36th European Film Awards | |
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Date | 9 December 2023 |
Site | Berlin, Germany |
Organized by | European Film Academy |
Official website | EFA |
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. [1]
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. [2] Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall swept the awards, winning in each of the categories it was nominated to, including Film, director, screenwriter, and Actress.
Selection's part 1 was announced on 16 August 2023. [3] 2nd part of the selection was announced on 27 September 2023. [4]
The selection was announced on August 30, 2023. [5]
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. [6]
Source: [2]
English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) |
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Anatomy of a Fall | France Justine Triet | FranceMarie-Ange Luciani FranceDavid Thion |
Fallen Leaves | Finland Aki Kaurismäki | Germany Reinhard Brundig Finland Misha Jaari Finland Aki Kaurismäki Finland Mark Lwoff |
Green Border | Poland Agnieszka Holland | USA Fred Bernstein Poland Agnieszka Holland Poland Marcin Wierzchoslawski |
Me Captain | Italy Matteo Garrone | Italy Paolo Del Brocco Italy Matteo Garrone Belgium Joseph Rouschop France Ardavan Safaee |
The Zone of Interest | UK Jonathan Glazer | Poland Ewa Puszczyńska UK James Wilson |
Director(s) | English title |
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FRA Justine Triet | Anatomy of a Fall |
FIN Aki Kaurismäki | Fallen Leaves |
POL Agnieszka Holland | Green Border |
ITA Matteo Garrone | Me Captain |
GBR Jonathan Glazer | The Zone of Interest |
Screenwriter(s) | English title |
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FRA Arthur Harari FRA Justine Triet | Anatomy of a Fall |
FIN Aki Kaurismäki | Fallen Leaves |
POL Agnieszka Holland POL Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko POL Maciej Pisuk | Green Border |
DEU İlker Çatak DEU Johannes Duncker | The Teachers' Lounge |
GBR Jonathan Glazer | The Zone of Interest |
Actor | English title | Role |
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DNK Mads Mikkelsen | The Promised Land | Ludvig Kahlen |
AUT Thomas Schubert | Afire | Leon |
FIN Jussi Vatanen | Fallen Leaves | Holappa |
GBR Josh O'Connor | La chimera | Arthur |
DEU Christian Friedel | The Zone of Interest | Rudolf Höss |
Actor | English title | Role |
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DEU Sandra Hüller | Anatomy of a Fall | Sandra Voyter |
Georgia Eka Chavleishvili | Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Etero |
FIN Alma Pöysti | Fallen Leaves | Ansa |
GBR Mia McKenna-Bruce | How to Have Sex | Tara |
DEU Leonie Benesch | The Teachers' Lounge | Carla Nowak |
DEU Sandra Hüller | The Zone of Interest | Hedwig Höss |
European Cinematography | European Editing | European Production Design | European Costume Design |
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European Make-Up & Hair | European Original Score | European Sound | European Visual Effects |
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Spain Ana López-Puigcerve, Spain Belén López-Puigcerver, Spain David Martí & Spain Montse Ribé for Society of the Snow |
Director(s) | English title |
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GBR Molly Manning Walker | How to Have Sex |
ESP Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | 20,000 Species of Bees |
UKR Philip Sotnychenko | La Palisiada |
DNK Malene Choi | The Quiet Migration |
Croatia Juraj Lerotić | Safe Place |
FRA Stéphan Castang | Vincent Must Die |
English title | Original title | Director(s) |
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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood | Savvusanna sõsarad | EstoniaAnna Hints |
Apolonia, Apolonia | Denmark Lea Glob | |
Four Daughters | Les Filles d'Olfa | Tunisia Kaouther Ben Hania |
Motherland | Belarus Hanna Badziaka Belarus Alexander Mihalkovich | |
On the Adamant | Sur l’Adamant | France Nicolas Philibert |
English title [7] | Original title | Director(s) |
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Robot Dreams | Spain Pablo Berger | |
The Amazing Maurice | Germany Toby Genkel | |
Chicken for Linda! | Linda veut du poulet! | France Sébastien Laudenbach Italy Chiara Malta |
A Greyhound of a Girl | Italy Enzo d’Alò | |
White Plastic Sky | Müanyag égbolt | Hungary Tibor Bánóczki Hungary Sarolta Szabó |
English title [8] | Original title | Director(s) |
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Hardly Working | Austria Susanna Flock AustriaRobin Klengel AustriaLeonhard Müllner AustriaMichael Stumpf | |
27 | Hungary Flóra Anna Buda | |
Aqueronte | Spain Manuel Muñoz Rivas | |
Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays | La herida luminosa | Spain Christian Avilés |
Flores del otro patio | Colombia / Switzerland Jorge Cadena |
EFA Lifetime Achievement Award [9] | Honorary Award of the Academy President and the Board [10] | European Achievement in World Cinema |
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Hungary Béla Tarr | Spain Isabel Coixet |
European Innovative Storytelling | Eurimages Co-Production Award [11] | European Sustainability Award – Prix4Climate |
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Not awarded | Lithuania Uljana Kim | Turkey Güler Sabancı |
The award is directed to recognize films which help to raise awareness of socio-political issues in Europe. [12]
English title | Original title | Director(s) |
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Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Finland Aki Kaurismäki |
On the Adamant | Sur l'Adamant | France Nicolas Philibert |
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood | Savvusanna sõsarad | Estonia Anna Hints |
The Teachers' Lounge [13] | Das Lehrerzimmer | Germany İlker Çatak |
20,000 Species of Bees | 20.000 especies de abejas | Spain Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren |
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. [14]
English title | Original title | Director(s) |
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Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | France Justine Triet |
Green Border | Zielona granica | Poland Agnieszka Holland |
Housekeeping for Beginners | Australia / North Macedonia Goran Stolevski | |
How to Have Sex | UK Molly Manning Walker | |
The Teachers' Lounge | Das Lehrerzimmer | Germany İlker Çatak |
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