| European Film Award for Young Actor or Actress | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor or Actress |
| Presented by | European Film Academy |
| Website | europeanfilmacademy |
The European Film Award for Best Young Actor or Actress was presented at the 1988 European Film Awards to honor an outstanding leading performance by a young actor or actress. The award has only been presented twice. In 1990, it was rebranded and awarded as the European Discovery of the Year.
Contents
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title | Character | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Best Young Actors and Actresses | ||||||
 Pelle Hvenegaard | Pelle the Conqueror | Pelle Erobreren | Pelle Karlsson | ||||
 Ondřej Vetchý | House for Two | Dům pro dva | Dan | [1] | |||
 Michaela Widhalm | Notturno | Mit meinen heißen Tränen | Schuberts Halbschwester Josefa | ||||
| Stefan Wood | Cripples Go Christmas | Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen | Spasski | ||||
| Enrico Böttcher | Ringo | ||||||
| Arnold Frühwald | Aga | ||||||
| Enrico Böttcher | Ringo | ||||||
| 1989 (2nd) | no award given | ||||||
| 1990 | European Discovery of the Year | ||||||
 Ennio Fantastichini | Open Doors | Porte aperte | Tommasco Scalia | ||||
| after 1990 | award discontinued | [2] | |||||
