35th European Film Awards


The 35th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, took place at the Harpa Conference and Concert Hall in Reykjavík, Iceland on 10 December 2022. According to the academy, films eligible for the awards are those that had their first official screening between 1 June 2021 and 31 May 2022 and have a European director.
German actress, director and screenwriter Margarethe von Trotta received the Lifetime Achievement Award while Palestinian actor and director Elia Suleiman was honoured with the Achievement in World Cinema Award.

Selection

Feature Film

Selection's part 1 was announced on 18 August 2022.AftersunCharlotte Wells AlcarràsCarla Simón All Quiet on the Western FrontEdward Berger As Far as I Can WalkStefan Arsenijević The BeastsRodrigo Sorogoyen Beautiful BeingsGuðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson BelfastKenneth Branagh BenedictionTerence Davies Boy from HeavenTarik Saleh Burning DaysEmin Alper CloseLukas Dhont CorsageMarie Kreutzer The Eight MountainsFelix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch EoJerzy Skolimowski Girl PictureAlli Haapasalo GodlandHlynur Pálmason The HoleMichelangelo Frammartino Holy SpiderAli Abbasi MaixabelIciar Bollain Mediterranean FeverMaha Haj More Than EverEmily Atef NostalgiaMario Martone One Fine MorningMia Hansen-Løve PacifictionAlbert Serra Parallel MothersPedro Almodóvar The Quiet GirlColm Bairéad Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. BushAndreas Dresen ReflectionValentyn Vasyanovych Saint OmerAlice Diop The Souvenir Part IIJoanna Hogg Tori and LokitaJean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne Triangle of SadnessRuben Östlund VeraTizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel Will-o'-the-WispJoão Pedro Rodrigues Women Do CryMina Mileva & Vesela Kazakova

Documentary

The selection of 13 documentary films was announced on 30 August 2022. Selection was determined by a committee consisting of Salma Abdallah, Nenad Puhovski, Katriel Schory and Giedrė Žickytė.Angels of SinjarHanna Polak The Balcony Movie – Paweł Łoziński The Eclipse – Nataša Urban Girl Gang – Susanne Regina Meures A House Made of Splinters – Simon Lereng Wilmont How to Save a Dead Friend – Marusya Syroechkovskaya Karaoke Paradise – Einari Paakkanen The March on RomeMark Cousins Mariupolis 2Mantas Kvedaravicius Mr. LandsbergisSergei Loznitsa Nelly & Nadine – Magnus Gertten Republic of SilenceDiana El Jeiroudi A Thousand Fires – Saeed Taji Farouky Three Minutes – A Lengthening – Bianca Stigter

Short film

The European Short Film 2022 is presented in co-operation with the following European film festivals. At each of the festivals, a jury appointed by the festival chooses a single candidate.Affairs of the ArtJoanna QuinnValladolid International Film FestivalBachelorette Party – Lola Combourieu & Yann Berlier – Sarajevo Film FestivalThe Bayview – Daniel Cook – Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film FestivalBecoming Male in the Middle Ages – Pedro Neves Marques – International Film Festival RotterdamCherries – Vytautas Katkus – Cannes Film FestivalDad's Sneakers – Olha Zhurba – Kort Film Festival LeuvenDawn – Leonor Noivo – Hamburg Short Film FestivalGranny's Sexual Life – Urška Djukić & Émilie Pigeard – Uppsala Short Film FestivalHandbook – Pavel Mozhar – International Short Film Festival NijmegenIce MerchantsJoão GonzalezMotovun Film FestivalLe Saboteur – Anssi Kasitonni – Tampere Film FestivalLove, DadDiana Cam Van Nguyen – Kraków Film FestivalMemoir of a Veering Storm – Sofia Georgovassili – DokuFestNeighbour Abdi – Douwe Dijkstra – Locarno Film FestivalNestHlynur Pálmason – Odense Film FestivalNorth Pole – Marija Apcevska – International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of BilbaoOn Solid Ground – Jela Hasler – Internationale Kurzfilmtage WinterthurThe PotemkinistsRadu JudeCurtas Vila do CondeInternational Film FestivalThe Red Suitcase – Cyrus Neshvad – Tirana International Film FestivalThe Salamander Child – Théo Degen – Drama International Short Film FestivalSekundenarbeiten – Christiana Perschon – International Short Film Festival OberhausenSnow in SeptemberLkhagvadulam Purev-OchirVenice International Film FestivalThe Sower of Stars – Lois Patiño – Berlin International Film FestivalSteakhouse – Špela Cadež – International Short Film and Animation Festival PÖFF ShortsTechno, Mama – Saulius Baradinskas – International Short Film Festival of Cyprus38 – Joanna Rytel – Riga International Film FestivalUrban Solutions – Arne Hector, Luciana Mazeto, Vinícius Lopes & Minze Tummescheit – Encounters Film FestivalWhen I Smile My Eyes Close – Daniel Bolda – Cork International Film FestivalWill My Parents Come to See Me – Mo Harawe – Vienna Short Film Festival

