European Film Award 2016

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National Forum for Music, venue of the 2016 European Film Awards
Maren Ade, director of the award-winning film Toni Erdmann

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:

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
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

Best European Comedy

presented by Tom Wlaschiha

A man named Ove (En man som heter Ove) - Director: Hannes Holm

Best director

presented by Daniel Olbrychski

Maren Ade - Toni Erdmann

Best Actress

presented by Veerle Baetens and Liam Cunningham

Sandra Hüller - Toni Erdmann

Best Actor

presented by Veerle Baetens and Liam Cunningham

Peter Simonischek - Toni Erdmann

Best script

presented by Ludivine Sagnier

Maren Ade - Toni Erdmann

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
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.

Movie Director country Actor (selection)
24 weeks Anne Zohra Berrached Germany Julia Jentsch , Bjarne Mädel , Johanna Gastdorf
Abluka - Everyone distrusts everyone (Abluka) Emin Alper Turkey, France, Qatar Mehmet Özgür , Berkay Ates
All that comes (L'Avenir) Mia Hansen-Løve France, Germany Isabelle Huppert , André Marcon , Roman Kolinka , Édith Scob , Solal Forte
The Ardennes - Without any way out (D'Ardennen) Robin Pront Belgium, Netherlands Veerle Baetens , Jeroen Perceval , Kevin Janssens
Extent Laila Pakalnina Estonia, Poland, Latvia Vilis Daudziòð , Antons Georgs Grauds , Wiktor Zborowski
Bacalaureate Cristian Mungiu Belgium, France, Romania Adrien Titieni , Maria Dragus , Lia Bugnar
Beyond the Mountains and Hills (מעבר להרים ולגבעות, Me'Ever Laharim Vehagvaot ) Eran Kolirin Israel, Germany, Belgium Alon Pdut , Shiree Nadav-Naor , Mili Eshet , Noam Imber
Cartas da guerra Ivo M. Ferreira Portugal Margarida Vila-Nova , Miguel Nunes
Chevalier Athina Rachel Tsangari Germany, Greece Makis Papadimitriou , Yorgos Pirpassopoulos , Sakis Rouvas , Yorgos Kendros , Panos Koronis , Vangelis Mourikis
Cubit Paul Verhoeven Germany, France Isabelle Huppert , Anne Consigny , Charles Berling , Virginie Efira , Laurent Lafitte
One of us Stephan Richter Austria Jack Hofer , Simon Morzé
Florence Foster Jenkins Stephen Frears United Kingdom Meryl Streep , Hugh Grant , Simon Helberg
The strange sky (Obce niebo) Dariusz Gajewski Poland Agnieszka Grochowska , Bartlomiej Topa , Barbara Kubiak , Ewa Froling
Friends for Life (Truman) Cesc Gay Spain, Argentina Ricardo Darín , Javier Cámara , Dolores Fonzi
Hymyileva bad Juho Kuosmanen Finland, Sweden, Germany Jarkko Lahti , Oona Airola , Eero Milonoff
Me, Daniel Blake (I, Daniel Blake) Ken Loach France, UK Dave Johns , Hayley Squires , Briana Shann
Já, Olga Hepnarová Tomáš Weinreb , Petr Kazda Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, France Michalina Olszanska , Martin Pechlát , Klára Melíšková , Marika Šoposká , Juraj Nvota , Ondrej Malis , Martin Finger , Marta Mazurek , Zuzana Stavná
Julieta Pedro Almodovar Spain Emma Suárez , Adriana Ugarte , Daniel Grao , Inma Cuesta , Michelle Jenner , Rossy De Palma
Kills On Wheels (Tiszta szívvel) Attila Till Hungary Szabolcs Thuróczy , Zoltán Fenyvesi , Ádám Fekete , Monika Balsai
Köpek Esen Işık Switzerland Çagla Akalin , Beren Tuna , Oguzhan Sancar , Bekir Sevenkan , Baris Atay , Salih Badeci , Hakan Karsak , Cemal Toktas
The commune (Kollektivet) Thomas Vinterberg Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands Trine Dyrholm , Ulrich Thomsen , Helene Reingaard-Neumann , Martha Sofie Wallstrøm-Hansen
Lost in Munich (Ztraceni v Mnichově) Petr Zelenka Czech Republic Tomáš Bambušek , Stanislas Pierret , Edita Levá , Jitka Schneiderová , Martin Myšicka
Mammal Rebecca Daly Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland Rachel Griffiths , Barry Keoghan , Michael McElhatton
A man named Ove (En man som heter Ove) Hannes Holm Sweden, Norway Rolf Lassgård , Bahar Pars
Mimosas Olivier Laxe Spain, Morocco, France, Qatar Ahmed Hammoud , Shakib Ben Omar , Said Aagli
At seventeen (Quand on a 17 ans) André Téchiné France Sandrine Kiberlain , Kacey Mottet Klein , Corentin Fila
Non essere cattivo - Do no evil (Non essere cattivo) Claudio Caligari Italy Luca Marinelli , Alessandro Borghi , Silvia D'Amico , Roberta Mattei
El Olivo - The Olive Tree (El Olivo) Icíar Bollaín Spain, Germany Pep Ambròs , Anna Castillo , Javier Gutiérrez
On the other side (S one strand) Zrinko Ogresta Croatia, Serbia Ksenija Marinković , Lazar Ristovski
