Pietro Marcello's Martin Eden on
Tuesday got four nominations for the European Film Awards
including best European film, director, actor (Luca Marinelli)
and screenplay (Marcello and Maurizio Braucci).
Italy got another two nominations, for Elio Germano as best
actor in Giorgio Diritti's Volevo Nascondermi, and Fabio and
Damiano D'Innocenzo for their Favolacce.
The European Film Academy's (EFA) 3,800 members will now vote on
the nominations for the 33rd edition of the awards.
The winners will be announced in a series of virtual events from
December 8 to 12.
Martin Eden is a 2019 Italian-French historical romance drama
film directed by Marcello, loosely based on the 1909 novel of
the same name by Jack London. It was selected to compete for the
Golden Lion at the 76th Venice International Film Festival. At
the Venice Film Festival, Luca Marinelli won the Volpi Cup for
Best Actor.
Volevo nascondermi, lit. 'I Wanted to Hide' (Hidden Away) is a
2020 Italian biographical drama film co-written, directed and
co-edited by Giorgio Diritti. It stars Elio Germano as Italian
painter Antonio Ligabue, who lived a notoriously reclusive life,
troubled by physical problems and mental illness.
It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main
competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film
Festival. At Berlin, Elio Germano won the Silver Bear for Best
Actor.
Favolacce (Bad Tales) is a 2020 Italian-Swiss drama film written
and directed by Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo. It was selected
to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section
at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival,where the
D'Innocenzo brothers were awarded with the Silver Bear for Best
Screenplay.
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