The 32nd European Film Awards were presented in Berlin, Germany, on 7 December 2019.
Selection Feature The list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the 2019 European Film Awards.
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians - director: Radu Jude (Romania/Czech Republic/France/Bulgaria/Germany) A Tale of Three Sisters - director: Emin Alper (Turkey/Germany/Netherlands/Greece) A Twelve-Year Night - director: Álvaro Brechner (Uruguay/Spain/Argentina/France/Germany) A White, White Day - director: Hlynur Pálmason (Iceland/Denmark/Sweden) An Officer and a Spy - director: Roman Polanski (France) All Good - director: Eva Trobisch (Germany) And Then We Danced - director: Levan Akin (Sweden/Georgia/France) Bad Poems - director: Gábor Reisz (Hungary/France) Beanpole - director: Kantemir Balagov (Russia) By the Grace of God - director: François Ozon (France/Belgium) Chained - director: Yaron Shani (Israel/Germany) Clergy - director: Wojciech Smarzowski (Poland) Dafne - director: Federico Bondi (Italy) Dirty God - director: Sacha Polak (Netherlands/United Kingdom/Belgium/Ireland) The Favourite - director: Yorgos Lanthimos (Ireland/United Kingdom/United States) Fire Will Come - director: Oliver Laxe (Spain/France/Luxembourg) God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya - director: Teona Strugar Mitevska (North Macedonia/Belgium/Slovenia/Croatia/France) Gundermann - director: Andreas Dresen (Germany) High Life - director: Claire Denis (France/Germany/United Kingdom/Poland/USA) Homeward - director: Nariman Aliev (Ukraine) I Was at Home, but... - director: Angela Schanelec (Germany/Serbia) It Must Be Heaven - director: Elia Suleiman (France/Germany/Canada/Turkey/Qatar) Joy - director: Sudabeh Mortezai (Austria) Jumpman - director: Ivan I. Tverdovskiy (Russia/Lithuania/Ireland/France)
Les Misérables - director: Ladj Ly (France) Little Joe - director: Jessica Hausner (Austria/United Kingdom/Germany) Mr. Jones - director: Agnieszka Holland (Poland/United Kingdom/Ukraine) Non Fiction - director: Olivier Assayas (France) Oleg - director: Juris Kursietis (Latvia/Belgium/Lithuania/France) Pain and Glory - director: Pedro Almodóvar (Spain) Piranhas - director: Claudio Giovannesi (Italy) Portrait of a Lady on Fire - director: Céline Sciamma (France) Queen of Hearts - director: May el-Touhky (Denmark/Sweden) The Realm - director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Spain/France) Sibel - director: Guillaume Giovanetti, Çagla Zencirci (Turkey/France/Germany/Luxembourg) Sons of Denmark - director: Ulaa Salim (Denmark) Sorry We Missed You - director: Ken Loach (United Kingdom/France/Belgium) Stitches - director: Miroslav Terzić (Serbia/Slovenia/Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina) Synonyms - director: Nadav Lapid (France/Israel/Germany) System Crasher - director: Nora Fingscheidt (Germany) Tel Aviv on Fire - director: Sameh Zoabi (Luxembourg/Belgium/Israel/France) The Traitor - director: Marco Bellocchio (Italy/France/Germany/Brazil) Twin Flower - director: Laura Luchetti (Italy) Werewolf - director: Adrian Panek (Poland/Netherlands/Germany) The Whistlers - director: Corneliu Porumboiu (Romania/France/Germany) Yesterday - director: Danny Boyle (United Kingdom) Young Ahmed - director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne (Belgium/France)
Documentary Ten documentary festivals have suggested one film each, which has had its world premiere at the respective festival's latest edition, to the committee. Chosen in co-operation with the European Documentary Network (EDN), these festivals are: Cinéma du Réel (France), CPH:DOX (Denmark), Doclisboa (Portugal), DOK Leipzig (Germany), IDFA (Netherlands), Ji.hlava (Czech Republic), Krakow Film Festival (Poland), Sheffield Doc/Fest (UK), Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (Greece) and Visions du Réel (Switzerland). Based on their recommendations and the films individually submitted, the documentary committee, decided on the EFA Documentary Selection.