The Paradise Suite Joost Van Ginkel Netherlands, Sweden, Bulgaria Boris Isakovic , Erik Adelöw , Issaka Sawadogo , Jasna Djuricic , Magnus Krepper , Anjela Nedyalkova
Perfect Strangers (Perfetti sconosciuti) Paolo Genovese Italy Giuseppe Battiston , Anna Foglietta , Marco Giallini , Edoardo Leo , Valerio Mastandrea , Kasia Smutniak , Alba Rohrwacher
Pyromaniac Erik Skjoldbjærg Norway, Sweden, Germany Per Frisch , Agnes Kittelsen , Trond Nilssen , Liv Bernard Osa
Up Bariş Kaya , Soner Caner Turkey Alen Gürsoy , Şeyda Sözüer , Yavuz Gürbüz
Room (Room) Lenny Abrahamson Ireland, Canada Brie Larson , Jacob Tremblay , Joan Allen
Sieranevada Cristi Puiu Romania, France, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina Mimi Branescu , Judith State , Bogdan Dumitrache
Siren song (Córki Dancingu) Agnieszka Smoczynska Poland Marta Mazurek , Michalina Olszanska , Jakub Gierszal , Kinga Preis , Andrzej Konopka , Zygmunt Malanowicz
Smrt u Sarajevu / Mort à Sarajevo Danis Tanović France, Bosnia-Herzegovina Snezana Vidovic , Izudin Bajrovic , Vedrana Seksan , Muhamed Hadzovic , Faketa Salihbegovic-Avdagic , Edin Avdagic
Song of Songs (Pesn pesney) Eva Neymann Ukraine Milena Tsibulskaya , Yevheniy Kogan , Arina Postolova-Tihipko , Arseniy Semenov , Karen Badalov , Vitalina Bibliv , Samoil Silin , Miklail Bogdasarov , Vsevelod Shilovskuy
Sparrows (Þrestir) Rúnar Rúnarsson Iceland, Denmark, Croatia Atli Óskar Fjalarsson , Ingvar E. Sigurdsson , Kristbjörg Kjeld , Rade Šerbedžija , Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir
The state against Fritz Bauer Lars Kraume Germany Burghart Klaussner , Ronald Zehrfeld
Suffragette - actions instead of words (Suffragette) Sarah Gavron United Kingdom Carey Mulligan , Helena Bonham Carter , Brendan Gleeson , Anne-Marie Duff , Meryl Streep
Suntan Argyris Papadimitropoulos Greece, Germany Makis Papadimitriou , Elli Triggou , Xara Kotsali , Milou Van Groesen , Dimi Hart , Markus Collen
Tikkun Avishai Sivan Israel Aharon Traitel , Khalifa Natour
Toni Erdmann Maren goodbye Germany, Austria Sandra Hüller , Peter Simonischek
Uchenik (УЧЕНИК) Kirill Serebrennikov Russia Petr Skvortsov
The Overjoyed (La Pazza Gioia) Paolo Virzì France, Italy Micaela Ramazzotti , Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
The Unknown Girl (La fille inconnue) Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne France, Belgium Adèle Haenel , Olivier Bonnaud , Jérémie Renier
Under the Sand - The Promise of Freedom (Under Sandet) Martin Zandvliet Denmark, Germany Roland Møller , Louis Hofmann , Joel Basman , Mikkel Boe Følsgaard , Emil Belton , Oskar Belton
A War (Krigen) Tobias Lindholm Denmark Pilou Asbæk , Tuva Novotny , Søren Malling , Charlotte Munck , Dulfi Al-Jabouri , Dar Salim
Zjednoczone stany miłości Tomasz Wasilewski Poland, Sweden Magdalena Cielecka , Dorota Kolak , Marta Nieradkiewicz , Andrzej Chyra , Łukasz Simlat , Tomek Tyndyk , Julia Kijowska

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)

The following film productions made it onto the shortlist, but not among the nominees:

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)

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)

Best animated film

presented by Aistė Diržiūtė

My Life as Zucchini (Ma vie de Courgette) - Director: Claude Barras (Switzerland, France)

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

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The 29th European Film Awards: December 10 in Wroclaw . European Film Academy. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  2. Livestream of the award ceremony via europeanfilmawards.eu, December 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Jury Unveils First Seven EFA Winners at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on November 20, 2016).
  4. 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.
  5. European Co-Production Award for Leontine Petit at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on November 20, 2016).
  6. EFA Documentary Selection at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on November 4, 2016).
  7. Nominations at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on November 4, 2016).
  8. Press release at europeanfilmawards.eu, September 30, 2015 (accessed October 23, 2015).
  9. European University Film Award 2016 at europeanfilmawards.eu, October 5, 2016 (accessed November 4, 2016).
  10. People's Choice Award at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on November 4, 2016).