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Five Debut Films Nominated For Discovery Award / Prix FIPRESCI

The European Film Academy and FIPRESCI congratulate the nominees for the European Discovery 2012 — 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 Members Helena Danielsson (Sweden) and Els Vandevorst (the Netherlands), EFA Members Pierre-Henri Deleau (France) and Jacob Neiiendam (Denmark), as well as Alin Tasciyan (Turkey), Paulo Portugal (Portugal), and Mihai Chirilov (Romania) as members of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.

Nominated are:

10 Timer Til Paradis (Teddy Bear)
Denmark, 92 min
Directed by: Mads Matthiesen
Written by: Mads Matthiesen & Martin Pieter Zandvliet
Produced by: Morten Kjems Juhl

Broken
UK, 90 min
Directed by: Rufus Norris
Written by: Mark O’Rowe
Produced by: Dixie Linder, Tally Garner, Nick Marston & Bill Kenwright

Kauwboy
The Netherlands, 81 min
Directed by: Boudewijn Koole
Written by: Boudewijn Koole & Jolein Laarman
Produced by: Jan van der Zanden & Wilant Boekelman

Portret V Sumerkhak
(Twilight Portrait)
Russia, 105 min
Directed by: Angelina Nikonova
Written by: Angelina Nikonova & Olga Dihovichnaya
Produced by: Leonid Ogaryov, Angelina Nikonova & Olga Dihovichnaya

Die Vermissten (Reported Missing)
Germany, 86 min
Directed by: Jan Speckenbach
Written by: Jan Speckenbach & Melanie Rohde
Produced by: Anke Hartwig

Berlin/Munich, 16 October 2012