27th European Film Awards


The 27th European Film Awards were presented on 13 December 2014 in Riga, Latvia. The winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy. Nominations for the People's Choice Award category were announced on 1 September 2014. On 16 September 2014, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced a list of 50 films which qualified for nominations. All nominations were announced on 8 November 2014 at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain. British director Steve McQueen was presented with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award and filmmaker Agnès Varda was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Winners and nominees

Discovery of the Year

Best Animated Feature Film

The nominees were announced on 22 September 2014.
English titleOriginal titleDirectorAnimationProduction country
The Art of HappinessL'arte della felicitàAlessandro RakAlessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Dario Sansone, Marino Guarnieri, Annarita Calligaris, Ivana Verze, Laura Sammati, Antonia Emanuela Angrisani, Corrado Piscitelli, Flavio Di Biase, Giorgio Siravo, Sergio Chimenti, Ilaria Jones, Antonio Funaro, Danilo Florio, Mirko Prota, Alberto Panico, Paolo Acampora, Marco Iannaccone

European Co-Production Award—Prix Eurimages

Best Short Film

The nominees for Best Short Film were selected by independent juries at a series of film festivals throughout Europe.
English titleOriginal titleDirectorCountryNominating Festival
The ChickenUna Gunjak

Young Audience Award

Twelve- to fourteen-year-old audiences from across Europe voted for the winner after watching the three nominated films at special screenings held on "Young Audience Film Day".
English titleOriginal titleDirectorWritersProduction country
Regret!Spijt!Dave SchramMaria Peters, Dick van den Heuvel