European Film Award 2015
The 28th European Film Award ceremony was held on December 12, 2015 in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele . After last year the TV gala on the occasion of the celebrations for the European Capital of Culture in Riga ( Latvia had taken place), she was awarded for the twelfth time in the German capital. Berlin is also the seat of the European Film Academy (EFA), which awards the awards. The best film was awarded to Paolo Sorrentino's Eternal Youth , who was able to convert three of his five regular nominations into victories. The German comedian Thomas Hermanns hosted the award ceremony.
The nominated feature film productions in the categories of film, director, actor, actress and screenplay were selected from a shortlist ("longlist") from the more than 3000 members of the European Film Academy. The nominations were announced on November 7, 2015 at the European Film Festival in Seville . A seven-member selection committee had already decided on the so-called jury award winners in the categories of camera, editing, production design, costumes, film music and sound, which were announced in advance of the gala on October 27, 2015.
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The actors Charlotte Rampling and Christoph Waltz had already been selected as winners in advance . The British Rampling won the European Film Award for Best Actress in Swimming Pool in 2003 and received a nomination for Under the Sand in 2001 . She was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award, and she received the Best Actress award for her performance in the drama 45 Years . Rampling was also nominated for the audience award for Unter dem Sand , Swimming Pool and in 2005 for Lemming .
The German-Austrian Waltz was given the award for “ Best European Performance in World Cinema ”. It was also Michael Caine won a prize, which was awarded for only the third time ever. Like Rampling, he also won a second prize - the award for Best Actor in Eternal Youth .
Award winners and nominations
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Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed; jury awards won or the audience award are not taken into account) N = nomination; S = victory |
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| Movie | N | S. |
|---|---|---|
| Eternal youth | 5 | 3 |
| The Lobster | 4th | 1 |
| A pigeon sits on a branch and thinks about life | 4th | 1 |
| 45 years | 3 | 1 |
| Victoria | 3 | 0 |
| Ex machina | 2 | 0 |
| Mia Madre | 2 | 0 |
Best European film
presented by Stephen Daldry
Eternal Youth (Youth) - Director: Paolo Sorrentino
- The Lobster - Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
- Mustang - Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- A pigeon sits on a branch and thinks about life (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron) - Director: Roy Andersson
- Sture Bucks (Hrútar) - Director: Grímur Hákonarson
- Victoria - Director: Sebastian Schipper
Best European Comedy
presented by Carlos Areces and Javier Cámara
A pigeon sits on a branch and thinks about life (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron) - Director: Roy Andersson
- The Brand New Testament (Le tout nouveau testament) - Director: Jaco Van Dormael
- Do you understand the Béliers? ( La Famille Bélier ) - Director: Éric Lartigau
Best director
presented by Paweł Pawlikowski
Paolo Sorrentino - Eternal Youth (Youth)
- Roy Andersson - A pigeon sits on a branch and thinks about life (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron)
- Yorgos Lanthimos - The Lobster
- Nanni Moretti - Mia Madre ( Mia madre )
- Sebastian Schipper - Victoria
- Małgorzata Szumowska - Body (Ciało)
Best Actress
presented by Carice van Houten and Jesper Christensen
- Margherita Buy - Mia Madre ( Mia madre )
- Laia Costa - Victoria
- Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
- Rachel Weisz - Eternal Youth (Youth)
Best Actor
presented by Carice van Houten and Jesper Christensen
Michael Caine - Eternal Youth (Youth)
- Tom Courtenay - 45 Years
- Colin Farrell - The Lobster
- Christian Friedel - Elser - He would have changed the world
- Vincent Lindon - The Value of Man ( La loi du marché )
Best script
presented by Elisa Sednaoui and Johannes Bah Kuhnke
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou - The Lobster
- Roy Andersson - A pigeon sits on a branch and thinks about life (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron)
- Alex Garland - Ex Machina
- Andrew Haigh - 45 Years
- Radu Jude and Florin Lazarescu - Aferim!
