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
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA AWARD
Juliette Binoche
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION SERIES AWARD
BABYLON BERLIN
EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2019 – Prix EURIMAGES
Ankica Jurić Tilić
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2019 FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM
COLD WAR
ZIMNA WOJNA
Poland, UK, France
DIRECTED BY Paweł Pawlikowski