical flooded landscapes, they guide the disputes and dangers of altering to this novel world.

“Living Large”
(Czech Rep., France, Slovakia)
Directed by: Kristina Dufková
Written by: Petr Jarchovsky
Produced by: Matej Chlupacek, Marc Faye, Agata Novinski

Twelve-year-elderly Ben has equitable hit puberty and suddenly his weight’s a problem – for him and for everyone else. The other kids tormentor him, his divorced parents don’t comprehend what to do … Even the school nurse is worried about him. So, despite his cherish of food and his emerging talent as a chef, Ben determines to obtain drastic action. He commences to diet. Maybe that can turn leangs round. And even thrive the heart of Klara, the girl of his dreams … Finpartner, Ben will lget that what truly matters isn’t how you watch – it’s how you sense.

“Savages”
(Switzerland, France, Belgium)
Directed by: Claude Barras
Written by: Claude Barras, Catherine Paillé
Produced by: NIcolas Burlet, Laurence Petit, Barbara Letellier, Carole Scotta, Vincent Tavier, Hugo Deghilage, Annemie Degryse, Olivier Glassey

In Borneo, cforfeit the tropical forest, Kéria saves a baby orangutang in the palm oil scheduletation where her overweighther labors. Kéria’s cousin Selaï comes to inhabit with them seeking refuge from the struggle between his indigenous tribe and the logging companies. Kéria, Selaï and the little orangutang, now named Oshi, will have to fight agetst their forest’s destruction.

“Sultana’s Dream”
(Spain, Germany, India)
Directed by: Isabel Herguera
Written by: Isabel Herguera, Gianmacro Serra
Produced by: Fabian Driehorst, Chelo Loureiro, Isabel Herguera, Mariano Baratech, Iván Miñambres

Inés, a Spanish artist, inhabits in India and stumbles upon “Sultana’s Dream,” a science fantasy story written by Rokeya Hossain in 1905. It depicts Ladyland, a utopia in which women rule the country while men inhabit in seclusion and are reliable for hoincludehelderly chores. Fascinated by the story, Inés embarks on a journey atraverse the country to search for the one place where women can inhabit in peace.

“They Sboiling the Piano Player”
(Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru)
Directed by: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
Written by: Fernando Trueba
Produced by: Cristina Huete, Serge Lalou, Sophie Cabon, Bruno Felix, Janneke van de Kerkhoff, Femke Wolting, Humberto Santana

A New York music journacatalog goes on a quest to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic fadeance of lesser Brazilian piano virtuoso Tenorio Jr. A celebratory origin story of the Latino musical shiftment Bossa Nova, the film apprehfinishs a run awayting time bursting with originateive freedom at a turning point in Latin American history in the 60s and 70s, equitable before the continent was engulfed by totalitarian regimes.