32nd European Film Awards


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 A Tale of Three Sisters - director: Emin Alper A Twelve-Year Night - director: Álvaro Brechner A White, White Day - director: Hlynur Pálmason An Officer and a Spy - director: Roman Polanski All Good - director: Eva Trobisch And Then We Danced - director: Levan Akin Bad Poems - director: Gábor Reisz Beanpole - director: Kantemir Balagov By the Grace of God - director: François Ozon Chained - director: Yaron Shani Clergy - director: Wojciech Smarzowski Dafne - director: Federico Bondi Dirty God - director: Sacha Polak The Favourite - director: Yorgos Lanthimos Fire Will Come - director: Oliver Laxe God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya - director: Teona Strugar Mitevska Gundermann - director: Andreas Dresen High Life - director: Claire Denis Homeward - director: Nariman Aliev I Was at Home, but... - director: Angela Schanelec It Must Be Heaven - director: Elia Suleiman Joy - director: Sudabeh Mortezai Jumpman - director: Ivan I. Tverdovskiy Les Misérables - director: Ladj Ly Little Joe - director: Jessica Hausner Mr. Jones - director: Agnieszka Holland Non Fiction - director: Olivier Assayas Oleg - director: Juris Kursietis Pain and Glory - director: Pedro Almodóvar Piranhas - director: Claudio Giovannesi Portrait of a Lady on Fire - director: Céline Sciamma Queen of Hearts - director: May el-Touhky The Realm - director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen Sibel - director: Guillaume Giovanetti, Çagla Zencirci Sons of Denmark - director: Ulaa Salim Sorry We Missed You - director: Ken Loach Stitches - director: Miroslav Terzić Synonyms - director: Nadav Lapid System Crasher - director: Nora Fingscheidt Tel Aviv on Fire - director: Sameh Zoabi The Traitor - director: Marco Bellocchio Twin Flower - director: Laura Luchetti Werewolf - director: Adrian Panek The Whistlers - director: Corneliu Porumboiu Yesterday - director: Danny Boyle Young Ahmed - director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

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, these festivals are: Cinéma du Réel, CPH:DOX, Doclisboa, DOK Leipzig, IDFA, Ji.hlava, Krakow Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival and Visions du Réel. 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 Aquarela - director: Victor Kossakovsky Delphine and Carole - director: Callisto Mc Nulty For Sama - director: Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Wat Heimat Is A Space in Time - director: Thomas Heise Honeyland - director: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska M - director: Yolande Zauberman Push - director: Fredrik Gertten Putin's Witnesses - director: Vitaly Mansky Scheme Birds - director: Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Halli Selfie - director: Agostino Ferrente The Disappearance of my Mother - director: Beniamino Barrese

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.

Awards voted by EFA Members

Nomination has been announced on November 9, 2019.

Feature

European Comedy">European Film Award for Best Comedy">European Comedy

The nominees were announced on 29 October 2019.
The nominations were determined by a committee composed of EFA Board Members Katriel Schory and Angela Bosch Ríus, distributor/festival programmer Selma Mehadzic, film, festival & event specialist Jacob Neiiendam and producer Nik Powell.
English titleDirectorProducerProduction companiesCountryLanguage
The FavouriteYorgos LanthimosCeci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Yorgos LanthimosElement Pictures, Arcana, Film4 Productions, Waypoint Entertainment

Animated Feature

The nominations were determined by a committee consisting of EFA Board Deputy Chairman Antonio Saura, EFA Board Member Graziella Bildesheim and producer Paul Young as well as, representing CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, film critic Stéphane Dreyfus, producer Kristine M. I. Knudsen and director Janno Põldma.
English titleDirectorProducerProduction companiesCountryLanguage
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the TurtlesSalvador SimóManuel Cristobal, José M. Fernández de VegaSygnatia, The Glow, Submarine

Technical awards

The Favourite has scooped four of the eight technical awards. The jury for the initial eight winners were: Nadia Ben Rachid, editor, France: Vanja Černul, cinematographer, Croatia; Annette Focks, composer, Germany; Gerda Koekoek, hair and make-up artist, Netherlands; Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh, costume designer, Ireland; Artur Pinheiro, production designer, Portugal; Gisle Tveito, sound designer, Norway; István Vajda, visual effects, Hungary.

Critics Award

European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI">European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year">European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI

The nominees were announced on 8 October 2019.
The nominations were determined by a committee composed of EFA Board Members Mike Goodridge and Valérie Delpierre, festival programmer Azize Tan as well as film critics Marta Bałaga, Robbie Eksiel and Michael Pattison as representatives of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.
English titleDirectorProducerProduction companiesCountryLanguage
Les MisérablesLadj LyToufik Ayadi, Christophe BarralSRAB Films, Rectangle Productions, Lyly Films

Audience awards

[European Film Academy [People's Choice Award for Best European Film|People's Choice Award]]

The nominees were announced on 2 September 2019.
English titleDirectorProduction country
Cold WarPaweł Pawlikowski

University Award

The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg, a committee consisting of producer Carlo Cresta-Dina, EFA Board Member Joanna Szymańska and university representative Dagmar Brunow has decided on the following nominations:
English titleDirectorProducerProduction companiesCountryLanguage
Portrait of a Lady on FireCéline SciammaBénédicte CouvreurLilies Films

European Co-Production Award — Prix Eurimages

The award acknowledges the decisive role of coproductions in fostering international exchange, and pays tribute to a woman's contribution to the success of film coproduction.
RecipientOccupation

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Nominations Film
9The Favourite
6Pain and Glory
5Portrait of a Lady on Fire
4An Officer and a Spy
4The Traitor
4System Crasher
3Les Misérables
2And Then We Danced

WinsFilm
8The Favourite
2Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2Pain and Glory

Broadcasters

Call to pull Polanski's nominations

French feminists and film industry professionals, including Rosanna Arquette, Andrea Bescond, Eric Metayer, Amandine Gay, Catherine Zavlav asked for An Officer and a Spy to be taken out of contention for the awards. The nominations were announced just days after actress Valentine Monnier came forward with her story of allegedly being raped by Polanski in 1975 in newspaper Le Parisien, which was corroborated by contemporary witnesses. The group addressed the request to EFA Production director Marion Doring and jury members Nadia Ben Rachid, Vanja Cernjul, Annette Focks, Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh, Gerda Koekoek, Artur Pinheiro, Gisle Tveito and Istvan Vadja.