The winners of the 36th European Film Awards

10 December, 2023

This year’s edition of the European Film Awards took place on Saturday, December 9, in Berlin, with Romanian director Alina Șerban (I Matter, Letter of Forgiveness) and German actress Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest) among the renowned names to host the event.

The EFA is not only an awards ceremony but also a celebration of diversity and passion reflected in films that have the power to change the world. The contenders for the European Film award included Anatomy Of A Fall (dir. Justine Triet), Fallen Leaves (dir. Aki Kaurismäki), Green Border (dir. Agnieszka Holland), Me Captain (dir. Matteo Garrone), The Zone Of Interest (dir. Jonathan Glazer), and the big winner of the evening was…

Legendary director Béla Tarr received the EFA Honorary Award for his contribution to cinema, presented by the Academy President and Board. Read here the Films in Frame interview with Béla Tarr conducted by film critic Ionuț Mareș.

Discover the full list of winners below: 

European Film

Anatomy of a Fall (dir. Justine Triet)

Fallen Leaves (dir. Aki Kaurismäki)

Green Border (dir. Agnieszka Holland)

Me Captain (dir. Matteo Garrone)

The Zone of Interest (dir. Jonathan Glazer)

European Young Audience Award

Longing for the World (dir. Jenna Hasse)

One In A Million (dir. Joya Thome)

Scrapper (dir. Charlotte Regan)

European Animated Feature Film

A Greyhound of a Girl (dir. Enzo D’alò)

Chicken for Linda! (dir. Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach)

Robot Dreams (dir. Pablo Berger)

The Amazing Maurice (dir. Toby Genkel)

White Plastic Sky (dir. Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó)

European Documentary

Apolonia, Apolonia (dir. dLea Glob)

Four Daughters (dir. Kaouther Ben Hania)

Motherland (dir. Hanna Badziaka & Alexander Mihalkovich)

On The Adamant (dir. Nicolas Philibert)

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (dir. Anna Hints)

European Director

Justine Triet  (Anatomy of a Fall)  

Aki Kaurismäki (Fallen Leaves)

Agnieszka Holland (Green Border)   

Matteo Garrone (Me Captain)   

Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)   

European Actress 

Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)

Eka Chavleishvili (Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry)

Alma Pöysti (Fallen Leaves)

Mia Mckenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex)

Leonie Benesch (The Teachers’ Lounge)

Sandra Hüller (The Zone of Interest)

European Actor

Thomas Schubert (Afire)

Jussi Vatanen (Fallen Leaves)

Josh O’connor (La Chimera)

Mads Mikkelsen (The Promised Land)

Christian Friedel (The Zone of Interest)

European Screenwriter 

Justine Triet & Arthur Harari (Anatomy Of A Fall)

Aki Kaurismäki (Fallen Leaves)

Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko & Agnieszka Holland (Green Border)

İlker Çatak & Johannes Duncker (The Teachers’ Lounge)

Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)

European Short Film

27 (dir. Flóra Anna Buda)

Aqueronte (dir. Manuel Muñoz Rivas)

Daydreaming so Vividly About our Spanish Holidays (dir. Christian Avilés)

Flores Del Otro Patio (dir. Jorge Cadena)

Hardly Working (dir. Susanna Flock, Robin Klengel, Leonhard)

European Discovery – Prix Fipresci 

20,000 Species Of Bees (dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren)

How To Have Sex (dir. Molly Manning Walker)

La Palisiada (dir. Philip Sotnychenko)

Safe Place (dir. Juraj Lerotić)

The Quiet Migration (dir. Malene Choi)

Vincent Must Die (dir. Stéphan Castang)

European Cinematography

Ras­mus Videbæk (The Promised Land)

European Editing

Lau­rent Sénéchal (Anatomy of a Fall)

European Production Design

Emita Frigato (La Chimera)

European Costume Design

Kicki Ilan­der (Promised Land)

European Make-Up & Hair

Ana López-Puigcerver, Belén López-Puigcerver, David Martí, Montse Ribé (Society of the Snow)

European Original Score

Markus Binder (Club Zero)

European Sound

John­nie Burn, Tarn Willers (The Zone of Interest)

European Visual Effects

Félix Bergés, Laura Pedro (Society of the Snow)

European Lifetime Achievement

Vanessa Red­grave

European Achievement in World Cinema

Is­abel Coixet

Eurimages Co-Production Award

Ul­jana Kim

Honorary Award of the EFA President and Board

Béla Tarr

European Sustainability Award – Prix Film4Climate

Güler Sa­banci



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