The European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI or European Discovery, originally titled Young European Film of the Year, has been awarded annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy. The award is presented in co-operation with the International Federation of Film Critics, to a director for the first full-length feature film.
Winners and nominees
1980s Year English title Director(s) Producer(s) Country of production/co-production 1988 Young European Film of the Year Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Pedro Almodóvar Augustin Almodovár Days of Eclipse Aleksandr Sokurov ? It's Happening Tomorrow Daniele Luchetti Marco Alfieri Damnation Béla Tarr József Marx Pathfinder Nils Gaup John M. Jacobsen Reefer and the Model Joe Comerford Lelia Doolan Stormy Monday Mike Figgis Nigel Stafford-Clark , 1989 300 Miles to Heaven Maciej Dejczer Prod. Film Unit “TOR“ , , Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore Franco Cristaldi, Giovanna Romagnoli , Mist Zülfü Livaneli Ülker Livaneli , Kuduz Ademir Kenović Bakir Tanović Scandal Michael Caton-Jones Steve Woolley , My Left Foot Jim Sheridan Noel Pearson , Waller’s Last Walk Christian Wagner
1990s Year English title Director(s) Producer(s) Country of production/co-production 1990 Young European Film of the Year Henry V Kenneth Branagh Bruce Sharman The White Dove Juan Minon Eduardo Campoy On Tour Gabriele Salvatores Gianni Minervini Love Without Pity Eric Rochant Alain Rocca Lie Still – Die - Revive Vitali Kanevsky Lenfilm Studios Leningrad 1991 Toto the Hero Jaco van Dormael Pierre Drouot, Dany Geys, Iblis Films Bruxelles , , Delicatessen Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet Claudie Ossard Ultra Ricky Tognazzi Claudio Bonivento 1992 The Northerners Alex van Warmerdam Laurens Geels, Dick Maas, First Floor Features Three Days Šarūnas Bartas Audrius Kuprevičius Nord Xavier Beauvois Bernard Verley 1993 Orlando Sally Potter Christopher Sheppard , , , , Man Bites Dog Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde Antonio's Girlfriend Manuel Poirier Jean-Christophe Colson 1994 The Son of the Shark Agnès Merlet Francois Fries , , Woyzeck János Szász Péter Barbalics, László Sipos Kosh ba kosh Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov , , , , 1995 Hate Mathieu Kassovitz Christophe Rossignon , Butterfly Kiss Michael Winterbottom Julie Baines, Sarah Daniel The Deathmaker Romuald Karmakar Christian Granderath, Gebhard Henke, Romuald Karmakar, Thomas Schühly 1996 Some Mother's Son Terry George Edward Burke, Arthur Lappin, Jim Sheridan , Lea Ivan Fíla Ivan Fíla, Eliska Sekavova, Herbert Rimbach , , Beautiful Thing Hettie MacDonald Tony Garnett, Bill Shapter 1997 European Discovery of the Year – Fassbinder Award The Life of Jesus Bruno Dumont Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat 1998 European Discovery – Fassbinder Award The Celebration Thomas Vinterberg Birgitte Hald, Morten Kaufmann , The Dream Life of Angels Erick Zonca François Marquis 1999 The War Zone Tim Roth Sarah Radclyffe, Dixie Linder ,
2000s Year English title Director(s) Producer(s) Country of production/co-production 2000 European Discovery – Fassbinder Award Human Resources Laurent Cantet Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta , 101 Reykjavík Baltasar Kormákur Michael P. Aust, Baltasar Kormákur, Þorfinnur Ómarsson, Ingvar Þórðarson , , , , , Gangster No. 1 Paul McGuigan Jonathan Cavendish, Norma Heyman , , Kennedy And I Sam Karmann Christian Bérard, Edouard Weil Northern Skirts Barbara Albert Erich Lackner , , Some Voices Simon Cellan-Jones Damian Jones, Graham Broadbent Together Lukas Moodysson Lars Jönsson , , Tuvalu Veit Helmer Vladimir Andreyev Forget America Vanessa Jopp Katja De Bock, Alena Rimbach, Herbert Rimbach2001 Pellet Achero Mañas Francisco Lázaro, José Antonio Félez alaska.de Esther Gronenborn Dietmar Güntsche, Eberhard Junkersdorf The Sea That Thinks Gert de Graaff René Huybrechtse, René Scholten Dog Days Ulrich Seidl Philippe Bober, Helmut Grasser Jalla! Jalla! Josef Fares Anna Anthony Dead End Streets Stavros Ioannou ? Last Resort Paweł Pawlikowski Ruth Caleb Lovely Rita Jessica Hausner Barbara Albert , The Chimp