33rd European Film Awards


The 33rd European Film Awards was scheduled to be presented in Reykjavík, Iceland on 12 December 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the awards were announced in a virtual event online.

Selection

Feature

The list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the 2020 European Film Awards.Adults in the Room - Costa-Gavras Another Round - Thomas Vinterberg Atlantis - Valentyn Vasyanovich Bad Tales - Damiano D'Innocenzo & Fabio D'Innocenzo Berlin Alexanderplatz - Burhan Qurbani Between Heaven and Earth - Najwa Najjar Cat in the Wall - Mina Mileva & Vesela Kazakova Charlatan - Agnieszka Holland Charter - Amanda Kernell Corpus Christi - Jan Komasa DAU. Natasha - Ilya Khrzhanovskiy & Jekaterina Oertel Delete History - Benoît Delépine & Gustave Kervern Echo - Rúnar Rúnarsson Enfant terrible - Oskar Roehler Falling - Viggo Mortensen Father - Srdan Golubović Final Report - István Szabó Hidden Away - Giorgio Diritti Hope - Maria Sødahl Let There Be Light - Marko Škop Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello Mother - Rodrigo Sorogoyen Motherland - Tomas Vengris My Little Sister - Stéphanie Chuat & Véronique Reymond Persian Lessons - Vadim Perelman Servants - Ivan Ostrochovský Slalom - Charlène Favier Summer of 85 - François Ozon The Big Hit - Emmanuel Courcol The Endless Trench - Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño & Jose Mari Goenaga The Painted Bird - Václav Marhoul The Personal History of David Copperfield - Armando Iannucci The Platform - Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia Undine - Christian Petzold Uppercase Print - Radu Jude Vitalina Varela - Pedro Costa Wildland - Jeanette Nordahl Willow - Milcho Manchevski

Documentary

Acasă, My Home - Radu Ciorniciuc Collective - Alexander Nanau I Am Not Alone - Garin Hovannisian Little Girl - Sébastien Lifshitz Il varco - Once More Unto the Breach - Federico Ferrone & Michele Manzolini Saudi Runaway - Susanne Regina Meures Self Portrait - Margreth Olin, Katja Hogset & Espen Wallin State Funeral - Sergei Loznitsa The Cave - Feras Fayyad The Earth Is Blue as an Orange - Iryna Tsilyk The Euphoria of Being - Réka Szabó They Call Me Babu - Sandra Beerends Walchensee Forever - Janna Ji Wonders

Short film

The European Short Film 2020 is presented in co-operation with the following 24 European film festivals. At each of the festivals, the jury of the international competition appointed by the festival chooses a single candidate. Then the participating festivals nominate five short films from the list of 24 candidates.

Awards voted by EFA Members

Nomination has been announced on 10 November 2020.

Feature

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

The nominees were announced on 27 October 2020. The nominations were determined by a committee consisting of EFA Board Members Katriel Schory and Angela Bosch Ríus, director/screenwriter Paddy Breathnach, festival programmer Markus Duffner and distributor/festival programmer Selma Mehadžić.
English titleDirectorProducerProduction companiesCountryLanguage
Advantages of Travelling by TrainAritz MorenoMerry Colomer, Leire Apellaniz & Juan GordonMorena Films, Logical Pictures, CNC, Castelao Pictures, Departamento de Cultura del Gobierno Vasco, Euskal Irrati Telebista, Filmax, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, Movistar+, Radio Televisión Española, Señor & Señora, Ventajas de Viajar en Tren

Animated Feature

The nominations were determined by a committee consisting of EFA Board Member EFA Board Member Béatrice Thiriet, director Anca Damian, producer Antonio Saura and, representing CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, Diogo Carvalho, Camilla Deakin and Norbert Laporte.
English titleDirectorProducerProduction companiesCountryLanguage
CalamityRémy ChayéHenri Magalon & Claire LacombeMaybe Movies, Noerlum Studios

Critics Award

[European Film Award for [European Discovery of the Year|European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI]]

The nominees were announced on 8 October 2020. The nominations were determined by a committee composed of EFA Board Members Valérie Delpierre and Anita Juka, curator Giona A. Nazzaro as well as film critics Marta Bałaga, Andrei Plakhov and Frédéric Ponsard, all three as representatives of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.
English titleDirectorProducerProduction companiesCountryLanguage
SoleCarlo SironiGiovanni PompiliKino Produzioni

Audience awards

Lux European Audience Film Award

The three nominated films are viewed by audiences in cinemas across Europe, via the LUX Film Days and the LUX Audience Week. Voting opens for the public from day 1 after the EFA Ceremony until two weeks before the LUX Ceremony. Members of the European Parliament vote from the beginning of March until the day before the Awards Ceremony. The final ranking will be determined by combining the public vote ratings and the vote ratings by the Members of the European Parliament, with each group weighing 50 per cent. The film with the highest average rating will become the winner.
English titleDirectorCountryLanguage
CollectiveAlexander Nanau

University Award

The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg have announced five following movies as a European University Film Award nominee.
English titleDirectorProducerProduction companiesCountryLanguage
Another RoundThomas VinterbergSisse Graum Jørgensen, Kasper DissingZentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst, Topkapi Films, Zentropa International Netherlands, Zentropa International Sweden

Technical awards

The winners for the Excellence Awards were presented on 9 December 2020.