European Film Award for Best Film (European Film Awards)

European Film Awards

European Film Award for Best Film has been awarded annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy.

Date Established : 1988

Check all the winners of European Film Award for Best Film presented under European Film Awards since 1988 .

Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima

Honored for : The Great Beauty

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Giuseppe Tornatore	The Best Offer
Isabella Cocuzza	The Best Offer
Arturo Paglia	The Best Offer
Jérôme Vidal	Snow White
Ibón Cormenzana	Snow White
Pablo Berger	Snow White
Felix Van Groeningen	The Broken Circle Breakdown
Dirk Impens	The Broken Circle Breakdown
Abdellatif Kechiche	Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Brahim Chioua	Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Vincent Maraval	Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Paolo Sorrentino	The Great Beauty
Nicola Giuliano	The Great Beauty
Francesca Cima	The Great Beauty
Jan Ole Gerster	Oh Boy
Marcos Kantis	Oh Boy
Alexander Wadouh	Oh Boy

Michael Haneke, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Ménégoz, Stefan Arndt, Michael Katz

Honored for : Amour

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Michael Haneke	Amour
Veit Heiduschka	Amour
Margaret Ménégoz	Amour
Stefan Arndt	Amour
Michael Katz	Amour
Morten Kaufmann	The Hunt
Thomas Vinterberg	The Hunt
Sisse Graum Jørgensen	The Hunt
Florian Koerner von Gustorf	Barbara
Michael Weber	Barbara
Christian Petzold	Barbara
Eric Toledano	The Intouchables
Laurent Zeitoun	The Intouchables
Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky	The Intouchables
Olivier Nakache	The Intouchables
Yann Zenou	The Intouchables
Emile Sherman	Shame
Steve McQueen	Shame
Iain Canning	Shame
Paolo Taviani	Caesar Must Die
Grazia Volpi	Caesar Must Die
Vittorio Taviani	Caesar Must Die

Meta Louise Foldager, Lars von Trier, Louise Vesth

Honored for : Melancholia

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Sisse Graum Jørgensen	In a Better World
Susanne Bier	In a Better World
Anders Thomas Jensen	In a Better World
Emmanuel Montamat	The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius	The Artist
Thomas Langmann	The Artist
Iain Canning	The King's Speech
Emile Sherman	The King's Speech
Tom Hooper	The King's Speech
Gareth Unwin	The King's Speech
David Seidler	The King's Speech
Reinhard Brundig	Le Havre
Fabienne Vonier	Le Havre
Aki Kaurismäki	Le Havre
Andrea Occhipinti	The Kid with a Bike
Jean-Pierre Dardenne	The Kid with a Bike
Luc Dardenne	The Kid with a Bike
Denis Freyd	The Kid with a Bike
Lars von Trier	Melancholia
Louise Vesth	Melancholia
Meta Louise Foldager	Melancholia

Roman Polanski

Honored for : The Ghost Writer

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Roman Polanski	The Ghost Writer
Semih Kaplano?lu	Honey
Samuel Maoz	Lebanon
Xavier Beauvois	Of Gods and Men
Juan José Campanella	The Secret in Their Eyes
Fatih Ak?n	Soul Kitchen

Michael Haneke

Honored for : The White Ribbon

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tomas Alfredson	Let the Right One In
John Ajvide Lindqvist	Let the Right One In
John Nordling	Let the Right One In
Carl Molinder	Let the Right One In
Stephen Daldry	The Reader
David Hare	The Reader
Anthony Minghella	The Reader
Sydney Pollack	The Reader
Donna Gigliotti	The Reader
Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin	The Reader
Andrea Arnold	Fish Tank
Kees Kasander	Fish Tank
Nick Laws	Fish Tank
Danny Boyle	Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy	Slumdog Millionaire
Christian Colson	Slumdog Millionaire
Jacques Audiard	A Prophet
Thomas Bidegain	A Prophet
Abdel Raouf Dafri	A Prophet
Nicolas Peufaillit	A Prophet
Michael Haneke	The White Ribbon
Stefan Arndt	The White Ribbon
Veit Heiduschka	The White Ribbon
Michael Katz	The White Ribbon
Margaret Ménégoz	The White Ribbon
Andrea Occhipinti	The White Ribbon

Matteo Garrone

Honored for : Gomorrah

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Matteo Garrone	Gomorrah
Maurizio Braucci	Gomorrah
Ugo Chiti	Gomorrah
Gianni Di Gregorio	Gomorrah
Massimo Gaudioso	Gomorrah
Roberto Saviano	Gomorrah
Paolo Sorrentino	Il Divo
Laurent Cantet	The Class
François Bégaudeau	The Class
Robin Campillo	The Class
Mike Leigh	Happy-Go-Lucky
Juan Antonio Bayona	The Orphanage
Sergio G. Sánchez	The Orphanage
Ari Folman	Waltz with Bashir

