31st European Film Awards

Teatro de la Maestranza

Date| 15 December 2018
Site| Seville, Spain
Organized by| European Film Academy

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The 31st European Film Awards were presented on 15 December 2018 in Seville, Spain.[1]

## Selection[edit]

* 3 Days in Quiberon
* Ága
* Anna's War
* Arrhythmia
* Ayka
* Beast
* Border
* Borg/McEnroe
* Carmen & Lola
* Cobain
* Cold War
* Custody
* Diamantino
* Dogman
* Donbass
* Dovlatov
* Foxtrot
* Fugue
* Girl
* Happy as Lazzaro
* Longing
* Mademoiselle Paradis
* Men Don't Cry
* Michael Inside
* Milada
* Mug
* One Day
* Paddington 2
* Petra
* Pity
* Pomegranate Orchard
* Pororoca
* Scary Mother
* Shock Waves – Diary of My Mind
* Styx
* The Captain
* Giant
* The Guilty
* The House by the Sea
* The House That Jack Built
* Summer
* The Wild Pear Tree
* Those Who Are Fine
* Touch Me Not
* Transit
* Utøya: July 22
* Under the Tree
* What Will People Say
* Woman at War

## Awards voted by EFA Members[edit]

### Best Film[edit]

The nominees were announced on 10 November 2018.[2]

English title  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)  | Production companies  | Country  | Language

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Cold War | Pawel Pawlikowski | Tanya Seghatchian, Ewa Puszczynska | Apocalypso Pictures, BFI Film Fund, Film4, MK2 Productions, Opus Film, Protagonist Pictures |  | Polish
Border | Ali Abbasi | Nina Bisgaard, Peter Gustafsson, Petra Jonsson | META Film, Black Spark Film & TV, Karnfilm, TriArt Film |  | Swedish
Dogman | Matteo Garrone | Matteo Garrone, Jeremy Thomas, Jean Labadie, Paolo Del Brocco | Archimede, Le Pacte, 01 Distribution |  | Italian
Girl | Lukas Dhont | Dirk Impens | Menuet, Frakas Productions, Topkapi Films, Netflix |  | Dutch, French
Happy as Lazzaro | Alice Rohrwacher | Carlo Cresto-Dina, Gregory Gajos, Pierre-François Piet, Tiziana Soudani, Michael Weber | Tempesta SRL, Amka Films Productions, Ad Vitam Production, Pola Pandora, Filmproduktions |  | Italian

### Best Comedy[edit]

English title  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)  | Production companies  | Country  | Language

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The Death of Stalin | Armando Iannucci | Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Kevin Loader | eOne Films, IFC, Gaumont |  | English
C'est la vie! | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou | Quad Productions, Ten Films |  | French
Diamantino | Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt | Justin Taurand, Maria João Mayer, Daniel van Hoogstraten | Maria & Mayer, Les Films du Bélier, Syndrome Films |  | Portuguese

### Best Director[edit]

| Director(s)  | English title

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Paweł Pawlikowski | Cold War
/  Ali Abbasi | Border
Matteo Garrone | Dogman
Samuel Maoz | Foxtrot
Alice Rohrwacher | Happy as Lazzaro

### Best Screenwriter[edit]

| Screenwriter(s)  | English title

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Paweł Pawlikowski | Cold War
Ali Abbasi, Isabella Eklöf & John Ajvide Lindqvist | Border
Matteo Garrone, Ugo Chiti & Massimo Gaudioso | Dogman
Gustav Möller & Emil Nygaard Albertsen | The Guilty
Alice Rohrwacher | Happy as Lazzaro

### Best Actress[edit]

| Actress  | English title  | Role

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Joanna Kulig | Cold War | Zuzanna "Zula" Lichoń
Marie Bäumer | 3 Days in Quiberon | Romy Schneider
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir | Woman at War | Halla
Bárbara Lennie | Petra | Petra
Eva Melander | Border | Tina
Alba Rohrwacher | Happy as Lazzaro | Antonia

