European Film Awards
The European Film Academy announced the winners of the European Film Awards 2022, celebrating excellence in European cinema. The ceremony brought together international guests, nominees, and presenters to honour winners across 23 categories. With four awards, including European Film, Director, Screenwriter, and Actor, RUBEN ÖSTLUND’s TRIANGLE OF SADNESS emerged as the evening’s most awarded film. LUKAS DHONT’S CLOSE, a moving portrait of friendship, stood out with five nominations, underlining its impact on audiences and critics alike. A highlight of the evening was VICKY KRIEPS being honoured as European Actress for her remarkable performance in CORSAGE.
The European Film Academy announced the winners of the European Film Awards 2022, celebrating excellence in European cinema. The ceremony brought together international guests, nominees, and presenters to honour winners across 23 categories. With four awards, including European Film, Director, Screenwriter, and Actor, RUBEN ÖSTLUND’s TRIANGLE OF SADNESS emerged as the evening’s most awarded film. LUKAS DHONT’S CLOSE, a moving portrait of friendship, stood out with five nominations, underlining its impact on audiences and critics alike. A highlight of the evening was VICKY KRIEPS being honoured as European Actress for her remarkable performance in CORSAGE.
European Film 2022
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Sweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom
Most awards: 4
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Sweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom
Most nominations: 5
CLOSE
Belgium, France, Netherlands
European Film
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Directed by Ruben Östlund
Sweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom
European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI
SMALL BODY (PICCOLO CORPO)
Directed by Laura Samani
Italy, Slovenia, France
European Animated Feature Film
NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED
Directed by Alain Ughetto
France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal
European Documentary
MARIUPOLIS 2
Directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius
Lithuania, France, Germany
European Short Film
GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE (BABIČINO SEKSUALNO ŽIVLJENJE)
Directed by Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard
Slovenia, France
European Sound
Simone Paolo Olivero, Paolo Benvenuti, Benni Atria, Marco Saitta, Ansgar Frerich, Florian Holzner THE HOLE (IL BUCO)
Italy, Germany, France
LUX Audience Award
QUO VADIS, AIDA?
Directed by Jasmila Žbanić
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria, Netherlands, France, Poland, Norway, Germany, Romania, Turkey
European Young Audience Award
ANIMAL
Directed by Cyril Dion
France
European University Film Award
EO
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Poland, Italy
European Sustainability Award – Prix Film4Climate
European Visual Effects
Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES)
European Comedy
THE GOOD BOSS (EL BUEN PATRÓN)
Directed by Fernando León De Aranoa
Spain
Eurimages Co-Production Award
Categories
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Directed by Ruben Östlund
Sweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom
ALCARRÀS
Directed by Carla Simón
Spain, Italy
CLOSE
Directed by Lukas Dhont
Belgium, France, Netherlands
CORSAGE
Directed by Marie Kreutzer
Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France
HOLY SPIDER
Directed by Ali Abbasi
Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France
SMALL BODY(PICCOLO CORPO)
Directed by Laura Samani
Italy, Slovenia, France
107 MOTHERS(CENZORKA)
Directed by Peter Kerekes
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine
LOVE ACCORDING TO DALVA(DALVA)
Directed by Emmanuelle Nicot
