2008

The Selection List

in alphabetical order (please note that articles are ignored)

3 DIAS (Before the Fall), Spain
directed by Francisco Javier Gutierrez
written by Juan Velarde & F. Javier Gutierrez
produced by Maestranza Films, Green Moon Prod., Pentagrama

12, Russia
directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
written by Nikita Mikhalkov & Alexander Novototsky-Vlasov & Vladimir
Moiseenko
produced by Three T Productions

AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU (Moscow, Belgium), Belgium*
directed by Christophe van Rompaey
written by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem & Pat van Beirs
produced by A Private View

ATONEMENT, UK
directed by Joe Wright
written by Christopher Hampton
produced by Universal Pictures, Working Title, Studio Canal, Relativity
Media

BATTLE FOR HADITHA, UK*
directed by Nick Broomfield
written by Nick Broomfield & Marc Hoeferlin & Anna Telford
produced by Lafayette Films, Film 4

BIENVENUE CHEZ LES CH’TIS (Welcome to the Sticks), France
directed by Dany Boon
written by Dany Boon & Franck Manier & Alexandre Charlot
produced by Hirsch, Pathé, TF1 Films Production, Les Productions du
Ch’Timi, C.R.R.A.V Nord Pas De Calais

BOOGIE, Romania
directed by Radu Muntean
written by Radu Muntean & Alexandru Baciu & Rāzvan Rādulescu
produced by Multi Media Est, Antena 1

CAOTICA ANA, Spain
written and directed by Julio Medem
produced by Sociedad General de Cine S.A., Alicia Produce, S.L., Volcano
Internationals Productions S.L.

UN CONTE DE NOËL (A Christmas Tale), France
directed by Arnaud Desplechin
written by Arnaud Desplechin & Emmanuel Bourdieu
produced by Why Not Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Wild Bunch, BAC Films

CZTERY NOCE Z ANNA (Four Nights With Anna), Poland
directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
written by Ewa Piaskowska & Jerzy Skolimowski
produced by Skopia Film, Alfama Films, Telewizja Polska

DELTA, Hungary*
directed by Kornél Mundruczó
written by Yvette Bíró & Kornél Mundruczó
produced by Proton Cinema, Essential Filmproduktion, Filmpartners

DIORTHOSI (Correction), Greece*
directed by Thanos Anastopoulos
written by Thanos Anastopoulos & Vassilis Raisis
produced by Fantasia LTD, Thanos Anastopoulos, Nova, Greek Film Centre

IL DIVO, Italy
written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino
produced by Indigofilm, Lucky Red, Parco Film, Babe Films, StudioCanal,
Arte France Cinéma

DUSKA, the Netherlands*
directed by Jos Stelling
written by Jos Stelling & Hans Heessen
produced by Eyeworks Egmond, NPS Television, Jos Stelling Films, TVIndie
Film Production, Molodist Film Festival

EDEN, Ireland*
directed by Declan Recks
written by Eugene O’Brien
produced by Samson Films

ENTRE LES MURS (The Class), France
directed by Laurent Cantet
written by Laurent Cantet & François Begaudeau & Robin Campillo after
the novel of François Begaudeau
produced by Haut et Court, France 2 Cinéma

FLAMMEN & CITRONEN (Flame & Citron), Denmark*
directed by Ole Christian Madsen
written by Lars K. Andersen
produced by Nimbus Film, Wüste Filmproduktion, Wüste Film Ost, Studio
Babelsberg, OC Film, Sirena Film, Duckling, Mainstream,
Kameraudlejningen, 4 ½

GIORNI E NUVOLE (Days and Clouds), Italy/Switzerland
directed by Silvio Soldini
written by Doriana Leondeff & Francesco Piccolo & Federica Pontremoli &
Silvio Soldini
produced by Lumière & Co., Amka Films Productions, RTSI – televisione
svizzera, Eurimages

GOMORRA (Gomorrah), Italy*
directed by Matteo Garrone
written by Maurizio Braucci & Ugo Chiti & Gianni di Gregorio & Matteo
Garrone & Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano
produced by Fandango, RAI Cinema

LA GRAINE ET LE MULET (The Secret of the Grain / Couscous), France*
written and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
produced by Hirsch / Pathé Renn Production, France 2 Cinéma

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, UK
Written and directed by Mike Leigh
produced by Thin Man Films Ltd., Summit Entertainement, Ingenious Film
Partners, Film4, UK Film Council

HOME, Switzerland*
directed by Ursula Meier
written by Ursula Meier & Antoine Jaccoud & Rapaëlle Valbrunne
produced by Box Productions sarl, Renens VD, Archipel 35, Need
Productions, TSR, SRG SSR idée Suisse, France 3, RTBF