Aktan Abdykalykov Marc Baschet , , , Happy Man Małgorzata Szumowska Wojciech Has 2002 Hukkle György Pálfi András Böhm, Csaba Bereczky Two Friends Spiro Scimone, Francesco Sframeli Andrea Nuzzolo, Francesco Tornatore Minor Mishaps Annette K. Olesen Ib Tardini , Respiro Emanuele Crialese Domenico Procacci, Anne-Dominique Toussaint , No Regrets Benjamin Quabeck Michael Schaefer, Stephanie Wagner Smoking Room , Julio D. Wallovits Adolfo Blanco, Quique Camín Pleasant Days Kornél Mundruczó Philippe Bober, Zsófia Kende, Viktória Petrányi, Kornél Sipos The Warrior Asif Kapadia F. Serkan Acar, Kadir Sözen , , , Guardian of the Frontier Maja Weiss Ida Weiss , , What's Going On? Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche ? The Kite Aleksei Muradov Pyotr Chernyayev, Robert Filatov, Aleksei Muradov, Yevgeniya Tirdatova 2003 The Return Andrei Zvyagintsev Yelena Kovalyova, Dmitry Lesnevsky Fuse Pjer Žalica Ademir Kenović , , , The Hours of the Day Jaime Rosales María José Díez, Ismael Glück Whatever You Say Guillaume Canet Alain Attal Reconstruction Christoffer Boe Tine Grew Pfeiffer Schultze Gets the Blues Jens Körner Young Adam David Mackenzie Jeremy Thomas , 2004 A Children's Story Antonio Frazzi, Andrea Frazzi Rosario Rinaldo A Common Thread Éléonore Faucher Alain Benguigui, Bertrand Van Effenterre Kroko Sylke Enders Christiane Hartmann, Gudrun Ruzicková-Steiner Or Keren Yedaya Emmanuel Agneray, Jérôme Bleitrach, Marek Rozenbaum, Itai Tamir , A Wonderful Night in Split Arsen Anton Ostojić Jozo Patljak Harvest Time Marina Razbezhkina Tatyana Kanayeva, Natalia Zheltukhina 2005 Accused Jakob Thuesen Thomas Heinesen Alice Marco Martins Paulo Branco 4 Ilya Khrzhanovsky Yelena Yatsura Stranger Małgorzata Szumowska Karl Baumgartner, Raimond Goebel , , When The Tide Comes In Yolande Moreau, Gilles Porte Humbert Balsan, Catherine Burniaux , Saimir Francesco Munzi Cristiano Bortone, Daniele Mazzocca Uno Aksel Hennie Jørgen Storm Rosenberg 2006 13 Tzameti Géla Babluani Géla Babluani , Fresh Air Ágnes Kocsis Ferenc Pusztai Pingpong Matthias Luthardt Niklas Bäumer, Anke Hartwig Retrieval Sławomir Fabicki Łukasz Dzięcioł, Piotr Dzięcioł 2007 The Band's Visit Eran Kolirin Ehud Bleiberg, Koby Gal-Raday, Guy Jacoel, Eylon Ratzkovsky, Yossi Uzrad , , Control Anton Corbijn Anton Corbijn, Todd Eckert, Orian Williams, Iain Canning, Peter Heslop, Tony Wilson, Deborah Curtis , , , A Man’s Fear of God Özer Kiziltan Sevil Demirci, Önder Çakar , Counterparts Jan Bonny Bettina Brokemper 2008 Hunger Steve McQueen Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch , Snow Aida Begić Benny Drechsel, Karsten Stoeter, Elma Tataragić , , , Summer Book Seyfi Teoman Yamaç Okur, TNadir Operli Tulpan Sergei Dvortsevoy Karl Baumgartner, Thanassis Karathanos , , , , , 2009 Katalin Varga Peter Strickland Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu, Peter Strickland , , The Other Bank George Ovashvili George Ovashvili, Sain Gabdullin , Ajami Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani Mosh Danon, Thanassis Karathanos, Talia Kleinhendler , Be Good Juliette Garcias Marianne Slot , Autumn Özcan Alper F. Serkan Acar, Kadir Sözen ,
2010s Year English title Director(s) Country European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI 2010 Lebanon Samuel Maoz Israel, France, Germany Nothing Personal Urszula Antoniak Netherlands, Ireland When We Leave Feo Aladag Germany If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle Florin Serban Romania The Double Hour Giuseppe Capotondi Italy 2011 Oxygen Hans Van Nuffel Belgium, Netherlands Breathing Karl Markovics Austria Michael Markus Schleinzer Austria Nothing's All Bad Mikkel Munch-Fals Denmark Tilva Roš Nikola Ležaić Serbia 2012 Kauwboy Boudewijn Koole Netherlands Broken Rufus Norris UK Germany Teddy Bear Mads Matthiesen Denmark Twilight Portrait Angelina Nikonova Russia 2013 A Coffee in Berlin Jan Ole Gerster Germany Eat Sleep Die Gabriela Pichler Sweden Call Girl Mikael Marcimain Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Finland Miele Valeria Golino Italy, France The Plague Neus Ballús Spain 2014 The Tribe Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy Ukraine 10,000 km Carlos Marqués-Marcet