29th European Film Awards
The 29th European Film Awards were presented on 10 December 2016 in Wrocław, Poland. The ceremony is one of a number of events to take place in Wrocław as the city is a 2016 European Capital of Culture, along with San Sebastián. The nominations and winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy.
Ceremony
The ceremony focused on a political message against ongoing nationalism and euroscepticism. The European Film Academy also remarked on Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is imprisoned in Russia.Selection
- 24 Weeks
- A Man Called Ove
- A War
- Being 17
- Beyond the Mountains and Hills
- Chevalier
- Dawn
- Death in Sarajevo
- Don't Be Bad
- Elle
- Florence Foster Jenkins
- Frenzy
- Graduation
- I, Daniel Blake
- I, Olga Hepnarová
- Julieta
- Kills on Wheels
- Köpek
- Land of Mine
- Letters from War
- Like Crazy
- Lost in Munich
- Mammal
- Mimosas
- On the Other Side
- One of Us
- Perfect Strangers
- Pyromaniac
- Rauf
- Room
- Sieranevada
- Song of Songs
- Sparrows
- Strange Haven
- Suffragette
- Suntan
- The Ardennes
- The Commune
- The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
- The Lure
- The Olive Tree
- The Paradise Suite
- The People vs. Fritz Bauer
- The Student
- The Unknown Girl
- Things to Come
- Tikkun
- Toni Erdmann
- Truman
- United States of Love
Awards voted by EFA Members
Best Film">European Film Award for Best Film">Best Film
The nominees were announced on 6 November 2016 in Seville, Spain at the Seville Festival of European Cinema. Four films nominated for Best Film were premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, including the Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, and FIPRESCI Critics Award Toni Erdmann. One film has been already nominated for the Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards. Three films had been submitted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. Two films received nominations at the 18th British Independent Film Awards.Toni Erdmann is the first film directed by a woman to win best picture.
| English title | Director | Producer | Production companies | Country | Language |
| Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Michael Merkt | Komplizen Film, Coop99, KNM, Missing Link Films, SWR, WDR, Arte, MonkeyBoy |   | German, English, Romanian |
| Elle | Paul Verhoeven | Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt | SBS Productions, Pallas Film, France 2 Cinéma, Entre Chien et Loup, Canal+, France Télévisions, Orange Cinéma Séries, Casa Kafka Pictures, Proximus, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Filmförderungsanstalt |   | French |
| I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach | Rebecca O'Brien | Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, Entertainment One, Les Films du Fleuve, Canal+, Ciné+, BE TV, British Film Institute, BBC, France 2, France Télévisions, Le Pacte, VOO |  | English |
| Julieta | Pedro Almodóvar | Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar, Esther García | El Deseo, Canal+ France, Ciné +, Televisión Española |  | Spanish |
| Room | Lenny Abrahamson | Ed Guiney, David Gross | Telefilm Canada, Filmnation Entertainment, Irish Film Board, Element Pictures, No Trace Camping, Film4 |   | English |
Best Comedy">European Film Award for Best Comedy">Best Comedy
The nominees were announced on 25 October 2016.| English title | Director | Producer | Production companies | Country | Language |
| A Man Called Ove | Hannes Holm | Annica Bellander, Nicklas Wikström Nicastro | Tre Vänner |  | Swedish |
| Look Who's Back | David Wnendt | Lars Dittrich, Christopher Müller | Mythos Film | | German |
| One Man and His Cow | Mohamed Hamidi | Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou | Quad Productions |  | French, Arabic |
Best Director">European Film Award for Best Director">Best Director
The nominees were announced on 6 November 2016| Director | English title |
| Maren Ade | Toni Erdmann |
| Pedro Almodóvar | Julieta |
| Ken Loach | I, Daniel Blake |
 Cristian Mungiu | Graduation |
 Paul Verhoeven | Elle |
Best Screenwriter">European Film Award for Best Screenwriter">Best Screenwriter
The nominees were announced on 6 November 2016| Director | English title |
| Maren Ade | Toni Erdmann |
| Paul Laverty | I, Daniel Blake |
