23rd European Film Awards
# 23rd European Film Awards

The 23rd European Film Awards were presented on 4 December, 2010, in Tallinn, Estonia.

## Winners and nominees

The nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards were announced on 6 November at the Seville European Film Festival.

### Best Film

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| - | - | - | - |
| The Ghost Writer | The Ghost Writer | Roman Polanski | France, Germany, United Kingdom |
| Honey | Bal | Semih Kaplanoğlu | Turkey |
| Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | Xavier Beauvois | France |
| Lebanon | לבנון | Samuel Maoz | Israel, Germany, France |
| The Secret in Their Eyes | El secreto de sus ojos | Juan José Campanella | Argentina, Spain |
| Soul Kitchen | Soul Kitchen | Fatih Akın | Germany |

### Best Director

Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer

* Olivier Assayas – Carlos
* Semih Kaplanoğlu – Honey (Bal)
* Samuel Maoz – Lebanon
* Paolo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing (La prima cosa bella)

### Best Actress

Sylvie Testud – Lourdes

* Zrinka Cvitešić – On the Path (Na putu)
* Sibel Kekilli – When We Leave (Die Fremde)
* Lesley Manville – Another Year
* Lotte Verbeek – Nothing Personal

### Best Actor

Ewan McGregor – The Ghost Writer

* Jakob Cedergren – Submarino
* Elio Germano – Our Life (La nostra vita)
* George Piştereanu – If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier)
* Luis Tosar – Cell 211 (Celda 211)

### Best Animated Feature Film

The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet • United Kingdom/France

* Planet 51 – Jorge Blanco [fr] • Spain/United Kingdom
* Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage – Ben Stassen • Belgium

### Best Screenwriter

Robert Harris and Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer

* Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Daniel Monzón – Cell 211 (Celda 211)
* Samuel Maoz – Lebanon
* Radu Mihaileanu – The Concert (Le concert)

### Best Cinematographer

Giora Bejach – Lebanon

* Caroline Champetier – Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux)
* Pavel Kostomarov – How I Ended This Summer (Как я провел этим летом)
* Barış Özbiçer – Honey (Bal)

### Best Editor

Luc Barnier and Marion Monnier – Carlos

* Arik Lahav-Leibovich – Lebanon
* Hervé de Luze – The Ghost Writer

### Best Production Designer

Albrecht Konrad – The Ghost Writer

* Paola Bizzarri and Luis Ramirez – I, Don Giovanni (Io, Don Giovanni)
* Markku Pätilä and Jaagup Roomet – The Temptation of St. Tony (Püha Tõnu kiusamine)

### Best Composer

Alexandre Desplat – The Ghost Writer

* Ales Brezina – Kawasaki's Rose (Kawasakiho růže)
* Pasquale Catalano – Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti)
* Gary Yershon – Another Year

### Best Documentary

Nostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia de la luz) – Patricio Guzmán • France/Germany/Chile

* Armadillo – Janus Metz • Denmark/Sweden
* Steam of Life (Miesten vuoro) – Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen • Finland/Sweden

### Best Short Film

Hanoi - Warsaw (Hanoi - Warszawa) – Katarzyna Klimkiewicz • Poland

* Amor – Thomas Wangsmo • Norway
* Lights (Ampelmann) – Giulio Ricciarelli • Germany
* Joseph’s Snails (Les escargots de Joseph) – Sophie Roze • France
* Stay, Away (Blijf bij me, weg) – Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito • Netherlands
* Out of Love (Ønskebørn) – Birgitte Stærmose • Denmark
* Venus VS Me – Nathalie Teirlinck • Belgium
* The Little Snow Animal (Lumikko) – Miia Tervo • Finland
* Tussilago – Jonas Odell • Sweden
* Maria's Way – Anne Milne • United Kingdom/Spain
* Talleres Clandestinos – Catalina Molina • Austria/Argentina
* Rendezvous in Stella-Plage (Rendez-vous à Stella-Plage) – Shalimar Preuss • France
* Diarchy (Diarchia) – Ferdinando Cito Filomarino • Italy/France
* The External World – David O'Reilly • Germany
* Here I Am (Itt vagyok) – Bálint Szimler • Hungary

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

Mr. Nobody

* The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden)
* Soul Kitchen
* Baarìa
* Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti)
* An Education
* Agora
* The Ghost Writer
* Kick-Ass
* Little Nicholas (Le Petit Nicolas)
