The 4th Annual European Film Awards were given out in 1991. The ceremony was organised by the European Film Academy, and took place at the DEFA Studios in Potsdam (Germany). The winners were announced on the 1st of December, with Ken Loach receiving the Felix for European Film of the Year for his feature film Riff-Raff. [1] [2]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Riff-Raff [3] | Ken Loach | United Kingdom | |
The Voyager | Homo Faber | Volker Schlöndorff | Germany |
The Little Gangster | Le petit criminel | Jacques Doillon | France |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Toto the Hero | Toto le Héros | Jaco Van Dormael | Belgium |
Delicatessen | Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | France | |
Ultra | Ultrà | Ricky Tognazzi | Italy |
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