36th European Film Awards
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Date9 December 2023 (2023-12-09)
SiteBerlin, Germany
Organized byEuropean Film Academy
Official websiteEFA

The 36th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, took place at Arena Berlin in Berlin on 9 December 2023. It was the twenty-second time that the awards ceremony took place in Germany.[1]

The full list of nominations was revealed on 7 November 2023. Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves and Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest led the nominations with five each.[2] Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall swept the awards, winning in each of the categories it was nominated to, including Film, Director, Screenwriter, and Actress.

Selections

Feature Films

Selection's part 1 was announced on 16 August 2023.[3] 2nd part of the selection was announced on 27 September 2023.[4]

Documentary

The selection was announced on August 30, 2023.[5]


Short Films

The European Short Film 2023 is presented in co-operation with the following European film festivals. At each of the festivals, a jury appointed by the festival chooses a single candidate.[6]

Feature Film Awards

Source: [2]

Best European Film

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Country Language
Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion  France English, French, German
Fallen Leaves Aki Kaurismäki Reinhard Brundig, Misha Jaari, Aki Kaurismäki, Mark Lwoff  Finland /  Germany Finnish
Green Border Agnieszka Holland Fred Bernstein, Agnieszka Holland, Marcin Wierzchoslawski  Belgium /  Czech Republic /  France /  Poland Arabic, English, French, Polish
Me Captain Matteo Garrone Paolo Del Brocco, Matteo Garrone, Joseph Rouschop, Ardavan Safaee  Belgium /  Italy French, Wolof
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer Ewa Puszczyńska, James Wilson  Poland /  United Kingdom /  United States German, Polish

Best European Director

Director(s) English title
France Justine Triet Anatomy of a Fall
Finland Aki Kaurismäki Fallen Leaves
Poland Agnieszka Holland Green Border
Italy Matteo Garrone Me Captain
United Kingdom Jonathan Glazer The Zone of Interest

Best European Screenwriter

Screenwriter(s) English title
France Arthur Harari
France Justine Triet		 Anatomy of a Fall
Finland Aki Kaurismäki Fallen Leaves
Poland Agnieszka Holland
Poland Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko
Poland Maciej Pisuk		 Green Border
Germany İlker Çatak
Germany Johannes Duncker		 The Teachers' Lounge
United Kingdom Jonathan Glazer The Zone of Interest

Best European Actor

Actor English title Role
Denmark Mads Mikkelsen The Promised Land Ludvig Kahlen
Austria Thomas Schubert Afire Leon
Finland Jussi Vatanen Fallen Leaves Holappa
United Kingdom Josh O'Connor La chimera Arthur
Germany Christian Friedel The Zone of Interest Rudolf Höss

Best European Actress

Actor English title Role
Germany Sandra Hüller Anatomy of a Fall Sandra Voyter
Georgia (country) Eka Chavleishvili Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry Etero
Finland Alma Pöysti Fallen Leaves Ansa
United Kingdom Mia McKenna-Bruce How to Have Sex Tara
Germany Leonie Benesch The Teachers' Lounge Carla Nowak
Germany Sandra Hüller The Zone of Interest Hedwig Höss

Excellence Awards

European Cinematography European Editing European Production Design European Costume Design
France Laurent Sénéchal
for Anatomy of a Fall
Italy Emita Frigato
for La chimera
Sweden Kicki Ilander
for The Promised Land
European Make-Up & Hair European Original Score European Sound European Visual Effects
Spain Ana López-Puigcerve, Spain Belén López-Puigcerver, Spain David Martí & Spain Montse Ribé
for Society of the Snow
Austria Markus Binder
for Club Zero
United Kingdom Johnnie Burn & United Kingdom Tarn Willers
for The Zone of Interest
Spain Félix Bergés & Spain Laura Pedro
for Society of the Snow