Spain Wounded Fernando FrancoSpain '71 Yann Demange UK Party Girl Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis France 2015 Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven France, Germany, Turkey Goodnight Mommy Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala Austria Limbo Anna Sofie Hartmann Germany, Denmark Slow West John Maclean New Zealand, United Kingdom Germany, France 2016 The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki Juho Kuosmanen Finland, Sweden, GermanyDogs Bogdan Mirica France, Romania, Bulgaria, QatarLiebmann Jules HerrmannGermanySand Storm Elite Zexer IsraelThirst Svetla Tsotsorkova Bulgaria 2017 Lady Macbeth William Oldroyd United KingdomBloody Milk Hubert Charuel FranceGodless Ralitza Petrova Bulgaria, Denmark, FranceSummer 1993 Carla Simón Spain The Eremites Ronny Trocker Germany, Austria 2018 Girl Lukas Dhont Belgium, Netherlands One Day Zsófia Szilágyi Hungary Scary Mother Ana Urushadze Georgia, Estonia The Guilty Gustav Möller Denmark Those Who Are Fine Cyril Schäublin Switzerland Touch Me Not Adina Pintilie Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France 2019 Les Misérables Ladj Ly FranceAniara Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja Sweden, DenmarkAtlantics Mati Diop France, Senegal, BelgiumBlind Spot Tuva Novotny Norway, DenmarkIrina Nadejda Koseva BulgariaRay & Liz Richard Billingham UK
2020s Year English title Director(s) Country European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI 2020 Sole Carlo Sironi Italy, PolandFull Moon Nermin Hamzagic Bosnia & HerzegovinaGagarine Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh FranceInstinct Halina Reijn NetherlandsIsaac Jurgis Matulevicius LithuaniaJumbo Zoé Wittock France, Belgium, Luxembourg 2021 Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell USA, UK Beginning Dea Kulumbegashvili France, Georgia Lamb Valdimar Jóhannsson Iceland, Sweden, Poland Playground Laura Wandel Belgium Pleasure Ninja Thyberg Sweden, Netherlands, France The Whaler Boy Philipp Yuryev Russia, Poland, Belgium 2022 Small Body Laura Samani Italy, Slovenia, France Love According to Dalva Emmanuelle Nicot Belgium, France 107 Mothers Peter Kerekes Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine Other People Aleksandra Terpińska Poland, France Pamfir Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk Ukraine, France, Poland, Germany, Chile Sonne Kurdwin Ayub Austria 2023 How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker United Kingdom, Greece 20,000 Species of Bees Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren Spain La Palisiada Philip Sotnychenko Ukraine Safe Place Juraj Lerotić Croatia, Slovenia The Quiet Migration Malene Choi Denmark Vincent Must Die Stéphan Castang France, Belgium 2024 Armand Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden Hoard Luna Carmoon UK Kneecap Rich Peppiatt Ireland, UK Santosh Sandhya Suri UK, France, Germany The New Year That Never Came Bogdan Mureșanu Romania, Serbia Toxic Saulė Bliuvaitė Lithuania 2025 On Falling Laura Carreira Portugal, United Kingdom Little Trouble Girls Urška Djukić Croatia, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia My Father's Shadow Akinola Davies Jr. Nigeria, United Kingdom One of Those Days When Hemme Dies Murat Fıratoğlu Germany, Turkey Sauna Mathias Broe Denmark Under the Grey Sky Mara Tamkovich Poland
Award given as Best Young Film or Young European Film of the Year
Most wins for European Discovery by country Country Awards Nominations Awards (with co-productions) Nominations (with co-productions)France6171135United Kingdom517620Spain2828Denmark26310Netherlands2446Belgium2435Israel2425Germany117437Italy110314Hungary1526Ireland1327Poland1314Russia1327Georgia1212Finland1112Portugal1111Ukraine1111Austria0418Sweden0418Turkey0416Soviet Union0303Bosnia and Herzegovina0202Romania0314Norway0102Kazakhstan0102Bulgaria0102Croatia0101Czech Republic0101Greece0101Iceland0101Kyrgyzstan0101New Zealand0101Serbia0101Slovakia0101Slovenia0101Tajikistan0101Yugoslavia0101United States0036Luxembourg0011Lebanon0011Switzerland0004Japan0003Australia0001India0001Iran0001Qatar0001
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