The European Film Academy congratulates the nominees for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2017 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film. 

This year’s nominations were determined by a committee comprised of EFA Board Member Angeles González-Sinde (Spain), EFA Member Mihai Chirilov (Romania), and Isabelle Danel (France), Robbie Eskiel (Greece) and Michael Pattison (UK) as representatives of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. 

Nominated are:

The nominated films will soon be submitted to the more than 3,000 EFA Members to elect the winner. The European Discovery 2017 – Prix FIPRESCI will then be presented at the 30^th European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 9 December, in Berlin.