European Film Academy Documentary Nominations Announced

The European Film Academy has announced the nominations in the category European Film Academy Documentary 2006 – Prix Arte. There is a total of eight documentary films nominated. This year’s documentary jury will now convene in Berlin to screen the nominated films and decide on the winner of the European Film Academy – Prix Arte.
Appointed by the European Film Academy and Arte, the members of the documentary jury are:

• Adela Peeva – director/producer, Bulgaria
• Thomas Riedelsheimer – director, Germany
• Dorota Roszkowska – producer, Poland

In association with the French-German culture channel ARTE, the winner will be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, December 2, in Warsaw.
The nominated documentaries are:

• 37 Uses For A Dead Sheep by Ben Hopkins, UK
• Die Grosse Stille (Into Great Silence) by Philip Gröning, Germany
• Dreaming By Numbers by Anna Bucchetti, The Netherlands
• La Casa De Mi Abuela (Grandmother's House) by Adan Aliaga, Spain
• Maradona, Un Gamin En Or (Maradona, Tho Golden Kid) by Jean-Christophe Rosé, France
• Moadon Beit Hakvarot (The Cemetery Club)
  by Tali Shemesh, Israel
• Rybak I Tantsovshitsa (The Fisherman and the Dancing Girl) by Valeriy Solomin, Russia
• Unser Taglich Brot (Our Daily Bread) by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria

(DS)