European Film Awards: ‘The Zone Of Interest’ and ‘The Green Border’ among titles added

The European Film Academy has added a further 21 features to its shortlist for the 2023 European Film Awards, including Cannes premiering films The Zone of Interest, La Passion de Dodin Bouffant (The Taste of Things) and Club Zero, as well as Venice Competition titles The Green Border, Woman of..., Holly and Io Capitano (Me, Captain). 

The shortlist for the 36th European Film Awards now comprises 40 features.

A total of 31 European countries represented, reflecting the strength and diversity of features from European filmmakers. The European Film Academy said that more than 40% of all selected films are directed by women.

The first 19 titles titles in the running for the 2023 European Film Awards were unveiled in August and included Cannes titles How To Have Sex, The Old Oak and Firebrand.

Amongst our favourites here at Euronews Culture are Kuolleet lehdet (Fallen Leaves), Aki Kaurismäki's morose yet uplifting romance which welcomes all newcomers to the master of droll's oeuvre to what Finnish feelgood feels like; Christian Petzold's terrfic, Berlinale-premiering Roter Himmel (Afire), which made it onto our list of the Top Films of 2023 (So Far); Nikolaj Arcel's Bastarden(The Promised Land), in which the ever-masterful Mads Mikkelsen plays an impoverished 18th century captain on a mission to conquer the harsh heath; and Justine Triet's Palme d'Or winner, L'anatomie d'une chute (Anatomy of a Fall), an Alpine murder-mystery that doubles as a captivating courtroom drama.

However, for our money, there are two titles which already stand as strong frontrunners for Best Film at this year’s European Film Awards: Jonathan Glazer’s profoundly distrubing and ambitious Holocaust film The Zone of Interest (click here for our Cannes review