4th European Film Awards

Award ceremony

The 4th Annual European Film Awards were given out in 1991. The ceremony was organised by the European Film Academy, and took place at the DEFA Studios in Potsdam (Germany). The winners were announced on the 1st of December, with Ken Loach receiving the Felix for European Film of the Year for his feature film Riff-Raff.[1][2]

## Winners

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### European Film of the Year

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

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Riff-Raff[3] | Ken Loach | United Kingdom
The Voyager | Homo Faber | Volker Schlöndorff | Germany
The Little Gangster | Le petit criminel | Jacques Doillon | France

### Young European Film of the Year

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

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Toto the Hero | Toto le héros | Jaco Van Dormael | Belgium
Delicatessen | Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | France
Ultra | Ultrà | Ricky Tognazzi | Italy

### European Actor of the Year

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* Michel Bouquet — Toto le héros (Toto the Hero)[4]

### European Actress of the Year

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* Clotilde Courau — Le petit Criminel (The Little Gangster)[5]

### European Supporting Actor of the Year

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* Ricky Memphis — Ultrà (Ultra)[6]

### European Supporting Actress of the Year

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* Marta Keler — Virdžina

### European Screen-Writer of the Year

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* Jaco van Dormael — Toto le héros (Toto the Hero)

### European Cinematographer of the Year

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* Walther van den Ende — Toto le héros (Toto the Hero)

### European Film Composer of the Year

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* Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson — Börn náttúrunnar (Children of Nature)[7]

### European Production Designers of the Year

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* Kreta Kjnaković (sets) and Valerie Pozzo Di Borgo (costumes) — Delicatessen[8]

### European Film Editor of the Year

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* Giancarla Simoncelli — Ultrà (Ultra)

### European Cinema Lifetime Achievement Award

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* Alexandre Trauner

### European Cinema Society Award of Merit

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* Directors' Fortnight in Cannes (La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs)

### European Documentary Film of the Year

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* Usłyszcie mój krzyk (Hear My Cry), by Maciej Janusz Drygas, Prod. Film Studio Zodiak Warsaw, Poland[9]

### Special Mentions

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* Crimes et passions — La cicatrice (Crimes and Passions — The Scar), by Mireille Dumas Prod. TF1 Paris, France[10]
* Die Mauer (The Wall), by Jürgen Böttcher, Prod. DEFA-Studio for Dokumentarfilme Berlin, Germany[11]

## References

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1. ^ "Archive - European Film Awards". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
2. ^ "European Film Awards (1991)". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
3. ^ "Riff-Raff". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
4. ^ "Toto the Hero / Toto le héros". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
5. ^ "The Little Gangster / Le petit criminel". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
6. ^ "Ultra". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
7. ^ "Children of Nature". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
8. ^ "Delicatessen". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
9. ^ "Hear My Cry / Uslyszcie mój krzyk". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
10. ^ "Crimes and Passions - The Scar / Crimes et passions - La Cicatrice". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
11. ^ "The Wall / Die Mauer". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.

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