Advocate - director: Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaiche (Israel, Canada, Switzerland) Aquarela - director: Victor Kossakovsky (Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark) Delphine and Carole - director: Callisto Mc Nulty (France, Switzerland) For Sama - director: Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Wat (United Kingdom, United States) Heimat Is A Space in Time - director: Thomas Heise (Germany, Austria) Honeyland - director: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska (North Macedonia)
M - director: Yolande Zauberman (France) Push - director: Fredrik Gertten (Sweden, Canada) Putin's Witnesses - director: Vitaly Mansky (Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic) Scheme Birds - director: Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Halli (Sweden, United Kingdom) Selfie - director: Agostino Ferrente (France, Italy) The Disappearance of my Mother - director: Beniamino Barrese (Italy, United States)
Short films For the 2019 and 2020 editions of the European Film Awards, the European Film Academy will welcome new festivals to participate in the EFA Short Film selection and awarding procedure. When the annual cycle of participating festivals – running from October of the preceding year to September of the actual awards year – is complete, a committee of short film experts and of EFA Board Members will nominate five of the short film candidates for the award European Short Film.
November 2018: Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (Switzerland - from 2019 on) Cork Film Festival (Ireland) PÖFF Shorts (Estonia - from 2019 on) Dec. 2018: Leuven International Short Film Festival (Belgium) Jan. 2019: International Film Festival Rotterdam (the Netherlands) Feb. 2019: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France) Berlin International Film Festival (Germany) Mar. 2019: Tampere Film Festival (Finland) Apr. 2019: Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (the Netherlands)
May 2019: Krakow Film Festival (Poland) VIS Vienna Shorts Festival (Austria) Jun. 2019: Hamburg International Short Film Festival (Germany) Jul. 2019: Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival (Portugal) Motovun Film Festival (Croatia) Aug. 2019: Locarno Festival (Switzerland) Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia & Herzegovina) Venice Film Festival (Italy) Odense International Film Festival (Denmark) Sep. 2019: International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece) Encounters Festival (UK)
Awards voted by EFA Members Nomination has been announced on November 9, 2019. Feature Best Film English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language The FavouriteYorgos LanthimosCeci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Yorgos LanthimosElement Pictures, Arcana, Film4 Productions, Waypoint Entertainment EnglishLes Misérables Ladj Ly Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral SRAB Films, Rectangle Productions, Lyly Films FrenchAn Officer and a SpyRoman Polanski Alain Goldman Canal+, Eliseo Cinema, France 2 (FR2), France 3 (FR3), Gaumont, Légende Films, Rai Cinema FrenchPain and GloryPedro Almodóvar Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García El Deseo SpanishSystem Crasher Nora Fingscheidt Peter Hartwig, Jonas Weydemann, Jakob Weydemann, Frauke Kolbmüller Kino Filmproduktion, Wydemann Bros. GermanThe TraitorMarco Bellocchio Giuseppe Caschetto, Simone Gattoni IBC Movie, Kavac Film, Rai Cinema, Ad Vitam Production, Gullane, Match Factory Productions, Arte France Italian, Sicilian, Portuguese, English
