37th European Film Awards

2024 award ceremony

37th European Film Awards

Date| 7 December 2024 (2024-12-07)
Site| Lucerne, Switzerland
Organized by| European Film Academy
Official website| EFA

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The 37th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, will take place at Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern in Lucerne on 7 December 2024. It will be the first time the awards ceremony takes place in Switzerland.[1]

## Selections

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### Feature films

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The first part of the Academy’s Feature Film Selection was announced on 14 August 2024.[2][3] The second part with 16 further titles was announced on 26 September 2024.[4][5]

* April – Dea Kulumbegashvili ( France,  Georgia,  Italy)
* Arcadia – Yorgos Zois ( Bulgaria,  Greece,  United States)
* Armand – Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel ( Germany,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Sweden)
* Bird – Andrea Arnold ( France,  Germany,  United Kingdom,  United States)
* Conclave – Edward Berger ( United Kingdom,  United States)
* Crossing – Levan Akin ( France,  Georgia,  Germany,  Sweden,  Turkey)
* Dying – Matthias Glasner ( Germany)
* Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard ( France)
* Grand Tour – Miguel Gomes ( France,  Italy,  Portugal)
* Hard Truths – Mike Leigh ( Spain,  United Kingdom)
* Harvest – Athina Rachel Tsangari ( Germany,  United Kingdom,  United States)
* Hesitation Wound – Selman Nacar ( France,  Romania,  Spain,  Turkey)
* Julie Keeps Quiet – Leonardo Van Dijl ( Belgium,  Sweden)
* Kinds of Kindness – Yorgos Lanthimos ( Greece,  Ireland,  United Kingdom,  United States)
* Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt ( Ireland,  United Kingdom)
* Life – Zeki Demirkubuz ( Bulgaria,  Turkey)
* Misericordia – Alain Guiraudie ( France,  Portugal,  Spain)
* Misericordia – Emma Dante ( Italy)
* Moon – Kurdwin Ayub ( Austria)
* Mr. K – Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab ( Belgium,  Netherlands,  Norway)
* My Fathers' Daughter – Egil Pedersen ( Finland,  Norway,  Sweden)
* Queer – Luca Guadagnino ( Italy,  United States)
* Souleymane's Story – Boris Lojkine ( France)
* The Count of Monte Cristo – Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière ( France)
* The Devil's Bath – Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala ( Austria,  Germany)
* The End – Joshua Oppenheimer ( Denmark,  Germany,  Ireland,  Italy,  Sweden,  United Kingdom)
* The Girl with the Needle – Magnus von Horn ( Denmark,  Poland,  Sweden)
* The Invisible Fight – Rainer Sarnet ( Estonia,  Finland,  Greece,  Latvia)
* The New Year That Never Came – Bogdan Mureșanu ( Romania)
* The Other Way Around – Jonás Trueba ( France,  Spain)
* The Room Next Door – Pedro Almodóvar ( Spain)
* The Rye Horn – Jaione Camborda ( Belgium,  Portugal,  Spain)
* The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof ( France,  Germany,  Iran)
* The Shameless – Konstantin Bojanov ( Bulgaria,  France,  India,  Switzerland,  Taiwan)
* The Sparrow in the Chimney – Ramon Zürcher ( Switzerland)
* The Substance – Coralie Fargeat ( France,  United Kingdom,  United States)
* The Village Next to Paradise – Mo Harawe ( Austria,  France,  Somalia)
* There's Still Tomorrow – Paola Cortellesi ( Italy)
* Three Kilometres to the End of the World – Emanuel Pârvu ( Romania)
* Toxic – Saulė Bliuvaitė ( Lithuania)
* Un amor – Isabel Coixet ( Spain)
* Vermiglio – Maura Delpero ( Belgium,  France,  Italy)
* When the Light Breaks – Rúnar Rúnarsson ( Croatia,  France,  Iceland,  Netherlands)
* Windless – Pavel G. Vesnakov ( Bulgaria,  Italy)
* Without Air – Katalin Moldovai ( Hungary)

### Documentary

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The Documentary Film Selection was announced on 21 August 2024.[6][7]

* At Averroès & Rosa Parks – Nicolas Philibert ( France)
* Bye Bye Tiberias – Lina Soualem ( France,  Belgium,  Palestine,  Qatar)
* Dahomey – Mati Diop ( France,  Senegal)
* Direct Action – Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell ( Germany,  France)
* In Limbo – Alina Maksimenko ( Poland)
* Marching in the Dark – Kinshuk Surjan ( Belgium,  Netherlands,  India)
* My Stolen Planet – Farahnaz Sharifi ( Germany)
* No Other Land – Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal ( Palestine,  Norway)
* Pelikan Blue – László Csáki ( Hungary)
* Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat – Johan Grimonprez ( France,  Belgium,  Netherlands)
* The Landscape and the Fury – Nicole Vögele ( Switzerland)
* The Words Women Spoke One Day – Raphaël Pillosio ( France)

## Winners and nominees

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The nominees for European Animated Feature Film were revealed on 9 October 2024.[8] The nominees for European Short Film were revealed on 16 October 2024.[9][10] The nominees for the main categories were announced on 5 November 2024.[11][12] The winners of the Excellence Awards were announced on 13 November 2024, honoring the arts and crafts of filmmaking in eight categories.[13][14]

### European Film

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English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)

