With 14 powerful feature-length documentary films the European Film Academy is presenting a strong Documentary Film Selection for the European Film Awards 2023. The Academy has revealed the titles today. A committee consisting of a diverse range of invited European experts has chosen these 14 productions that have been recommended for nomination for the European Film Awards 2023. The European Film Awards, honouring the greatest achievements in European cinema, will be presented on 9 December in Berlin.
 
With 16 European countries represented – both EU and non-EU – the selection demonstrates the great diversity in European cinema.
 
Please find the list of all selected documentaries here as well as further information on all films including synopsis, cast, credits, and statements of directors (if available).

Eligible for the European Film Awards are European documentaries which, among other criteria, had their first official screening between 1 June 2022 and 31 May 2023 and have a European director*. Additional titles of documentary films premiering at summer festivals might be added and announced in September.
 
In the coming weeks, the 4,600 members of the European Film Academy will start to watch the selected films and after the final announcement of all films vote on the nominations in the category ‘European Documentary’. Based on the votes of all members, the nominations will be made public on 7 November 2023. The members of the European Film Academy will then vote for the winner who will be announced at the European Film Awards ceremony in Berlin on 9 December 2023.

The selection is based on the Diversity & Inclusion Standards of the European Film Academy.
 
The ceremony of the European Film Awards – the most renowned and prestigious award for European film - is presented by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Production gGmbH.
 
*Should a film director not be European, “provided they have a European refugee or similar status or have lived in Europe and worked in the European film industry for at least five consecutive years”, exceptions by the Board can be made. Regulations for the 36^th European Film Awards, 1.6. p. 2.
 

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  APOLONIA, APOLONIA / APOLONIA, APOLONIA

  Denmark, Poland

  Directed by: Lea Glob
  Written by: Lea Glob

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  BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS / ÎNTRE REVOLUTII

  Romania, Croatia

  Directed by: Vlad Petri
  Written by: Vlad Petri, Lavinia Braniste

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  FOUR DAUGHTERS / LES FILLES D'OLFA

  France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia

  Directed by: Kaouther Ben Hania
  Written by: Kaouther Ben Hania

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  IN THE REARVIEW / SKAD DOKAD

  Poland, France, Ukraine

  Directed by: Maciek Hamela
  Written by: Maciek Hamela

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  LIGHT FALLS VERTICAL / ARA LA LLUM CAU VERTICAL

  Spain, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands

  Directed by: Efthymia Zymvragaki
  Written by: Efthymia Zymvragaki

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  MOTHERLAND

  Sweden, Ukraine, Norway

  Directed by: Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich
  Written by: Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich

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  ON THE ADAMANT / SUR L'ADAMANT

  France, Japan

  Directed by: Nicolas Philibert

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  ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY / ORLANDO, MA BIOGRAPHIE POLITIQUE

  France

  Directed by: Paul B. Preciado
  Written by: Paul B. Preciado

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  OUR BODY / NOTRE CORPS

  France

  Directed by: Claire Simon

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  PARADISE / PARADIS

  France, Switzerland

  Directed by: Alexander Abaturov
  Written by: Alexander Abaturov

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  SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD / SAVVUSANNA SÕSARAD

  Estonia, France, Iceland

  Directed by: Anna Hints
  Written by: Anna Hints

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  THE HEARING / DIE ANHÖRUNG

  Switzerland

  Directed by: Lisa Gerig
  Written by: Lisa Gerig

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  WE WILL NOT FADE AWAY / MY NE ZGASNEMO

  Ukraine, France, Poland

  Directed by: Alisa Kovalenko
  Written by: Alisa Kovalenko

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  WHO I AM NOT / WHO I AM NOT

  Romania, Canada , Germany

  Directed by: Tunde Skovran
  Written by: Tunde Skovran