| Emma Donoghue | Room |
| Cristian Mungiu | Graduation |
 Tomasz Wasilewski | United States of Love |
Best Actress">European Film Award for Best Actress">Best Actress
The nominees were announced on 6 November 2016| Actress | English title | Role |
| Sandra Hüller | Toni Erdmann | Ines Conradi |
 Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Like Crazy | Beatrice Morandini Valdirana |
 Trine Dyrholm | The Commune | Anna |
| Isabelle Huppert | Elle | Michèle Leblanc |
| Emma Suárez | Julieta | Julieta |
| Adriana Ugarte | Julieta | younger Julieta |
Best Actor">European Film Award for Best Actor">Best Actor
The nominees were announced on 6 November 2016.| Actor | English title | Role |
| Peter Simonischek | Toni Erdmann | Winfried Conradi / Toni Erdmann |
| Javier Cámara | Truman | Tomás |
| Hugh Grant | Florence Foster Jenkins | St. Clair Bayfield |
| Dave Johns | I, Daniel Blake | Daniel Blake |
| Burghart Klaußner | The People vs. Fritz Bauer | Fritz Bauer |
| Rolf Lassgård | A Man Called Ove | Ove |
Technical awards
A special seven-member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the selection list. The members of the jury were:- Benoît Barouh, production designer, France
- Paco Delgado, costume designer, Spain
- Martin Gschlacht, cinematographer, Austria
- Dean Humphreys, sound designer, UK
- Era Lapid, editor, Israel
- Waldemar Pokromski, make-up artist, Poland
- Giuliano Taviani, composer, Italy.
Best Composer">European Film Award for Best Composer">Best Composer
| Winner | English title |
 Ilya Demutsky | The Student |
Best Cinematographer">European Film Award for Best Cinematographer">Best Cinematographer
The winners were announced on 17 November 2016.| Winner | English title |
| Camilla Hjelm Knudsen | Land of Mine |
Best Editor">European Film Award for Best Editor">Best Editor
The winners were announced on 17 November 2016.| English title | Winner |
| Stefanie Bieker | Land of Mine |
Best Production Designer">European Film Award for Best Production Designer">Best Production Designer
The winners were announced on 17 November 2016.| Winner | English title |
| Alice Normington | Suffragette |
Best Costume Designer">European Film Award for Best Costume Designer">Best Costume Designer
The winners were announced on 17 November 2016.| English title | Winner |
| Stefanie Bieker | Land of Mine |
Best Sound Designer">European Film Award for Best Sound Designer">Best Sound Designer
The winners were announced on 17 November 2016.| Winner | English title |
| Radosław Ochnio | 11 Minutes |
Best Makeup and Hairstyling">European Film Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling">Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The winners were announced on 17 November 2016.| Winner | English title |
| Barbara Kreuzer | Land of Mine |
Critics Award
European Discovery">European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year">European Discovery
The nominees were announced on 19 September 2016. Award given by International Federation of Film Critics - Prix FIPRESCI.| English title | Director | Producer | Production companies | Country | Language |
| The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki | Juho Kuosmanen | Juho Kuosmanen | Aamu Filmcompany, ONE TWO Films, Tre Vänner Produktion AB, Elokuvayhtiö Oy Aamu, Film Väst, Tre Vänner Produktion AB |  | Finnish, English |
| Dogs | Bogdan Mirica | Marcela Ursu | 42 km Film, EZ Films |   | Romanian |
| Liebmann | Jules Herrmann | Jules Herrmann | Ester.Reglin.Film Produktionsgesellschaft | | French, German, English |
| Sand Storm | Elite Zexer | Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg | 2-Team Productions, Rotor Film Babelsberg |  | Arabic |
| Thirst | Svetla Tsotsorkova | Svetla Tsotsorkova, Nadejda Koseva | Front Film | | Bulgarian |
Best Animated Feature Film">European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film">Best Animated Feature Film
The nominees were announced on 25 October 2016. Two films nominated for Best Animated Feature Film were premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. One film has been submitted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. My Life as a Courgette also in official selection for The European Parliament's LUX Prize.| English title | Director | Animator | Producer | Production companies | Country | Language |