Belgium, France
OTHER PEOPLE(INNI LUDZIE)
Directed by Aleksandra Terpińska
Poland, France
PAMFIR
Directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Ukraine, France, Poland, Germany, Chile
SONNE(SONNE)
Directed by Kurdwin Ayub
Austria
NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED
Directed by Alain Ughetto
France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal
LITTLE NICHOLAS - HAPPY AS CAN BE
Directed by Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre
France, Luxembourg
MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE
Directed by Signe Baumane
Latvia, USA, Luxembourg
MY NEIGHBOR'S NEIGHBORS(LES VOISINS DE MES VOISINS)
Directed by Anne-Laure Daffis, Léo Marchand
France
OINK(KNOR)
Directed by Mascha Halberstad
Netherlands, Belgium
MARIUPOLIS 2
Directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius
Lithuania, France, Germany
A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS
Directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont
Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Ukraine
GIRL GANG
Directed by Susanne Regina Meures
Switzerland
THE BALCONY MOVIE(FILM BALKONOWY)
Directed by Paweł Łoziński
Poland
THE MARCH ON ROME(MARCIA SU ROMA)
Directed by Mark Cousins
Italy
GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE(BABIČINO SEKSUALNO ŽIVLJENJE)
Directed by Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard
Slovenia, France
ICE MERCHANTS
Directed by João Gonzalez
Portugal, France, United Kingdom
LOVE, DAD
Directed by Diana Cam Van Nguyen
Czech Republic, Slovakia
TECHNO, MAMA
Directed by Saulius Baradinskas
Lithuania
WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME
Directed by Mo Harawe
Austria, Germany, Somalia
Eytan İpeker, Özcan VardarBURNING DAYS (KURAK GÜNLER)
Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Croatia
Simone Paolo Olivero, Paolo Benvenuti, Benni Atria, Marco Saitta, Ansgar Frerich, Florian HolznerTHE HOLE (IL BUCO)
Italy, Germany, France
QUO VADIS, AIDA?
Directed by Jasmila Žbanić
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria, Netherlands, France, Poland, Norway, Germany, Romania, Turkey
FLEE(FLUGT)
Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway
GREAT FREEDOM(GROSSE FREIHEIT)
Directed by Sebastian Meise
Austria, Germany
ANIMAL
Directed by Cyril Dion
France
COMEDY QUEEN
Directed by Sanna Lenken
Sweden
DREAMS ARE LIKE WILD TIGERS(TRÄUME SIND WIE WILDE TIEGER)
Directed by Lars Montag
Germany
EO
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Poland, Italy
ALCARRÀS
Directed by Carla Simón
Spain, Italy
CLOSE
Directed by Lukas Dhont
Belgium, France, Netherlands
THE ECLIPSE(FORMØRKELSEN)
Directed by Nataša Urban
Norway
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Directed by Ruben Östlund
Sweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom
Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus FrankALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES)
Germany
Feature Film Selection 2022
AFTERSUN
Directed by Charlotte Wells
United Kingdom
Feature Film Selection 2022
ALCARRÀS
Directed by Carla Simón
Spain, Italy
Feature Film Selection 2022
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT(IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES)
Directed by Edward Berger
Germany
Feature Film Selection 2022
AS FAR AS I CAN WALK(STRAHINJA BANOVIĆ)
Directed by Stefan Arsenijevic
Serbia, Luxembourg, France, Bulgaria, Lithuania
Feature Film Selection 2022
BEAUTIFUL BEINGS(BERDREYMI)
Directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic
Feature Film Selection 2022
BELFAST
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
United Kingdom, Ireland
Feature Film Selection 2022
BENEDICTION
Directed by Terence Davies
United Kingdom
Feature Film Selection 2022
BOY FROM HEAVEN
Directed by Tarik Saleh
Sweden, France, Finland
Feature Film Selection 2022
BURNING DAYS(KURAK GÜNLER)
