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

Selection

Feature

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

Documentary

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

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

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

Feature

Best Film

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

European Comedy

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
The Favourite	Yorgos Lanthimos	Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Yorgos Lanthimos	Element Pictures, Arcana, Film4 Productions, Waypoint Entertainment		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		Hebrew, Arabic
Ditte & Louise	Niclas Bendixen	Thomas Heinesen	Nordisk Film Production		Danish

Best Director[edit] Director(s) English title Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite / Roman Polanski An Officer and a Spy Pedro Almodóvar Pain and Glory Céline Sciamma Portrait of a Lady on Fire Marco Bellocchio The Traitor

Best Screenwriter[edit] Screenwriter(s) English title Céline Sciamma Portrait of a Lady on Fire Marco Bellocchio Valia Santella Ludovica Rampoldi Francesco Piccolo Francesco La Licata The Traitor / Roman Polanski Robert Harris An Officer and a Spy Ladj Ly Giordano Gederlini Alexis Manenti Les Misérables Pedro Almodóvar Pain and Glory

Best Actress[edit] Actress English title Role Olivia Colman The Favourite Queen Anne Trine Dyrholm Queen of Hearts Anne Adèle Haenel Portrait of a Lady on Fire Héloïse Noémie Merlant Portrait of a Lady on Fire Marianne Viktoria Miroshnichenko Beanpole Iya Sergueeva Helena Zengel System Crasher Benni

Best Actor[edit] Actor English title Role Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory Salvador Mallo Jean Dujardin An Officer and a Spy Picquart Pierfrancesco Favino The Traitor Tommaso Buscetta Levan Gelbakhiani And Then We Danced Merab Alexander Scheer Gundermann Gerhard Gundermann Ingvar E. Sigurdsson A White, White Day Ingimundur

Documentary

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

Animated Feature

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
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles	Salvador Simó	Manuel Cristobal, José M. Fernández de Vega	Sygnatia, The Glow, Submarine		Spanish
I Lost My Body	Jérémy Clapin	Marc Du Pontavice	Xilam		French
Marona's Fantastic Tale	Anca Damian	Anca Damian, Ron Dyens, Tomas Leyers	Aparte Film, Minds Meet, Sacrebleu Productions		French
The Swallows of Kabul	Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobé Mévellec	Michel Merkt, Reginald de Guillebon	Les Armateurs		French

Short Film

English title	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Country
The 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

European Achievement in Fiction Series Award

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

Technical awards

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]

Best Composer[edit] Winner(s) English title John Gürtler System Crasher Best Production Designer[edit] Winner(s) English title Antxon Gómez Pain and Glory Best Makeup and Hairstyling[edit] Winner(s) English title Nadia Stacey The Favourite Best Sound Designer[edit] Winner(s) English title Eduardo Esquide Nacho Royo-Villanova Laurent Chassaigne A Twelve-Year Night

Best Cinematographer[edit] Winner(s) English title Robbie Ryan The Favourite Best Costume Designer[edit] Winner(s) English title Sandy Powell The Favourite Best Editor[edit] Winner(s) English title Yorgos Mavropsaridis The Favourite Best Visual Effects[edit] Winner(s) English title Martin Ziebell Sebastian Kaltmeyer Neha Hirve Jesper Brodersen Torgeir Busch About Endlessness

Critics Award

European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI

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
Les Misérables	Ladj Ly	Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral	SRAB Films, Rectangle Productions, Lyly Films		French
Aniara	Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja	Annika Rogell	Meta Film Stockholm, Meta Film		Swedish
Atlantics	Mati Diop	Judith Levy	Meta Film Stockholm, Meta Film		Wolof
Blind Spot	Tuva Novotny	Elisabeth Kvithyll	Cinekap, Frakas Productions, Les Films du Bal		Norwegian
Irina	Nadejda Koseva	Stefan Kitanov	Art Fest		Bulgarian
Ray & Liz	Richard Billingham	Jacqui Davies	Jacqui Davies		English

Audience awards

People's Choice Award

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

English title	Director(s)	Production country
Cold War	Paweł Pawlikowski
Border	Ali Abbasi
Dogman	Matteo Garrone
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	David Yates
Girl	Lukas Dhont
Happy as Lazzaro	Alice Rohrwacher
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Ol Parker
Pain and Glory	Pedro Almodóvar
Sink or Swim	Gilles Lellouche
The Breadwinner	Nora Twomey
The Favourite	Yorgos Lanthimos
The Purity of Vengeance Journal 64	Christoffer Boe

University Award

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
Portrait of a Lady on Fire	Céline Sciamma	Bénédicte Couvreur	Lilies Films		French
And Then We Danced	Levan Akin	Mathilde Dedye, Ketie Danelia	French Quarter Film		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		Macedonian
Piranhas	Claudio Giovannesi	Carlo Degli Esposti, Nicola Serra	Palomar, Vision Distribution		Italian, Neapolitan
System Crasher	Nora Fingscheidt	Jonas Weydemann, Peter Hartwig, Jakob Weydemann, Frauke Kolbmüller	Kineo Filmproduktion, Weydemann Bros.		German

European Co-Production Award — Prix Eurimages

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
Ankica Jurić[11]	founder of the production company Kinorama

Honorary Awards

European Achievement in World Cinema[edit] Recipient Occupation Juliette Binoche[12] actress, artist, and dancer

Lifetime Achievement Award[edit] Recipient Occupation Werner Herzog[13] Director, producer, screenwriter, actor, narrator

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Broadcasters

Call to pull Polanski's nominations

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]