Lest we motherlanders disappoint, the European Film Academy has announced the nominees for its 2022 awards, and they're just as mediocre as any American film organization could conceive. Leading the field are three movies with four nominations each: Ali Abbasi's (bad) Holy Spider, Ruben Ostlund's (bad) Triangle of Sadness, and Lukas Dhont's (dunno, not seeing a movie by an unrepentant transphobe) Close, with all three securing nods for both Best Film and Best Director. And mercy? What mercy? Kenneth Branagh receives a nomination for Best Screenwriter, after marking himself out as possibly the worst Original Screenplay Oscar winner earlier this year for Belfast. Winners will be announced in two stages: craft categories for the EFAs are chosen by committees and decided upon without official nominees, and those winners will be declared on the 23rd of November, while the main category winners are due on the 10th of December.
Best European Film
Alcarras
Close
Corsage
Holy Spider
Triangle of Sadness
Best European Director
Ali Abbasi (Holy Spider)
Lukas Dhont (Close)
Alice Diop (Saint Omer)
Marie Kreutzer (Corsage)
Ruben Ostlund (Triangle of Sadness)
Jerzy Skolimowski (EO)
Best European Actress
Zar Amir-Ebrahimi (Holy Spider)
Penelope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)
Meltem Kaptan (Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush)
Vicky Krieps (Corsage)
Lea Seydoux (One Fine Morning)
Best European Actor
Zlatko Buric (Triangle of Sadness)
Elliott Crosset Hove (Godland)
Eden Dambrine (Close)
Pierfrancesco Favino (Nostalgia)
Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
Best European Screenwriter
Ali Abbasi and Afshin Kamran Kabrami (Holy Spider)
Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Lukas Dhont and Angelo Tijssens (Close)
Ruben Ostlund (Triangle of Sadness)
Carla Simon and Arnau Vilaro (Alcarras)
Best European Animated Feature
Little Nicholas, Happy as Can Be
My Love Affair with Marriage
My Neighbours' Neighbours
No Dogs or Italians Allowed
Oink
Best European Documentary
The Balcony Movie
Girl Gang
A House Made of Splinters
The March on Rome
Mariupolis 2
Best European Short Film
Granny's Sexual Life
Ice Merchants
Love, Dad
Techno, Mama
Will My Parents Come to See Me
FIPRESCI Prize for European Discovery
107 Mothers
Dalva
Other People
Pamfir
Small Body
Sonne
Innovative Storytelling Award
Marco Bellocchio (Exterior, Night)
European Achievement in World Cinema Award
Elia Suleiman
Lifetime Achievement Award
Margarethe von Trotta