European Film Awards
The European Film Awards are the most prestigious pan European movie awards.
Similar to the Academy Awards in many ways, the European Film Awards are selected by the European Film Academy. In this regard they are sometimes called the "European Oscars". They are reserved to European cinema and European producers and actors.
Extremely popular since their inception in 1988 their importance and prestige diminished in mid-90s. The beginning of the 21st century marked a certain rise of interest towards these awards. The awards were originally called the Felix Awards but the name was changed to the European Film Awards.
The host cities alternate. Berlin hosts them every other year while other European cities get the chance in between. In 2006 it is Warsaw's turn. The awards are given in over ten categories of which the most important is the Film of the year.
Best European Film (Film of the year)
- 1988 - Krótki film o zabijaniu (A Short Film About Killing) by Krzysztof Kieslowski
- 1989 - Topio stin omichli (Landscape In The Mist) by Theo Angelopoulos
- 1990 - Porte aperte (Open Doors) by Gianni Amelio
- 1991 - Riff-Raff by Ken Loach
- 1992 - Il Ladro di bambini (Stolen Children) by Gianni Amelio
- 1993 - Urga (Close To Eden) by Nikita Mikhalkov
- 1994 - Lamerica by Gianni Amelio
- 1995 - Land and Freedom by Ken Loach
- 1996 - Breaking the Waves by Lars Von Trier
- 1997 - The Full Monty by Peter Cattaneo
- 1998 - La Vita é Bella (Life Is Beautiful) by Roberto Benigni
- 1999 - Todos sobre su madre (All About My Mother) by Pedro Almodóvar
- 2000 - Dancer in the Dark by Lars Von Trier
- 2001 - Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- 2002 - Hable con ella (Talk to Her) by Pedro Almodóvar
- 2003 - Good Bye Lenin! by Wolfgang Becker
- 2004 - Gegen die Wand (Head-On) by Fatih Akın
- 2005 - Caché/Hidden by Michael Haneke
Best European Director
- 1988 - Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire)
- 1989 - Géza Bereményi (Eldorado)
- 2001 - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie)
- 2002 - Pedro Almodóvar (Talk to Her)
- 2003 - Lars von Trier (Dogville)
- 2004 - Alejandro Amenábar (The Sea Inside)
- 2005 - Michael Haneke (Caché/Hidden)
Best European Actor
- 1988 - Max von Sydow (Pelle the Conqueror)
- 1989 - Philippe Noiret (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
- 1990 - Kenneth Branagh (Henry V)
- 1991 - Michel Bouquet (Toto le heros)
- 1992 - Matti Pellonpää (La vie de boheme)
- 1993 - Daniel Auteuil (Un coeur en hiver)
- 1996 - Ian McKellen (Richard III)
- 1997 - Bob Hoskins (Twentyfourseven)
- 1998 - Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful)
- 1999 - Ralph Fiennes (Sunshine)
- 2000 - Sergi Lopez (With a Friend Like Harry...)
- 2001 - Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast)
- 2002 - Sergio Castellitto (Mostly Martha & My Mother's Smile)
- 2003 - Daniel Brühl (Good Bye Lenin!)
- 2004 - Javier Bardem (Mar adentro)
- 2005 - Daniel Auteuil (Caché/Hidden)
Best European Actress
- 1988 - Carmen Maura (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios)
- 1989 - Ruth Sheen (High hopes)
- 1990 - Carmen Maura (Ay Carmela!)
- 1991 - Clotilde Courau (Le petit criminel)
- 1992 - Juliette Binoche (The Lovers on the Bridge)
- 1993 - Maia Morgenstern (Balanta)
- 1996 - Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves)
- 1997 - Juliette Binoche (The English Patient)
- 1998 - Elodie Bouchez & Natacha Regnier (The Dreamlife of Angels)
- 1999 - Cecilia Roth (Todo sobre mi madre)
- 2000 - Björk (Dancer in the Dark)
- 2001 - Isabelle Huppert (La pianiste)
- 2002 - Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard (8 femmes)
- 2003 - Charlotte Rampling (Swimming Pool)
- 2004 - Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
- 2005 - Julia Jentsch (Sophie Scholl - The Final Days)
Best European Screenwriter
- 1988 - Louis Malle (Au revoir les enfants)
- 1989 - Maria Khmelik (Malenkaja Vera)
- 1990 - Vitaly Kanevsky (Zamri – Oumri – Voskresni)
- 1991 - Jaco van Dormael (Toto le Héros)
- 1992 - István Szabó (Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe )
- 1996 - Arif Aliev, Sergei Bodrov & Boris Giller (Prisoner of the Mountains)
- 1997 - Chris van der Stappen & Alain Berliner (Ma vie en rose)
- 1998 - Peter Howitt (Sliding doors)
- 1999 - István Szabó & Israel Horovitz (Sunshine)
- 2000 - Agnès Jaoui & Jean-Pierre Bacri (The Taste of Others)
- 2001 - Danis Tanovic (No Man’s Land)
- 2002 - Pedro Almodóvar (Talk to Her)
- 2003 - Bernd Lichtenberg (Good Bye Lenin!)
