European Film Award 2016
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The 29th European Film Awards ceremony took place on December 10, 2016 at the National Music Forum in Wrocław , one of two European Capitals of Culture of the year. The prize is awarded by the European Film Academy (EFA). The award for best film was Maren Ades Toni Erdmann , who was able to convert all of his five regular nominations into victories.
The Polish actor Maciej Stuhr hosted the award ceremony.
During the award ceremony, the Russian political activist and performance artist Marija Aljochina remembered the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and read a message from him. Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Russia in 2015 on suspicion of terrorism.
Award winners and nominations
The full nominations were announced on November 5th, 2016 at the Seville European Film Festival:
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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. |
|---|---|---|
| Toni Erdmann | 5 | 5 |
| Me, Daniel Blake | 4th | 0 |
| Cubit | 3 | 0 |
| Julieta | 3 | 0 |
| Bacalaureate | 2 | 0 |
| A man named Ove | 2 | 1 |
| room | 2 | 0 |
Best European film
presented by Cécile de France
Toni Erdmann - Director: Maren Ade
- Elle - Director: Paul Verhoeven
- Ich, Daniel Blake (I, Daniel Blake) - Director: Ken Loach
- Julieta - Director: Pedro Almodóvar
- Room (Room) - Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Best European Comedy
presented by Tom Wlaschiha
A man named Ove (En man som heter Ove) - Director: Hannes Holm
- He's back - Director: David Wnendt
- On the way with Jacqueline (La Vache) - Director: Mohamed Hamidi
Best director
presented by Daniel Olbrychski
- Pedro Almodóvar - Julieta
- Ken Loach - Me, Daniel Blake (I, Daniel Blake)
- Cristian Mungiu - Bacalaureate
- Paul Verhoeven - Elle
Best Actress
presented by Veerle Baetens and Liam Cunningham
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi - The Overjoyed (La Pazza Gioia)
- Trine Dyrholm - The Commune (Kollektivet)
- Isabelle Huppert - Elle
- Emma Suárez and Adriana Ugarte - Julieta
Best Actor
presented by Veerle Baetens and Liam Cunningham
Peter Simonischek - Toni Erdmann
- Javier Cámara - Friends for Life (Truman)
- Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins
- Dave Johns - Me, Daniel Blake (I, Daniel Blake)
- Burghart Klaußner - The state against Fritz Bauer
- Rolf Lassgård - A man named Ove (En man som heter Ove)
Best script
presented by Ludivine Sagnier
- Emma Donoghue - Room (Room)
- Paul Laverty - Me, Daniel Blake (I, Daniel Blake)
- Cristian Mungiu - Bacalaureate
- Tomasz Wasilewski - Zjednoczone stany miłości
Jury awards
On November 17, 2016, the winners of the jury awards were announced in Berlin, who were selected by a seven-member jury from the official shortlist for feature films and separately submitted films. The jury included the production designer Benoît Barouh (France), the costume designer Paco Delgado (Spain), the cameraman Martin Gschlacht (Austria, winner 2015), the sound designer Dean Humphreys (United Kingdom), the film editor Era Lapid (Israel) and the make-up artist Waldemar Pokromski (Poland) and the composer Giuliano Taviani (Italy).
presented by Małgorzata Szumowska , Zbigniew Preisner , Maja Ostaszewska and Maciej Stuhr
| category | Award winners |
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| Best camera | Camilla Hjelm Knudsen - Under the Sand - The Promise of Freedom (Under Sandet) |
| Best cut | Anne Østerud and Janus Billeskov Jansen - The Commune (Kollektivet) |
| Best production design | Alice Normington - Suffragette - Actions instead of words (Suffragette) |
| Best costume design | Stefanie Bieker - Under the Sand - The Promise of Freedom (Under Sandet) |
| Best makeup image | Barbara Kreuzer - Under the Sand - The Promise of Freedom (Under Sandet) |
| Best film score | Ilya Demutsky - Uchenik (УЧЕНИК) |
| Best sound design | Radosław Ochnio - 11 minutes (11 minut) |
Official shortlist - feature films
The shortlist for the 2016 European Film Awards included 50 films, including the main winner of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival , Me, Daniel Blake . Also on the shortlist were the official Oscar entries for 2017 in the category Best Foreign Language Film from Belgium ( The Ardennes - Without Any Way Out ) , Denmark ( Unter dem Sand - The Promise of Freedom ) , Germany ( Toni Erdmann ) , Finland ( Hymyilevä mies ) , France ( Elle ) , Greece ( Chevalier ) , Iceland ( Sparrows ) , Croatia ( On the other Side ) , Latvia ( Ausma ) , Portugal ( Cartas da guerra ) , Sweden ( A man named Ove ) , Spain ( Julieta ) , Czech Republic ( Lost in Munich ) and Hungary ( Kills On Wheels ) .
