2016 European Film Award Winners Announced; A Real Complete Winners List

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.

The 29th European Film Awards were announced on Saturday, December 10, 2016 in Wroclaw, Poland.  The EFA, in collaboration with the European Film Academy and EFA Productions, honored the greatest achievements in European cinema at the 2016 European Film Awards.

2016 / 29th European Film Awards winners:

BEST EUROPEAN FILM
“Toni Erdmann,” (Maren Ade, Germany, Austria)

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
Maren Ade, (“Toni Erdmann”)

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR
Peter Simonischek, (“Erdmann”)

BEST EUROPEAN ACTRESS
Sandra Hüller, (“Toni Erdmann”)

BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
Maren Ade, (“Toni Erdmann”)

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

BEST EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE
“My Life as a Zucchini,” (Claude Barras, France, Switzerland)

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

FIPRESCI PRIZE – BEST EUROPEAN DISCOVERY
“The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki,” (Juho Kuosmanen, Finland, Sweden, Germany)

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY FILM AWARD
“I, Daniel Blake” - Ken Loach

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT
“9 Days – From My Window In Aleppo”

EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2016
Leontine Petit

EUROPEAN SOUND DESIGNER 2016
Radosław Ochnio; 11 Minutes

EUROPEAN HAIR & MAKE-UP ARTIST 2016
Barbara Kreuzer; Land Of Mine

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2016
Ilya Demutsky; The Student

EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER 2016
Stefanie Bieker; Land Of Mine

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2016
Alice Normington; Suffragette

EUROPEAN EDITOR 2016
Anne Østerud & Janus Billeskov Jansen; The Commune

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2016
Camilla Hjelm Knudsen; Land Of Mine

HONORARY AWARD OF THE EFA PRESIDENT AND BOARD
Andrzej Wajda

Lifetime Achievement Award: Jean-Claude Carrière

Achievement in World Cinema Award: Pierce Brosnan

Young Audience Award: Émilie Deleuze - Miss Impossible

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