César / Best European Film
Winner and nominee of the French César film award in the category Best European Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne) , which existed from 2003 to 2005.
The films listed below are given with their German distribution title (if this can be determined), followed by the original title in the respective national language, the production country (s) and the name of the director in brackets in italics. The original title is not mentioned if the German and original film titles are identical. The winners are highlighted first.
2000s
2003
Talk to her ( Hable con ella ), Spain - Director: Pedro Almodóvar
- 11'09 "01 - September 11 , including UK / France / USA / Iran - directors: including Claude Lelouch , Ken Loach , Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Gosford Park , UK - Director: Robert Altman
- The Man Without a Past ( Mies vailla menneisyyttä ), Finland - Director: Aki Kaurismäki
- Sweet Sixteen , UK - Director: Ken Loach
2004
Good bye Lenin! , Germany - Director: Wolfgang Becker
- Dogville , Denmark - Director: Lars von Trier
- The Merciless Sisters ( The Magdalene Sisters ), UK / Ireland - Director: Peter Mullan
- The best years ( La meglio gioventù ), Italy - Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
- Lampedusa ( Respiro ), Italy / France - Director: Emanuele Crialese
2005
Just a Kiss (Ae Fond Kiss) , UK / Belgium / Germany / Italy / Spain - Director: Ken Loach
Life is a miracle (Život je čudo) , Yugoslavia / France - Director: Emir Kusturica
- Bad Education (La Mala educación) , Spain - Director: Pedro Almodóvar
- Mondovino - The World of Wine (Mondovino) , Argentina / France / Italy / USA - Director: Jonathan Nossiter
- Sarabande (Saraband) , Sweden - Director: Ingmar Bergman