2016 European Film Award Nominations Announced

The European Film Awards recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are are presented annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy and are given in over ten categories, of which the most important is “European Film,” the best film of the year award. The European Film Awards are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.

On Friday, November 5, 2016, the nominations for the 29th European Film Awards were announced in Seville, Spain. The EFA, in collaboration with the European Film Academy and EFA Productions, honor the greatest achievements in European cinema at the 2016 European Film Awards on December 10, 2016 in Wroclaw, Poland.

2016 / 29th European Film Awards nominations:

BEST EUROPEAN FILM

“Elle,” (Paul Verhoeven, France, Germany)

“I, Daniel Blake,” (Ken Loach, U.K., France)

“Julieta,” (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)

“Room,” (Lenny Abrahamson, Ireland, Canada)

“Toni Erdmann,” (Maren Ade, Germany, Austria)

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR

Paul Verhoeven

Cristian Mungiu, (“Graduation,” Romania, France, Belgium)

Ken Loach

Pedro Almodóvar

Maren Ade, (“Toni Erdmann”)

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR

Rolf Lassgård, (“A Man Called Ove”)

Hugh Grant, (“Florence Foster Jenkins”)

Dave Johns, (“Blake”)

Burghart Klaußner, (“The People vs. Fritz Bauer”)

Peter Simonischek, (“Erdmann”)

Javier Cámara, (“Truman”)

BEST EUROPEAN ACTRESS

Isabelle Huppert, (“Elle”)

Emma Suárez & Adriana Ugarte, (“Julieta”)

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, (“Like Crazy”)

Trine Dyrholm, (“The Commune”)

Sandra Hüller, (“Toni Erdmann”)

BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER

Cristian Mungiu, (“Graduation”)

Paul Laverty, (“Blake”)

Emma Donoghue, (“Room”)

Maren Ade, (“Toni Erdmann”)

Tomasz Wasilewski, (“United States of Love”)

BEST EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY

“The Land Of The Enlightened,” (Pieter-Jan De Pue, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands)

“21 X New York,” (Piotr Stasik,Poland)

“Mr. Gaga,” (Tomer Heymann, Israel, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands)

“S is for Stanley – 30 Years At The Wheel For Stanley Kubrick,” (Alex Infascelli, Italy)

“A Family Affair,” (Tom Fassaert, the Netherlands, Belgium)

“Fire At Sea,” (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy, France)

BEST EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE

“My Life as a Zucchini,” (Claude Barras, France, Switzerland)

“Psiconautas, the forgotten children,” (Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez, Spain)

“The Red Turtle” (Michael Dudok de Wit, Japan, France, Belgium)

BEST EUROPEAN COMEDY

“A Man Called Ove,” (Hannes Holm, Sweden, Norway)

“Look Who’s Back;” (David Wnendt, Germany)

“La Vache,” (Mohamed Hamidi, France)

FIPRESCI PRIZE – BEST EUROPEAN DISCOVERY

“Dogs,” (Bogdan Mirica, France, Romania, Bulgaria, Qatar)

“Liebmann” (Jules Herrmann, Germany)

“Sand Storm,” (Elite Zexer, Israel)

“The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki,” (Juho Kuosmanen, Finland, Sweden, Germany)

“Thirst,” (Svetla Tsotsorkova, Bulgaria)

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY FILM AWARD

“Fire at Sea,” (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy, France)

“Graduation”

“I, Daniel Blake”

“The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki”

“Toni Erdmann”

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT

“The Wall”

“Edmond”

“The Goodbye”

“90 Degrees North”

“We All Love The Sea Shore”

“In The Distance”

“A Man Returned”

“Small Talk”

“I’m Not From Here”

“Home”

“The Fullness Of Time (Romance)”

“Limbo”

“Amalimbo”

“9 Days – From My Window In Aleppo”

Lifetime Achievement Award: Jean-Claude Carrière

Achievement in World Cinema Award: Pierce Brosnan

Young Audience Award: Émilie Deleuze - Miss Impossible

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