By Matt Neglia
The winners for the 34th European Film Awards (EFA) were announced today representing the best in European cinema for 2021.
Click below to see the winners.
European Film
Compartment No. 6, dir. Juho Kuosmanen
The Father, dir. Florian Zeller
The Hand of God, dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Titane, dir. Julia Ducournau
Quo Vadis, Aida?, dir. Jasmila Zbanic
European Director
Julia Ducornau – Titane
Radu Jude – Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Paolo Sorrentino – The Hand of God
Jasmila Zbanic – Quo Vadis, Aida?
Florian Zeller – The Father
European Actress
Jasna Duricic – Quo Vadis, Aida?
Seidi Haarla – Compartment No. 6
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
Agathe Rousselle – Titane
European Actor
Yuriy Borisov – Compartment No. 6
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Vincent Lindon – Titane
Tahar Rahim – The Mauritanian
Franz Rogowski – Great Freedom
European Screenwriter
Radu Jude – Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Paolo Sorrentino – The Hand of God
Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt – The Worst Person in the World
Jasmila Zbanic – Quo Vadis, Aida?
Florian Zeller & Christopher Hampton – The Father
European Comedy
Ninjababy, dir. Yngvild Sve Flikke
The Morning After, dir. Méliane Marcaggi
The People Upstairs, dir. Cesc Gay
European Animated Feature Film
Flee, dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Even Mice Belong in Heaven, dirs. Jan Bubenicek, Denisa Grimmová
The Ape Star, dir. Linda Hamback
Where is Anne Frank, dir. Ari Folman
Wolfwalkers, dir. Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart
European Documentary
Babi Yar, Context, dir. Sergei Loznitsa
Flee, dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Mr. Bachmann and his Class, dir. Maria Speth
Taming the Garden, dir. Salomé Jashi
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, dirs. Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri
European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
Beginning, dir. Dea Kulumbegashvili
Lamb, dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson
Playground, dir. Laura Wandel
Pleasure, dir. Ninja Thyberg
Promising Young Woman, dir. Emerald Fennell
The Whaler Boy, dir. Philipp Yuryev
European Short Film
Bella, dir. Thelyia Petraki
Displaced, dir. Samir Karahoda
Easter Eggs, dir.Nicolas Keppens
In Flow of Words, dir. Eliane Esther Bots
My Uncle Tudor, dir. Olga Lucovnicova
European Cinematography
Crystel Fournier – Great Freedom
European Editing
Mukharam Kabulova – Unclenching The Fists
European Production Design
Marton Agh – Natural Light
European Costume Design
Michael O’Connor – Ammonite
European Make-Up & Hair
Flore Masson, Olivier Alfonso, Antoine Mancini – Titane
European Original Score
Nils Petter Molvaer, Peter Brotz-Mann – Great Freedom
European Sound
Gisle Tveito, Gustaf Berger – The Innocents
European Visual Effects
Peter Hjorth, Fredrik Nord – Lamb
European Lifetime Achievement
Marta Meszaros
European Achievement in World Cinema
Susanne Bier
European University Film Award
Flee, dir: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
EFA For Innovative Storytelling
Steve McQueen – Small Axe
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