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29th European Film Awards

29th European Film Awards
Narodowe Forum Muzyki
Date10 December 2016
SiteNational Forum of Music, Wrocław, Lower Silesia, Poland
Hosted byMaciej Stuhr
Organized byEuropean Film Academy
Highlights
Best PictureToni Erdmann
Best DirectionMaren Ade
Toni Erdmann
Best ActorPeter Simonischek
Toni Erdmann
Best ActressSandra Hüller
Toni Erdmann
Most awardsToni Erdmann (5/6), Land of Mine (4/4)
Most nominationsToni Erdmann (6), I, Daniel Blake (6)
Television coverage
ChannelArte, TVN, NTV Plus, HBO Europe, RAI Movie, Movistar+, Cosmote TV, Curzon Home Cinema, 15 min, LTV, ETV+

The 29th European Film Awards were presented on 10 December 2016 in Wrocław, Poland.[1] The ceremony is one of a number of events to take place in Wrocław as the city is a 2016 European Capital of Culture, along with San Sebastián.[2] The nominations and winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy.

Ceremony

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The ceremony focused on a political message against ongoing nationalism and euroscepticism. The European Film Academy also remarked on Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is imprisoned in Russia.

Selection

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Awards voted by EFA Members

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The nominees were announced on 6 November 2016 in Seville, Spain at the Seville European Film Festival. Four films nominated for Best Film were premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, including the Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, and FIPRESCI Critics Award Toni Erdmann.[3] One film (Room) has been already nominated for the Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards. Three films (Toni Erdmann, Elle, Julieta) had been submitted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. Two films (I, Daniel Blake, Toni Erdmann) received nominations at the 18th British Independent Film Awards.

Toni Erdmann is the first film directed by a woman to win best picture.[4]

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Toni Erdmann Maren Ade Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Michael Merkt Komplizen Film, Coop99, KNM, Missing Link Films, SWR, WDR, Arte, MonkeyBoy Germany Austria German, English, Romanian
Elle Paul Verhoeven Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt SBS Productions, Pallas Film, France 2 Cinéma, Entre Chien et Loup, Canal+, France Télévisions, Orange Cinéma Séries, Casa Kafka Pictures, Proximus, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Filmförderungsanstalt France Germany Belgium French
I, Daniel Blake Ken Loach Rebecca O'Brien Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, Entertainment One, Les Films du Fleuve, Canal+, Ciné+, BE TV, British Film Institute, BBC, France 2, France Télévisions, Le Pacte, VOO United Kingdom France English
Julieta Pedro Almodóvar Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar, Esther García El Deseo, Canal+ France, Ciné +, Televisión Española Spain Spanish
Room Lenny Abrahamson Ed Guiney, David Gross Telefilm Canada, Filmnation Entertainment, Irish Film Board, Element Pictures, No Trace Camping, Film4 Republic of Ireland Canada English

The nominees were announced on 25 October 2016.

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
A Man Called Ove Hannes Holm Annica Bellander, Nicklas Wikström Nicastro Tre Vänner Sweden Swedish
Look Who's Back David Wnendt Lars Dittrich, Christopher Müller Mythos Film Germany German
One Man and His Cow Mohamed Hamidi Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou Quad Productions France Algeria French, Arabic

Technical awards

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A special seven-member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the selection list. The members of the jury were:

Critics Award

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The nominees were announced on 19 September 2016. Award given by International Federation of Film Critics - Prix FIPRESCI.

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki Juho Kuosmanen Juho Kuosmanen Aamu Filmcompany, ONE TWO Films, Tre Vänner Produktion AB, Elokuvayhtiö Oy Aamu, Film Väst, Tre Vänner Produktion AB Finland Germany Sweden Finnish, English
Dogs Bogdan Mirica Marcela Ursu 42 km Film, EZ Films Romania Bulgaria France Qatar Romanian
Liebmann Jules Herrmann Jules Herrmann Ester.Reglin.Film Produktionsgesellschaft Germany French, German, English
Sand Storm Elite Zexer Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg 2-Team Productions, Rotor Film Babelsberg Israel Arabic
Thirst Svetla Tsotsorkova Svetla Tsotsorkova, Nadejda Koseva Front Film Bulgaria Bulgarian

The nominees were announced on 25 October 2016. Two films nominated for Best Animated Feature Film were premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. One film (My Life as a Courgette) has been submitted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. My Life as a Courgette also in official selection for The European Parliament's LUX Prize.

