35th European Film Awards
Date10 December 2022 (2022-12-10)
SiteHarpa Conference and Concert Hall, Reykjavík, Iceland
Organized byEuropean Film Academy
Official websiteEFA

The 35th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, took place at the Harpa Conference and Concert Hall in Reykjavík, Iceland on 10 December 2022.[1] According to the academy, films eligible for the awards are those that had their first official screening between 1 June 2021 and 31 May 2022 and have a European director.[1]

German actress, director and screenwriter Margarethe von Trotta received the Lifetime Achievement Award while Palestinian actor and director Elia Suleiman was honoured with the Achievement in World Cinema Award.[2][3]

Selection

Feature Film

Selection's part 1 was announced on 18 August 2022.[4]

Documentary

The selection of 13 documentary films was announced on 30 August 2022.[5] Selection was determined by a committee consisting of Salma Abdallah (sales agent/Austria), Nenad Puhovski (festival director/Croatia), Katriel Schory (Academy Board – institutional/Israel) and Giedrė Žickytė (director/producer/Lithuania).[6]

Short Film

The European Short Film 2022 is presented in co-operation with the following European film festivals. At each of the festivals, a jury appointed by the festival chooses a single candidate.[7]

Feature Film Awards

Source:[8][9]

Best Film

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Country Language
Alcarràs Carla Simón María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Giovanni Pompili  Spain /  Italy Catalan, Spanish, English
Close Lukas Dhont Frans Van Gestel, Dirk Impens, Michiel Dhont, Michel Saint-Jean, Laurette Schillings, Jacques-Henri Bronckart  Belgium /  France /  Netherlands Dutch, French, Flemish
Corsage Marie Kreutzer Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade, Jean-Christophe Reymand, Bernard Michaux  Austria /  Luxembourg /  Germany /  France German, French, English, Hungarian, Italian
Holy Spider Ali Abbasi Sol Bondy, Jacob Jarek  Denmark /  Germany /  Sweden /  France Persian
Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund Erik Hemmendorff, Philippe Bober  Sweden /  Germany /  France /  United Kingdom English

Excellence Awards

A special eight-members jury consisting of the following representatives of the different arts and crafts chose the winners based on the European Film Awards Feature Film Selection: Henrich Borarós (production designer, Czech Republic), Pascal Capitolin (sound designer, France), Jaime Cebrian (VFX supervisor, Spain), Charlotte Chang (make-up & hair artist, Germany), Christina Georgiou (composer, Cyprus), Magdalena Labuz (costume designer, Luxembourg), Sarah McTeigue (editor, Ireland/Italy), and Nathalie Pitters (cinematographer, UK).[10]

European Cinematography European Editing European Production Design European Costume Design
Republic of Ireland Kate McCullough
for The Quiet Girl
Turkey Özcan Vardar & Turkey Eytan İpeker
for Burning Days
United Kingdom Jim Clay
for Belfast
United Kingdom Charlotte Walter
for Belfast
European Make-Up & Hair European Original Score European Sound European Visual Effects
Germany Heike Merker
for All Quiet on the Western Front
Poland Paweł Mykietyn
for Eo
Italy Simone Paolo Olivero, Italy Paolo Benvenuti, Italy Benni Atria, Italy Marco Saitta, Germany Ansgar Frerich & Germany Florian Holzner
for The Hole
Germany Frank Petzold, Germany Viktor Müller & Germany Markus Frank
for All Quiet on the Western Front

Awards Not Based on Feature Film Selection

European Comedy

The award is presented to the director of a feature-length European comedy intended for theatrical release. Nominations were announced on 19 October 2022.[11] Nominations were determined by a committee consisting of Graziella Bildesheim (Academy Board – institutional/Italy), Alby James (producer/UK), Denis Ivanov (producer/Ukraine), Roshi Behesht Nedjad (producer/Germany) and Mira Staleva (Academy Board – festival, distributor/Bulgaria).[12]

English title Director(s) Country Language
Cop Secret Hannes Þór Halldórsson Iceland Icelandic, English, Mandarin, German
The Divide Catherine Corsini France French
The Good Boss Fernando León de Aranoa Spain Spanish

Source:[13]

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

In co-operation with FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, the award is presented to a European director for their first full-length European feature film intended for theatrical release.[14] Nominations were determined by a committee consisting of Kaleem Aftab (film writer, programmer and producer/UK), Janet Bariş (FIPRESCI – film critic/Turkey), Paola Casella (FIPRESCI – film critic/Italy), Virginie Devesa (Academy Board – sales agent/France), Marion Döring (institutional/Germany), Frédéric Ponsard (FIPRESCI – film critic/France), Alik Shpilyuk (FIPRESCI – film critic/Ukraine), Britt Sørensen (FIPRESCI – film critic/Norway) and Joanna Szymańska (Academy Board – producer/Poland).[15]

