The awards were held in Berlin, Germany on December 7, 2019 at 19:00 CET (10am PST), hosted by Aiste Dirziute & Anna Brüggemann. The big winner was “The Favourite,” which took home eight awards, including Best European Film and Best European Director. Director Werner Herzog was on hand to accept his Lifetime Achievement Award and actress Juliette Binoche attended to accept her European Achievement in World Cinema Award.
Best European Film
Presented by David Yates
“The Favourite”
Nominees:
- “Les Misérables”
- “An Officer And A Spy”
- “Pain And Glory”
- “System Crasher”
- “The Traitor”
Best European Comedy
Presented by Eva Melander
“The Favourite”
Nominees:
- “Ditte & Louise”
- “Tel Aviv On Fire”
European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
Presented by Josefine Frida Pettersen & Alex Lawther
“Les Misérables”
Nominees:
- “Aniara”
- “Atlantics”
- “Blind Spot”
- “Irina”
- “Ray & Liz”
BEST EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Presented by Hera Hilmar
“Buñuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles”
Nominees:
- “I Lost My Body”
- “Marona’s Fantastic Tale”
- “The Swallows Of Kaboul”
Best European Documentary
Presented by Nino Kirtadzé
“For Sama”
Nominees:
- “The Disappearance of My Mother”
- “Honeyland”
- “Putin’s Witnesses”
- “Selfie”
BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
Presented by Milan Maric & Daphne Patakia
“The Christmas Gift”
Nominees:
- “Dogs Barking At Birds”
- “The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady”
- “Reconstruction”
- “Watermelon Juice”
BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
Presented by Joanna Kulig
Yorgos Lanthimos — “The Favourite”
Nominees:
- Pedro Almodóvar — “Pain And Glory”
- Marco Bellocchio — “The Traitor”
- Roman Polanski — “An Officer And A Spy”
- Céline Sciamma — “Portrait Of A Lady On Fire”
Best European Actress
Presented by Adriana Ugarte
Olivia Colman — “The Favourite”
Nominees:
- Trine Dyrholm — “Queen Of Hearts”
- Noémie Merlant & Adèle Haenel — “Portrait Of A Lady On Fire”
- Viktoria Miroshnichenko — “Beanpole”
- Helena Zengel — “System Crasher”
Best European Actor
Presented by Claes Bang
Antonio Banderas — “Pain And Glory”
Nominees:
- Jean Dujardin — “An Officer And A Spy”
- Pierfrancesco Favino — “The Traitor”
- Levan Gelbakhiani — “And Then We Danced”
- Alexander Scheer — “Gundermann”
- Ingvar E. Sigurðsson — “A White, White Day”
Best European Screenwriter
Presented by Jacob Cedergren & Benedetta Porcaroli
Céline Sciamma — “Portrait Of A Lady On Fire”
Nominees:
- Pedro Almodóvar — “Pain And Glory”
- Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella & Francesco Piccolo — “The Traitor”
- Robert Harris & Roman Polanski — “An Officer And A Spy”
- Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini & Alexis Manenti — “Les Misérables”
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA
Juliette Binoche
EFA Lifetime Achievement Award
Werner Herzog
Excellence in European CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Favorite” — Robbie Ryan
Excellence in European EDITING
“The Favorite” — Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Excellence in European Production Design
“Pain and Glory” — Antxon Gómez
Excellence in European Costume Design
“The Favourite” — Sandy Powell
Excellence in European HAIR & Makeup
“The Favourite” — Nadia Stacey
Excellence in European Original Score
“System Crasher” — John Gürtler
Excellence in European Sound
“Twelve-Year Night”
Eduardo Esquide, Nacho Royo-Villanova & Laurent Chassaigne
Excellence in European Visual Effects
“About Endlessness”
Martin Ziebell, Sebastian Kaltmeyer, Néha Hirve, Jesper Brodersen & Torgeir Busch
Eurimages Co-Production Award
Presented by Agata Buzek
Ankica Jurić
European Achievement in Fiction Series AWARD
“Babylon Berlin”
Young Audience Award
“Fight Girl”
EFA People’s choice Award
“Cold War” — Paweł Pawlikowski