Awards Not Based on Feature Film Selection

European Comedy

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

Director(s) English title
United Kingdom / Greece Molly Manning Walker How to Have Sex
Spain Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren 20,000 Species of Bees
Ukraine Philip Sotnychenko La Palisiada
Denmark Malene Choi The Quiet Migration
Croatia / Slovenia Juraj Lerotić Safe Place
France Stéphan Castang Vincent Must Die

European Documentary

English title Director(s) Country Language
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Anna Hints  Estonia /  France /  Iceland Estonian, Seto, Võro
Apolonia, Apolonia Lea Glob  Denmark /  Poland Danish, ENglish, French, Polish, Russian
Four Daughters Kaouther Ben Hania  France /  Germany /  Saudi Arabia /  Tunisia Arabic
Motherland Hanna Badziaka & Alexander Mihalkovich  Norway /  Sweden /  Ukraine Belarusian, Russian
On the Adamant Nicolas Philibert  France /  Japan French

European Animated Feature Film

English title[7] Original title Director(s)
Robot Dreams Spain Pablo Berger
The Amazing Maurice Germany Toby Genkel
Chicken for Linda! Linda veut du poulet! France Sébastien Laudenbach
Italy Chiara Malta
A Greyhound of a Girl Italy Enzo d’Alò
White Plastic Sky Müanyag égbolt Hungary Tibor Bánóczki
Hungary Sarolta Szabó

European Short Film

English title[8] Original title Director(s)
Hardly Working Austria Susanna Flock
Austria Robin Klengel
Austria Leonhard Müllner
Austria Michael Stumpf
27 Hungary Flóra Anna Buda
Aqueronte Spain Manuel Muñoz Rivas
Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays La herida luminosa Spain Christian Avilés
Flores del otro patio Colombia / Switzerland Jorge Cadena

Honorary Awards

EFA Lifetime Achievement Award[9] Honorary Award of the Academy President and the Board[10] European Achievement in World Cinema
European Innovative Storytelling Eurimages Co-Production Award[11] European Sustainability Award - Prix4Climate
Lithuania Uljana Kim

Special Awards

Lux European Audience Film Award 2024

The award is directed to recognize films which help to raise awareness of socio-political issues in Europe.[12]

English title Original title Director(s)
Fallen Leaves Kuolleet lehdet Finland Aki Kaurismäki
On the Adamant Sur l'Adamant France Nicolas Philibert
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Savvusanna sõsarad Estonia Anna Hints
The Teachers' Lounge Das Lehrerzimmer Germany İlker Çatak
20,000 Species of Bees 20.000 especies de abejas Spain Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren

European University Film Award (EUFA)

The nominees were announced on 5 October 2023. The nominated films will be viewed and discussed in 25 universities in 25 countries and each institution will select its favourite film. In early December, one student representative from each university will attend a three-day deliberation meeting in Hamburg to decide on the overall winner. The winner will then be announced on 7 December, shortly before this year’s European Film Awards Ceremony on 9 December in Berlin.[13]

English title Original title Director(s)
Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute France Justine Triet
Green Border Zielona granica Poland Agnieszka Holland
Housekeeping for Beginners Australia / North Macedonia Goran Stolevski
How to Have Sex United Kingdom Molly Manning Walker
The Teachers' Lounge Das Lehrerzimmer Germany İlker Çatak

References

  1. ↑ "2023 Berlin". European Film Academy. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 Goodfellow, Melanie (7 November 2023). "'Fallen Leaves' & 'The Zone Of Interest' Top European Film Award Nominations In Main Categories". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Tabbara, Mona (16 August 2023). "European Film Awards first 2023 selection includes 'Anatomy Of A Fall, 'How To Have Sex'". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Feature Film Selection 2023 – Part 2". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Documentary Film Selection 2023". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Short Film Candidates". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Five films nominated for European Animated Film 2023". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Five films nominated for European Short Film 2023". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "The Academy Honours Vanessa Redgrave". European Film Academy. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "The Academy Honours Béla Tarr". European Film Academy. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "The European Film Academy Honours Uljana Kim". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Here come the nominees for LUX – The European Audience Film Award 2024". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "These are the five nominated films for European University Film Award (EUFA)". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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