28th European Film Awards
# 28th European Film Awards

The 28th European Film Awards were presented on 12 December 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy.

## Winners and nominees

### European Film

| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
| - | - | - |
| Youth | Youth - La giovinezza | Paolo Sorrentino |
| The Lobster | | Yorgos Lanthimos |
| Mustang | | Deniz Gamze Ergüven |
| A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron | Roy Andersson |
| Rams | Hrútar | Grímur Hákonarson |
| Victoria | | Sebastian Schipper |

### European Comedy

| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
| - | - | - |
| A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron | Roy Andersson |
| The Bélier Family | La Famille Bélier | Éric Lartigau |
| The Brand New Testament | Le Tout Nouveau Testament | Jaco Van Dormael |

### European Documentary

| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
| - | - | - |
| Amy | | Asif Kapadia |
| Dancing with Maria | | Ivan Gergolet |
| The Look of Silence | Senyap | Joshua Oppenheimer |
| A Syrian Love Story | | Sean McAllister |
| Toto and His Sisters | | Alexander Nanau |

### European Animated Feature Film 2015

| English title | Director(s) | Animation |
| - | - | - |
| Song of the Sea | Tomm Moore | Fabian Earlinghauser & Sean McCarron |
| Adama | Simon Rouby | Pierre Ducos |
| Shaun the Sheep Movie | Richard Starzak & Mark Burton | Will Becher |

### People's Choice Award for Best European Film

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Writers(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Marshland | La isla mínima | Alberto Rodríguez | Alberto Rodríguez, Rafael Cobos |
| A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron | Roy Andersson | Roy Andersson |
| Force Majeure | Turist | Ruben Östlund | Ruben Östlund |
| Leviathan | Левиафан | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev |
| Samba | Samba | Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache | Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache |
| Serial (Bad) Weddings | Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ? | Philippe de Chauveron | Guy Laurent, Philippe de Chauveron |
| The Imitation Game | The Imitation Game | Morten Tyldum | Graham Moore |
| The Salt of the Earth | Le Sel de la Terre | Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado | David Rosier, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders |
| Victoria | Victoria | Sebastian Schipper | Sebastian Schipper |
| White God | Fehér isten | Kornél Mundruczó | Viktória Petrányi, Kornél Mundruczó, Kata Wéber |

### European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
| - | - | - |
| Mustang | | Deniz Gamze Ergüven |
| Goodnight Mommy | Ich seh Ich seh | Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala |
| Limbo | | Anna Sofie Hartmann |
| Slow West | | John Maclean |
| Summers Downstairs [de] | Im Sommer wohnt er unten | Tom Sommerlatte |

### European Director

| Director(s) | English title | Original title |
| - | - | - |
| Paolo Sorrentino | Youth | Youth - La giovinezza |
| Małgorzata Szumowska | Body | Body / Ciało |
| Yorgos Lanthimos | The Lobster | The Lobster |
| Nanni Moretti | Mia madre | Mia madre |
| Roy Andersson | A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron |
| Sebastian Schipper | Victoria | Victoria |

### European Screenwriter

| Screenwriter(s) | English title | Original title |
| - | - | - |
| Yorgos Lanthimos Efthimis Filippou | The Lobster | |
| Radu Jude Florin Lazarescu | Aferim! | |
| Alex Garland | Ex Machina | |
| Andrew Haigh | 45 Years | |
| Roy Andersson | A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron |
| Paolo Sorrentino | Youth | Youth - La giovinezza |

### European Actor

| Actor | English title | Original title |
| - | - | - |
| Michael Caine | Youth | Youth - La giovinezza |
| Tom Courtenay | 45 Years | 45 Years |
| Colin Farrell | The Lobster | The Lobster |
| Christian Friedel | 13 Minutes | Elser - Er hätte die Welt verändert |
| Vincent Lindon | The Measure of a Man | La Loi du marché |