| My Life as a Courgette | Claude Barras | Kim Keukeleire | Armelle Glorennec, Éric Jacquot, Marc Bonny | Gebeka Films, Rita Productions, Blue Spirit Animation, KNM |  | French |
| Psyconauts, the Forgotten Children | Alberto Vázquez, Pedro Rivero | Krhis Cembe | Farruco Castroman, Carlos Juarez, Luis Tosar | Basque Films | | Spanish |
| The Red Turtle | Michaël Dudok de Wit | Michaël Dudok de Wit | Vincent Maraval | Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, Studio Ghibli, CN4 Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Belvision | | - |
Audience awards
People's Choice Award">European Film Academy People's Choice Award for Best European Film">People's Choice Award
The nominees were announced on 1 September 2016.| English title | Director | Production country |
| Body | Małgorzata Szumowska | |
| A Man Called Ove | Hannes Holm |  |
| A War | Tobias Lindholm | |
| Aferim! | Radu Jude |  |
| Fire at Sea | Gianfranco Rosi | |
| Julieta | Pedro Almodóvar | |
| Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven |  |
| Spectre | Sam Mendes | |
| The Brand New Testament | Jaco Van Dormael |  |
| The Danish Girl | Tom Hooper | |
| The High Sun | Dalibor Matanić |  ,   |
| The Lobster | Yorgos Lanthimos |  |
Best Children and Family Film">European Film Academy Young Audience Award">Best Children and Family Film
The winners were announced on 10 May 2016.| English title | Director | Producer | Production companies | Country | Language |
| Miss Impossible | Emilie Deleuze | Tatiana Bouchain | Ad Vitam Production, Agat Films & Cie | | French |
| Girls Lost | Alexandra-Therese Keining | Ellinor Lingvall | Götafilm | | Swedish |
| Rauf | Soner Caner, Baris Kaya | Ali Ozgur Ates, Soner Caner, Baris Kaya, Kazim Ugur Kizilaslan, Selman Kizilaslan, Burak Ozan | Peri Istanbul, Aslan Film | | Turkish, Kurdish |
University Award
The announcement of the five European University Film Award nominations took place during Filmfest Hamburg on 5 October 2016. Films were selected by: Feo Aladag, Dagmar Brunow, Luis Martinez Lopez, Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy and Patrick Sobelman. Five nominated films were screened and discussed in the respective classes and each university voted its favourite film.The following 13 universities from 13 European countries participated:
- Czech Republic: Charles University/Prague
- France: Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3
- Germany: University of Rostock
- Greece: University of the Aegean/Mytilini
- Hungary: Pázmány Péter Catholic University/Budapest
- Ireland: University College Cork
- Italy: University of Udine
- Netherlands: Utrecht University
- Poland: University of Lodz
- Portugal: University of Lisbon
- Sweden: Linnaeus University/Växjö
- Turkey: Kadir Has University/Istanbul
- United Kingdom: John Moores University/Liverpool
| English title | Director | Producer | Production companies | Country | Language |
| I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach | Rebecca O'Brien | Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, Entertainment One, Les Films du Fleuve, Canal+, Ciné+, BE TV, British Film Institute, BBC, France 2, France Télévisions, Le Pacte, VOO | | English |
| Graduation | Cristian Mungiu | Cristian Mungiu | Les Films du Fleuve, Mobra Films, Romanian Film Board, Why Not Productions | | Romanian |
| The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki | Juho Kuosmanen | Juho Kuosmanen | Aamu Filmcompany, ONE TWO Films, Tre Vänner Produktion AB, Elokuvayhtiö Oy Aamu, Film Väst, Tre Vänner Produktion AB | | Finnish, English |
| Fire at Sea | Gianfranco Rosi | Gianfranco Rosi, Paolo Del Brocco, Donatella Palermo | Stemal Entertainment, 21 Unofilm, Cinecittà Luce, Rai Cinema, Les Films d'Ici, Arte France Cinéma, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali | | Italian |
| Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Michael Merkt | Komplizen Film, Coop99, KNM, Missing Link Films, SWR, WDR, Arte, MonkeyBoy | | German, English, Romanian |
Best Documentary">European Film Award for Best Documentary">Best Documentary
Best Short Film">European Film Award for Best Short Film">Best Short Film
To be considered for a nomination, a short film has to screen in competition at any of the participating festivals:- 13 - 24 Oct. 2015: Film Fest Gent
