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The organization announced on Wednesday that Miguel Gomez’s film “The Grand Tour” is one of the first 29 films selected for the European Film Awards. The list also includes “Misericordia,” directed by Frenchman Alain Guiraudie and co-produced by Rosa Filmes and Portugal.
The European Film Academy recalled in a statement that the selection was made by a panel after consulting several European experts and that the nominees for the award will be presented in December in Switzerland. The remaining selected films will be announced in September and the nominations will be revealed on November 5.
The story of The Grand Tour is a romance set in the early 20th century: Edward (Gonzalo Waddington), a civil servant in the British Empire, flees from his fiancée Molly (Krista Alfait) on the day she arrives for her wedding.
“Timid Edward ponders the emptiness of his existence and wonders what happened to Molly…Challenged by Edward’s impulsiveness and determined to marry him, Molly follows in the footsteps of her fleeing fiancé on this ‘great journey’ through Asia,” the synopsis states.
Miguel Gomes has won the Best Director award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for The Grand Tour, an unprecedented feat for a Portuguese film. The film was produced by Uma Pedra no Sapato and Filipa Reis in partnership with Italy, France, Germany, China and Japan.
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