34th European Film Awards


The 34th European Film Awards were presented in Berlin, Germany on 11 December 2021. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the awards went ahead without an in person audience, taking the form of a hybrid event, including pre-produced and live online.

Selection

Feature Film

The first part of the selection of feature films announced on August 24, 2021.200 Meters – Ameen Nayfeh A Chiara – Jonas Carpignano Ahed's Knee – Nadav Lapid Ammonite – Francis Lee And Tomorrow the Entire World – Julia von Heinz Annette – Leos Carax Apples – Christos Nikou Assandira – Salvatore Mereu Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn – Radu Jude Beginning – Dea Kulumbegashvili Brother's Keeper – Ferit Karahan Compartment No. 6 – Juho Kuosmanen Conference – Ivan Tverdovskiy Dear Comrades! – Andrei Konchalovsky Fabian – Going to the Dogs – Dominik Graf Forest – I See You Everywhere – Bence Fliegauf Gaza mon amour – Tarzan and Arab Nasser Good Mother – Hafsia Herzi Great Freedom – Sebastian Meise Happening – Audrey Diwan Hammamet – Gianni Amelio Here We Are – Nir Bergman Hive – Blerta Basholli I'm Your Man – Maria Schrader Luzzu – Alex Camilleri Natural Light – Dénes Nagy Never Gonna Snow Again – Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert Night of the Kings – Philippe Lacôte Nowhere Special – Uberto Pasolini Oasis – Ivan Ikic Petite Maman – Céline Sciamma Petrov's Flu – Kirill Serebrennikov Pleasure – Ninja Thyberg Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time – Lili Horvát Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell Quo Vadis, Aida? – Jasmila Žbanić Riders of Justice – Anders Thomas Jensen Supernova – Harry Macqueen The Belly of the Sea – Agustí Villaronga The Dig – Simon Stone The Fam – Fred Baillif The Father – Florian Zeller The Girl and the Spider – Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher The Hand of God – Paolo Sorrentino The Innocents – Eskil Vogt The Macaluso Sisters – Emma Dante The Mauritanian – Kevin Macdonald The Whaler Boy – Philipp Yuryev The Worst Person in the World – Joachim Trier Titane – Julia Ducournau Tove – Zaida Bergroth Unclenching the Fists – Kira Kovalenko What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? – Alexandre Koberidze

Documentary

The selection of 15 documentary films was announced on August 24, 2021.A New Shift – Jindřich Andrš A Song Called Hate – Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdóttir All-In – Volkan Üce Babi Yar. Context – Sergei Loznitsa Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen Gorbachev. Heaven – Vitaly Manskiy Les Enfants Terribles – Ahmet Necdet Cupur Mr Bachmann and His Class – Maria Speth Taming the Garden – Salomé Jashi The Banality of Grief – Jon Bang Carlsen The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation – Avi Mograbi The Most Beautiful Boy in the World – Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri The Other Side of the River – Antonia Kilian The Rain Will Never Stop – Alina Gorlova We – Alice Diop

Short film

The European Short Film 2021 is presented in co-operation with the following European film festivals. The participating festival choose one candidate each and later nominate five short films for the main prize.

Feature Films Awards

Nominations were announced on November 9, 2021.

EFA Excellence Awards

The winners were announced on November 16, 2021. The members of the jury were Camilla Hjelm, Matt Kasmir, Jelena Maksimovic, Ursula Patzak, Célia Sayaphoum, Francis "Kiko" Soeder, Başar Ünder and Leendert van Nimwegen.

Film Awards Not Based on a Feature Film Selection

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European Comedy

The award is presented to the director of a feature-length European comedy intended for theatrical release.
English titleDirectorCountryLanguage
The Morning AfterMéliane Marcaggi

European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI

In co-operation with FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, the award is presented to a director for his/her first full-length European feature film intended for theatrical release. The nominees were announced on 12 October 2021. The 2021 nominations were determined by a committee consisting of European Film Academy Board Members Anita Juka and Joanna Szymańska, producer/screenwriter Paula Alvarez Vaccaro, producer Vladimer Katcharava as well as film critics Marta Bałaga, Janet Baris, Andrei Plakhov, Frédéric Ponsard and Britt Sørensen as representatives of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.
DirectorEnglish title

European Documentary

The award is presented to the director of a European documentary film intended for theatrical release.
English titleDirectorCountryLanguage
Babi Yar. ContextSergei Loznitsa

European Animated Feature Film

In co-operation with CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, the award is presented to the director of a European animated feature film intended for theatrical release.
English titleDirectorCountryLanguage
The Ape StarLinda Hambäck

European Short Film

The award is presented to the director of a European short film. The final five short films were nominated from the final list by the participating festivals.

Audience Awards

Lux Audience Award

English titleDirectorCountryLanguage
Quo Vadis, Aida?Jasmila ŽbanićBosnia and Herzegovina

European University Film Award (EUFA)

Presented in co-operation with Filmfest Hamburg, the award actively involves university students, spreads the “European idea” and transports the spirit of European cinema to an audience group of 20-29-year-olds. It also supports film dissemination, film education and the culture of debating. Based on the Feature Film Selection 2021 and the Documentary Selection 2021 Filmfest Hamburg and EFA nominate five films. They are later viewed in non-commercial closed jury sessions and discussed at the participating universities. The students at each institution select their favourite film. The nominations were announced on 28 September 2021.
English titleDirectorCountryLanguage
ApplesChristos Nikou