- Paolo Sorrentino - Eternal Youth (Youth)
Jury awards
presented by Agnieszka Holland and Wim Wenders
| category | Award winners |
|---|---|
| Best camera | Martin Gschlacht - I see, I see |
| Best cut | Jacek Drosio - Body (Ciało) |
| Best production design | Sylvie Olivé - The brand new testament (Le tout nouveau testament) |
| Best costume design | Sarah Blenkinsop - The Lobster |
| Best film score | Cat's Eyes - The Duke of Burgundy |
| Best sound design | Vasco Pimentel and Miguel Martins - Arabian Nights Volume I – III (As Mil e uma noites - Vol. I-III) |
Official shortlist - feature films
Among other things, the main prize winner of the Venice Film Festival 2014 , A dove sitting on a branch and thinking about life, made the shortlist , and at the same time the Swedish Oscar nominee 2015 for a nomination in the category Best Foreign Language Film . Also on the shortlist were the official Oscar entries for 2015 from Belgium ( The brand new Testament ) , Germany ( Im Labyrinth des Schweigens ) , France ( Mustang ) , Iceland ( Sture Böcke ) , Kosovo (Babai) , Croatia (Zvizdan) , Lithuania (Sangailės vasara) , Austria ( I see, I see ) , Romania (Aferim!) And Slovakia (Koza) .
The films nominated for the regular categories and awarded jury awards are highlighted in light blue.
Further prices
Best European performance in world cinema
presented by Alexander Skarsgård
Christoph Waltz , German-Austrian actor
Lifetime achievement award
presented by François Ozon
Charlotte Rampling , British actress
Honorary award
presented by Wim Wenders
Michael Caine , British actor
European co-producer award - "Prix EURIMAGES"
presented by Isabel Coixet
Andrea Occhipinti (Lucky Red)
Best First Feature ("European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI")
The five nominations for the best European feature film debut came from a selection committee consisting of four EFA members and three members of the Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique (FIPRESCI). The winner was chosen by the more than 3000 members of the European Film Academy, which was announced at the award ceremony.
presented by Sasson Gabai and Ulrich Matthes
Mustang - Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven (France, Germany, Turkey)
- I see, I see - Director: Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (Austria)
- Limbo - Director: Anna Sofie Hartmann (Germany, Denmark)
- Slow West - Director: John Maclean (New Zealand, United Kingdom)
- In summer he lives downstairs - Director: Tom Sommerlatte (Germany, France)
Best short film
15 films qualified for the award in the Best European Short Film category . These were selected by independent juries at 15 film festivals. The winner was chosen by the more than 3000 members of the EFA, who was announced at the award ceremony.
presented by Ana Ularu
| Movie | Director | country | Length (in min.) | Nomination (Festival) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dissonance | Till Nowak | Germany | 17 ' | Berlin |
| ETERNIT | Giovanni Aloi | France | 11 ' | Venice |
| Field Study | Eva Weber | United Kingdom | 20 ' | Cork |
| Kung Fury | David Sandberg | Sweden | 30 ' | Vila do Conde |
| Lists (Kuuntele) |
Hamy Ramezan Rungano Nyoni |
Denmark, Finland | 13 ' | Tampere |
| Our Body (Naše Telo) | Dane Komljen | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14 ' | Rotterdam |
| Over | Jörn Threlfall | United Kingdom | 13 ' | Bristol |
| Picnic (picnic) | Jure Pavlović | Croatia | 13 ' | drama |
| The Runner (El corredor) | José Luis Montesinos | Spain | 12 ' | Valladolid |
| Smile, And The World Will Smile Back |
Yoav Gross Ehab Tarabieh the al-Haddad family |
Israel, Palestinian Territories | 20 ' | Clermont-Ferrand |
| Son of the Wolf (Fils du loup) | Lola Quivoron | France | 23 ' | Locarno |
| Symbolic threats |
Mischa Leinkauf Lutz Henke Matthias Wermke |
Germany | 15 ' | Grimstad |
| This Place We Call Our Home |
Thora Lorentzen Sybilla Tuxen |
Denmark | 30 ' | Krakow |
| The Translator (Çevirmen) | Emre Kayiş | United Kingdom, Turkey | 23 ' | Sarajevo |
| Washingtonia | Konstantina Kotzamani | Greece | 24 ' | Ghent |
Best documentary
In 2015, the selection procedure for the Best Documentary Film category was changed to reflect the growing importance of European documentary films. The EFA and the European Documentary Network (EDN) selected ten documentary film festivals ( IDFA , CPH: DOX, Visions du Réel , DOK Leipzig , Docslisboa, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava , Cinéma du Réel, Krakow Film Festival, Sheffield Doc / Fest) , who were each allowed to submit three of their world premieres of the last festival edition as a proposal. Based on these suggestions and individual submissions, a selection committee consisting of four EFA members and one EDN member decided on a shortlist of 15 documentaries. The more than 3000 members of the European Film Academy selected the nominees and the eventual winner from these.
