The European Film Academy has nominated Cyril Dion’s Animal, Sanna Lenken’s Comedy Queen and Lars Montag’s Dreams Are Like Wild Tigers for its 2022 Young Audience Award (YAA).
Selected by film experts and teenagers around Europe, the three films will now be watched online and in cinemas by young juries in 42 countries.
The recipient of the award, which honours European films for teenagers aged 12-14, will be announced at an awards ceremony on November 13 in Erfut, Germany.
Winner of Berlin’s Crystal Bear for Generation Kplus best film 2022, Comedy Queen is a Swedish drama about a 13-year-girl who wants to become a stand-up comedian and cheer up her father.