Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’ film “Lobster” was nominated in four categories – Best European Film, Best European Director, Best European Actor, Best European Screenwriter – in the 2015 European Film Awards that will be presented in Berlin on December 12.
Lobster premiered officially in Athens on October 22nd, it is Lanthimos’ first English-language, with Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz playing the main characters and has already won the Jury Prize at the 68th Cannes Film Festival.
“Loners” rules
The film is a Greek-Irish-British-Dutch-French production and has been written by Yorgos Lanthimos and his standard co-writer Efthimis Filippou. It is set in the future when single people are taken to The Hotel to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and sent off into The Woods. In that setting, one man escapes into The Woods and falls in love with a woman, in contrast to the “Loners” rules.
The full list of nominations for the 2015 European Film Awardsis as follows:
Best European Film
“The Lobster”
“Mustang”
“A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflection on Existence”
“Rams”
“Victoria”
“Youth”
Best European Director
Malgorzata Szumowska, “Body”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Lobster”
Nanni Moretti, “Mia Madre”
Roy Andersson, “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflection on Existence”
Sebastian Schipper, “Victoria”
Paolo Sorrentino, “Youth”
Best European Actor
Michael Caine, “Youth”
Tom Courtenay, “45 Years”
Colin Farrell, “The Lobster”
Christian Friedel, “13 Minutes”
Vincent Lindon, “The Measure of a Man”
Best European Actress
Margherita Buy, “Mia Madre”
Laia Costa, “Victoria”
Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years”
Alicia Vikander, “Ex Machina”
Rachel Weisz, “Youth”
Best European Screenwriter
Radu Jude and Florin Lazarescu, “Aferim!”
Alex Garland, “Ex Machina”
Andrew Haigh, “45 Years”
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou, “The Lobster”
Roy Andersson, “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflection on Existence”
Paolo Sorrentino, “Youth”
Best European Documentary
“Amy”
“Dancing with Maria”
“The Look of Silence”
“A Syrian Love Story”
“Toto and His Sisters”
Best European Animated Feature
“Adama”
“Shaun the Sheep Movie”
“Song of the Sea”
Best European Comedy
“The Belier Family”
“The Brand New Testament”
“A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence”
Source: http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/
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