The winners of the 36th European Film Awards
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
Writer, photographer and videographer. For Films in Frame she writes news about the latest happenings in the film world and brings to the readers' attention the productions that can be seen at the cinema. When she's not writing articles, she's photographing people in a small studio or searching for new cake recipes.