- 19 - 25 Oct. 2015: Uppsala International Short Film Festival
- 24 - 31 October 2015: Valladolid International Film Festival
- 6 - 15 Nov. 2015: Cork Film Festival
- 27 Jan. - 7 Feb. 2016: International Film Festival Rotterdam
- 5 - 13 Feb. 2016: International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand
- 11 - 21 Feb. 2016: Berlin International Film Festival
- 9 - 13 Mar. 2016: Tampere Film Festival
- 29 May - 5 Jun. 2016: Kraków Film Festival
- 9 - 17 Jul 2016: Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival/
- 3 - 13 Aug. 2016: Festival del film Locarno
- 12 - 20 Aug. 2016: Sarajevo Film Festival
- 31 Aug. - 10 Sep. 2016: Venice Film Festival
- 19 - 24 Sep. 2016: International Short Film Festival in Drama
- 20 - 25 Sep. 2016: Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival Bristol
| English title | Original title | Director | Type | Minutes | Production country | Language | Festival |
| 9 days: From My Window in Aleppo | - | Thomas Vroege, Floor van der Meulen, Issa Touma | documentary | 13 min. |  | Arabic | Bristol |
| The Wall | Le mur | Samuel Lampaert | fiction | 8 min | | Chinese | Ghent |
| Edmond | - | Nina Gantz | animation | 10 min. | | English | Uppsala |
| The Goodbye | El adiós | Clara Roquet | fiction | 15 min. |  | Spanish | Valladolid |
| 90 Degrees North | 90 Grad Nord | Detsky Graffam | fiction | 21 min. | | German | Cork |
| We All Love the Seashore | Tout le monde aime le bord de la mer | Keina Espiñeira | fiction/documentary | 18 min. | | Spanish | Rotterdam |
| In the Distance | - | Florian Grolig | animation | 7 min. | | - | Clermont-Ferrand |
| A Man Returned | - | Mahdi Fleifel | documentary | 30 min. |  | Arabic | Berlin |
| Small Talk | - | Even Hafnor, Lisa Brooke Hansen | fiction | 21 min. | | Norwegian | Tampere |
| I'm Not From Here | Yo no soy de aquí | Maite Alberdi, Giedrė Žickytė | documentary | 26 min. |   | Spanish, Basque | Kraków |
| Home | - | Daniel Mulloy | fiction | 20 min. |   | English | Vila do Conde |
| The Fullness of Time | L'immense retour | Manon Coubia | fiction | 14 min. | | French | Locarno |
| Limbo | - | Konstantina Kotzamani | fiction | 30 min. | | Greek | Sarajevo |
| Amalimbo | - | Juan Pablo Libossart | animation | 15 min. |  | Swedish | Venice |
| Shooting star | Падаща звезда | Lyubo Yonchev | fiction | 28 min. | | Bulgarian | Drama |
European Co-Production Award — Prix Eurimages">European Film Award for Best European Co-Producer">European Co-Production Award — Prix Eurimages
The winners were announced on 15 November 2016.| Recipient | Occupation |
| Leontine Petit | Producer |
Honorary Awards
European Achievement in World Cinema">European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award">European Achievement in World Cinema
The winner were announced on 1 November 2016.Award presented by Susanne Bier.
| Recipient | Occupation |
| Pierce Brosnan | Actor and producer |
Lifetime Achievement Award">European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award">Lifetime Achievement Award
The winner were announced on 13 September 2016.| Recipient | Occupation |
| Jean-Claude Carrière | Novelist, screenwriter, actor |
Honorary Award of the EFA President and Board
Award presented by Wim Wenders.| Recipient | Occupation |
| Andrzej Wajda posthumously | Director, Teacher, Founder of :pl:Mistrzowska Szkoła Reżyserii Filmowej Andrzeja Wajdy|Wajda Film School |
List of partners
The European Film Awards 2016 are presented by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions in co-operation with:- the European Capital of Culture Wroclaw 2016, supported by its founders
- * the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
- * and the Polish Film Institute,
- * the National Forum of Music as co-organizer
- and KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. as strategic partner;
- the Creative Europe MEDIA Sub-Programme of the European Union,
- FFA German Federal Film Board,
- German State Minister for Culture and the Media,
- LOTTO Foundation Berlin,
- Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg,
- Aveda,
- Euronews,
- Fair Spirits presented by DV-V,
- Filmweb,
- GLS,
- Jägermeister,
- M∙A∙C,
- Mercedes-Benz Duda-Cars,
- Nespresso,
- TVN
- and Volvo.