European Comedy The nominees were announced on 29 October 2019. The nominations were determined by a committee composed of EFA Board Members Katriel Schory (Israel) and Angela Bosch Ríus (Spain), distributor/festival programmer Selma Mehadzic (Croatia), film, festival & event specialist Jacob Neiiendam (Denmark) and producer Nik Powell (UK). English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Yorgos Lanthimos Element Pictures, Arcana, Film4 Productions, Waypoint Entertainment EnglishTel Aviv on Fire Sameh Zoabi Gilles Sacuto, Miléna Poylo, Bernard Michaux, Amir Harel, Patrick Quinet Samsa Film, Lama Films, TS Productions, Artémis Productions Hebrew, ArabicDitte & Louise Niclas Bendixen Thomas Heinesen Nordisk Film Production Danish
Best Director Director(s) English title Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite / Roman Polanski An Officer and a Spy Pedro Almodóvar Pain and Glory Céline Sciamma Portrait of a Lady on Fire Marco Bellocchio The Traitor
Best Screenwriter Screenwriter(s) English title Céline Sciamma Portrait of a Lady on Fire Marco Bellocchio Valia Santella Ludovica Rampoldi Francesco Piccolo Francesco La Licata The Traitor / Roman Polanski Robert Harris An Officer and a Spy Ladj Ly Giordano Gederlini Alexis Manenti Les Misérables Pedro Almodóvar Pain and Glory
Best Actress Actress English title Role Olivia Colman The Favourite Queen Anne Trine Dyrholm Queen of Hearts Anne Adèle Haenel Portrait of a Lady on Fire Héloïse Noémie Merlant Portrait of a Lady on Fire Marianne Viktoria Miroshnichenko Beanpole Iya Sergueeva Helena Zengel System Crasher Benni
Best Actor Actor English title Role Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory Salvador Mallo Jean Dujardin An Officer and a Spy Picquart Pierfrancesco Favino The Traitor Tommaso Buscetta Levan Gelbakhiani And Then We Danced Merab Alexander Scheer Gundermann Gerhard Gundermann Ingvar E. Sigurdsson A White, White Day Ingimundur
Documentary English titleDirector(s)Producer(s)Production companiesCountryLanguage For SamaWaad al-Kateab, Edward WattsWaad al-KateabChannel 4 News, Channel 4, Frontline, ITN, Productions, PBS Distribution, WGBH Arabic, EnglishThe Disappearance of My MotherBeniamino BarreseFilippo MacelloniNanof, RYOT Films English, ItalianHoneylandLjubomir Stefanov, Tamara KotevskaAtanas GeorgievApolo Media, Trice Films Turkish Putin's WitnessesVitaly ManskyNatalia Manskaia, Gabriela Bussmann, Filip Remunda, Vit KlusakVertov SIA, GoldenEggProduction, Hypermarket Film Russian SelfieAgostino FerrenteMarc Berdugo, Barbara Conforti, Gianfilippo PedoteMagnéto Prod Italian
Animated Feature The nominations were determined by a committee consisting of EFA Board Deputy Chairman Antonio Saura (Spain), EFA Board Member Graziella Bildesheim (Italy) and producer Paul Young (Ireland) as well as, representing CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, film critic Stéphane Dreyfus (France), producer Kristine M. I. Knudsen (Germany) and director Janno Põldma (Estonia). English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles Salvador Simó Manuel Cristobal, José M. Fernández de Vega Sygnatia, The Glow, Submarine SpanishI Lost My Body Jérémy Clapin Marc Du Pontavice Xilam FrenchMarona's Fantastic Tale Anca Damian Anca Damian, Ron Dyens, Tomas Leyers Aparte Film, Minds Meet, Sacrebleu Productions FrenchThe Swallows of Kabul Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobé Mévellec Michel Merkt, Reginald de Guillebon Les Armateurs French
Short film English title Director(s) Producer(s) Country The Christmas Gift Bogdan Mureşanu Bogdan Mureşanu, Vlad Iorga, Victor Dumitrovici, Eduardo M Escribano Solera , Dogs Barking at Trees Leonor Teles Filipa Reis, Leonor Teles, João Miller Guerra Reconstruction Jiří Havlíček, Ondřej Novák Dagmar Sedláčková The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady Gabriel Abrantes Justin Taurand, Gabriel Abrantes , Watermelon Juice Irene Moray Miriam Porté
Television series European Achievement in Fiction Series Award English titleDirectorScreenplayCountry of ProductionLanguage Babylon Berlin Henk Handloegten Achim von Borries Tom Tykwer Henk Handloegten Achim von Borries Tom Tykwer Germany German
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