The 37th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, took place at Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern in Lucerne on 7 December 2024. It marked the first time the awards ceremony was held in Switzerland. Swiss host and voiceover actor Fernando Tiberini hosted the ceremony.
The winners of the Excellence Awards were announced on 13 November 2024, honoring the arts and crafts of filmmaking in eight categories. On 7 December the other winners were revealed during the ceremony, with Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez winning in each of the categories it was nominated.
Selections Feature films The first part of the Academy’s Feature Film Selection was announced on 14 August 2024. The second part with 16 further titles was announced on 26 September 2024.
April – Dea Kulumbegashvili (, , ) Arcadia – Yorgos Zois (, , ) Armand – Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel (, , , ) Bird – Andrea Arnold (, , , ) Conclave – Edward Berger (, ) Crossing – Levan Akin (, , , , ) Dying – Matthias Glasner () Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard () Grand Tour – Miguel Gomes (, , ) Hard Truths – Mike Leigh (, ) Harvest – Athina Rachel Tsangari (, , ) Hesitation Wound – Selman Nacar (, , , ) Julie Keeps Quiet – Leonardo Van Dijl (, ) Kinds of Kindness – Yorgos Lanthimos (, , , ) Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt (, ) Life – Zeki Demirkubuz (, ) Misericordia – Alain Guiraudie (, , ) Misericordia – Emma Dante () Moon – Kurdwin Ayub () Mr. K – Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab (, , ) My Fathers' Daughter – Egil Pedersen (, , ) Queer – Luca Guadagnino (, ) Souleymane's Story – Boris Lojkine () The Count of Monte Cristo – Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière () The Devil's Bath – Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (, ) The End – Joshua Oppenheimer (, , , , , ) The Girl with the Needle – Magnus von Horn (, , ) The Invisible Fight – Rainer Sarnet (, , , ) The New Year That Never Came – Bogdan Mureșanu () The Other Way Around – Jonás Trueba (, ) The Room Next Door – Pedro Almodóvar () The Rye Horn – Jaione Camborda (, , ) The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof (, , ) The Shameless – Konstantin Bojanov (, , , , ) The Sparrow in the Chimney – Ramon Zürcher () The Substance – Coralie Fargeat (, , ) The Village Next to Paradise – Mo Harawe (, , ) There's Still Tomorrow – Paola Cortellesi () Three Kilometres to the End of the World – Emanuel Pârvu () Toxic – Saulė Bliuvaitė () Un amor – Isabel Coixet () Vermiglio – Maura Delpero (, , ) When the Light Breaks – Rúnar Rúnarsson (, , , ) Windless – Pavel G. Vesnakov (, ) Without Air – Katalin Moldovai ()
Documentary The Documentary Film Selection was announced on 21 August 2024.
At Averroès & Rosa Parks – Nicolas Philibert () Bye Bye Tiberias – Lina Soualem (, , , ) Dahomey – Mati Diop (, ) Direct Action – Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell (, ) In Limbo – Alina Maksimenko () Marching in the Dark – Kinshuk Surjan (, , ) My Stolen Planet – Farahnaz Sharifi () No Other Land – Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal (, ) Pelikan Blue – László Csáki () Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat – Johan Grimonprez (, , ) The Landscape and the Fury – Nicole Vögele () The Words Women Spoke One Day – Raphaël Pillosio ()
Winners and nominees The nominees for European Animated Feature Film were revealed on 9 October 2024. The nominees for European Short Film were revealed on 16 October 2024. The nominees for the main categories were announced on 5 November 2024.