Cristian Mungiu, Oleg Mutu

Honored for : 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alain Goldman	La Vie en Rose
Andy Harries	The Queen
Tracey Seaward	The Queen
Christine Langan	The Queen
Oleg Mutu	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Cristian Mungiu	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Fatih Ak?n	The Edge of Heaven
Klaus Maeck	The Edge of Heaven
Andreas Thiel	The Edge of Heaven
Jeanette Würl	The Edge of Heaven
Lisa Bryer	The Last King of Scotland
Andrea Calderwood	The Last King of Scotland
Charles Steel	The Last King of Scotland
Xavier Rigault	Persepolis
Marc-Antoine Robert	Persepolis

Max Wiedemann, Quirin Berg, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Honored for : The Lives of Others

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Michael Winterbottom	The Road to Guantanamo
Mat Whitecross	The Road to Guantanamo
Ken Loach	The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Max Wiedemann	The Lives of Others
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	The Lives of Others
Quirin Berg	The Lives of Others
Neil Jordan	Breakfast on Pluto
Jasmila Žbani?	Grbavica
Pedro Almodóvar	Volver

Veit Heiduschka

Honored for : Caché

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Denis Freyd	L'Enfant
Luc Dardenne	L'Enfant
Jean-Pierre Dardenne	L'Enfant
Veit Heiduschka	Caché
Peter Aalbæk Jensen	Brothers
Sisse Graum Jørgensen	Brothers
Karsten Brünig	Don't Come Knocking
In-Ah Lee	Don't Come Knocking
Peter Schwartzkopff	Don't Come Knocking
Chris Collins	My Summer of Love
Tanya Seghatchian	My Summer of Love
Fred Breinersdorfer	Sophie Scholl \u2013 The Final Days
Sven Burgemeister	Sophie Scholl \u2013 The Final Days
Christoph Müller	Sophie Scholl \u2013 The Final Days
Marc Rothemund	Sophie Scholl \u2013 The Final Days

Stefan Schubert, Ralph Schwingel

Honored for : Head-On

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Sea Inside
Stefan Schubert	Head-On
Ralph Schwingel	Head-On
Arthur Cohn	The Chorus
Nicolas Mauvernay	The Chorus
Jacques Perrin	The Chorus
Lars Jönsson	A Hole in My Heart
Agustín Almodóvar	Bad Education
Pedro Almodóvar	Bad Education
Simon Channing-Williams	Vera Drake

Stefan Arndt

Honored for : Good bye, Lenin!

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Stefan Arndt	Good bye, Lenin!
Robert Jones	Dirty Pretty Things
Tracey Seaward	Dirty Pretty Things
Vibeke Windeløv	Dogville
Andrew Eaton	In This World
Anita Overland	In This World
Esther García	My Life Without Me
Gordon McLennan	My Life Without Me
Olivier Delbosc	Swimming Pool
Marc Missonnier	Swimming Pool

Pedro Almodóvar

Honored for : Talk to Her

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Frances Higson	The Magdalene Sisters
Pedro Almodóvar	Talk to Her
Olivier Delbosc	8 Women
Marc Missonnier	8 Women
Deepak Nayar	Bend It Like Beckham
Arthur Lappin	Bloody Sunday
Mark Redhead	Bloody Sunday
Aki Kaurismäki	The Man Without a Past
Robert Benmussa	The Pianist
Roman Polanski	The Pianist
Alain Sarde	The Pianist
Lars Jönsson	Lilja 4-ever

Jean-Marc Deschamps, Claudie Ossard

Honored for : Amélie

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Nanni Moretti	The Son's Room
Angelo Barbagallo	The Son's Room
Jean-Marc Deschamps	Amélie
Claudie Ossard	Amélie
Eric Fellner	Bridget Jones's Diary
Tim Bevan	Bridget Jones's Diary
Jonathan Cavendish	Bridget Jones's Diary
Marc Conrad	The Experiment
Norbert Preuss	The Experiment
Friedrich Wildfeuer	The Experiment
Patrick Cassavetti	Intimacy
Charles Gassot	Intimacy
Jacques Hinstin	Intimacy
Ib Tardini	Italian for Beginners
Fernando Bovaira	The Others
José Luis Cuerda	The Others
Sunmin Park	The Others
Veit Heiduschka	The Piano Teacher

Lars von Trier

Honored for : Dancer in the Dark

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Charles Gassot	The Taste of Others
Lars von Trier	Dancer in the Dark
Jonathan Finn	Billy Elliot
Greg Brenman	Billy Elliot
Peter Lord	Chicken Run
Nick Park	Chicken Run
David Sproxton	Chicken Run
Michel Saint-Jean	With a Friend Like Harry...
Silvio Soldini	Bread and Tulips
Johan Mardell	Faithless

