"Fatherland" and "La Bola Negra" dominate the European Film Award nominations

by Nathaniel R

Poland's Oscar submission Fatherland (from Pawel Pawlikowski of Ida and Cold War fame) and Spain's Oscar submission La Bola Negra (which took Best Director at Cannes for Los Javis) are in a presumedly tight battle at the European Film Awards. The dramas, one intimate and brief the other epic and expansive, received 11 and 10 nominations respectively. The Palme d'Or winner Fjord is a quite distant third with five nominations. January's European Film Awards will be held in Athens, Greece. Though the ceremony moves countries each year, it's never been to Southeastern Europe before.

The nominees and some stats after the jump...

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