European Film English title Original title Director(s) Producer(s) Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard Pascal CaucheteuxJacques AudiardValérie SchermannAnthony Vaccarello The Room Next Door Pedro Almodóvar Agustín AlmodóvarEsther García The Seed of the Sacred Fig دانهی انجیر معابد Mohammad Rasoulof Mohammad RasoulofAmin SadraeiJean-Christophe SimonMani TilgnerRozita Hendijanian The Substance Coralie Fargeat Coralie FargeatTim BevanEric Fellner Vermiglio Maura Delpero Francesca AndreoliLeonardo Guerra SeràgnoliSantiago Fondevila SancetMaura Delpero
European Director Director(s) Work Jacques Audiard Emilia Pérez Andrea Arnold Bird Pedro Almodóvar The Room Next Door Mohammad Rasoulof The Seed of the Sacred Fig Maura Delpero Vermiglio
European Screenwriter Screenwriter(s) Work Jacques Audiard Emilia Pérez Magnus von Horn Line Langebek The Girl with the Needle Pedro Almodóvar The Room Next Door Mohammad Rasoulof The Seed of the Sacred Fig Coralie Fargeat The Substance
European Actor Actor Work Abou Sangare Souleymane's Story Franz Rogowski Bird Ralph Fiennes Conclave Lars Eidinger Dying Daniel Craig Queer
European Actress Actress Work Karla Sofía Gascón Emilia Pérez Renate Reinsve Armand Trine Dyrholm The Girl with the Needle Vic Carmen Sonne Tilda Swinton The Room Next Door
European Documentary English title Original title Director(s) Country No Other Land Yuval Abraham Rachel Szor Basel Adra Hamdan Ballal Palestine, Norway Bye Bye Tiberias باي باي طبريا Lina Soualem France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar Dahomey Mati Diop France, Senegal In Limbo W zawieszeniu Alina Maksimenko Poland Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Johan Grimonprez France, Belgium, Netherlands
European Animated Feature Film English title Original title Director(s) Country Flow Straume Gints Zilbalodis Latvia, France, Belgium Living Large Život k sežrání Kristina Dufková Czech Republic, France, Slovakia Savages Sauvages Claude Barras Switzerland, France, Belgium Sultana's Dream El sueño de la sultana Isabel Herguera Spain, Germany, India They Shot the Piano Player Dispararon al pianista Fernando Trueba Javier Mariscal Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI English title Original title Director(s) Country 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 Anul Nou care n-a fost Bogdan Mureșanu Romania, Serbia Toxic Akiplėša Saulė Bliuvaitė Lithuania
European Young Audience Award English title Original title Director(s) Country The Remarkable Life of Ibelin Ibelin Benjamin Ree Norway Lars is LOL Lars er LOL Eirik Sæter Stordahl Norway, Denmark Winners Sieger sein Soleen Yusef Germany
European Short Film Title Director(s) Country The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent Nebojša Slijepčević Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia 2720 Basil da Cunha Portugal, Switzerland Clamor Salomé Da Souza France The Exploding Girl Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel France Wander to Wonder Nina Gantz The Netherlands, France, Belgium, United Kingdom
Excellence Awards
Honorary Awards EFA Lifetime Achievement Award European Achievement in World Cinema Eurimages International Co-Production Award
Special awards Lux European Audience Film Award 2025 The LUX Audience Award, presented by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, recognize films that help to raise awareness of socio-political issues in Europe.
English title Original title Director(s) Country Animal Sofia Exarchou Greece, Austria, Romania, Cyprus, Bulgaria Dahomey Mati Diop France, Senegal, Benin Flow Straume Gints Zilbalodis Latvia, France, Belgium Intercepted Oksana Karpovych Canada, France, Ukraine Julie Keeps Quiet Julie zwijgt Leonardo van Dijl Belgium, Sweden
European University Film Award (EUFA) The nominees for the European University Film Award were announced on 23 October 2024 by the European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg. The winner was announced at the Mayor’s Night in Lucerne on 6 December 2024, the evening before the European Film Awards Ceremony.
English title Original title Director Country Three Kilometres to the End of the World Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii Emanuel Pârvu Romania April Dea Kulumbegashvili Georgia, France, Italy Armand Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden Kneecap Rich Peppiatt Ireland, UK Moon Mond Kurdwin Ayub Austria
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