Directed by Emin Alper
Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Croatia
Feature Film Selection 2022
CLOSE
Directed by Lukas Dhont
Belgium, France, Netherlands
Feature Film Selection 2022
CORSAGE
Directed by Marie Kreutzer
Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France
Feature Film Selection 2022
EO
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Poland, Italy
Feature Film Selection 2022
GIRL PICTURE(TYTÖT TYTÖT TYTÖT)
Directed by Alli Haapasalo
Finland
Feature Film Selection 2022
GODLAND(VANSKABTE LAND / VOLAÐA LAND)
Directed by Hlynur Pálmason
Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden
Feature Film Selection 2022
HOLY SPIDER
Directed by Ali Abbasi
Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France
Feature Film Selection 2022
MAIXABEL
Directed by Iciar Bollain
Spain
Feature Film Selection 2022
MEDITERRANEAN FEVER(حمّى البحر المتوسط)
Directed by Maha Haj
Germany, France, Cyprus, Palestine
Feature Film Selection 2022
MORE THAN EVER(PLUS QUE JAMAIS)
Directed by Emily Atef
France, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway
Feature Film Selection 2022
NOSTALGIA
Directed by Mario Martone
Italy, France
Feature Film Selection 2022
ONE FINE MORNING(UN BEAU MATIN)
Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
France, Germany
Feature Film Selection 2022
PACIFICTION(TOURMENT SUR LES ILES)
Directed by Albert Serra
France, Spain, Germany, Portugal
Feature Film Selection 2022
PARALLEL MOTHERS(MADRES PARALELAS)
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
Feature Film Selection 2022
RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH(RABIYE KURNAZ GEGEN GEORGE W. BUSH)
Directed by Andreas Dresen
Germany, France
Feature Film Selection 2022
REFLECTION(VIDBLYSK)
Directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych
Ukraine
Feature Film Selection 2022
SAINT OMER
Directed by Alice Diop
France
Feature Film Selection 2022
THE BEASTS(AS BESTAS)
Directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Spain, France
Feature Film Selection 2022
THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS(LE OTTO MONTAGNE)
Directed by Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
Italy, Belgium, France
Feature Film Selection 2022
THE HOLE(IL BUCO)
Directed by Michelangelo Frammartino
Italy, Germany, France
Feature Film Selection 2022
THE QUIET GIRL(AN CAILÍN CIÚIN)
Directed by Colm Bairéad
Ireland
Feature Film Selection 2022
THE SOUVENIR: PART II
Directed by Joanna Hogg
United Kingdom
Feature Film Selection 2022
TORI AND LOKITA(TORI ET LOKITA)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Belgium, France
Feature Film Selection 2022
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Directed by Ruben Östlund
Sweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom
Feature Film Selection 2022
VERA
Directed by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Austria
Feature Film Selection 2022
WILL-O'-THE-WISP(FOGO-FÁTUO)
Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Portugal, France
Feature Film Selection 2022
WOMEN DO CRY
Directed by Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
Bulgaria, France
Documentary Film Selection 2022
A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS
Directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont
Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Ukraine
Documentary Film Selection 2022
A THOUSAND FIRES
Directed by Saeed Taji Farouky
France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Palestine
Documentary Film Selection 2022
ANGELS OF SINJAR
Directed by Hanna Polak
Poland, Germany
Documentary Film Selection 2022
GIRL GANG
Directed by Susanne Regina Meures
Switzerland
Documentary Film Selection 2022
HOW TO SAVE A DEAD FRIEND
Directed by Marusya Syroechkovskaya
Sweden, Norway, France, Germany
Documentary Film Selection 2022
KARAOKE PARADISE(KARAOKEPARATIISI)