Feature Film Awards

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Excellence Awards

A special eight-members jury consisting of the following representatives of the different arts and crafts chose the winners based on the European Film Awards Feature Film Selection: Henrich Borarós, Pascal Capitolin, Jaime Cebrian, Charlotte Chang, Christina Georgiou, Magdalena Labuz, Sarah McTeigue, and Nathalie Pitters.
European CinematographyEuropean EditingEuropean Production DesignEuropean Costume Design
Kate McCullough

for ''The Quiet Girl''

Awards Not Based on Feature Film Selection

European Comedy

The award is presented to the director of a feature-length European comedy intended for theatrical release. Nominations were announced on 19 October 2022. Nominations were determined by a committee consisting of Graziella Bildesheim, Alby James, Denis Ivanov, Roshi Behesht Nedjad and Mira Staleva.
English titleDirectorCountryLanguage
Cop SecretHannes Þór Halldórsson

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

In co-operation with FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, the award is presented to a European director for their first full-length European feature film intended for theatrical release. Nominations were determined by a committee consisting of Kaleem Aftab, Janet Bariş, Paola Casella, Virginie Devesa, Marion Döring, Frédéric Ponsard, Alik Shpilyuk, Britt Sørensen and Joanna Szymańska.
DirectorEnglish title

European Documentary

The award is presented to the European director of a European documentary intended for theatrical release.
English titleDirectorCountryLanguage
The Balcony MoviePaweł ŁozińskiPoland

European Animated Feature Film

In co-operation with CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, the award is presented to the European director of a European animated feature film intended for theatrical release. Nominations were announced on 19 October 2022. Nominations were determined by a committee consisting of Antonio Saura, Jonas Poher Rasmussen and Denisa Grimmová.
English titleDirectorCountryLanguage
Little Nicholas: Happy As Can BeAmandine Fredon & Benjamin MassoubreFrance

European Short Film

The award is presented to the European director of a European short film. The award is presented in cooperation with various European festivals, all of which select a single candidate and later nominate 5 films. The nominees were announced on 19 October 2022.
English titleDirectorCountryLanguage
Granny's Sexual LifeUrška Djukič & Émilie PigeardSlovenia

Honorary Awards

EFA Lifetime Achievement AwardEuropean Achievement in World CinemaEuropean Innovative StorytellingEurimages Co-Production AwardEuropean Sustainability Award – Prix Film4Climate
Margarethe von Trotta

Special Awards

Lux European Audience Film Award 2023

The award is directed to recognize films which help to raise awareness of socio-political issues in Europe. Close, directed by Lukas Dhont, was awarded the prize in a ceremony in the European Parliament's Hemicycle in Brussels on 27 June 2023.
English titleDirectorCountry
CloseLukas Dhont

EFA Young Audience Award (YAA)

The award is presented to the director of a European film that addresses an audience between 12 and 14 years of age. The winner was announced during the online award ceremony on Sunday, 13 November 2022, in Erfurt, hosted by youth council members Maria from Portugal and Emmerson from the UK.
English titleDirectorCountryLanguage
AnimalCyril DionFrance

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 2022 and the Documentary Selection 2022 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 7 October 2022. The winner was announced on 9 December 2022.
English titleDirectorCountryLanguage
EoJerzy SkolimowskiPoland