Here come the winners of the European Film Awards 2024!
Here come the winners of the European Film Awards 2024!
Tonight, the European Film Academy revealed the winners of the European Film Awards, honouring the best of European cinema. 1.000 international guests, nominees and presenters celebrated the winners in 22 categories during a festive ceremony at the KKL Luzern on the shores of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. With five awards (European Film, Director, Screenwriter, Actress and the Excellence Award for European Editing) EMILIA PÉREZ was the winner with most awards. The European Film Awards are the most renowned and prestigious awards for European film. The celebration marked the sparkling highlight and conclusion of the Academy’s initiative MONTH OF EUROPEAN FILM that kicked off a month earlier. The gala was streamed and broadcast live by 30 partners from 18 countries across Europe.
European Film:
With the recently newly introduced regulation, films from the categories “European Documentary” and “European Animated Feature Film” have also been eligible for the category European Film.
WINNER: EMILIA PÉREZ (France), directed by Jacques Audiard, produced by Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann & Anthony Vaccarello
- BYE BYE TIBERIAS (BYE BYE TIBERIADE) (France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar), directed by Lina Soualem, produced by Jean-Marie Nizan, Guillaume Malandrin & Ossama Bawardi
- DAHOMEY (France, Senegal), directed by Mati Diop, produced by Eve Robin, Judith Lou-Lévy & Mati Diop
- FLOW (STRAUME) (Latvia, France, Belgium), directed by Gints Zilbalodis, produced by Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens & Gregory Zalcman
- IN LIMBO (W ZAWIESZENIU) (Poland), directed by Alina Maksimenko, produced by Filip Marczewski
- LIVING LARGE (ŽIVOT K SEŽRÁNÍ) (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia), directed by Kristina Dufková, produced by Matej Chlupacek, Agata Novinski & Marc Faye
- NO OTHER LAND (Palestine, Norway), directed by Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal, produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor & Hamdan Ballal
- SAVAGES (SAUVAGES) (Switzerland, France, Belgium), directed by Claude Barras, produced by Nicolas Burlet, Laurence Petit, Barbara Letellier, Carole Scotta, Vincent Tavier, Hugo Deghilage, Annemie Degryse & Olivier Glassey
- SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT (France, Belgium, Netherlands), directed by Johan Grimonprez, produced by Daan Milius & Rémi Grellety
- SULTANA’S DREAM (EL SUEÑO DE LA SULTANA) (Spain, Germany, India), directed by Isabel Herguera, produced by Chelo Loureiro, Diego Herguera, Fabian Driehorst, Mariano Baratech & Iván Miñambres
- THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Spain), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, produced by Agustín Almodóvar & Esther García
- THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (DANAYE ANJIR-E MOABAD) (Germany, France), directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, produced by Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner & Rozita Hendijanian
- THE SUBSTANCE (UK, United States, France), directed by Coralie Fargeat, produced by Coralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner
- THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER (Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru), directed by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal produced by Cristina Huete, Serge Lalou, Sophie Cabon, Bruno Felix, Janneke van de Kerkhoff, Femke Wolting & Humberto Santana
- VERMIGLIO (Italy, France, Belgium), directed by Maura Delpero, produced by Francesca Andreoli, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, Santiago Fondevila Sancet & Maura Delpero
European Director:
WINNER: Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PÉREZ
- Andrea Arnold for BIRD
- Pedro Almodóvar for THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
- Mohammad Rasoulof for THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
- Maura Delpero for VERMIGLIO
European Screenwriter:
WINNER: Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PÉREZ
- Magnus von Horn & Line Langebek for THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
- Pedro Almodóvar for THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
- Mohammad Rasoulof for THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
- Coralie Fargeat for THE SUBSTANCE
European Documentary:
WINNER: NO OTHER LAND (Palestine, Norway), directed by Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal, produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor & Hamdan Ballal
- BYE BYE TIBERIAS (BYE BYE TIBERIADE) (France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar), directed by Lina Soualem, produced by Jean-Marie Nizan, Guillaume Malandrin & Ossama Bawardi
- DAHOMEY (France, Senegal), directed by Mati Diop, produced by Eve Robin, Judith Lou-Lévy & Mati Diop
- IN LIMBO (W ZAWIESZENIU) (Poland), directed by Alina Maksimenko, produced by Filip Marczewski
- SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT (France, Belgium, Netherlands), directed by Johan Grimonprez, produced by Daan Milius & Rémi Grellety
European Animated Feature Film:
WINNER: FLOW directed by Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia, France, Belgium)
- LIVING LARGE directed by Kristina Dufková (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia)
- SAVAGES directed by Claude Barras (Switzerland, France, Belgium)
- SULTANA’S DREAM directed by Isabel Herguera (Spain, Germany, India)
- THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal (Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru)
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM – Prix Vimeo:
WINNER: THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT directed by Nebojša Slijepčević (Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia)
- 2720 directed by Basil da Cunha (Portugal, Switzerland)
- CLAMOR directed by Salomé Da Souza (France)
- THE EXPLODING GIRL directed by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel (France)
- WANDER TO WONDER directed by Nina Gantz (The Netherlands, France, Belgium, United Kingdom)
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI:
This award is presented in co-operation with FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, to a director for the first full-length feature film.
WINNER: ARMAND (Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden), directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, produced by Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
- HOARD (UK), directed by Luna Carmoon, produced by Loran Dunn, Helen Simmons & Andrew Starke
- KNEECAP (Ireland, UK), directed by Rich Peppiatt, produced by Patrick O’Neill, Trevor Birney & Jack Tarling
- SANTOSH (UK, France, Germany), directed by Sandhya Suri, produced by Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Roman Paul, Gerhard Meixner, Carole Scotta & Eliott Khayat
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME (ANUL NOU CARE N-A FOST) (Romania, Serbia), directed and produced by Bogdan Mureșanu
- TOXIC (AKIPLĖŠA) (Lithuania) directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė, produced by Giedre Burokaite
European Actress:
WINNER: Karla Sofía Gascón in EMILIA PÉREZ
- Renate Reinsve in ARMAND
- Trine Dyrholm in THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
- Vic Carmen Sonne in THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
- Tilda Swinton in THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
European Actor:
WINNER: Abou Sangare in SOULEYMANE’S STORY
- Franz Rogowski in BIRD
- Ralph Fiennes in CONCLAVE
- Lars Eidinger in DYING
- Daniel Craig in QUEER
European Young Audience Award:
WINNER: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN (Norway), directed by Benjamin Ree, produced by Ingvil Giske
- LARS IS LOL (Norway, Denmark), directed by Eirik Sæter Stordahl, produced by Caroline Hitland & Matilda Appelin
- WINNERS (Germany), directed by Soleen Yusef, produced by Sonja Schmitt, Marc Schmidheiny & Christoph Daniel
The winners of the categories European Lifetime Achievement Award, European Achievement in World Cinema Award, Eurimages International Co-Production Award as well as the Excellence Awards honouring the arts and crafts of European filmmaking have already been announced beforehand.