23rd European Film Awards

Winners and nominees

The nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards were announced on 6 November at the Seville European Film Festival.

Best Film

The Ghost Writer – Roman Polanski • France/Germany/United Kingdom

Honey (Bal) – Semih Kaplanoğlu • Turkey/Germany

Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) – Xavier Beauvois • France

Lebanon – Samuel Maoz • Israel/Germany/France

The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos) – Juan José Campanella • Spain/Argentina

Soul Kitchen – Fatih Akin • Germany

Best Director

Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer

Olivier Assayas – Carlos

Semih Kaplanoğlu – Honey (Bal)

Samuel Maoz – Lebanon

Paolo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing (La prima cosa bella)

Best Actress

Sylvie Testud – Lourdes

Zrinka Cvitešić – On the Path (Na putu)

Sibel Kekilli – When We Leave (Die Fremde)

Lesley Manville – Another Year

Lotte Verbeek – Nothing Personal

Best Actor

Ewan McGregor – The Ghost Writer

Jakob Cedergren – Submarino

Elio 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)

Best Animated Feature Film

The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet • United Kingdom/France

Planet 51 – Jorge Blanco • Spain/United Kingdom

Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage – Ben Stassen • Belgium

Best Screenwriter

Robert Harris and Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer

Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Daniel Monzón – Cell 211 (Celda 211)

Samuel Maoz – Lebanon

Radu Mihaileanu – The Concert (Le concert)

Best Cinematographer

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)

Best Editor

Luc Barnier and Marion Monnier – Carlos

Arik Lahav-Leibovich – Lebanon

Hervé de Luze – The Ghost Writer

Best Production Designer

Albrecht 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)

Best Composer

Alexandre Desplat – The Ghost Writer

Ales Brezina – Kawasaki's Rose (Kawasakiho růže)

Pasquale Catalano – Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti)

Gary Yershon – Another Year

Best Documentary

Nostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia de la luz) – Patricio Guzmán • France/Germany/Chile

Armadillo – Janus Metz • Denmark/Sweden

Steam of Life (Miesten vuoro) – Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen • Finland/Sweden

Best Short Film

Hanoi - Warsaw (Hanoi - Warszawa) – Katarzyna Klimkiewicz • Poland

Amor – Thomas Wangsmo • Norway

Lights (Ampelmann) – Giulio Ricciarelli • Germany

Joseph’s Snails (Les escargots de Joseph) – Sophie Roze • France

Stay, Away (Blijf bij me, weg) – Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito • Netherlands

Out of Love (Ønskebørn) – Birgitte Stærmose • Denmark

Venus VS Me – Nathalie Teirlinck • Belgium

The Little Snow Animal (Lumikko) – Miia Tervo • Finland

Tussilago – Jonas Odell • Sweden

Maria's Way – Anne Milne • United Kingdom/Spain

Talleres Clandestinos – Catalina Molina • Austria/Argentina

Rendezvous in Stella-Plage (Rendez-vous à Stella-Plage) – Shalimar Preuss • France

Diarchy (Diarchia) – Ferdinando Cito Filomarino • Italy/France

The External World – David O'Reilly • Germany

Here I Am (Itt vagyok) – Bálint Szimler • Hungary

People's Choice Award for Best European Film

Mr. Nobody

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden)

Soul Kitchen

Baarìa

Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti)

An Education

Agora

The Ghost Writer

Kick-Ass

Little Nicholas (Le Petit Nicolas)