### European Actress

| Actress | English title | Original title |
| - | - | - |
| Charlotte Rampling | 45 Years | 45 Years |
| Margherita Buy | Mia madre | Mia madre |
| Laia Costa | Victoria | Victoria |
| Alicia Vikander | Ex Machina | Ex Machina |
| / Rachel Weisz | Youth | Youth - La giovinezza |

### European Cinematographer 2015 – Prix Carlo di Palma

| English title | Original title | Winner(s) | Nationality |
| - | - | - | - |
| Goodnight Mommy | Ich seh Ich seh | Martin Gschlacht | |

### European Editor 2015

| English title | Original title | Winner(s) | Nationality |
| - | - | - | - |
| Body | Ciało | Jacek Drosio | |

### European Production Designer 2015

| English title | Original title | Winner(s) | Nationality |
| - | - | - | - |
| The Brand New Testament | Le Tout Nouveau Testament | Sylvie Olivé | |

### European Costume Designer 2015

| English title | Original title | Winner(s) | Nationality |
| - | - | - | - |
| The Lobster | | Sarah Blenkinsop | |

### European Composer 2015

| English title | Original title | Winner(s) | Nationality |
| - | - | - | - |
| The Duke of Burgundy | | Cat's Eyes | |

### European Sound Designer 2015

| English title | Original title | Winner(s) | Nationality |
| - | - | - | - |
| Arabian Nights – Vol. I-III | As Mil e uma noites – Vol. I-III | Vasco Pimentel & Miguel Martins | |

### European Co-Production Award — Prix Eurimages

| Recipient | Occupation | Nationality |
| - | - | - |
| Andrea Occhipinti | Producer | |

### European Achievement in World Cinema

| Recipient | Occupation | Nationality |
| - | - | - |
| Christoph Waltz | Actor and director | |

### Lifetime Achievement Award

| Recipient | Occupation | Nationality |
| - | - | - |
| Charlotte Rampling | Actress | |

### Honorary Award of the EFA President and Board

| Recipient | Occupation | Nationality |
| - | - | - |
| Michael Caine | Actor | |

### Young Audience Award

Twelve- to fourteen-year-old audiences from across Europe voted for the winner after watching the three nominated films at special screenings held on "Young Audience Film Day" on 3 May.

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Writers(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| The Invisible Boy | Il ragazzo invisibile | Gabriele Salvatores | Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi, Stefano Sardo |
| My Skinny Sister | Min lilla syster | Sanna Lenken | Sanna Lenken |
| You're Ugly Too | You're Ugly Too | Mark Noonan | Mark Noonan |

### European Short Film 2015

The nominees for Best Short Film were selected by independent juries at a series of film festivals throughout Europe.

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Nominating Festival |
| - | - | - | - |
| Picnic | Piknik | Jure Pavlović | Drama International Short Film Festival |
| Dissonance | | Till Nowak | Berlin International Film Festival |
| E.T.E.R.N.I.T. | | Giovanni Aloi | Venice Film Festival |
| Field Study | | Eva Weber | Cork Film Festival |
| Kung Fury | | David Sandberg | Vila do Conde Film Festival |
| Listen | Kuuntele | Hamy Ramezan & Rungano Nyoni | Tampere Film Festival |
| Our Body | Naše telo | Dane Komljen | International Film Festival Rotterdam |
| Over | | Jörn Threlfall | Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival |
| Smile, and the World Will Smile Back | Im tekhayekh, ha'Olam yekhayekh elekha | Yoav Gross, Ehab Tarabieh & the al-Haddad family | Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival |
| Son of the Wolf | Fils du loup | Lola Quivoron | Locarno International Film Festival |
| Symbolic Threats | | Mischa Leinkauf, Lutz Henke & Matthias Wermke | Grimstad Film Festival |
| The Runner | El corredor | José Luis Montesinos | Valladolid International Film Festival |
| The Translator | Çevirmen | Emre Kayiş | Sarajevo Film Festival |
| This Place We Call Our Home | | Thora Lorentzen & Sybilla Tuxen | Kraków Film Festival |
| Washingtonia | | Konstantina Kotzamani | Film Fest Gent |