presented by Laura Birn and Reda Kateb
Amy - Director: Asif Kapadia (United Kingdom)
- A Syrian Love Story - Director: Sean McAllister (United Kingdom)
- Dancing with Maria - Director: Ivan Gergolet (Italy, Argentina, Slovenia)
- The Look of Silence - Director: Joshua Oppenheimer (Denmark, Norway, Indonesia)
- Toto and his Sisters (Toto şi surorile lui) - Director: Alexander Nanau (Romania, Hungary)
The following film productions made it to the shortlist, but not among the nominees:
- Above and Below - Director: Nicolas Steiner (Switzerland, Germany)
- All Things Ablaze (Все палає) - directed by Oleksandr Techynskyi , Aleksey Solodunov and Dmitry Stoykov (Ukraine)
- Boxing for Freedom - Directed by Juan Antonio Moreno and Silvia Venegas (Spain)
- Democrats - Director: Camilla Nielsson (Denmark)
- Drifter - Director: Gábor Hörcher (Hungary, Germany)
- Electroboy - Director: Marcel Gisler (Switzerland)
- Good Things Await (Så meget godt i vente) - Director: Phie Ambo (Denmark)
- Grozny Blues - Director: Nicola Bellucci (Switzerland)
- La buena vida - The good life (La buena vida) - Director: Jens Schanze (Germany, Switzerland)
- No Land's Song - Director: Ayat Najafi (Germany, France)
Best animated film
The three nominations for the best European animated film came from a selection committee consisting of two EFA members and three representatives of the European Association for Animated Films CARTOON . The winner was chosen by the more than 3000 members of the European Film Academy, which was announced at the award ceremony.
presented by Grigori Dobrygin and Jakub Gierszał
The Melody of the Sea (Song of the Sea) - Director: Tomm Moore (Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg)
- Adama - Director: Simon Rouby (France)
- Shaun the Sheep Movie - Director: Mark Burton and Richard Starzak (United Kingdom, France)
Audience award
With the People's Choice Award, cinema viewers had the opportunity from September 1 to October 31, 2015 to choose their favorites from a selection list via the Internet:
presented by Johan Heldenbergh
La isla mínima - Land of Murderers (La isla mínima) - Director: Alberto Rodríguez
- Today I'm Samba (Samba) - Directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
- Force Majeure (Turist) - Director: Ruben Östlund
- The Imitation Game - A Top Secret Life (The Imitation Game) - Director: Morten Tyldum
- Leviathan (Левиафан) - Director: Andrei Svjaginzew
- Monsieur Claude and his daughters (Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?) - Director: Philippe de Chauveron
- Das Salz der Erde (The Salt of the Earth) - directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
- A pigeon sits on a branch and thinks about life (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron) - Director: Roy Andersson
- Underdog (Fehér isten) - directed by Kornél Mundruczó
- Victoria - Director: Sebastian Schipper
Among the nominated films were those on the official shortlist , La isla mínima , A pigeon sits on a branch and thinks about life and Victoria . The winner was announced at the award gala.
Web links
- Official website of the European Film Awards (English)
- Official website of the European Film Academy (EFA) (English, German, French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Place at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on October 23, 2015).
- ↑ Press release at europeanfilmawards.eu, November 7th 2015 (accessed November 7th 2015).
- ^ Jury Unveils First Six EFA Winners at europeanfilmawards.eu, October 27, 2015 (accessed October 27, 2015).
- ↑ Press release at europeanfilmawards.eu, October 6, 2015 (accessed October 23, 2015).
- ↑ Special honor for Michael Caine. In: mediabiz.de. Blickpunkt: Film , December 8, 2015, accessed December 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Press release at europeanfilmawards.eu, October 21, 2015 (accessed October 23, 2015).
- ↑ Press release at europeanfilmawards.eu, September 30, 2015 (accessed October 23, 2015).
- ↑ Press release at europeanfilmawards.eu, September 15, 2015 (accessed October 23, 2015).
- ↑ Press release at europeanfilmawards.eu, October 13, 2015 (accessed October 23, 2015).
- ↑ People's Choice Award at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on October 22, 2015).