European Film Awards

The winners of the European Film Awards 2023 are:

European Film:
Winner: ANATOMY OF A FALL (ANATOMIE D’UNE CHUTE) directed by Justine Triet, produced by Marie-Ange Luciani & David Thion (France)

• FALLEN LEAVES (KUOLLEET LEHDET) directed by Aki Kaurismäki, produced by Aki Kaurismäki, Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff & Reinhard Brundig (Finland, Germany)
• GREEN BORDER (ZIELONA GRANICA) directed by Agnieszka Holland, produced by Marcin Wierzchosławski, Fred Bernstein & Agnieszka Holland (Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium)
• ME CAPTAIN (IO CAPITANO) directed by Matteo Garrone, produced by Matteo Garrone, Paolo Del Brocco, Ardavan Safaee & Joseph Rouschop (Italy, Belgium)
• THE ZONE OF INTEREST directed by Jonathan Glazer, produced by James Wilson & Ewa Puszczyńska (United Kingdom, Poland, USA)

European Documentary:
Winner: SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD (SAVVUSANNA SÕSARAD) directed by Anna Hints (Estonia, France, Iceland)

• APOLONIA, APOLONIA directed by Lea Glob (Denmark, Poland)
• FOUR DAUGHTERS (LES FILLES D’OLFA) directed by Kaouther Ben Hania (France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia)
• MOTHERLAND directed by Hanna Badziaka & Alexander Mihalkovich (Sweden, Ukraine, Norway)
• ON THE ADAMANT (SUR L’ADAMANT) directed by Nicolas Philibert (France, Japan)

European Director:
Winner: Justine Triet for ANATOMY OF A FALL

• Aki Kaurismäki for FALLEN LEAVES
• Agnieszka Holland for GREEN BORDER
• Matteo Garrone for ME CAPTAIN
• Jonathan Glazer for THE ZONE OF INTEREST

European Actress:
Winner: Sandra Hüller in ANATOMY OF A FALL

• Eka Chavleishvili in BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY
• Alma Pöysti in FALLEN LEAVES
• Mia McKenna-Bruce in HOW TO HAVE SEX
• Leonie Benesch in THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE
• Sandra Hüller in THE ZONE OF INTEREST

European Actor:
Winner: Mads Mikkelsen in THE PROMISED LAND

• Thomas Schubert in AFIRE
• Jussi Vatanen in FALLEN LEAVES
• Josh O’Connor in LA CHIMERA
• Christian Friedel in THE ZONE OF INTEREST

European Screenwriter:
Winner: Justine Triet & Arthur Harari for ANATOMY OF A FALL

• Aki Kaurismäki for FALLEN LEAVES
• Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko & Agnieszka Holland for GREEN BORDER
• İlker Çatak & Johannes Duncker for THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE
• Jonathan Glazer for THE ZONE OF INTEREST

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI:
This award is presented in co-operation with FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, to a director for the first full-length feature film.
Winner: HOW TO HAVE SEX directed by Molly Manning Walker (United Kingdom, Greece)

• 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (20.000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS) directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain)
• LA PALISIADA (ЛЯ ПАЛІСІАДА) directed by Philip Sotnychenko (Ukraine)
• SAFE PLACE (SIGURNO MJESTO) directed by Juraj Lerotić (Croatia, Slovenia)
• THE QUIET MIGRATION (STILLE LIV) directed by Malene Choi (Denmark)
• VINCENT MUST DIE (VINCENT DOIT MOURIR) directed by Stéphan Castang (France, Belgium)

European Animated Feature Film:
Winner: ROBOT DREAMS directed by Pablo Berger (Spain, France)

• A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL directed by Enzo d’Alò (Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom, Latvia, Estonia, Germany)
• CHICKEN FOR LINDA! directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach (France, Italy)
• THE AMAZING MAURICE directed by Toby Genkel (Germany, United Kingdom)
• WHITE PLASTIC SKY directed by Tibor Bánóczkia and Sarolta Szabó (Hungary, Slovakia)

European Short Film:
Winner: HARDLY WORKING directed by Total Refusal: Susanna Flock, Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner and Michael Stumpf (Austria)

• 27 directed by Flóra Anna Buda (France, Hungary)
• AQUERONTE directed by Manuel Muñoz Rivas (Spain)
• DAYDREAMING SO VIVIDLY ABOUT OUR SPANISH HOLIDAYS (LA HERIDA LUMINOSA) directed by Christian Avilés (Spain)
• FLORES DEL OTRO PATIO directed by Jorge Cadena (Switzerland, Colombia)

European Young Audience Award
Winner: SCRAPPER directed by Charlotte Regan (United Kingdom) – fiction

• LONGING FOR THE WORLD (L’AMOUR DU MONDE) directed by Jenna Hasse (Switzerland) – fiction
• ONE IN A MILLION directed by Joya Thome (Germany) – documentary

The winners of the Excellence Awards in the categories ‘European Cinematography’, ‘Editing’, ‘Production Design’, ‘Costume Design’, ‘Make-up & Hair’, ‘Original Score’, ‘Sound’ and ‘Visual Effects’ as well as the winners of the ‘European Lifetime Achievement’, the ‘European Honorary Award’, the ‘European Achievement in World Cinema’, the ‘European Sustainability Award – Prix Film4Climate’, the ‘Eurimages International Co-Production Award’, the ‘European University Award (EUFA)’ and the ‘Young Audience Award’ have already been announced earlier and were honoured tonight in Berlin.