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 Susanne Bier
Pierce Brosnan , Irish actor
Lifetime achievement award
presented by Ángela Molina and Volker Schlöndorff
Jean-Claude Carrière , French screenwriter
Honorary award
presented by Wim Wenders
Andrzej Wajda , Polish film director (posthumous award, accepted on behalf of two graduates of the Master School of Film Directing founded by Wajda)
European co-producer award - "Prix EURIMAGES"
presented by Carlos Areces
Leontine Petit , Dutch film producer (Lemming Film / Hamster Film)
Best documentary
Since 2015, before the five nominations were announced, a shortlist of 15 documentaries has been presented, which is compiled by a selection committee consisting of members of the EFA and the European Documentary Network (EDN). Proposals from documentary film festivals as well as individual submissions will be considered. From the 15 pre-selected films, the more than 3000 members of the European Film Academy selected the nominees and the eventual winner.
presented by Kasia Smutniak and Lia Boysen
Sea Fire (Fuocoammare) - Director: Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)
- 21 x Nowy Jork - Director: Fredrik Gertten , Magnus Gertten , Jesper Osmund (Sweden, Netherlands, Italy)
- A Family Affair - Director: Tom Fassaert (Netherlands, Belgium)
- Mr. Gaga - Director: Tomer Heymann (Israel, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands)
- The Land of the Enlightened - Director: Pieter-Jan de Pue (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland)
- S Is for Stanley (Trent'anni dietro al volante per Stanley Kubrick) - Director: Alex Infascelli (Italy)
The following film productions made it onto the shortlist, but not among the nominees:
- Bella e perduta - Director: Pietro Marcello (Italy)
- Bref manuel de liberation - Director: Alexander Kuznetsov (France)
- Deja Vu - Director: Jon Bang Carlsen (Denmark)
- Den unge Zlatan - Director: Piotr Stasik (Poland)
- A German Life - Direction: Christian Krönes , Olaf S. Müller , Roland Schrotthofer , Florian Weigensamer (Austria)
- Europe, She Loves - Director: Jan Gassmann (Switzerland, Germany)
- Herr von Bohlen - Director: André Schäfer (Germany)
- Mallory - Director: Helena Třeštíková (Czech Republic)
- O Pio Makris Dromos - Director: Marianna Economou (Greece)
- Sobytie - Director: Sergei Loznitsa (Netherlands, Belgium)
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 Malin Levanon
The happiest day in the life of Olli Mäki (Hymyilevä mies) - Director: Juho Kuosmanen (Finland, Germany, Sweden)
- Câini - Director: Bogdan Mirica (France, Romania, Bulgaria, Qatar)
- Jajda - Director: Svetla Tsotsorkova (Bulgaria)
- Liebmann - Director: Jules Herrmann (Germany)
- Sufat Chol (סופת חול) - Director: Elite Zexer (Israel)
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 Maciej Stuhr
9 Days - From My Window in Aleppo (13 min) - Director: Thomas Vroege , Floor van der Meulen , Issa Touma (Netherlands, Syria)
- 90 Degrees North (21 min) - Director: Detsky Graffam (Germany)
- El adiós (15 min) - Director: Clara Roquet (Spain)
- Amalimbo (15 min) - Director: Juan Pablo Libossart (Sweden, Estonia)
- Edmond (9 min) - Director: Nina Gantz (United Kingdom)
- Home (20 min) - Director: Daniel Mulloy (Kosovo, United Kingdom)
- L'immense retour (14 min) - Director: Manon Coubia (Belgium, France)
- In the distance (7 min) - Director: Florian Grolig (Germany)
- Limbo (30 min) - Director: Konstantina Kotzamani (France, Greece)
- A man returned (30 min) - Director: Mahdi Fleifel (United Kingdom, Lebanon, Denmark, Netherlands)
- Le mur (8 min) - Director: Samuel Lampaert (Belgium)