- 2004 - Agnès Jaoui & Jean-Pierre Bacri (Look at Me)
- 2005 - Hany Abu-Assad & Bero Beyer (Paradise Now)
Best European Composer
- 1989 - Andrew Dickson (High Hopes)
- 1991 - Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (Börn Natturunnar)
- 1992 - Vincent van Warmerdam (De Noorderlingen)
- 2004 - Bruno Coulais (Les Choristes)
- 2005 - Rupert Gregson-Williams & Andrea Guerra (Hotel Rwanda)
European Editor
- 1991 - Giancarla Simoncelli (Ultrà)
- 1992 - Nelly Quettier (Les Amants du Pont-Neuf)
- 2005 - Michael Hudecek & Nadine Muse (Caché/Hidden)
European Cinematographer
- 1989 - Ulf Brantas & Jörgen Persson (Kvinnorna Pa Taket)
- 1990 - Tonino Nardi (Porte Aperte)
- 1991 - Walther van den Ende (Toto Le Heros)
- 1992 - Jean-Yves Escoffier (Les Aamants Du Pont-Neuf)
- 1997 - John Seale (The English Patient)
- 1998 - Adrian Biddle (The Butcher Boy)
- 1999 - Lajos Koltai (La Leggenda Del Pianista Sull’Oceano & Sunshine)
- 2000 - Vittorio Storaro (Goya En Burdeos)
- 2001 - Bruno Delbonnel (Amélie)
- 2002 - Pawel Edelman (The Pianist)
- 2003 - Anthony Dod Mantle (Dogville & 28 Days Later)
- 2004 - Eduardo Serra (Girl With A Pearl Earring)
- 2005 - Franz Lustig (Don’t Come Knocking)
Jameson People's Choice Award - Best European Director
- 1997 - Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty)
- 1998 - Roland Emmerich (Godzilla)
- 1999 - Pedro Almodóvar (Todo Sobre Mi Madre)
- 2000 - Lars von Trier (Dancer in the Dark)
- 2001 - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie)
- 2002 - Pedro Almodóvar (Hable Con Ella)
- 2003 - Wolfgang Becker (Good Bye Lenin!)
- 2004 - Fatih Akin (Head-On)
- 2005 - Marc Rothemund (Sophie Scholl - The Final Days)
Jameson People's Choice Award - Best European Actor
- 1997 - Javier Bardem
- 1998 - Antonio Banderas (The Mask of Zorro)
- 1999 - Sean Connery (Entrapment)
- 2000 - Ingvar E. Sigurdsson (Englar Alheimsins)
- 2001 - Colin Firth (Bridget Jones's Diary)
- 2002 - Javier Camara (Hable Con Ella)
- 2003 - Daniel Brühl (Good Bye Lenin!)
- 2004 - Daniel Brühl (Love in Thoughts)
- 2005 - Orlando Bloom (Kingdom Of Heaven)
Jameson People's Choice Award - Best European Actress
- 1997 - Jodie Foster (Contact)
- 1998 - Kate Winslet (Titanic)
- 1999 - Catherine Zeta-Jones (Entrapment)
- 2000 - Björk (Dancer in the Dark)
- 2001 - Juliette Binoche (Chocolat)
- 2002 - Kate Winslet (Iris)
- 2003 - Katrin Sass (Good Bye Lenin!)
- 2004 - Penélope Cruz (Don't Move)
- 2005 - Julia Jentsch (Sophie Scholl - The Final Days)
European Achievement in World Cinema
- 1997 - Milos Forman (The People vs. Larry Flynt)
- 1998 - Stellan Skarsgård (Amistad & Good Will Hunting)
- 1999 - Antonio Banderas & Roman Polanski
- 2000 - Jean Reno & Roberto Benigni
- 2001 - Ewan McGregor
- 2002 - Victoria Abril
- 2003 - Carlo di Palma
- 2004 - Liv Ullmann
- 2005 - Maurice Jarre
- 2006 - Jeremy Thomas
Non-European Film - Prix Screen International
- 1996 - Dead Man (USA)
- 1997 - Hana-Bi (Japan)
- 1998 - The Truman Show (USA)
- 1999 - The Straight Story (USA)
- 2000 - In the Mood for Love (Hong Kong)
- 2001 - Moulin Rouge! (Australia, USA)
- 2002 - Chronicle of a Disappearance (Palestine)
- 2003 - Les invasions barbares (Canada)
- 2004 - 2046 (Hong Kong)
- 2005 - Good Night, and Good Luck. (USA)
Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1988 - Ingmar Bergman & Marcello Mastroianni
- 1989 - Federico Fellini
- 1990 - Andrzej Wajda
- 1991 - Alexandre Trauner
- 1992 - Billy Wilder
- 1993 - Michelangelo Antonioni
- 1994 - Robert Bresson
- 1995 - Marcel Carne
- 1996 - Alec Guinness
- 1997 - Jeanne Moreau
- 1999 - Ennio Morricone
- 2000 - Richard Harris
- 2001 - Monty Python
- 2002 - Tonino Guerra
- 2003 - Claude Chabrol
- 2004 - Carlos Saura
- 2005 - Sean Connery
- 2006 - Roman Polanski
Other Awards
- European Cinematographer
- European Production Designer
- European Film Academy Discovery - Prix Fassbinder
- Critics Award - Prix Fipresci
- Documentary - Prix Arte
- Short Film - Prix UIP