The films are Good Things Await (Så meget godt i vente) by Phie Ambo produced by Malene Flindt Pedersen (Danish Documentary); Democrats by Camilla Nielsson produced by Henrik Veileborg (Upfront Films) and the Danish/Norwegian/Indonesian The Look of Silence by Joshua Oppenheimer produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen for Final Cut for Real. All films have screened at numerous world film festivals to great acclaim.
Five European documentaries will be selected from the 15 candidates and the winner will be announced on December 12 during the EFA awards ceremony in Berlin.