### Best Actor[edit]

| Actor  | English title  | Role

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Marcello Fonte | Dogman | Marcello
Jakob Cedergren | The Guilty | Asger Holm
Rupert Everett | The Happy Prince | Oscar Wilde
Sverrir Gudnason | Borg vs McEnroe | Björn Borg
Tomasz Kot | Cold War | Wiktor Warski
Victor Polster | Girl | Lara

## Technical awards[edit]

### Best Composer[edit]

| Winner(s)  | English title

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Christoph M. Kaiser and Julian Maas | 3 Days in Quiberon

### Best Cinematographer[edit]

Winner(s)  | English title

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Martin Otterbeck | Utøya: July 22

### Best Editor[edit]

Winner(s)  | English title

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Jarosław Kamiński | Cold War

### Best Production Designer[edit]

Winner(s)  | English title

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Andrey Ponkratov | Summer

### Best Costume Designer[edit]

| English title  | Winner(s)

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Massimo Cantini Parrini | Dogman

### Best Sound Designer[edit]

Winner(s)  | English title

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André Bendocchi-Alves and Martin Steyer | The Captain

### Best Makeup and Hairstyling[edit]

Winner(s)  | English title

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Dalia Colli, Lorenzo Tamburini and Daniela Tartari | Dogman

### Best Visual Effects[edit]

Winner(s)  | English title

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Peter Hjorth | Border

## Critics Award[edit]

### European Discovery[edit]

English title  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)  | Production companies  | Country  | Language

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Girl | Lukas Dhont | Dirk Impens | Menuet, Frakas Productions, Topkapi Films, Netflix |  | Dutch, French
One Day | Zsófia Szilágyi | Edina Kenesei, Ági Pataki | Filmpartners, Sparks, Vertigo Média Kft., Zeta Filmes |  | Hungarian, Italian
Scary Mother | Ana Urushadze | Lasha Khalvashi, Tinatin Kajrishvili | Artizm, Gemini, Allfilm, Georgian National Film Centre |  | Georgian
The Guilty | Gustav Möller | Lina Flint | Nordisk Film Spring, New Danish Screen, Magnolia Pictures |  | Danish
Those Who Are Fine | Cyril Schäublin | Silvan Hillmann, Cyril Schäublin, Lara Hacisalihzade | Seeland Filmproduktion, Film IGRF |  | Swiss, German
Touch Me Not  | Adina Pintilie | Adina Pintilie, Bianca Oana, Philippe Avril | Manekino Film, 4 Proof Film, Agitprop, Les Films de l'Étranger, Pink Productions, Rohfilm |  | English, German

## Best Animated Feature Film[edit]

English title  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)  | Production companies  | Country  | Language

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Another Day of Life | Raul de la Fuente & Damian Nenow | Jarek Sawko, Amaia Remirez, Ole Østergaard | Platige Image, Kanaki Films |  | Polish
Early Man | Nick Park | Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Nick Park, Carla Shelley, Richard Beek | Aardman Animations, British Film Institute, StudioCanal |  | English
The Breadwinner | Nora Twomey | Anthony Leo, Tomm Moore, Andrew Rosen, Paul Young | Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Guru Studio, Jolie Pas, Irish Film Board, Melusine Productions, Telefilm Canada, Elevation Pictures, StudioCanal |  | English
White Fang | Alexandre Espigares | Clément Calvet, Jérémie Fajner, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Lilian Eche, Christel Henon | Superprod, Bidibul Productions, Big Beach, Wild Bunch |  | French

## Audience awards[edit]

### People's Choice Award[edit]

English title  | Director(s)  | Production country

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Call Me by Your Name | Luca Guadagnino |
Borg vs McEnroe | Janus Metz Pedersen |
C'est la vie! | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache |
Dunkirk | Christopher Nolan |
Darkest Hour | Joe Wright |
In the Fade | Fatih Akin |
The Death of Stalin | Armando Iannucci |
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Luc Besson |
Victoria & Abdul | Stephen Frears |

