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Here come the winners for the European Film Awards 2023

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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 AwardWinner: 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.

Please find all winners here. 

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Since its successful pan-European launch in November 2022 Europe’s own film and award season, the Month of European Film has been growing continuously: Starting with 35 partners from 35 countries in 2022, the Month of European Film collaborated in 2024 with 108 partners from 42 countries. The number of screenings of European films within the initiative rocketed from 1,553 in 2022 to 9,310 in 2023 to 16,140 screenings in the 2024 edition. Admissions increased from 61,199 in 2022 to 164,206 in 2023 to almost half a million admissions (467,697) in the last year. The participating partners reported that their activities during the Month of European Film increased audience interest in European films and it also makes them want to programme more European films in the future. This is the result of an evaluation with the participating partners of this unique initiative.

“The European Film Academy senses growing interest in Europe for an ‘award season’ celebrating the best European cinema has to offer,” says Mattthijs Wouter Knol, Academy CEO and Director. “With the Month of European Film we build a network and a window for the simultaneous celebration of European cinema and to bring the diversity of European film closer to home for many people: first of all to their local cinema. Only three years into the initiative we are proud and happy that the Month of European Film is becoming more and more visible across Europe and is attracting a significantly growing number of visitors from Norway to Malta, from Portugal to Georgia. In the upcoming years until the European Film Academy’s 40th anniversary in 2028, we will further build a European ‘award season’ with our partners. It is time to deepen the awareness of European film culture. It is time to bring us as Europeans closer together through the culture and values we share: cinema has that power.”

Feedback from the audience regarding the Month of European Film was also very positive: The partners reported that in an audience survey cinema visitors from across Europe saw the Month of European Film as an important celebration of European culture. They said the Month of European Film has raised their interest in European films significantly and that they would like to see more European films. It also made them feel more united with fellow Europeans.

This year, the Month of European Film will start with the nominations announcement on Tuesday 18 November 2025, with cinemas all over Europe offering a tailor-made programme for their local audience. The Month of European Film will have its grand finale on Saturday 17 January 2026 with the celebration of the European Film Awards in Berlin.

The Month of European Film is an initiative of the European Film Academy supported by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union, in co-operation with Europa Cinemas, CICAE, MUBI, DAFilms, Festival Scope, as well as numerous other European and local partners.

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