- Shooting Star (ПАДАЩА ЗВЕЗДА, 28 min) - Director: Lyubo Yonchev (Bulgaria, Italy)
- Small talk (21 min) - Director: Even Hafnor , Lisa Brooke Hansen (Norway)
- Tout le monde aime le bord de la mer (17 min) - Director: Keina Espiñeira (Spain)
- Yo no soy de aquí (26 min) - Director: Giedrē Žickytē , Maite Alberdi (Chile, Denmark, Lithuania)
Best animated film
presented by Aistė Diržiūtė
My Life as Zucchini (Ma vie de Courgette) - Director: Claude Barras (Switzerland, France)
- Pisconautas (Psiconautas, los niños olvidados) - Director: Alberto Vázquez (Spain)
- The Red Tortoise (La Tortue rouge) - Director: Michael Dudok de Wit (France, Belgium)
European University Film Award (EUFA)
The European University Film Award was presented for the first time at the 2016 presentation. The director Feo Aladag , the scientist Dagmar Brunow ( Linné University ), the journalist Luis Martinez Lopez ( El Mundo ) and the film producer Patrick Sobelman decided on the nominations on the basis of this year's shortlist for feature and documentary films. Students from 13 universities in 13 countries choose their favorite film from the nominated entries. A student from each university was sent to a two-day meeting at the beginning of December to debate the winner. The winner was announced in the week of the film award ceremony.
Ich, Daniel Blake (I, Daniel Blake) - Director: Ken Loach
- Bacalaureate - Director: Cristian Mungiu
- The happiest day in the life of Olli Mäki (Hymyilevä mies) - Director: Juho Kuosmanen
- Sea Fire (Fuocoammare) - Director: Gianfranco Rosi
- Toni Erdmann - Director: Maren Ade
Audience award
With the People's Choice Award, cinema viewers had the opportunity from September 1 to October 31, 2016 to choose their favorites from a selection list via the Internet:
presented by Numan Acar
Body (Ciało) - Director: Małgorzata Szumowska
- Aferim! - Director: Radu Jude
- The Brand New Testament (Le tout nouveau Testament) - Director: Jaco Van Dormael
- The Danish Girl - Director: Tom Hooper
- James Bond 007: Specter (Specter) - Director: Sam Mendes
- Julieta - Director: Pedro Almodóvar
- The Lobster - Director: Giorgos Lanthimos
- A man named Ove (En man som heter Ove) - Director: Hannes Holm
- Mustang - Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Sea Fire (Fuocoammare) - Director: Gianfranco Rosi
- A War (Krigen) - Director: Tobias Lindholm
- Zvizdan - Director: Dalibor Matanić
Web links
- Official website of the European Film Awards (English)
- Official website of the European Film Academy (EFA) (English, German, French)
Individual evidence
- ^ The 29th European Film Awards: December 10 in Wroclaw . European Film Academy. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ↑ Livestream of the award ceremony via europeanfilmawards.eu, December 10, 2016.
- ^ Jury Unveils First Seven EFA Winners at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on November 20, 2016).
- ↑ Pierce Brosnan receives honorary award from the European Film Academy . shz.de . March 7, 2017. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved on November 3, 2016.
- ↑ European Co-Production Award for Leontine Petit at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on November 20, 2016).
- ↑ EFA Documentary Selection at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on November 4, 2016).
- ↑ Nominations at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on November 4, 2016).
- ↑ Press release at europeanfilmawards.eu, September 30, 2015 (accessed October 23, 2015).
- ↑ European University Film Award 2016 at europeanfilmawards.eu, October 5, 2016 (accessed November 4, 2016).
- ↑ People's Choice Award at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on November 4, 2016).