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32nd European Film Awards

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32nd European Film Awards
Date7 December 2019
SiteBerlin, Germany
Hosted byAnna Brüggemann and Aistė Diržiūtė
Produced byEFA Productions
Directed byde:Dietrich Brüggemann
Organized byEuropean Film Academy
Official websitewww.europeanfilmawards.eu
Highlights
Best PictureThe Favourite
Best DirectionYorgos Lanthimos
The Favourite
Best ActorAntonio Banderas
Pain and Glory
Best ActressOlivia Colman
The Favourite
Most awardsThe Favourite (8)
Most nominationsThe Favourite (9)

The 32nd European Film Awards were presented in Berlin, Germany, on 7 December 2019.

Selection

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Feature

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The list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the 2019 European Film Awards.[1][2]

Documentary

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Ten documentary festivals have suggested one film each, which has had its world premiere at the respective festival's latest edition, to the committee. Chosen in co-operation with the European Documentary Network (EDN), these festivals are: Cinéma du Réel (France), CPH:DOX (Denmark), Doclisboa (Portugal), DOK Leipzig (Germany), IDFA (Netherlands), Ji.hlava (Czech Republic), Krakow Film Festival (Poland), Sheffield Doc/Fest (UK), Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (Greece) and Visions du Réel (Switzerland). Based on their recommendations and the films individually submitted, the documentary committee, decided on the EFA Documentary Selection.

Short films

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For the 2019 and 2020 editions of the European Film Awards, the European Film Academy will welcome new festivals to participate in the EFA Short Film selection and awarding procedure. When the annual cycle of participating festivals – running from October of the preceding year to September of the actual awards year – is complete, a committee of short film experts and of EFA Board Members will nominate five of the short film candidates for the award European Short Film.[3]

Awards voted by EFA Members

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Nomination has been announced on November 9, 2019.[4][5]

Feature

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Best Film

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English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Blue ribbon The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Yorgos Lanthimos Element Pictures, Arcana, Film4 Productions, Waypoint Entertainment United Kingdom Republic of Ireland English
Les Misérables Ladj Ly Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral SRAB Films, Rectangle Productions, Lyly Films France French
An Officer and a Spy Roman Polanski Alain Goldman Canal+, Eliseo Cinema, France 2 (FR2), France 3 (FR3), Gaumont, Légende Films, Rai Cinema France Italy French
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García El Deseo Spain Spanish
System Crasher Nora Fingscheidt Peter Hartwig, Jonas Weydemann, Jakob Weydemann, Frauke Kolbmüller Kino Filmproduktion, Wydemann Bros. Germany German
The Traitor Marco Bellocchio Giuseppe Caschetto, Simone Gattoni IBC Movie, Kavac Film, Rai Cinema, Ad Vitam Production, Gullane, Match Factory Productions, Arte France Italy Germany France Brazil Italian, Sicilian, Portuguese, English

European Comedy

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The nominees were announced on 29 October 2019. The nominations were determined by a committee composed of EFA Board Members Katriel Schory (Israel) and Angela Bosch Ríus (Spain), distributor/festival programmer Selma Mehadzic (Croatia), film, festival & event specialist Jacob Neiiendam (Denmark) and producer Nik Powell (UK).

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Blue ribbon The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Yorgos Lanthimos Element Pictures, Arcana, Film4 Productions, Waypoint Entertainment United Kingdom Republic of Ireland United States English
Tel Aviv on Fire Sameh Zoabi Gilles Sacuto, Miléna Poylo, Bernard Michaux, Amir Harel, Patrick Quinet Samsa Film, Lama Films, TS Productions, Artémis Productions Israel Luxembourg Hebrew, Arabic
Ditte & Louise Niclas Bendixen Thomas Heinesen Nordisk Film Production Denmark Danish

Documentary

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English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Blue ribbon For Sama Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts Waad al-Kateab Channel 4 News, Channel 4, Frontline, ITN, Productions, PBS Distribution, WGBH United Kingdom United States Arabic, English
The Disappearance of My Mother Beniamino Barrese Filippo Macelloni Nanof, RYOT Films Italy United States English, Italian
Honeyland Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska Atanas Georgiev Apolo Media, Trice Films North Macedonia Turkish
Putin's Witnesses Vitaly Mansky Natalia Manskaia, Gabriela Bussmann, Filip Remunda, Vit Klusak Vertov SIA, GoldenEggProduction, Hypermarket Film LatviaSwitzerland Czech Republic Russian
Selfie Agostino Ferrente Marc Berdugo, Barbara Conforti, Gianfilippo Pedote Magnéto Prod France Italy Italian

