2009

The EFA Selection

33 SCENY Z ZYCIA
33 SCENES FROM LIFE
Poland / Germany, 96 min
Written & directed by Małgośka Szumowska
Produced by Raimond Goebel & Karl Baumgartner

LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS
BROKEN EMBRACES 
Spain, 129 min
Written & directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by: Agustín Almodóvar

ALLE ANDEREN
EVERYONE ELSE
Germany, 119 min
Written & directed by: Maren Ade
Produced by: Janine Jackowski, Dirk Engelhardt & Maren Ade

ANTICHRIST
Denmark, 104 min
Written & directed by: Lars von Trier
Produced by: Meta Louise Foldager

APAFÖLD
FATHER’S ACRE
Hungary, 79 min
Written & directed by: Viktor Oszkár Nagy
Produced by: Péter Miskolczi

DER BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX
Germany, 149 min
Directed by: Uli Edel
Written & produced by: Bernd Eichinger

BROTHERS
Switzerland, 115 min
Directed by: Igaal Niddam
Written by: Igaal Niddam, David Belhassen & Roy Katsiri
Produced by: Nasser Bakhti

БУМАЖНЫЙ СОЛДАТ (BUMAZHNY SOLDAT)
PAPER SOLDIER
Russia, 118 min
Directed by: Alexey German Jr.
Written by: Alexey German Jr., with the participation of Vladimir Arkusha & Julia Glezarova
Produced by: Artem Vasiliev & Sergey Shumakov

CAMINO
Spain, 143 min
Written & directed by: Javier Fesser
Produced by: Luis Manso & Jaume Roures

COCOAVANT CHANEL
COCO BEFORE CHANEL
France, 110 min
Directed by: Anne Fontaine
Written by: Anne & Camille Fontaine
Produced by: Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne & Simon Arnal

EASTERN PLAYS
Bulgaria, 89 min
Written & directed by: Kamen Kalev
Produced by: Fredrik Zander, Stefan Piriyov & Kamen Kalev

FISH TANK
UK, 124 min
Written & directed by: Andrea Arnold
Produced by: Kees Kasander & Nick Laws

FRYGTELIG LYKKELIG
TERRIBLY HAPPY
Denmark, 99 min
Directed by: Henrik Ruben Genz
Written by: Henrik Ruben Genz & Gry Dunja Jensen
Produced by: Thomas Gammeltoft

HAKOL MATHIL BAYAM
IT ALL BEGINS AT SEA
Israel, 93 min
Written & directed by: Eitan Green
Produced by: Eilon Ratzkovsky, Yossi Uzrad, Yochanan Kredo & Koby Gal-Raday

JERICHOW
Germany, 93 min
Written & directed by: Christian Petzold
Produced by: Florian Koerner von Gustorf & Michael Weber

KALAT HAYAM
JAFFA
France / Israel / Germany, 105 min
Directed by: Keren Yedaya
Written by: Keren Yedaya in collaboration with Illa Ben Porat
Produced by: Jérôme Bleitrach, Emmanuel Agneray, Marek Rozenbaum, Benny Drechsel & Karsten Stöter

KÄSKY
TEARS OF APRIL
Finland / Germany / Greece, 115 min
Directed by: Aku Louhimies
Written by: Jari Olavi Rantala (screenplay), Leena Lander (Novel)
Produced by: Aleksi Bardy, Christoph Thoke, George Charalambides, Christine Ioannou & Nicholas Moutselos

KISSES
Ireland, 74 min
Written & directed by: Lance Daly
Produced by: Macdara Kelleher

DER KNOCHENMANN
THE BONE MAN
Austria, 121 min
Directed by: Wolfgang Murnberger
Written by: Wolf Haas, Josef Hader & Wolfgang Murnberger
Produced by: Danny Krausz & Kurt Stocker

ΚΥΝΟΔΟΝΤΑΣ (KYNODONTAS)
DOGTOOTH
Greece, 96 min
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by: Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou
Produced by: Yorgos Tsourgiannis

LÅT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA IN
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
Sweden, 114 min
Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
Written by: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Produced by: John Nordling & Carl Molinder 

LILLE SOLDAT
LITTLE SOLDIER
Denmark, 97 min
Directed by: Annette K. Olesen
Written by: Kim Fupz Aakeson & Annette K. Olesen
Produced by: Ib Tardini

LOFT
Belgium, 118 min
Directed by: Erik Van Looy
Written by: Bart de Pauw
Produced by: Hilde de Laere

LOOKING FOR ERIC
UK/France, 116 min
Directed by: Ken Loach
Written by: Paul Laverty
Produced by: Rebecca O’Brien

MÄN SOM HATAR KVINNOR
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Sweden / Germany / Denmark, 152 min
Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev
Written by: Rasmus Heisterberg & Nikolaj Arcel
Produced by: Sören Staermose