### University Award[edit]

English title  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)  | Production companies  | Country  | Language

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Happy as Lazzaro | Alice Rohrwacher | Carlo Cresto-Dina, Gregory Gajos, Pierre-François Piet, Tiziana Soudani, Michael Weber | Tempesta SRL, Amka Films Productions, Ad Vitam Production, Pola Pandora, Filmproduktions |  | Italian
Foxtrot | Samuel Maoz | Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Eitan Mansuri, Cedomir Kolar, Marc Baschet & Michel Merktri | Bord Cadre Films |  | Hebrew
Styx | Wolfgang Fischer | Marcos Kantis, Martin Lehwald | A.S.A.P.,ARTE,Arte France Cinéma |  | German
Tarzan's Testicles | Alexandru Solomon | Ada Solomon, Cedric Bonin, Pascaline Geoffroy | HI Film Productions,Seppia Production |  | Russian
Utøya: July 22 | Erik Poppe | Stein B. Kvae & Finn Gjerdrum | Paradox Film 7,Paradox,MEDIA Programme of the European Union |  | Norwegian

## Best Documentary[edit]

English title  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)  | Production companies  | Country  | Language

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Bergman - A Year in a Life | Jane Magnusson | Mattias Nohrborg, Cecilia Nessen, Fredrik Heinig | B-Reel Films, Carlotta Films, Filmarti, Imovision |  | Swedish, English, German
A Woman Captured | Bernadett Tuza-Ritter | Julianna Ugrin, Viki Réka Kiss | Éclipse Film, Corso Film |  | Hungarian
Of Fathers and Sons | Talal Derki | Eva Kemme, Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Ansgar Frerich, Tobias Siebert | Cinema Group Production, Südwestrundfunk, Impact Partners, Basis Berlin Filmproduktion, Ventana Film- und Fernsehproduktion |  | Arabic
The Distant Barking of Dogs | Simon Lering Wilmont | Monica Hellström | Final Cut for Real |  | Russian
The Silence of Others | Almudena Carracedo [es] & Robert Bahar | Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar | Semilla Verde Productions, Lucernam Films, Blue Ice Docs, El Deseo, ITVS, Latino Public Broadcasting, P.O.V. |  | Spanish

## Best Short Film[edit]

Original title  | Director(s)  | Minutes  | Production country

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The Years | Sara Fgaier | 20 min. |
Aquaparque | Ana Moreira | 17 min. |
Burkina Brandenburg Komplex | Ulu Braun | 19 min. |
Graduation '97 | Pavlo Ostrikov | 19 min. |
I Signed The Petition | Mahdi Fleifel | 19 min. |
Kapitalistis | Pablo Muñoz Gómez | 15 min. |
Kontener | Sebastian Lang | 30 min. |
Meryem | Reber Dosky | 16 min. |
Prisoner of Society | Rati Tsiteladze | 15 min. |
Release The Dogs | Manue Fleytoux | 21 min. |
Shame | Petar Krumov | 24 min. |
The Escape | Laëtitia Martinoni | 10 min. |
Those Who Desire | Elena López Riera | 24 min. |
What's The Damage | Heather Phillipson | 7 min. |
Wildebeest | Nicolas Keppens, Matthias Phlips | 19 min. |

## European Co-Production Award — Prix Eurimages[edit]

Recipient  | Occupation

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Konstantinos Kontovrakis
Giorgos Karnavas | Producer

## Honorary Awards[edit]

### European Achievement in World Cinema[edit]

| Recipient  | Occupation

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Ralph Fiennes | Actor, film producer and director

### Lifetime Achievement Award[edit]

| Recipient  | Occupation

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Carmen Maura | Actress

## References[edit]

1. ^ "European Film Awards". European Film Awards. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
2. ^ "European Film Awards Nominations: 'Cold War', 'Dogman', 'Border' Lead – Full List". Retrieved 10 November 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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* Achievement in World Cinema Award
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* Lux Award
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