Animated Feature

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The nominations were determined by a committee consisting of EFA Board Deputy Chairman Antonio Saura (Spain), EFA Board Member Graziella Bildesheim (Italy) and producer Paul Young (Ireland) as well as, representing CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, film critic Stéphane Dreyfus (France), producer Kristine M. I. Knudsen (Germany) and director Janno Põldma (Estonia).[6]

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Blue ribbon Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles Salvador Simó Manuel Cristobal, José M. Fernández de Vega Sygnatia, The Glow, Submarine Spain Spanish
I Lost My Body Jérémy Clapin Marc Du Pontavice Xilam France French
Marona's Fantastic Tale Anca Damian Anca Damian, Ron Dyens, Tomas Leyers Aparte Film, Minds Meet, Sacrebleu Productions France Romania Belgium French
The Swallows of Kabul Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobé Mévellec Michel Merkt, Reginald de Guillebon Les Armateurs France French

Short Film

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English title Director(s) Producer(s) Country
Blue ribbonThe Christmas Gift Bogdan Mureşanu Bogdan Mureşanu, Vlad Iorga, Victor Dumitrovici, Eduardo M Escribano Solera  Romania,  Spain
Dogs Barking at Trees Leonor Teles Filipa Reis, Leonor Teles, João Miller Guerra  Portugal
Reconstruction Jiří Havlíček, Ondřej Novák Dagmar Sedláčková  Czech Republic
The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady Gabriel Abrantes Justin Taurand, Gabriel Abrantes  France,  Portugal
Watermelon Juice Irene Moray Miriam Porté  Spain

Television series

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European Achievement in Fiction Series Award

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English title Director Screenplay Country of Production Language
Babylon Berlin Blue ribbon Germany Henk Handloegten
Blue ribbon Germany Achim von Borries
Blue ribbon Germany Tom Tykwer		 Germany Henk Handloegten
Germany Achim von Borries
Germany Tom Tykwer		 Germany German

Technical awards

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The Favourite has scooped four of the eight technical awards. The jury for the initial eight winners were: Nadia Ben Rachid, editor, France: Vanja Černul, cinematographer, Croatia; Annette Focks, composer, Germany; Gerda Koekoek, hair and make-up artist, Netherlands; Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh, costume designer, Ireland; Artur Pinheiro, production designer, Portugal; Gisle Tveito, sound designer, Norway; István Vajda, visual effects, Hungary.[7]

Critics Award

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European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI

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The nominees were announced on 8 October 2019.[8] The nominations were determined by a committee composed of EFA Board Members Mike Goodridge (UK) and Valérie Delpierre (Spain), festival programmer Azize Tan (Turkey) as well as film critics Marta Bałaga (Finland), Robbie Eksiel (Greece) and Michael Pattison (UK) as representatives of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Blue ribbon Les Misérables Ladj Ly Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral SRAB Films, Rectangle Productions, Lyly Films France French
Aniara Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja Annika Rogell Meta Film Stockholm, Meta Film Sweden Denmark Swedish
Atlantics Mati Diop Judith Levy Meta Film Stockholm, Meta Film France Senegal Belgium Wolof
Blind Spot Tuva Novotny Elisabeth Kvithyll Cinekap, Frakas Productions, Les Films du Bal Norway Denmark Norwegian
Irina Nadejda Koseva Stefan Kitanov Art Fest Bulgaria Bulgarian
Ray & Liz Richard Billingham Jacqui Davies Jacqui Davies United Kingdom English

Audience awards

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People's Choice Award

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The nominees were announced on 2 September 2019.[9]