MARIA LARSSONS EVIGA ÖGONBLICK
EVERLASTING MOMENTS
Denmark / Sweden, 130 min
Directed by: Jan Troell
Written by: Niklas Rådström, co-writers: Jan Troell & Agneta Ulfsäter Troell
Produced by: Thomas Stenderup

MAX MANUS
Norway / Germany / Denmark, 113 min
Directed by: Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning
Written by: Thomas Nordseth-Tiller
Produced by: John M. Jacobsen & Sveinung Golimo

NICIJI SIN
NO ONE’S SON
Croatia, 100 min
Directed by: Arsen Anton Ostojic
Written by: Mate Matisic
Produced by: Jozo Patljak

NORD
NORTH
Norway, 79 min
Directed by: Rune Denstad Langlo
Written by: Erlend Loe
Produced by: Sigve Endresen & Brede Hovland

OORLOGSWINTER
WINTER IN WARTIME
The Netherlands, 103 min
Directed by: Martin Koolhoven
Written by: Paul Jan Nelissen, Mieke de Jong & Martin Koolhoven
Produced by: Els Vandevorst & San Fu Maltha

PANDORANIN KUTUSU
PANDORA’S BOX
Turkey / France / Germany / Belgium, 112 min
Directed by: Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Written by: Yeşim Ustaoğlu & Sema Kaygusuz
Produced by: Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Muhammet Çakıral, Serkan Çakarer, Behrooz Hashemian, Setareh Farsi, Natacha Devillers, Catherine Burniaux, Michael Weber & Tobias Pausinger

POLITIST, ADJECTIV
POLICE, ADJECTIVE
Romania, 113 min
Written & directed by: Corneliu Porumboiu
Produced by: Marcela Ursu

PRANZO DI FERRAGOSTO
MID-AUGUST LUNCH
Italy, 75 min
Written & directed by: Gianni di Gregorio
Produced by: Matteo Garrone

UN PROPHETE
A PROPHET
France, 149 min
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Written by: Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain based on an original idea by Abdel Raouf Dafri after an original screenplay by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit
Produced by: Chic Filmks, Page 114, Why Not Productions

QUESTIONE DI CUORE
A MATTER OF HEART
Italy, 104 min
Written & directed by: Francesca Archibugi
Produced by: Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini & Marco Chimenz

THE READER 
Germany, 122 min
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Written by: David Hare
Produced by: Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti & Redmond Morris

RETORNO A HANSALA
RETURN TO HANSALA
Spain, 95 min
Directed by: Chus Gutierrez
Written by: Juan Carlos Rubio & Chus Gutierrez
Produced by: Carlos Santurio, Antonio Pérez & Chus Gutierrez

SERAPHINE
France, 125 min
Written & directed by: Martin Provost
Produced by: Miléna Poylo & Gilles Sacuto

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
UK, 90 min
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Written by: Simon Beaufoy
Producer: Christian Colson

ΣΤΡΕΛΛΑ (STRELLA)
Α WOMAN’S WAY - STRELLA
Greece, 113 min
Directed by: Panos H. Koutras
Written by: Panos H. Koutras & Panayiotis Evangelidis
Produced by: Panos H. Koutras

TATARAK
SWEET RUSH
Poland, 84 min
Written & directed by: Andrzej Wajda
Produced by: Michał Kwieciński, Leszek Andrzej Wyszyński & Waldemar Dąbrowski

THE TIME THAT REMAINS
France, 105 min
Written & Directed by: Elia Suleiman
Produced by: Michael Gentile & Elia Suleiman

TOBRUK
Czech Republic / Slovakia, 102 min
Directed by: Václav Marhoul
Written by: Václav Marhoul (based on the Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane)
Produced by: Václav Marhoul

TURNEJA
THE TOUR
Serbia / Bosnia & Herzegovina / Croatia / Slovenia, 107 min
Written & directed by: Goran Marković
Produced by:Svetozar Cvetković & Tihomir Stanić

UZAK İHTİMAL
WRONG ROSARY
Turkey, 90 min
Directed by: Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
Written by: Tarık Tufan, Görkem Yeltan & Bektaş Topaloğlu
Produced by: Ismail Kılıçarslan, Tulin Çetinkol Soyarslan, Tarık Tufan & Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun

VINCERE
Italy, 128 min
Directed by: Marco Bellocchio
Written by: Marco Bellocchio & Daniela Ceselli
Produced by: Mario Gianani

DAS WEISSE BAND - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
THE WHITE RIBBON
Germany / Austria / France / Italy, 145 min
Written & directed by: Michael Haneke
Produced by: Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Menegoz & Andrea Occhipinti

WELCOME
France, 110 min
Directed by: Philippe Lioret
Written by: Philippe Lioret, Olivier Adam & Emmanuel Courcol
Produced by: Christophe Rossignon