29th European Film Awards
# 29th European Film Awards

The 29th European Film Awards were presented on 10 December 2016 in Wrocław, Poland. The ceremony is one of a number of events to take place in Wrocław as the city is a 2016 European Capital of Culture, along with San Sebastián. The nominations and winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy.

## Ceremony

The ceremony focused on a political message against ongoing nationalism and euroscepticism. The European Film Academy also remarked on Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is imprisoned in Russia.

## Selection

* 24 Weeks
* A Man Called Ove
* A War
* Being 17
* Beyond the Mountains and Hills
* Chevalier
* Dawn
* Death in Sarajevo
* Don't Be Bad
* Elle
* Florence Foster Jenkins
* Frenzy
* Graduation
* I, Daniel Blake
* I, Olga Hepnarová
* Julieta
* Kills on Wheels
* Köpek
* Land of Mine
* Letters from War
* Like Crazy
* Lost in Munich
* Mammal
* Mimosas
* On the Other Side
* One of Us
* Perfect Strangers
* Pyromaniac
* Rauf
* Room
* Sieranevada
* Song of Songs
* Sparrows
* Strange Haven
* Suffragette
* Suntan
* The Ardennes
* The Commune
* The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
* The Lure
* The Olive Tree
* The Paradise Suite
* The People vs. Fritz Bauer
* The Student
* The Unknown Girl
* Things to Come
* Tikkun
* Toni Erdmann
* Truman
* United States of Love

## Awards voted by EFA Members

### Best Film

The nominees were announced on 6 November 2016 in Seville, Spain at the Seville European Film Festival. Four films nominated for Best Film were premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, including the Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, and FIPRESCI Critics Award Toni Erdmann. One film (Room) has been already nominated for the Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards. Three films (Toni Erdmann, Elle, Julieta) had been submitted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. Two films (I, Daniel Blake, Toni Erdmann) received nominations at the 18th British Independent Film Awards.

Toni Erdmann is the first film directed by a woman to win best picture.

| English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Production companies | Language |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Michael Merkt | Komplizen Film, Coop99, KNM, Missing Link Films, SWR, WDR, Arte, MonkeyBoy | German, English, Romanian |
| Elle | Paul Verhoeven | Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt | SBS Productions, Pallas Film, France 2 Cinéma, Entre Chien et Loup, Canal+, France Télévisions, Orange Cinéma Séries, Casa Kafka Pictures, Proximus, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Filmförderungsanstalt | French |
| I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach | Rebecca O'Brien | Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, Entertainment One, Les Films du Fleuve, Canal+, Ciné+, BE TV, British Film Institute, BBC, France 2, France Télévisions, Le Pacte, VOO | English |
| Julieta | Pedro Almodóvar | Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar, Esther García | El Deseo, Canal+ France, Ciné +, Televisión Española | Spanish |
| Room | Lenny Abrahamson | Ed Guiney, David Gross | Telefilm Canada, Filmnation Entertainment, Irish Film Board, Element Pictures, No Trace Camping, Film4 | English |

### Best Comedy

The nominees were announced on 25 October 2016.

| English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Production companies | Language |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| A Man Called Ove | Hannes Holm | Annica Bellander, Nicklas Wikström Nicastro | Tre Vänner | Swedish |
| Look Who's Back | David Wnendt | Lars Dittrich, Christopher Müller | Mythos Film | German |
| One Man and His Cow | Mohamed Hamidi | Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou | Quad Productions | French, Arabic |

## Technical awards

A special seven-member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the selection list. The members of the jury were:

* Benoît Barouh, production designer, France
* Paco Delgado, costume designer, Spain
* Martin Gschlacht, cinematographer, Austria
* Dean Humphreys, sound designer, UK
* Era Lapid, editor, Israel
* Waldemar Pokromski, make-up artist, Poland
* Giuliano Taviani, composer, Italy.

## Critics Award

### European Discovery

The nominees were announced on 19 September 2016. Award given by International Federation of Film Critics - Prix FIPRESCI.

| English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Production companies | Language |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki | Juho Kuosmanen | Juho Kuosmanen | Aamu Filmcompany, ONE TWO Films, Tre Vänner Produktion AB, Elokuvayhtiö Oy Aamu, Film Väst, Tre Vänner Produktion AB | Finnish, English |
| Dogs | Bogdan Mirica | Marcela Ursu | 42 km Film, EZ Films | Romanian |
| Liebmann | Jules Herrmann | Jules Herrmann | Ester.Reglin.Film Produktionsgesellschaft | French, German, English |
| Sand Storm | Elite Zexer | Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg | 2-Team Productions, Rotor Film Babelsberg | Arabic |
| Thirst | Svetla Tsotsorkova | Svetla Tsotsorkova, Nadejda Koseva | Front Film | Bulgarian |