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Bye Bye Tiberias | باي باي طبريا |  Lina Soualem  | Jean-Marie Nizan
Guillaume Malandrin
Ossama Bawardi
Dahomey |  Mati Diop | Eve Robin
Judith Lou-Lévy
Mati Diop
Emilia Pérez |  Jacques Audiard | Pascal Caucheteux
Jacques Audiard
Valérie Schermann
Anthony Vaccarello
Flow | Straume |  Gints Zilbalodis | Matīss Kaža
Gints Zilbalodis
Ron Dyens
Gregory Zalcman
In Limbo | W zawieszeniu |  Alina Maksimenko  | Filip Marczewski
Living Large | Život k sežrání |  Kristina Dufková  | Matej Chlupacek
Agata Novinski
Marc Faye
No Other Land |  Yuval Abraham
Rachel Szor
Basel Adra
Hamdan Ballal  | Fabien Greenberg
Bård Kjøge Rønning
Yuval Abraham
Basel Adra
Rachel Szor
Hamdan Ballal
Savages | Sauvages |  Claude Barras | Nicolas Burlet
Laurence Petit
Barbara Letellier
Carole Scotta
Vincent Tavier
Hugo Deghilage
Annemie Degryse
Olivier Glassey
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat |  Johan Grimonprez | Daan Milius
Rémi Grellety
Sultana's Dream | El sueño de la sultana |  Isabel Herguera | Chelo Loureiro
Diego Herguera
Fabian Driehorst
Mariano Baratech
Iván Miñambres
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
They Shot the Piano Player | Dispararon al pianista |  Fernando Trueba
Javier Mariscal | Cristina Huete
Serge Lalou
Sophie Cabon
Bruno Felix
Janneke van de Kerkhoff
Femke Wolting
Humberto Santana
Vermiglio |  Maura Delpero | Francesca Andreoli
Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli
Santiago Fondevila Sancet
Maura Delpero

### European Director

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Director(s)  | English title

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Andrea Arnold | Bird
Jacques Audiard | Emilia Pérez
Pedro Almodóvar | The Room Next Door
Mohammad Rasoulof | The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Maura Delpero | Vermiglio

### European Screenwriter

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Screenwriter(s)  | English title

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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

### European Actor

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Actor  | English title

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

### European Actress

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Actress  | English title

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

### European Documentary

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English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Country

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

### European Animated Feature Film

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English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Country

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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

### European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

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English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Country

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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 Young Audience Award

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English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Country

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Lars is LOL | Lars er LOL | Eirik Sæter Stordahl  | Norway, Denmark
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin | Ibelin | Benjamin Ree | Norway
Winners | Sieger sein | Soleen Yusef  | Germany

### European Short Film

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Title  | Director(s)  | Country

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2720 | Basil da Cunha  | Portugal, Switzerland
Clamor | Salomé Da Souza  | France
The Exploding Girl | Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel | France
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent | Nebojša Slijepčević  | Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia
Wander to Wonder | Nina Gantz | The Netherlands, France, Belgium, United Kingdom

### Excellence Awards

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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

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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

## Honorary Awards

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EFA Lifetime Achievement Award | European Achievement in World Cinema | Eurimages International Co-Production Award

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Wim Wenders[15]

Isabella Rossellini[16]

## Special Awards

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### Lux European Audience Film Award 2025

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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.[17][18]

English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Country

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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

### European University Film Award (EUFA)

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The nominees for the European University Film Award were announced on 23 October 2024 by the European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg,[19] based on the European Film Awards Feature and Documentary Film Selections 2024.[20]

English title  | Original title  | Director  | Country

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

## References

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1. ^ "The 37th European Film Awards in Lucerne". European Film Academy. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
2. ^ "Feature Film Selection – Part 1". European Film Academy. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
3. ^ Barraclough, Leo (14 August 2024). "European Film Awards Selection Revealed With 'Kinds of Kindness,' 'Emilia Pérez,' 'Sacred Fig,' 'The Substance' Among Titles". Variety. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
4. ^ "Feature Film Selection - Part 2". European Film Academy. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
5. ^ Calnan, Ellie (26 September 2024). "'Queer', 'The Room Next Door' among 16 titles added to European Film Awards 2024 contenders". Screen International. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
6. ^ "European Film Awards 2024: The European Film Academy announces this year's Documentary Film Selection". European Film Academy. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
7. ^ Roxborough, Scott (21 August 2024). "European Film Awards Pick 2024 Documentary Films Shortlist". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
8. ^ Roxborough, Scott (9 October 2024). "European Animated Film Nominations Unveiled". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
9. ^ "The European Film Awards announce their nominees in the Short Film category". Cineuropa. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
10. ^ "Short Film – Prix Vimeo nominations 2024". European Film Academy. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
11. ^ Szalai, Georg (5 November 2024). "European Film Awards: 'The Substance,' 'Emilia Pérez,' 'The Room Next Door,' Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton Among Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
12. ^ "Nominations 2024". European Film Academy. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
13. ^ Dams, Tim (13 November 2024). "'The Substance', 'The Girl With The Needle' lead craft winners at European Film Awards". Screen International. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
14. ^ "Excellence Awards Winners 2024". European Film Academy. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
15. ^ "The Academy Honours Wim Wenders". European Film Academy. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
16. ^ "The Academy Honours Isabella Rossellini with the EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA Award". European Film Academy. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
17. ^ "Here come the nominees for LUX – The European Audience Film Award 2025". European Film Academy. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
18. ^ Dalton, Ben (18 September 2024). "Five films nominated for 2025 Lux European Audience Film Award including 'Dahomey', 'Flow', 'Julie Keeps Quiet'". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
19. ^ Calnan, Ellie (23 October 2024). "'Kneecap' among European University Film Award 2024 nominees". Screen International. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
20. ^ "European University Film Award (EUFA) nominations 2024". European Film Academy. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

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