Winners and nominees
The nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards were announced on 6 November at the Seville European Film Festival.
The Ghost Writer – Roman Polanski • France/Germany/United Kingdom
Honey (Bal) – Semih Kaplanoğlu • Turkey/GermanyOf Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) – Xavier Beauvois • FranceLebanon – Samuel Maoz • Israel/Germany/FranceThe Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos) – Juan José Campanella • Spain/ArgentinaSoul Kitchen – Fatih Akin • GermanyRoman Polanski – The Ghost Writer
Olivier Assayas – CarlosSemih Kaplanoğlu – Honey (Bal)Samuel Maoz – LebanonPaolo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing (La prima cosa bella)Sylvie Testud – Lourdes
Zrinka Cvitešić – On the Path (Na putu)Sibel Kekilli – When We Leave (Die Fremde)Lesley Manville – Another YearLotte Verbeek – Nothing PersonalEwan McGregor – The Ghost Writer
Jakob Cedergren – SubmarinoElio Germano – Our Life (La nostra vita)George Piştereanu – If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier)Luis Tosar – Cell 211 (Celda 211)The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet • United Kingdom/France
Planet 51 – Jorge Blanco • Spain/United KingdomSammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage – Ben Stassen • BelgiumRobert Harris and Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer
Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Daniel Monzón – Cell 211 (Celda 211)Samuel Maoz – LebanonRadu Mihaileanu – The Concert (Le concert)Giora Bejach – Lebanon
Caroline Champetier – Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux)Pavel Kostomarov – How I Ended This Summer (Как я провел этим летом)Barış Özbiçer – Honey (Bal)Luc Barnier and Marion Monnier – Carlos
Arik Lahav-Leibovich – LebanonHervé de Luze – The Ghost WriterAlbrecht Konrad – The Ghost Writer
Paola Bizzarri and Luis Ramirez – I, Don Giovanni (Io, Don Giovanni)Markku Pätilä and Jaagup Roomet – The Temptation of St. Tony (Püha Tõnu kiusamine)Alexandre Desplat – The Ghost Writer
Ales Brezina – Kawasaki's Rose (Kawasakiho růže)Pasquale Catalano – Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti)Gary Yershon – Another YearNostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia de la luz) – Patricio Guzmán • France/Germany/Chile
Armadillo – Janus Metz • Denmark/SwedenSteam of Life (Miesten vuoro) – Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen • Finland/SwedenHanoi - Warsaw (Hanoi - Warszawa) – Katarzyna Klimkiewicz • Poland
Amor – Thomas Wangsmo • NorwayLights (Ampelmann) – Giulio Ricciarelli • GermanyJoseph’s Snails (Les escargots de Joseph) – Sophie Roze • FranceStay, Away (Blijf bij me, weg) – Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito • NetherlandsOut of Love (Ønskebørn) – Birgitte Stærmose • DenmarkVenus VS Me – Nathalie Teirlinck • BelgiumThe Little Snow Animal (Lumikko) – Miia Tervo • FinlandTussilago – Jonas Odell • SwedenMaria's Way – Anne Milne • United Kingdom/SpainTalleres Clandestinos – Catalina Molina • Austria/ArgentinaRendezvous in Stella-Plage (Rendez-vous à Stella-Plage) – Shalimar Preuss • FranceDiarchy (Diarchia) – Ferdinando Cito Filomarino • Italy/FranceThe External World – David O'Reilly • GermanyHere I Am (Itt vagyok) – Bálint Szimler • HungaryMr. Nobody
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden)Soul KitchenBaarìaLoose Cannons (Mine vaganti)An EducationAgoraThe Ghost WriterKick-AssLittle Nicholas (Le Petit Nicolas)