Director(s) English title
France Emmanuelle Nicot Love According to Dalva
Slovakia Peter Kerekes 107 Mothers
Poland Aleksandra Terpińska Other People
Ukraine Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk Pamfir
Italy Laura Samani Small Body
Austria / Iraq Kurdwin Ayub Sonne

Source:[16]

European Documentary

The award is presented to the European director(s) of a European documentary intended for theatrical release.[17]

English title Director(s) Country Language
The Balcony Movie Paweł Łoziński  Poland Polish
Girl Gang Susanne Regina Meures   Switzerland German
A House Made of Splinters Simon Lereng Wilmont  Denmark /  Sweden /  Finland /  Ukraine Russian, Ukrainian
The March on Rome Mark Cousins  Italy English, Italian
Mariupolis 2 Mantas Kvedaravičius  Lithuania /  France /  Germany Ukrainian, Russian

Source:[18]

European Animated Feature Film

In co-operation with CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, the award is presented to the European director(s) of a European animated feature film intended for theatrical release. Nominations were announced on 19 October 2022.[19] Nominations were determined by a committee consisting of Antonio Saura (Academy Board – sales agent/Spain), Jonas Poher Rasmussen (director/Denmark) and Denisa Grimmová (CARTOON – director/Czech Republic).[20]

English title Director(s) Country Language
Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be Amandine Fredon & Benjamin Massoubre  France /  Luxembourg French
My Love Affair with Marriage Signe Baumane  Latvia /  United States /  Luxembourg English
My Neighbors' Neighbors Anne-Laure Daffis & Léo Marchand  France French
No Dogs or Italians Allowed Alain Ughetto  France /  Italy /  Belgium /   Switzerland /  Portugal French, Italian, German
Oink Mascha Halberstad  Netherlands /  Belgium Dutch

Source:[21]

European Short Film

The award is presented to the European director(s) of a European short film. The award is presented in cooperation with various European festivals (see Short Film selection above), all of which select a single candidate and later nominate 5 films. The nominees were announced on 19 October 2022.[22]

English title Director(s) Country Language
Granny's Sexual Life Urška Djukič & Émilie Pigeard  Slovenia /  France Slovenian
Ice Merchants João Gonzalez  Portugal /  France /  UK no dialogues
Love, Dad Diana Cam Van Nguyen  Czechia /  Slovakia Czech
Techno, Mama Saulius Baradinskas  Lithuania Lithuanian
Will My Parents Come to See Me Mo Harawe  Austria /  Germany /  Somalia Somali

Source:[23]

Honorary Awards

EFA Lifetime Achievement Award European Achievement in World Cinema European Innovative Storytelling Eurimages Co-Production Award European Sustainability Award – Prix Film4Climate
Germany Margarethe von Trotta[2]
State of Palestine Elia Suleiman[3]
Italy Marco Bellocchio
for Exterior Night[24]
Ukraine Ukrainian producers[25]
European Union European Green Deal[26]

Special Awards

Lux European Audience Film Award 2023

The award is directed to recognize films which help to raise awareness of socio-political issues in Europe.[27] Close, directed by Lukas Dhont, was awarded the prize in a ceremony in the European Parliament's Hemicycle in Brussels on 27 June 2023.[28]

English title Director(s) Country
Close Lukas Dhont Belgium / France / Netherlands
Alcarràs Carla Simón Spain / Italy
Burning Days Emin Alper Turkey / France / Germany / Netherlands / Greece / Croatia
Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund Sweden / Germany / France / United Kingdom
Will-o'-the-Wisp João Pedro Rodrigues Portugal / France

EFA Young Audience Award (YAA)

The award is presented to the director of a European film that addresses an audience between 12 and 14 years of age.[29] The winner was announced during the online award ceremony on Sunday, 13 November 2022, in Erfurt (Germany), hosted by youth council members Maria from Portugal and Emmerson from the UK.[30][31]

English title Director(s) Country Language
Animal Cyril Dion  France English, French
Comedy Queen Sanna Lenken  Sweden Swedish
Dreams Are Like Wild Tigers Lars Montag  Germany German

Source:[32]

European University Film Award (EUFA)

Presented in co-operation with Filmfest Hamburg, the award actively involves university students, spreads the “European idea” and transports the spirit of European cinema to an audience group of 20-29-year-olds. It also supports film dissemination, film education and the culture of debating. Based on the Feature Film Selection 2022 and the Documentary Selection 2022 Filmfest Hamburg and EFA nominate five films. They are later viewed in non-commercial closed jury sessions and discussed at the participating universities. The students at each institution select their favourite film.[33] The nominations were announced on 7 October 2022.[34][35] The winner was announced on 9 December 2022.[36]

English title Director(s) Country Language
Eo Jerzy Skolimowski  Poland /  Italy Polish, Italian, English, French
Alcarràs Carla Simón  Spain /  Italy Catalan, Spanish, English
Close Lukas Dhont  Belgium /  France /  Netherlands Dutch, French, Flemish
The Eclipse Nataša Urban  Norway Serbian, Romanian
Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund  Sweden /  Germany /  France /  United Kingdom English

Source:[37]

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