Yorgos Lanthimos' THE FAVOURITE Sweeps 2019 European Film Awards

Emma Stone (with director Yorgos Lanthimos) The Favourite

The Favourite directed by Yorgos Lanthimos was the big winner at this year’s 32nd European Film Awards taking the top prize European Film 2019, along with European Comedy 2019, in addition to European Director 2019 for Yorgos Lanthimos, and European Actress 2019 for Olivia Colman. The film also won the technical awards – European Costume Design 2019, European Cinematography 2019, European Editing 2019, and European Hair & Make-Up 2019.

Other top awards went to For Sama directed by Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts for European Documentary 2019, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles directed by Salvador Simó for European Animated Feature Film 2019 and European Discovery 2019 – Prix FIPRESCI to Les Misérables directed by Ladj Ly. Antonio Banderas won European Actor 2019 for Pain and Glory.

The People’s Choice Award 2019 for Best European Film went to Cold War directed by Paweł Pawlikowski.

32nd European Film Awards Winners

EUROPEAN FILM 2019
THE FAVOURITE
UK, Ireland
DIRECTED BY Yorgos Lanthimos
WRITTEN BY Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara
PRODUCED BY Ed Guiney, Ceci Dempsey, Lee Magiday & Yorgos Lanthimos

EUROPEAN COMEDY 2019
THE FAVOURITE
UK, Ireland
DIRECTED BY Yorgos Lanthimos
WRITTEN BY Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara
PRODUCED BY Ed Guiney, Ceci Dempsey, Lee Magiday & Yorgos Lanthimos

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2019 – Prix FIPRESCI
LES MISÉRABLES
France
DIRECTED BY Ladj Ly
WRITTEN BY Ly, Giordano Gederlini & Alexis Manenti
PRODUCED BY Christophe Barral & Toufik Ayadi

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2019
FOR SAMA
UK, USA
DIRECTED BY Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts
PRODUCED BY Waad al-Kateab

EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2019
BUÑUEL IN THE LABYRINTH OF THE TURTLES
BUÑUEL EN EL LABERINTO DE LAS TORTUGAS
Spain, The Netherlands
DIRECTED BY Salvador Simó
WRITTEN BY Eligio Montero & Salvador Simó
PRODUCED BY Manuel Cristobal, José Fernández de Vega & Bruno Felix
ANIMATION Manolo Galiana

EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2019
THE CHRISTMAS GIFT
CADOUL DE CRĂCIUN
Romania, Spain, fiction, 23 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Bogdan Mureşanu
PRODUCED BY Bogdan Mureşanu, Vistor Dumitrovici & Eduardo M Escribano Solera

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2019
Yorgos Lanthimos for THE FAVOURITE

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2019
Olivia Colman in THE FAVOURITE

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2019
Antonio Banderas in PAIN AND GLORY

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2019
Céline Sciamma for PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHY 2019
Robbie Ryan for THE FAVOURITE

EUROPEAN EDITING 2019
Yorgos Mavropsaridis for THE FAVOURITE

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGN 2019
Antxon Gómez for PAIN AND GLORY

EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGN 2019
Sandy Powell for THE FAVOURITE

EUROPEAN HAIR & MAKE-UP 2019
Nadia Stacey for THE FAVOURITE

EUROPEAN ORIGINAL SCORE 2019
John Gürtler for SYSTEM CRASHER

EUROPEAN SOUND 2019
Eduardo Esquide, Nacho Royo-Villanova & Laurent Chassaigne for A TWELVE-YEAR NIGHT

EUROPEAN SPECIAL EFFECTS 2019
Martin Ziebell, Sebastian Kaltmeyer, Néha Hirve, Jesper Brodersen & Torgeir Busch for ABOUT ENDLESSNESS

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Werner Herzog