The European Film Academy have announced the documentary film titles nominations and out of the ten mostly unknown titles we find a pair of exceptions in Burma VJ (which received some solid buzz at Sundance) and The Beaches of Agnes (which received a film festival red carpet treatment and was shown at the Film Forum this summer). Previous winners of Prix Arte award include: last year’s Helena Trestikova’s Rene (read here) and 2007 the prize went to Rithy Panh’s Paper cannot Wrap up Embers. The winner will be announced on the 12th of December.
THE BEACHES OF AGNES – Agnès Varda, France
BELOW SEA LEVEL – Gianfranco Rosi, Italy / USA
BURMA VJ – Anders Østergaard, Denmark
COOKING HISTORY – Peter Kerekes, Slovakia / Austria / Czech Republic
THE DAMNED OF THE SEA – Jawad Rhalib, Belgium
DEFAMATION – Yoav Shamir, Denmark / Austria / Israel / USA
THE HEART OF JENIN – Leon Geller & Marcus Vetter, Germany
PIANOMANIA – Lilian Franck & Robert Cibis, Germany / Austria
THE SOUND OF INSECTS – RECORD OF A MUMMY – Peter Liechti, Switzerland
THE WOMAN WITH THE 5 ELEPHANTS – Vadim Jendreyko, Switzerland / Germany
