| 17th European Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 11, 2004 |
| Site | Forum Convention Center, Barcelona, Spain |
| Hosted by | Maria de Medeiros, Juanjo Puigcorbé |
| Organized by | European Film Academy |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Head-On |
| Best Direction | Alejandro Amenábar The Sea Inside |
| Best Actor | Javier Bardem The Sea Inside |
| Best Actress | Imelda Staunton Vera Drake |
| Most awards | Head-On and The Sea Inside (2) [1] |
| Most nominations | Head-On (7) |
| Television coverage | |
| Channel | Arte |
The 17th European Film Awards were presented on December 11, 2004 in Barcelona, Spain. The winners were selected by the members of the European Film Academy.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head-On | Gegen die Wand | Fatih Akın | Germany, Turkey |
| A Hole in My Heart | Ett hål i mitt hjärta | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden, Denmark |
| Bad Education | La mala educación | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| The Chorus | Les choristes | Christophe Barratier | France, Switzerland |
| The Sea Inside | Mar adentro | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain, France, Italy |
| Vera Drake | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom, France | |
| Nominee(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Amenábar | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro |
| Fatih Akın | Head-On | Gegen die Wand |
| Pedro Almodóvar | Bad Education | La mala educación |
| Nimród Antal | Kontroll | |
| Agnès Jaoui | Look at Me | Comme une image |
| Theo Angelopoulos | Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow | Τριλογία: Το Λιβάδι που Δακρύζει |
| Nominee(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|
| Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri | Look at Me | Comme une image |
| Pedro Almodóvar | Bad Education | La mala educación |
| Fatih Akın | Head-On | Gegen die Wand |
| Paul Laverty | Ae Fond Kiss.... | |
| Jean-Luc Godard | Our Music | Notre musique |
| Alejandro Amenábar | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro |
| Nominee(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|
| Javier Bardem | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro |
| Bruno Ganz | Downfall | Der Untergang |
| Birol Ünel | Head-On | Gegen die Wand |
| Bohdan Stupka | Our Own | Свои |
| Gérard Jugnot | The Chorus | Les choristes |
| Daniel Brühl | The Edukators | Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei |
| Nominee(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|
| Imelda Staunton | Vera Drake | |
| Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | 5x2 | |
| Asi Levi | Avanim | אבנים |
| Penélope Cruz | Don't Move | Non ti muovere |
| Sibel Kekilli | Head-On | Gegen die Wand |
| Sarah Adler | Our Music | Notre musique |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Children's Story | Certi bambino | Andrea and Antonio Frazzi | Italy, France |
| A Common Thread | Brodeuses | Éléonore Faucher | France |
| Kroko | Sylke Enders | Germany | |
| Or (My Treasure) | אור | Keren Yedaya | Israel, France |
| A Wonderful Night in Split | Ta divna splitska noć | Arsen Anton Ostojić | Croatia |
| Harvest Time | Время жатвы | Marina Razbezhkina | Russia |
| Nominee(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|
| Eduardo Serra | Girl with a Pearl Earring | |
| José Luis Alcaine | Bad Education | La mala educación |
| Lajos Koltai | Being Julia | |
| Alwin Kuchler | Code 46 | |
| Javier Aguirresarobe | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro |
| Andreas Sinanos | Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow | Τριλογία: Το Λιβάδι που Δακρύζει |
| Nominee(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|
| Bruno Coulais | The Chorus | Les choristes |
| Alberto Iglesias | Bad Education | La mala educación |
| Free Association | Code 46 | |
| Alexandre Desplat | Girl with a Pearl Earring | |
| Stephen Warbeck | The Alzheimer Case | De zaak Alzheimer |
| Eleni Karaindrou | Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow | Τριλογία: Το Λιβάδι που Δακρύζει |