Directed by Einari Paakkanen
Finland
Documentary Film Selection 2022
MARIUPOLIS 2
Directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius
Lithuania, France, Germany
Documentary Film Selection 2022
MR LANDSBERGIS(MR LANDSBERGIS. SUGRIAUTI BLOGIO IMPERIJĄ)
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Lithuania, Netherlands
Documentary Film Selection 2022
NELLY & NADINE
Directed by Magnus Gertten
Sweden, Belgium, Norway
Documentary Film Selection 2022
REPUBLIC OF SILENCE
Directed by Diana El Jeiroudi
Germany, France, Syria, Qatar, Italy
Documentary Film Selection 2022
THE BALCONY MOVIE(FILM BALKONOWY)
Directed by Paweł Łoziński
Poland
Documentary Film Selection 2022
THE ECLIPSE(FORMØRKELSEN)
Directed by Nataša Urban
Norway
Documentary Film Selection 2022
THE MARCH ON ROME(MARCIA SU ROMA)
Directed by Mark Cousins
Italy
Documentary Film Selection 2022
THREE MINUTES – A LENGTHENING
Directed by Bianca Stigter
Netherlands, United Kingdom
Short Film Candidates 2022
38
Directed by Joanna Rytel
Sweden
Short Film Candidates 2022
AFFAIRS OF THE ART
Directed by Joanna Quinn
United Kingdom, Canada
Short Film Candidates 2022
BACHELORETTE PARTY(ENTERREMENT DE VIE DE JEUNE FILLE)
Directed by Lola Combourieu, Yann Berlier
France
Short Film Candidates 2022
BECOMING MALE IN THE MIDDLE AGES(TORNAR-SE UM HOMEM NA IDADE MÉDIA)
Directed by Pedro Neves Marques
Portugal
Short Film Candidates 2022
CHERRIES(UOGOS)
Directed by Vytautas Katkus
Lithuania
Short Film Candidates 2022
DAD’S SNEAKERS(ПАПИНІ КРОСІВКИ)
Directed by Olha Zhurba
Ukraine
Short Film Candidates 2022
DAWN(MADRUGADA)
Directed by Leonor Noivo
Portugal
Short Film Candidates 2022
GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE(BABIČINO SEKSUALNO ŽIVLJENJE)
Directed by Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard
Slovenia, France
Short Film Candidates 2022
HANDBOOK(HANDBUCH)
Directed by Pavel Mozhar
Germany
Short Film Candidates 2022
ICE MERCHANTS
Directed by João Gonzalez
Portugal, France, United Kingdom
Short Film Candidates 2022
LE SABOTEUR
Directed by Anssi Kasitonni
Finland
Short Film Candidates 2022
LOVE, DAD
Directed by Diana Cam Van Nguyen
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Short Film Candidates 2022
MEMOIR OF A VEERING STORM
Directed by Sofia Georgovassili
Greece
Short Film Candidates 2022
NEIGHBOUR ABDI(BUURMAN ABDI)
Directed by Douwe Dijkstra
Netherlands
Short Film Candidates 2022
NEST
Directed by Hlynur Pálmason
Denmark, Iceland
Short Film Candidates 2022
NORTH POLE(SEVEREN POL)
Directed by Marija Apcevska
North Macedonia, Serbia
Short Film Candidates 2022
ON SOLID GROUND(ÜBER WASSER)
Directed by Jela Hasler
Switzerland
Short Film Candidates 2022
SEKUNDENARBEITEN
Directed by Christiana Perschon
Austria
Short Film Candidates 2022
SNOW IN SEPTEMBER
Directed by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
France, Mongolia
Short Film Candidates 2022
STEAKHOUSE
Directed by Špela Čadež
Slovenia, Germany, France
Short Film Candidates 2022
TECHNO, MAMA
Directed by Saulius Baradinskas
Lithuania
Short Film Candidates 2022
THE BAYVIEW
Directed by Daniel Cook
United Kingdom
Short Film Candidates 2022
THE POTEMKINISTS(POTEMKINISTII)
Directed by Radu Jude
Romania
Short Film Candidates 2022
THE RED SUITCASE(LA VALISE ROUGE)
Directed by Cyrus Neshvad
Luxembourg
Short Film Candidates 2022
THE SALAMANDER CHILD(L'ENFANT SALAMANDRE)
Directed by Théo Degen
Belgium
Short Film Candidates 2022
THE SOWER OF STARS(EL SEMBRADOR DE ESTRELLAS)
Directed by Lois Patiño
Spain
Short Film Candidates 2022
URBAN SOLUTIONS
Directed by Arne Hector, Luciana Mazeto, Vinícius Lopes, Minze Tummescheit
Germany
Short Film Candidates 2022
WHEN I SMILE MY EYES CLOSE(Όταν Γελάω Κλείνουν τα Μάτια μου)
Directed by Daniel Bolda
Greece
Short Film Candidates 2022
WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME
Directed by Mo Harawe
Austria, Germany, Somalia