## Best Animated Feature Film

The nominees were announced on 25 October 2016. Two films nominated for Best Animated Feature Film were premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. One film (My Life as a Courgette) has been submitted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. My Life as a Courgette also in official selection for The European Parliament's LUX Prize.

| English title | Director(s) | Animator(s) | Producer(s) | Production companies | Language |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| My Life as a Courgette | Claude Barras | Kim Keukeleire | Armelle Glorennec, Éric Jacquot, Marc Bonny | Gebeka Films, Rita Productions, Blue Spirit Animation, KNM | French |
| Psyconauts, the Forgotten Children | Alberto Vázquez, Pedro Rivero | Krhis Cembe | Farruco Castroman, Carlos Juarez, Luis Tosar | Basque Films | Spanish |
| The Red Turtle | Michaël Dudok de Wit | Michaël Dudok de Wit | Vincent Maraval | Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, Studio Ghibli, CN4 Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Belvision | None |

## Audience awards

### People's Choice Award

The nominees were announced on 1 September 2016.

| English title | Director(s) | Production country |
| - | - | - |
| Body | Małgorzata Szumowska | |
| A Man Called Ove | Hannes Holm | |
| A War | Tobias Lindholm | |
| Aferim! | Radu Jude | |
| Fire at Sea | Gianfranco Rosi | |
| Julieta | Pedro Almodóvar | |
| Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | |
| Spectre | Sam Mendes | |
| The Brand New Testament | Jaco Van Dormael | |
| The Danish Girl | Tom Hooper | |
| The High Sun | Dalibor Matanić | , |
| The Lobster | Yorgos Lanthimos | |

### Best Children and Family Film

The winners were announced on 10 May 2016.

| English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Production companies | Language |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Miss Impossible | Emilie Deleuze | Tatiana Bouchain | Ad Vitam Production, Agat Films & Cie | French |
| Girls Lost | Alexandra-Therese Keining | Ellinor Lingvall | Götafilm | Swedish |
| Rauf | Soner Caner, Baris Kaya | Ali Ozgur Ates, Soner Caner, Baris Kaya, Kazim Ugur Kizilaslan, Selman Kizilaslan, Burak Ozan | Peri Istanbul, Aslan Film | Turkish, Kurdish |

### University Award

The announcement of the five European University Film Award nominations took place during Filmfest Hamburg on 5 October 2016. Films were selected by: Feo Aladag (director/Germany), Dagmar Brunow (academic, Linnaeus University/Sweden), Luis Martinez Lopez (journalist, EL MUNDO/Spain), Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy (director/Ukraine) and Patrick Sobelman (producer/France). Five nominated films were screened and discussed in the respective classes and each university voted its favourite film. The following 13 universities from 13 European countries participated:

* Czech Republic: Charles University/Prague
* France: Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3
* Germany: University of Rostock
* Greece: University of the Aegean/Mytilini (Lesbos)
* Hungary: Pázmány Péter Catholic University/Budapest
* Ireland: University College Cork
* Italy: University of Udine
* Netherlands: Utrecht University
* Poland: University of Lodz
* Portugal: University of Lisbon
* Sweden: Linnaeus University/Växjö
* Turkey: Kadir Has University/Istanbul
* United Kingdom: John Moores University/Liverpool

| English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Production companies | Language |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach | Rebecca O'Brien | Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, Entertainment One, Les Films du Fleuve, Canal+, Ciné+, BE TV, British Film Institute, BBC, France 2, France Télévisions, Le Pacte, VOO | English |
| Graduation | Cristian Mungiu | Cristian Mungiu | Les Films du Fleuve, Mobra Films, Romanian Film Board, Why Not Productions | Romanian |
| The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki | Juho Kuosmanen | Juho Kuosmanen | Aamu Filmcompany, ONE TWO Films, Tre Vänner Produktion AB, Elokuvayhtiö Oy Aamu, Film Väst, Tre Vänner Produktion AB | Finnish, English |
| Fire at Sea | Gianfranco Rosi | Gianfranco Rosi, Paolo Del Brocco, Donatella Palermo | Stemal Entertainment, 21 Unofilm, Cinecittà Luce, Rai Cinema, Les Films d'Ici, Arte France Cinéma, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali | Italian |
| Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Michael Merkt | Komplizen Film, Coop99, KNM, Missing Link Films, SWR, WDR, Arte, MonkeyBoy | German, English, Romanian |

