Rúnar Rúnarsson's WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS nominated for EFP's Latin American Critics' Award
The film When the Light Breaks, by Rúnar Rúnarsson, is nominated for the Latin American Critics' Award for European Films, which is organized by European Film Promotion (EFP).
37 film critics and journalists from 13 Latin American countries will choose three favourites among 19 nominated films, before crowning the winning film at the Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG) on 7 June.
The shortlist includes outstanding feature-length films which celebrated international premieres at recent renowned film festivals and were honoured with prestigious film awards:
Moon by Kurdwin Ayub (Austria), Night Call by Michiel Blanchart (Belgium), Fiume o Morte! by Igor Bezinović (Croatia), Smaragda - I Got Thick Skin and I Can't Jump by Emilios Avraam (Cyprus), Waves by Jiri Madl (Czech Republic), Beginnings by Jeanette Nordahl (Denmark), My Partners by Eva Kübar (Estonia), Ari by Léonor Serraille (France), Happy Holidays by Scandar Copti (Germany), Meat by Dimitros Nakos (Greece), When the Light Breaks by Rúnar Rúnarsson (Iceland), Christy by Brendan Canty (Irland), Breathing Underwater by Eric Lamhène (Luxembourg), Three Days of Fish by Peter Hoogendoorn (The Netherlands), The Best of All Worlds by Rita Nunes (Portugal), The Hungarian Dressmaker by Iveta Grófová (Slovakia), Little Trouble Girls by Urška Djukić (Slovenia), DEAF by Eva Libertad (Spain) and Late Shift / Heldin by Petra Volpe (Switzerland).
In 2024, EFP launched the Latin American Critics' Award to enhance the exposure and the circulation of European films in Latin America, while at the same time recognising the invaluable role of film critics and journalists in promoting arthouse cinema. The previous winner was The Teachersʼ Lounge by İlker Çatak (Germany).
The Latin American Critics' Awards, in cooperation with the Guadalajara Film Festival, is made possible thanks to the support of Creative Europe – the MEDIA Programme of the European Union and the national film promotion institutes. Media partners are LatAm cinema and Cineuropa.