36th European Film Awards


The 36th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, took place at Arena Berlin in Berlin on 9 December 2023. It was the twenty-second time that the awards ceremony took place in Germany.
The full list of nominations was revealed on 7 November 2023. Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves and Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest led the nominations with five each. Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall swept the awards, winning in each of the categories it was nominated for, including European Film, European Director, European Screenwriter and European Actress.

Selections

Feature films

Selection's part 1 was announced on 16 August 2023. 2nd part of the selection was announced on 27 September 2023.20,000 Species of BeesEstibaliz Urresola Solaguren AfireChristian Petzold Anatomy of a FallJustine Triet Animal – Sofia Exarchou The Animal KingdomThomas Cailley Behind the Haystacks – Asimina Proedrou Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry – Elene Naveriani Blaga's LessonsStephan Komandarev Close Your EyesVictor Erice Club ZeroJessica Hausner Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the WorldRadu Jude Excursion – Una Gunjak Explanation for EverythingGábor Reisz Fallen LeavesAki Kaurismäki Femme – Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping FirebrandKarim Aïnouz The Goldman CaseCédric Kahn Green BorderAgnieszka Holland The Happiest Man in the WorldTeona Strugar Mitevska HollyFien Troch Housekeeping for BeginnersGoran Stolevski How to Have SexMolly Manning Walker KidnappedMarco Bellocchio La chimeraAlice Rohrwacher Me, CaptainMatteo Garrone The Old OakKen Loach Paradise Is Burning – Mika Gustafson The Pot-au-FeuTran Anh Hung The Promised LandNikolaj Arcel Safe Place – Juraj Lerotic Slow – Marija Kavtaradze Society of the SnowJ. A. Bayona StepneMaryna Vroda Sweet Dreams – Ena Sendijarević TatamiGuy Nattiv & Zar Amir Ebrahimi The Teachers' Loungeİlker Çatak The Universal TheoryTimm Kröger The Vanishing Soldier – Dani Rosenberg Woman Of...Małgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert The Zone of InterestJonathan Glazer

Documentary

The selection was announced on August 30, 2023.Apolonia, Apolonia – Lea Glob Between Revolutions – Vlad Petri Four DaughtersKaouther Ben Hania The Hearing – Lisa Gerig In the Rearview – Maciej Hamela Light Falls Vertical – Efthymia Zymvragaki Motherland – Hanna Badziaka & Alexander Mihalkovich On the AdamantNicolas Philibert Orlando, My Political BiographyPaul B. Preciado Our BodyClaire Simon Paradise – Alexander Abaturov Smoke Sauna Sisterhood – Anna Hints We Will Not Fade AwayAlisa Kovalenko Who I Am Not – Tunde Skovran

Short films

The European Short Film 2023 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.Airhostess-737 – Thanasis Neofotistos – selected at International Short Film Festival of CyprusAsterión – Francesco Montagner – selected at Riga International Film FestivalAqueronte – Manuel Muñoz Rivas = selected at Drama International Short Film FestivalBeen There – Corina Schwingruber Ilić – selected at Locarno Film FestivalThe Birthday Party – Francesco Sossai – selected at Curtas Vila do CondeInternational Film FestivalChordsEstibaliz Urresola Solaguren – selected at Go Short – International Short Film FestivalDaydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays – Christian Avilés – selected at DokuFest – International Documentary and Short Film FestivalThe Debutante – Elizabeth Hobbs – selected at Black Nights Film Festival – PÖFF Shorts Emotional Architecture 1959Mona León Siminiani – selected at Valladolid International Film FestivalA Free Run – Lauriane Lagarde – selected at Uppsala Short Film FestivalHardly Working – Susanna Flock, Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel & Michael Stumpf – selected at Internationale Kurzfilmtage WinterthurHeadspace – Aisling Byrne – selected at Cork International Film FestivalHow I Learned to Hang Laundry – Barbara Zemljič – selected at Sarajevo Film FestivalI Can See the Sun But I Can't Feel It Yet – Joseph Wilson – selected at Kurzfilm Festival HamburgI Think of Silences When I Think of You – Jonelle Twum – selected at International Short Film Festival OberhausenLes Chenilles – Michelle Keserwany & Noel Keserwany – selected at Berlin International Film FestivalPapa – Notes on Life and Death – Andreas Bøggild Monies – selected at OFF – Odense International Film FestivalRed Ears – Paul Drey – selected at Tampere Film FestivalRemember How I Used to Ride a White Horse – Ivana Bošnjak Volda & Thomas Johnson Volda – VIENNA SHORTS – International Short Film FestivalA Short Trip – Erenik Beqiri – selected at Venice Film FestivalThere Are People in the Forest – Szymon Ruczyński – selected at Kraków Film FestivalThings Unheard Of – Ramazan Kiliç – selected at Motovun Film Festival27Flóra Anna Buda – selected at Cannes Film FestivalWomen Visiting the City – Enrique Buelo – selected at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film FestivalZoon'' – Jonatan Schwenk – selected at ZINEBI – International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao and at Leuven International Short Film Festival

Feature Film Awards

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Excellence Awards

European Make-Up & HairEuropean Original ScoreEuropean SoundEuropean Visual Effects
Ana López-Puigcerver,

Honorary Awards

European Innovative StorytellingEurimages Co-Production AwardEuropean Sustainability Award – Prix4Climate
Uljana KimCenter|

Special Awards

Lux European Audience Film Award 2024

The award is directed to recognize films which help to raise awareness of socio-political issues in Europe.
English titleOriginal titleDirector
Fallen LeavesKuolleet lehdet

European University Film Award (EUFA)

The nominees were announced on 5 October 2023. The nominated films will be viewed and discussed in 25 universities in 25 countries and each institution will select its favourite film. In early December, one student representative from each university will attend a three-day deliberation meeting in Hamburg to decide on the overall winner. The winner will then be announced on 7 December, shortly before this year's European Film Awards Ceremony on 9 December in Berlin.