European Film Awards 2024 awarded. In the most important category – European Film – the winner was one of the most famous films of the year, “Emilia Pérez” by Jacques Audiard. Its creator was appreciated in the categories of European Director and European Screenwriter. Karla Sofia Gascon, who played the main role in Audiard's film, received the European Actress statuette.
The European Film Awards (EFA) are awarded by 5.4 thousand members of the European Film Academy and are described as the European equivalent of the Oscars. They were first awarded in 1988, and until 1996, winners were awarded Felix statuettes. Since 1997, the awards have been “nameless” and, as before, they are intended to be a form of recognition of outstanding achievements in European cinema.
A great victory for Jacques Audiard
This year, the Academy changed the rules of awarding awards, including opening the European Film category to animated and documentary productions. Therefore, in the 37th edition of the awards, the most important category included not 5, but 15 titles. This year's European Film award went to the film “Emilia Pérez”.
In the European Director and European Screenwriter categories, the legendary French filmmaker Jacques Audiard won for his film “Emilia Pérez”. Audiard was first nominated for the European Film Awards in 2002 for the script for the film “On My Lips”. Then he was nominated, among others, in 2005 and 2009 for directing (for “In the Rhythm of the Heart” and “Proroka” respectively).
When Audiard appeared on stage to receive his second award, he joked: – Stop calling me “Jacques Audiard” and start calling me “Jacques Award”.
Playing the main role in Audiard's film Karla Sofia Gascon won in the European Actress category. Whereas Abou Sangare for his role in the film “The Story of Souleymane” he received the European Actor award.
Favorites appreciated
It became the European Animated Film of 2024 “Straume” Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis. However, as expected, it became a European Documentary Film “We don't want another land”directed by the Israeli-Palestinian team of Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal. The favorite also won in the European Short Film category: “The Man Who Couldn't Keep Silent” directed by Croatian Nebojša Slijepčević.
In the European Discovery – FIPRESCI Award category, the winner was a Norwegian Halfdan Ullmann Tøndelcreator of the film “Armand”, which is also the Norwegian candidate for the Oscar in the best international film category.
Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel – European Discovery – FIPRESCI PrizePAP/EPA/PHILIPP SCHMIDLI
European Film Awards 2024. Full list of winners and nominees
- “Farewell, Tiberias” dir. Lina Soualem
- “Dahomey” dir. Mati Diop
- “Emilia Pérez” dir. Jacques Audiard – awarded
- “Straume” dir. Gints Zilbalodis
- “In Suspension” dir. Alina Maksimenko
- “Zivot k sezrání” dir. Kristina Dufková
- “We don't want another land” dir. Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal
- “Wild” dir. Claude Barras
- “The Soundtrack of the Coup d'état” dir. Johan Grimonpresident
- “Sultana's Dream” dir. Isabel Herguera
- “In the Next Room” dir. Pedro Almodovar
- “Seeds of the Sacred Fig” dir. Mohammad Rasoulof
- “Substance” dir. Coralie Fargeat
- “The Pianist was Shot” dir. Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
- “Vermiglio” dir. Maura Delpero
European Documentary Film
- “Farewell, Tiberias” dir. Lina Soualem
- “Dahomey” dir. Mati DIop
- “In Suspension” dir. Alina Maksimenko
- “We don't want another land” dir. Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal – awarded
- “The Soundtrack of the Coup d'état” dir. Johan Grimonpresident
“In Suspension” dir. Alina MaksimenkoWajda Studio/Millenium Docs Against Gravity
European Animated Film
- “Straume” dir. Gints Zilbalodis – awarded
- “Zivot k sezrání” dir. Kristina Dufková
- “Wild” dir. Claude Barras
- “Sultana's Dream” dir. Isabel Herguera
- “The Pianist was Shot” dir. Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
European Short Film
- “2720” dir. Basil da Cunha
- “Boucan” dir. Salomé Da Souza
- “La Fille qui explose” dir. Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel
- “The Man Who Couldn't Keep Silent” dir. Nebojša Slijepčević – awarded
- “No End” dir. Nina Gantz
European Director/Female Director
- Andrea Arnold for “Bird”
- Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez” – awarded
- Pedro Almodovar for “In the Next Room”
- Mohammad Rasoulof for “The Seeds of the Sacred Fig”
- Maura Delpero for “Vermiglio”
- Renate Reinsve for “Armand”
- Karla Sofia Gascon for “Emilia Pérez” – awarded
- Trine Dyrholm for “The Girl with the Needle”
- Vic Carmen Sonne for “The Girl with the Needle”
- Tilda Swinton for “In the Next Room”
“Armand” dir. Halfdan Ullman TøndelFestival du Cannes
- Franz Rogowski for “Bird”
- Ralph Fiennes for “The Conclave”
- Lars Eidinger for “Symphony on Dying”
- Daniel Craig for “Queer”
- Abou Sangare for “The Story of Souleymane” – awarded
European Screenwriter/European Screenwriter/European Screenwriters
- Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez” – awarded
- Magnus von Horn and Line Langebek for “The Girl with the Needle”
- Pedro Almodovar for “In the Next Room”
- Mohammad Rasoulof for “The Seeds of the Sacred Fig”
- Coralie Fargeat for “Substance”
A still from the movie “The Girl with the Needle”Festival du Cannes
- European Photos -Benjamin Kračun “Substance”
- European Assembly – Juliette Welfling “Emilia Pérez”
- European Scenography – Jagoda Dobesz “Girl with a Needle”
- European Costumes – Tanja Hausner “The Devil's Bath”
- European Characterization – Evalotte Oosterop “Tomorrow at Dawn”
- European Composer – Frederikke Hoffmeier “The Girl with the Needle”
- European Sound – Samuel Aïchoun, Rodrigo Diaz, Pierre Bariaud, Marc-Olivier Brullé, Charlotte Butrak “The Story of Souleymane”
- European Special Effects – Bryan Jones, Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky, Guillaume Le Gouez, Chevin Shafaghi “Substance”
European Discovery – FIPRESCI Prize:
- “Armand” dir. Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel – awarded
- “Treasures” dir. Luna Carmoon
- “Kneecap. Hip-hop revolution” dir. Rich Peppiatt
- “Santosh” dir. Sandhya Suri
- “The New Year That Never Came” dir. Bogdan Mureșanu
- “Toxic” dir. Saulė Bliuvaitė
European Film Award – European Young Audience Award:
- “Lars is Lol” dir. Eirik Sæter Stordahl
- “Ibelin” dir. Benjamin Ree – awarded
- “Sieger Sein” dir. Soleen Yusef
European Film Schools Award:
- “April” dir. Dea Kulumbegashvili
- “Armand” dir. Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
- “Kneecap. Hip-hop revolution” dir. Rich Peppiatt
- “The Moon” dir. Kurdwin Ayub
- “Three kilometers to the end of the world” dir. Emanuel Pârvu – winner
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