HUNGER, UK
directed by Steve McQueen
written by Enda Walsh & Steve McQueen
produced by Blast! Films Production, Channel 4/Film 4, Northern Ireland
Screen, The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, The Wales Creative IP Fund
JAS SUM OD TITOV VELES (I am from Titov Veles), FYR Macedonia
written and directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska
produced by Sisters and Brother Mitevska Production, Entre Chien et
Loup, Vertigo Film, Silkroad Production

KÆRLIGHED PÅ FILM (Just Another Love Story), Denmark
written and directed by Ole Bornedal
produced by Thura Film A/S

KARAMAZOVI (The Karamazovs), Czech Republic*/Poland
written and directed by Petr Zelenka
produced by Prvni Verejnopravni, Warsaw Pact, Ceska Televize

KATYN, Poland*
directed by Andrzej Wajda
written by Andrzej Wajda & Wladyslaw Pasikowski & Przemyslaw Nowakowski
produced by Akson Studio, TVP S.A. – Film Agency, Telekomunikacja Polska

KIRSCHBLUETEN - HANAMI (Cherry Blossoms - Hanami), Germany*
written and directed by Doris Dörrie
produced by Olga Film GmbH, Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARD/Degeto, Arte

LEMON TREE / עץ לימון, Israel/Germany/France
directed by Eran Riklis
written by Suha Arraf & Eran Riklis
produced by Eran Riklis Productions Ltd., Heimatfilm GmbH & Co. KG, Mact Productions, Riva Filmproduktion GmbH

LOVE AND OTHER CRIMES, Germany/Serbia
written and directed by Stefan Arsenijevic
produced by Coin Film GmbH, Art & Popcorn, Studio Arkadena

MONGOL, Russia*/Germany/Kazakhstan
directed by Sergei Bodrov
written by Sergei Bodrov & Arif Aliyev
produced by CTB Film Company, Andreevskiy Flag Film Company, X Filme
Creative Pool, Kinofabrika GmbH, Eurasia Film Production

MORAM SPAVAT’ ANDJELE (I Have to Sleep My Angel), Croatia/Bosnia & Herzegovina
directed by Dejan Acimovic
written by Tatjana Acimovic
produced by DA Film, Croatian Television, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Television, Croatia Film

MUSTA JÄÄ (Black Ice), Finland*
written and directed by Petri Kotwica
produced by Making Movies, Schmidt Katze Filmkollektiv

O’HORTEN, Norway*
written and directed by Bent Hamer
produced by Bulbul Film, Pandora Film, Memento Films, Scanbox

EL ORFANATO (The Orphanage), Spain*
directed by Juan Antonio Bayona
written by Sergio G. Sánchez
produced by Rodar y Rodar S.L., Telecinco Cinema

PING-PONGKINGEN (The King of Ping Pong), Sweden*
directed by Jens Jonsson
written by Jens Jonsson & Hans Gunnarsson
produced by Bob Film Sweden AB, Eurimages, Nordisk Film, MEDIA, Svenska
Filminstitutet, Nordisk Film A/S, Filmpool Nord AB, SVT

REVANCHE, Austria*
written and directed by Götz Spielmann
produced by Prisma Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Spielmann Film

LE SILENCE DE LORNA (Lorna’s Silence), Belgium
written and directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
produced by Les Films du Fleuve, Archipel 35, Lucky Red

TEŠKO JE BITI FIN (It’s Hard to Be Nice), Bosnia & Herzegovina
written and directed by Srdjan Vuletic
produced by Refresh Production

ÜÇ MAYMUN (Three Monkeys), Turkey
directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
written by Ebru Ceylan & Ercan Kesal & Nuri Bilge Ceylan
produced by Zeynofilm, Pyramide Productions, Bimfilm

WALTZ WITH BASHIR, Israel*/France/Germany
written and directed by Ari Folman
produced by Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d’Ici, Razor Film
Produktion, ARTE France, ITVS International

DIE WELLE (The Wave), Germany
directed by Dennis Gansel
written by Dennis Gansel & Peter Thorwarth
produced by Rat Pack Filmproduktion GmbH, Constantin Film Produktion,
B.A. Produktion, Medienfonds GFP I KG

WOLKE 9 (Cloud 9), Germany
directed by Andreas Dresen
written by Andreas Dresen & Laila Stieler & Cooky Ziesche & Jörg Hauschild
produced by Rommel Film e.K., Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, ARTE

ДЗИФТ / ZIFT, Bulgaria
directed by Yavor Gardev
written by Vladislav Todorov
produced by Miramar Film, Bulgarian National Film Centre, Bulgarian
National Television