English title Director(s) Production country
Blue ribbon Cold War Paweł Pawlikowski Poland United Kingdom France
Border Ali Abbasi Sweden Denmark
Dogman Matteo Garrone Italy France
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald David Yates United Kingdom United States
Girl Lukas Dhont Belgium Netherlands
Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher Italy France Germany Switzerland
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Ol Parker United Kingdom
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar Spain
Sink or Swim Gilles Lellouche France
The Breadwinner Nora Twomey Republic of Ireland Canada Luxembourg
The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos United Kingdom Republic of Ireland
The Purity of Vengeance Journal 64 Christoffer Boe Denmark

University Award

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The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg, a committee consisting of producer Carlo Cresta-Dina (Italy), EFA Board Member Joanna Szymańska (producer/Poland) and university representative Dagmar Brunow (Linnaeus University, Sweden) has decided on the following nominations:[10]

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Blue ribbon Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma Bénédicte Couvreur Lilies Films France French
And Then We Danced Levan Akin Mathilde Dedye, Ketie Danelia French Quarter Film Sweden Georgia (country) Georgian
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija Teona Strugar Mitevska Labina Mitevska Sister and Brother Mitevski, Entre Chien et Loup, Vertigo, Spiritus Movens, Deuxieme Ligne Films North Macedonia Belgium Slovenia France Croatia Macedonian
Piranhas Claudio Giovannesi Carlo Degli Esposti, Nicola Serra Palomar, Vision Distribution Italy Italian, Neapolitan
System Crasher Nora Fingscheidt Jonas Weydemann, Peter Hartwig, Jakob Weydemann, Frauke Kolbmüller Kineo Filmproduktion, Weydemann Bros. Germany German

European Co-Production Award — Prix Eurimages

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The award acknowledges the decisive role of coproductions in fostering international exchange, and pays tribute to a woman's contribution to the success of film coproduction.

Recipient Occupation
Blue ribbon Croatia Ankica Jurić[11] founder of the production company Kinorama

Honorary Awards

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Films with multiple nominations and awards

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Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations (including awards) Film
9 The Favourite
6 Pain and Glory
5 Portrait of a Lady on Fire
4 An Officer and a Spy
The Traitor
System Crasher
3 Les Misérables
2 And Then We Danced
Films that received multiple awards
Wins Film
8 The Favourite
2 Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Pain and Glory

Broadcasters

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Call to pull Polanski's nominations

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French feminists and film industry professionals, including Rosanna Arquette, Andrea Bescond, Eric Metayer, Amandine Gay, Catherine Zavlav asked for An Officer and a Spy to be taken out of contention for the awards. The nominations were announced just days after actress Valentine Monnier came forward with her story of allegedly being raped by Polanski in 1975 in newspaper Le Parisien, which was corroborated by contemporary witnesses. The group addressed the request to EFA Production director Marion Doring and jury members Nadia Ben Rachid, Vanja Cernjul, Annette Focks, Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh, Gerda Koekoek, Artur Pinheiro, Gisle Tveito and Istvan Vadja.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Vassilis Economou. "46 feature films selected for the European Film Awards". Cineuropa.
  2. ^ Tom Grater (26 September 2019). "Polanski Added To EFA List". Deadline Hollywood.
  3. ^ "New Short Film Selection & Awarding Procedure". EFA.
  4. ^ "EFA Nominations - European Film Awards". www.europeanfilmawards.eu. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  5. ^ "European Film Awards Nominations: Polanski's 'An Officer and a Spy', Almodovar's 'Pain and Glory', Bellocchio's 'Traitor' Lead". 9 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Four Animation Films Nominated for the European Film Awards 2019".
  7. ^ "European Film Awards: 'The Favourite' Among First Winners". 19 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Six Debut Films Nominated for the European Film Awards 2019".
  9. ^ "EFA opens vote for People's Choice Award". Cineuropa.
  10. ^ "Five Films Nominated for European University Film Award (EUFA)".
  11. ^ "Croatian Ankica Jurić Tilić to Receive Eurimages Co-production Award". FNE STAFF.
  12. ^ "EFA Honours Juliette Binoche". EFA.
  13. ^ Scott Roxborough (13 May 2019). "Werner Herzog to Receive Lifetime Honor From European Film Academy". Cineuropa.
  14. ^ "Rosanna Arquette, Andrea Bescond Call on European Film Awards to Pull Roman Polanski's Nominations". 2 December 2019.
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