23rd European Film Awards
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 Director
Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer- Olivier Assayas – Carlos
- Semih Kaplanoğlu – Honey
- Samuel Maoz – Lebanon
- Paolo Virzì – ''The First Beautiful Thing''
Best Actress
Sylvie Testud – Lourdes- Zrinka Cvitešić – On the Path
- Sibel Kekilli – When We Leave
- Lesley Manville – Another Year
- Lotte Verbeek – ''Nothing Personal''
Best Actor
Ewan McGregor – The Ghost Writer- Jakob Cedergren – Submarino
- Elio Germano – Our Life
- George Piştereanu – If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
- Luis Tosar – ''Cell 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
- Samuel Maoz – Lebanon
- Radu Mihaileanu – ''The Concert''
Best Cinematographer
Giora Bejach – Lebanon- Caroline Champetier – Of Gods and Men
- Pavel Kostomarov – How I Ended This Summer
- Barış Özbiçer – ''Honey''
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
- Markku Pätilä and Jaagup Roomet – ''The Temptation of St. Tony''
Best Composer
Alexandre Desplat – The Ghost Writer- Ales Brezina – Kawasaki's Rose
- Pasquale Catalano – Loose Cannons
- Gary Yershon – ''Another Year''
Best Documentary
Nostalgia for the Light – Patricio Guzmán • France/Germany/Chile- Armadillo – Janus Metz • Denmark/Sweden
- Steam of Life – Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen • Finland/Sweden
Best Short Film
Hanoi - Warsaw – Katarzyna Klimkiewicz • Poland- Amor – Thomas Wangsmo • Norway
- Lights – Giulio Ricciarelli • Germany
- Joseph’s Snails – Sophie Roze • France
- Stay, Away – Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito • Netherlands
- Out of Love – Birgitte Stærmose • Denmark
- Venus VS Me – Nathalie Teirlinck • Belgium
- The Little Snow Animal – 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 – Shalimar Preuss • France
- Diarchy – Ferdinando Cito Filomarino • Italy/France
- The External World – David O'Reilly • Germany
- Here I Am – Bálint Szimler • Hungary
People's Choice Award for Best European Film
Mr. Nobody The Girl Who Played with Fire Soul KitchenBaarìaLoose Cannons An EducationAgoraThe Ghost WriterKick-Ass- ''Little Nicholas''