## Best Documentary

| English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Production companies | Language |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Fire at Sea | Gianfranco Rosi | Gianfranco Rosi, Paolo Del Brocco, Donatella Palermo | Stemal Entertainment, 21 Unofilm, Cinecittà Luce, Rai Cinema, Les Films d'Ici, Arte France Cinéma, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali | Italian |
| 21 X New York | Piotr Stasik | Agnieszka Wasiak | Lava Films | English, Chinese |
| A Family Affair | Tom Fassaert | Wout Conijn | Conijn Film | Dutch, English |
| Mr. Gaga | Tomer Heymann | Barak Heymann, Diana Holtzberg | Heymann Brothers Films, ZDF, ARTE, AVROTROS, SVT | Hebrew, English |
| S Is for Stanley | Alex Infascelli | Inti Carboni, Federica Paniccia, Alex Infascelli, Lorenzo Foschi, Davide Lucchetti | Kinethica, Lock & Valentine | English, Italian |
| The Land of the Enlightened | Pieter-Jan De Pue | Bart van Langendonck | Savage Film, Fastnet Films, Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Submarine, ZDF, Arte, Canvas, IKON, Eyeworks, Prime, Sciapode | Persian, English |

## Best Short Film

To be considered for a nomination, a short film has to screen in competition at any of the participating festivals:

* 13 - 24 Oct. 2015: Film Fest Gent (Belgium)
* 19 - 25 Oct. 2015: Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden)
* 24 - 31 October 2015: Valladolid International Film Festival (Spain)
* 6 - 15 Nov. 2015: Cork Film Festival (Ireland)
* 27 Jan. - 7 Feb. 2016: International Film Festival Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
* 5 - 13 Feb. 2016: International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand (France)
* 11 - 21 Feb. 2016: Berlin International Film Festival (Germany)
* 9 - 13 Mar. 2016: Tampere Film Festival (Finland)
* 29 May - 5 Jun. 2016: Kraków Film Festival (Poland)
* 9 - 17 Jul 2016: Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival/ (Portugal)
* 3 - 13 Aug. 2016: Festival del film Locarno (Switzerland)
* 12 - 20 Aug. 2016: Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
* 31 Aug. - 10 Sep. 2016: Venice Film Festival (Italy)
* 19 - 24 Sep. 2016: International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece)
* 20 - 25 Sep. 2016: Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival Bristol (UK)

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Type | Minutes | Language(s) | Festival |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 days: From My Window in Aleppo | - | Thomas Vroege, Floor van der Meulen, Issa Touma | documentary | 13 min. | Arabic | Bristol |
| The Wall | Le mur | Samuel Lampaert | fiction | 8 min | Chinese | Ghent |
| Edmond | - | Nina Gantz | animation | 10 min. | English | Uppsala |
| The Goodbye | El adiós | Clara Roquet | fiction | 15 min. | Spanish | Valladolid |
| 90 Degrees North | 90 Grad Nord | Detsky Graffam | fiction | 21 min. | German | Cork |
| We All Love the Seashore | Tout le monde aime le bord de la mer | Keina Espiñeira | fiction/documentary | 18 min. | Spanish | Rotterdam |
| In the Distance | - | Florian Grolig | animation | 7 min. | - | Clermont-Ferrand |
| A Man Returned | - | Mahdi Fleifel | documentary | 30 min. | Arabic | Berlin |
| Small Talk | - | Even Hafnor, Lisa Brooke Hansen | fiction | 21 min. | Norwegian | Tampere |
| I'm Not From Here | Yo no soy de aquí | Maite Alberdi, Giedrė Žickytė | documentary | 26 min. | Spanish, Basque | Kraków |
| Home | - | Daniel Mulloy | fiction | 20 min. | English | Vila do Conde |
| The Fullness of Time (Romance) | L'immense retour | Manon Coubia | fiction | 14 min. | French | Locarno |
| Limbo | - | Konstantina Kotzamani | fiction | 30 min. | Greek | Sarajevo |
| Amalimbo | - | Juan Pablo Libossart | animation | 15 min. | Swedish | Venice |
| Shooting Star | Падаща звезда | Lyubo Yonchev | fiction | 28 min. | Bulgarian | Drama |

## European Co-Production Award — Prix Eurimages

The winners were announced on 15 November 2016.

| Recipient | Occupation |
| - | - |
| Leontine Petit | Producer |

## List of partners

The European Film Awards 2016 are presented by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions in co-operation with:

