Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet was the big winner of the night at European Film Awards 2023, winning five awards including European Film, Director, Actress for Sandra Hüller, Scriptwriter and the Excellence Award for Editing.
Other top awards including European Actor went to Mads Mikkelsen in The Promised Land; European Documentary went to Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Savvusanna Sõsarad) directed by Anna Hints; and European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI went to How to Have Sex directed by Molly Manning Walker.
Matthijs Wouter Knol, CEO and director of the European Film Academy: “What a night! It was an honour to give the stage to all these wonderful and talented European filmmakers from all arts and crafts of the industry creating captivating movies, telling unforgettable stories and reflecting all facets of human life. For us, it was wonderful to be able to honor their excellency with the European Film Awards. We are looking forward to seeing everyone next year in Lucerne!”
The winners of the European Film Awards 2023 are:
European Film:
Winner: ANATOMY OF A FALL (ANATOMIE D’UNE CHUTE) directed by Justine Triet, produced by Marie-Ange Luciani & David Thion (France)
FALLEN LEAVES (KUOLLEET LEHDET) directed by Aki Kaurismäki, produced by Aki Kaurismäki, Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff & Reinhard Brundig (Finland, Germany)
GREEN BORDER (ZIELONA GRANICA) directed by Agnieszka Holland, produced by Marcin Wierzchosławski, Fred Bernstein & Agnieszka Holland (Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium)
ME CAPTAIN (IO CAPITANO) directed by Matteo Garrone, produced by Matteo Garrone, Paolo Del Brocco, Ardavan Safaee & Joseph Rouschop (Italy, Belgium)
THE ZONE OF INTEREST directed by Jonathan Glazer, produced by James Wilson & Ewa Puszczyńska (United Kingdom, Poland, USA)
European Documentary:
Winner: SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD (SAVVUSANNA SÕSARAD) directed by Anna Hints (Estonia, France, Iceland)
APOLONIA, APOLONIA directed by Lea Glob (Denmark, Poland)
FOUR DAUGHTERS (LES FILLES D’OLFA) directed by Kaouther Ben Hania (France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia)
MOTHERLAND directed by Hanna Badziaka & Alexander Mihalkovich (Sweden, Ukraine, Norway)
ON THE ADAMANT (SUR L’ADAMANT) directed by Nicolas Philibert (France, Japan)
European Director:
Winner: Justine Triet for ANATOMY OF A FALL
Aki Kaurismäki for FALLEN LEAVES
Agnieszka Holland for GREEN BORDER
Matteo Garrone for ME CAPTAIN
Jonathan Glazer for THE ZONE OF INTEREST
European Actress:
Winner: Sandra Hüller in ANATOMY OF A FALL
Eka Chavleishvili in BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY
Alma Pöysti in FALLEN LEAVES
Mia McKenna-Bruce in HOW TO HAVE SEX
Leonie Benesch in THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE
Sandra Hüller in THE ZONE OF INTEREST
European Actor:
Winner: Mads Mikkelsen in THE PROMISED LAND
Thomas Schubert in AFIRE
Jussi Vatanen in FALLEN LEAVES
Josh O’Connor in LA CHIMERA
Christian Friedel in THE ZONE OF INTEREST
European Screenwriter:
Winner: Justine Triet & Arthur Harari for ANATOMY OF A FALL
Aki Kaurismäki for FALLEN LEAVES
Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko & Agnieszka Holland for GREEN BORDER
İlker Çatak & Johannes Duncker for THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE
Jonathan Glazer for THE ZONE OF INTEREST
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI:
This award is presented in co-operation with FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, to a director for the first full-length feature film.
Winner: HOW TO HAVE SEX directed by Molly Manning Walker (United Kingdom, Greece)
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (20.000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS) directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain)
LA PALISIADA (ЛЯ ПАЛІСІАДА) directed by Philip Sotnychenko (Ukraine)
SAFE PLACE (SIGURNO MJESTO) directed by Juraj Lerotić (Croatia, Slovenia)
THE QUIET MIGRATION (STILLE LIV) directed by Malene Choi (Denmark)
VINCENT MUST DIE (VINCENT DOIT MOURIR) directed by Stéphan Castang (France, Belgium)
European Animated Feature Film:
Winner: ROBOT DREAMS directed by Pablo Berger (Spain, France)
A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL directed by Enzo d’Alò (Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom, Latvia, Estonia, Germany)
CHICKEN FOR LINDA! directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach (France, Italy)
THE AMAZING MAURICE directed by Toby Genkel (Germany, United Kingdom)
WHITE PLASTIC SKY directed by Tibor Bánóczkia and Sarolta Szabó (Hungary, Slovakia)
European Short Film:
Winner: HARDLY WORKING directed by Total Refusal: Susanna Flock, Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner and Michael Stumpf (Austria)
27 directed by Flóra Anna Buda (France, Hungary)
AQUERONTE directed by Manuel Muñoz Rivas (Spain)
DAYDREAMING SO VIVIDLY ABOUT OUR SPANISH HOLIDAYS (LA HERIDA LUMINOSA) directed by Christian Avilés (Spain)
FLORES DEL OTRO PATIO directed by Jorge Cadena (Switzerland, Colombia)
European Young Audience Award
Winner: SCRAPPER directed by Charlotte Regan (United Kingdom) – fiction
LONGING FOR THE WORLD (L’AMOUR DU MONDE) directed by Jenna Hasse (Switzerland) – fiction
ONE IN A MILLION directed by Joya Thome (Germany) – documentary