Agustín Almodóvar

Honored for : All About My Mother

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Jean-Pierre Dardenne	Rosetta
Luc Dardenne	Rosetta
Laurent Pétin	Rosetta
Michèle Pétin	Rosetta
Agustín Almodóvar	All About My Mother
Lars Jönsson	Show Me Love
Birgitte Hald	Mifune's Last Song
Morten Kaufmann	Mifune's Last Song
Alexander Sokurov	Moloch
Duncan Kenworthy	Notting Hill
Andras Hamori	Sunshine
Robert Lantos	Sunshine
Sarah Radclyffe	The War Zone
Dixie Linder	The War Zone

Gianluigi Braschi, Elda Ferri

Honored for : Life Is Beautiful

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Stefan Arndt	Run Lola Run
Elda Ferri	Life Is Beautiful
Gianluigi Braschi	Life Is Beautiful
Agustín Almodóvar	Live Flesh
Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin	The Butcher Boy
Stephen Woolley	The Butcher Boy
Birgitte Hald	The Celebration
Rebecca O'Brien	My Name Is Joe
François Marquis	The Dreamlife of Angels

Uberto Pasolini

Honored for : The Full Monty

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Uberto Pasolini	The Full Monty
Alain Sarde	Capitaine Conan
Saul Zaentz	The English Patient
Patrice Ledoux	The Fifth Element
Peter van Vogelpoel	The Perfect Circle
Igor Tolstunov	The Thief

Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Vibeke Windeløv

Honored for : Breaking the Waves

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Peter Aalbæk Jensen	Breaking the Waves
Vibeke Windeløv	Breaking the Waves
Simon Channing-Williams	Secrets & Lies
Eric Abraham	Kolya
Jan Sv?rák	Kolya

Rebecca O'Brien

Honored for : Land and Freedom

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Rebecca O'Brien	Land and Freedom
Françoise Etchegaray	Rendez-vous in Paris
Eric Heumann	Ulysses' Gaze
Herbert G. Kloiber	Ulysses' Gaze
Giorgio Silvagni	Ulysses' Gaze

Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gianni Amelio

Honored for : Lamerica

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Mario Cecchi Gori	Lamerica
Vittorio Cecchi Gori	Lamerica
Gianni Amelio	Lamerica
Jim Sheridan	In the Name of the Father
Marin Karmitz	Three Colors: Blue","Three Colors: Red","Three Colors: White
Krzysztof Kie?lowski	Three Colors: Blue","Three Colors: Red","Three Colors: White

Michel Seydoux, Nikita Mikhalkov

Honored for : Close to Eden

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Michel Seydoux	Close to Eden
Nikita Mikhalkov	Close to Eden
Veit Heiduschka	Benny's Video
Bernard Lang	Benny's Video
Michael Haneke	Benny's Video
Jean-Louis Livi	A Heart in Winter
Philippe Carcassonne	A Heart in Winter
Claude Sautet	A Heart in Winter

Angelo Rizzoli Jr., Erre Prodizioni, Gianni Amelio

Honored for : The Stolen Children

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Angelo Rizzoli Jr.	The Stolen Children
Gianni Amelio	The Stolen Children
Erre Prodizioni	The Stolen Children
Christian Fechner	The Lovers on the Bridge
Leos Carax	The Lovers on the Bridge
Aki Kaurismäki	The Bohemian Life

Sally Hibbin, Ken Loach

Honored for : Riff-Raff

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Sally Hibbin	Riff-Raff
Ken Loach	Riff-Raff
Eberhard Junkersdorf	Voyager
Volker Schlöndorff	Voyager
Alain Sarde	The Little Gangster
Jacques Doillon	The Little Gangster

Angelo Rizzoli Jr., Gianni Amelio

Honored for : Open Doors

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Angelo Rizzoli Jr.	Open Doors
Gianni Amelio	Open Doors
René Cleitman	Cyrano de Bergerac
Jean-Paul Rappeneau	Cyrano de Bergerac
Mosfilm	Mother
Gleb Panfilov	Mother
Janusz Morgenstern	Interrogation
Ryszard Bugajski	Interrogation
Anders Birkeland	The Guardian Angel
Suzanne Osten	The Guardian Angel
Aki Kaurismäki	The Match Factory Girl
Andrés Vicente Gómez	Ay Carmela
Carlos Saura	Ay Carmela

Theodoros Angelopoulos

Honored for : Landscape in the Mist

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Theodoros Angelopoulos	Landscape in the Mist
Géza Bereményi	The Midas Touch
Victor Glynn	High Hopes
Simon Channing-Williams	High Hopes
Þráinn Bertelsson	Magnús
Gorky Film Studio	Little Vera
João Pedro Bénard da Costa	Recollections of the Yellow House
Joaquim Pinto	Recollections of the Yellow House

Krzysztof Kie?lowski

Honored for : A Short Film About Killing

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Jennifer Howarth	Distant Voices, Still Lives
Eduardo Ducay	The Enchanted Forest
Romaniafilm	Iacob
Louis Malle	Au revoir, les enfants
Anatole Dauman	Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders	Wings of Desire
Per Holst	Pelle the Conqueror
Krzysztof Kie?lowski	A Short Film About Killing

European Film Award for Best Film