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.