Spanish cinema emerges triumphant from the nominations for the European Film Awards that will be held in Lucerne on December 7. Pedro Almodóvar will be one of the most heard names that night thanks to the four nominations his new film has achieved, The next room, which after winning the Golden Lion in Venice is confirmed as one of the films of the year thanks to its mentions such as Best film, direction, script and actress for Tilda Swinton. Almodóvar’s protagonist will face the other Spanish presence announced this Tuesday, that of Karla Sofía Gascón, candidate for the French Emilia Perez, the narco-trans musical by Jacques Audiard for which she won the Best Actress award at Cannes along with the rest of the cast.
In addition, the new awards regulations mean that films nominated in the Best Documentary and Best Animated Film categories can also win the Best Film award, so two other Spanish films, They shot the pianistby Fernando Trueba, and The sultana’s dream by Isabel Herguera, are among the fifteen finalists in the queen category.
The next room It is also the great favorite, since along with Emilia Perez, by Jacques Audiard, is the only one to have four nominations. The two favorites will face each other in everything: film, direction, script and actress. The third in contention – with three candidates – will be The seed of the sacred fig, the film by Iranian Mohammad Rasoulof, who is exiled and which counts as a German production in these awards just as it will in the next Oscars.
The five nominated fictions are completed by the Cannes gore surprise; The substance -which also achieved mention in the Best Screenplay category-; and the surprise of Venice, the Italian Vermiglio, which won second prize at the Lido and here achieved the nominations for Best Film and Direction. In the quintet of directors, the Academy has replaced Coralie Fargeat with Andrea Arnold, the legendary British filmmaker who with bird gets this nomination and Best Actor for Franz Rogowski.
Karla Sofía Gascón, who is currently fighting for the Oscar nomination for Emilia Pérez, is in a good position to win the award for Best Actress. She faces Tilda Swinton, but also Renate Reinsve, for The tutoring; and to the double of The girl with the needle: Trine Dyrholm and Vic Carmen Sonne.
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