37th European Film Awards

The 37th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, took place at Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern in Lucerne on 7 December 2024. It marked the first time the awards ceremony was held in Switzerland.^[2] Swiss host and voiceover actor Fernando Tiberini hosted the ceremony.^[3]

The winners of the Excellence Awards were announced on 13 November 2024, honoring the arts and crafts of filmmaking in eight categories.^[4][5] On 7 December the other winners were revealed during the cerimony, with Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez winning in each of the categories it was nominated.^[6]

The first part of the Academy’s Feature Film Selection was announced on 14 August 2024.^[7][8] The second part with 16 further titles was announced on 26 September 2024.^[9][10]

The Documentary Film Selection was announced on 21 August 2024.^[11][12]

The nominees for European Animated Feature Film were revealed on 9 October 2024.^[13] The nominees for European Short Film were revealed on 16 October 2024.^[14][15] The nominees for the main categories were announced on 5 November 2024.^[16][17]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Producer(s)
Emilia Pérez		Jacques Audiard	Pascal Caucheteux Jacques Audiard Valérie Schermann Anthony Vaccarello
The Room Next Door		Pedro Almodóvar	Agustín Almodóvar Esther García
The Seed of the Sacred Fig	دانه‌ی انجیر معابد	Mohammad Rasoulof	Mohammad Rasoulof Amin Sadraei Jean-Christophe Simon Mani Tilgner Rozita Hendijanian
The Substance		Coralie Fargeat	Coralie Fargeat Tim Bevan Eric Fellner
Vermiglio		Maura Delpero	Francesca Andreoli Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli Santiago Fondevila Sancet Maura Delpero

Director(s)	Work
Jacques Audiard	Emilia Pérez
Andrea Arnold	Bird
Pedro Almodóvar	The Room Next Door
Mohammad Rasoulof	The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Maura Delpero	Vermiglio

Screenwriter(s)	Work
Jacques Audiard	Emilia Pérez
Magnus von Horn Line Langebek	The Girl with the Needle
Pedro Almodóvar	The Room Next Door
Mohammad Rasoulof	The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Coralie Fargeat	The Substance

Actor	Work
Abou Sangare	Souleymane's Story
Franz Rogowski	Bird
Ralph Fiennes	Conclave
Lars Eidinger	Dying
Daniel Craig	Queer

Actress	Work
Karla Sofía Gascón	Emilia Pérez
Renate Reinsve	Armand
Trine Dyrholm	The Girl with the Needle
Vic Carmen Sonne
Tilda Swinton	The Room Next Door

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
No Other Land		Yuval Abraham Rachel Szor Basel Adra Hamdan Ballal	Palestine, Norway
Bye Bye Tiberias	باي باي طبريا	Lina Soualem	France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar
Dahomey		Mati Diop	France, Senegal
In Limbo	W zawieszeniu	Alina Maksimenko	Poland
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat		Johan Grimonprez	France, Belgium, Netherlands

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Flow	Straume	Gints Zilbalodis	Latvia, France, Belgium
Living Large	Život k sežrání	Kristina Dufková	Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
Savages	Sauvages	Claude Barras	Switzerland, France, Belgium
Sultana's Dream	El sueño de la sultana	Isabel Herguera	Spain, Germany, India
They Shot the Piano Player	Dispararon al pianista	Fernando Trueba Javier Mariscal	Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Armand		Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel	Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden
Hoard		Luna Carmoon	UK
Kneecap		Rich Peppiatt	Ireland, UK
Santosh		Sandhya Suri	UK, France, Germany
The New Year That Never Came	Anul Nou care n-a fost	Bogdan Mureșanu	Romania, Serbia
Toxic	Akiplėša	Saulė Bliuvaitė	Lithuania

European Cinematography Benjamin Kračun – The Substance	European Editing Juliette Welfling – Emilia Pérez	European Production Design Jagna Dobesz – The Girl with the Needle	European Costume Design Tanja Hausner – The Devil's Bath
European Make-up & Hair Evalotte Oosterop – When the Light Breaks	European Original Score Frederikke Hoffmeier – The Girl with the Needle	European Sound Marc-Olivier Brullé Pierre Bariaud Charlotte Butrak Samuel Aïchoun Rodrigo Diaz – Souleymane's Story	European Visual Effects Bryan Jones Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky Chervin Shafaghi Guillaume Le Gouez – The Substance

EFA Lifetime Achievement Award	European Achievement in World Cinema	Eurimages International Co-Production Award
Wim Wenders[18]	Isabella Rossellini[19]	Labina Mitevska[20]

The LUX Audience Award, presented by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, recognize films that help to raise awareness of socio-political issues in Europe.^[21][22]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Animal		Sofia Exarchou	Greece, Austria, Romania, Cyprus, Bulgaria
Dahomey		Mati Diop	France, Senegal, Benin
Flow		Gints Zilbalodis	Latvia, France, Belgium
Intercepted		Oksana Karpovych	Canada, France, Ukraine
Julie Keeps Quiet	Julie zwijgt	Leonardo van Dijl	Belgium, Sweden

The nominees for the European University Film Award were announced on 23 October 2024 by the European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg.^[23] The winner was announced at the Mayor’s Night in Lucerne on 6 December 2024, the evening before the European Film Awards Ceremony.^[24]

English title	Original title	Director	Country
Three Kilometres to the End of the World	Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii	Emanuel Pârvu	Romania
April		Dea Kulumbegashvili	Georgia, France, Italy
Armand		Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel	Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden
Kneecap		Rich Peppiatt	Ireland, UK
Moon	Mond	Kurdwin Ayub	Austria