The 23rd European Film Awards were presented on 4 December, 2010, in Tallinn, Estonia.
Winners and nominees The nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards were announced on 6 November at the Seville European Film Festival.
Best Film English title Original title Director(s) CountryThe Ghost Writer Roman Polanski France, Germany, United Kingdom Honey Bal Semih Kaplanoğlu Turkey Of Gods and Men Des hommes et des dieux Xavier Beauvois France Lebanon לבנון Samuel Maoz Israel, Germany, France The Secret in Their Eyes El secreto de sus ojos Juan José Campanella Argentina, Spain Soul Kitchen Fatih Akın Germany
Best Director Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer Olivier Assayas – Carlos Semih Kaplanoğlu – Honey (Bal) Samuel Maoz – Lebanon Paolo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing (La prima cosa bella)
Best Actress Sylvie Testud – Lourdes Zrinka Cvitešić – On the Path (Na putu) Sibel Kekilli – When We Leave (Die Fremde) Lesley Manville – Another Year Lotte Verbeek – Nothing Personal
Best Actor Ewan McGregor – The Ghost Writer Jakob Cedergren – Submarino Elio Germano – Our Life (La nostra vita) George Piştereanu – If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier) Luis Tosar – Cell 211 (Celda 211)
Best Animated Feature Film The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet • United Kingdom/France Planet 51 – • Spain/United Kingdom Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage – Ben Stassen • Belgium
Best Screenwriter Robert Harris and Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Daniel Monzón – Cell 211 (Celda 211) Samuel Maoz – Lebanon Radu Mihaileanu – The Concert (Le concert)
Best Cinematographer Giora Bejach – Lebanon Caroline Champetier – Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) Pavel Kostomarov – How I Ended This Summer (Как я провёл этим летом) Barış Özbiçer – Honey (Bal)
Best Editor Luc Barnier and Marion Monnier – Carlos Arik Lahav-Leibovich – Lebanon Hervé de Luze – The Ghost Writer
Best Production Designer Albrecht Konrad – The Ghost Writer Paola Bizzarri and Luis Ramirez – I, Don Giovanni (Io, Don Giovanni) Markku Pätilä and Jaagup Roomet – The Temptation of St. Tony (Püha Tõnu kiusamine)
Best Composer Alexandre Desplat – The Ghost Writer Ales Brezina – Kawasaki's Rose (Kawasakiho růže) Pasquale Catalano – Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti) Gary Yershon – Another Year
Best Documentary Nostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia de la luz) – Patricio Guzmán • France/Germany/Chile Armadillo – Janus Metz • Denmark/Sweden Steam of Life (Miesten vuoro) – Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen • Finland/Sweden
Best Short Film Hanoi - Warsaw (Hanoi - Warszawa) – Katarzyna Klimkiewicz • Poland Amor – Thomas Wangsmo • Norway Lights (Ampelmann) – Giulio Ricciarelli • Germany Joseph’s Snails (Les escargots de Joseph) – Sophie Roze • France Stay, Away (Blijf bij me, weg) – Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito • Netherlands Out of Love (Ønskebørn) – Birgitte Stærmose • Denmark Venus VS Me – Nathalie Teirlinck • Belgium The Little Snow Animal (Lumikko) – Miia Tervo • Finland Tussilago – Jonas Odell • Sweden Maria's Way – Anne Milne • United Kingdom/Spain Talleres Clandestinos – Catalina Molina • Austria/Argentina Rendezvous in Stella-Plage (Rendez-vous à Stella-Plage) – Shalimar Preuss • France Diarchy (Diarchia) – Ferdinando Cito Filomarino • Italy/France The External World – David O'Reilly • Germany Here I Am (Itt vagyok) – Bálint Szimler • Hungary
People's Choice Award for Best European Film Mr. Nobody The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden) Soul Kitchen Baarìa Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti) An Education Agora The Ghost Writer Kick-Ass Little Nicholas (Le Petit Nicolas)
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