English title Director(s) Animator(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
My Life as a Courgette Claude Barras Kim Keukeleire Armelle Glorennec, Éric Jacquot, Marc Bonny Gebeka Films, Rita Productions, Blue Spirit Animation, KNM Switzerland France French
Psyconauts, the Forgotten Children Alberto Vázquez, Pedro Rivero Krhis Cembe Farruco Castroman, Carlos Juarez, Luis Tosar Basque Films Spain Spanish
The Red Turtle Michaël Dudok de Wit Michaël Dudok de Wit Vincent Maraval Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, Studio Ghibli, CN4 Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Belvision France Belgium None

Audience awards

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The nominees were announced on 1 September 2016.[5]

English title Director(s) Production country
Body Małgorzata Szumowska Poland
A Man Called Ove Hannes Holm Sweden Norway
A War Tobias Lindholm Denmark
Aferim! Radu Jude Romania Bulgaria Czech Republic
Fire at Sea Gianfranco Rosi Italy France
Julieta Pedro Almodóvar Spain
Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven France Germany Turkey
Spectre Sam Mendes United Kingdom
The Brand New Testament Jaco Van Dormael Belgium France Luxembourg
The Danish Girl Tom Hooper United Kingdom
The High Sun Dalibor Matanić Croatia, Slovenia Serbia
The Lobster Yorgos Lanthimos United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Greece France Netherlands

The winners were announced on 10 May 2016.

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Miss Impossible Emilie Deleuze Tatiana Bouchain Ad Vitam Production, Agat Films & Cie France French
Girls Lost Alexandra-Therese Keining Ellinor Lingvall Götafilm Sweden Finland Swedish
Rauf Soner Caner, Baris Kaya Ali Ozgur Ates, Soner Caner, Baris Kaya, Kazim Ugur Kizilaslan, Selman Kizilaslan, Burak Ozan Peri Istanbul, Aslan Film Turkey Turkish, Kurdish

University Award

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The announcement of the five European University Film Award nominations took place during Filmfest Hamburg on 5 October 2016. Films were selected by: Feo Aladag (director/Germany), Dagmar Brunow (academic, Linnaeus University/Sweden), Luis Martinez Lopez (journalist, EL MUNDO/Spain), Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy (director/Ukraine) and Patrick Sobelman (producer/France). Five nominated films were screened and discussed in the respective classes and each university voted its favourite film. The following 13 universities from 13 European countries participated:

English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
I, Daniel Blake Ken Loach Rebecca O'Brien Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, Entertainment One, Les Films du Fleuve, Canal+, Ciné+, BE TV, British Film Institute, BBC, France 2, France Télévisions, Le Pacte, VOO United Kingdom France English
Graduation Cristian Mungiu Cristian Mungiu Les Films du Fleuve, Mobra Films, Romanian Film Board, Why Not Productions Romania France Belgium Romanian
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki Juho Kuosmanen Juho Kuosmanen Aamu Filmcompany, ONE TWO Films, Tre Vänner Produktion AB, Elokuvayhtiö Oy Aamu, Film Väst, Tre Vänner Produktion AB Finland Germany Sweden Finnish, English
Fire at Sea Gianfranco Rosi Gianfranco Rosi, Paolo Del Brocco, Donatella Palermo Stemal Entertainment, 21 Unofilm, Cinecittà Luce, Rai Cinema, Les Films d'Ici, Arte France Cinéma, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali Italy France Italian
Toni Erdmann Maren Ade Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Michael Merkt Komplizen Film, Coop99, KNM, Missing Link Films, SWR, WDR, Arte, MonkeyBoy Germany Austria German, English, Romanian
English title Director(s) Producer(s) Production companies Country Language
Fire at Sea Gianfranco Rosi Gianfranco Rosi, Paolo Del Brocco, Donatella Palermo Stemal Entertainment, 21 Unofilm, Cinecittà Luce, Rai Cinema, Les Films d'Ici, Arte France Cinéma, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali Italy France Italian
21 X New York Piotr Stasik Agnieszka Wasiak Lava Films Poland English, Chinese
A Family Affair Tom Fassaert Wout Conijn Conijn Film Netherlands Belgium Denmark South Africa Dutch, English
Mr. Gaga Tomer Heymann Barak Heymann, Diana Holtzberg Heymann Brothers Films, ZDF, ARTE, AVROTROS, SVT Israel Sweden Germany Netherlands Hebrew, English
S Is for Stanley Alex Infascelli Inti Carboni, Federica Paniccia, Alex Infascelli, Lorenzo Foschi, Davide Lucchetti Kinethica, Lock & Valentine Italy English, Italian
The Land of the Enlightened Pieter-Jan De Pue Bart van Langendonck Savage Film, Fastnet Films, Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Submarine, ZDF, Arte, Canvas, IKON, Eyeworks, Prime, Sciapode Belgium Republic of Ireland Netherlands Germany Afghanistan Persian, English

To be considered for a nomination, a short film has to screen in competition at any of the participating festivals:

English title Original title Director(s) Type Minutes Production country Language(s) Festival
9 days: From My Window in Aleppo - Thomas Vroege, Floor van der Meulen, Issa Touma documentary 13 min. Netherlands Syria Arabic Bristol
The Wall Le mur Samuel Lampaert fiction 8 min Belgium Chinese Ghent
Edmond - Nina Gantz animation 10 min. United Kingdom English Uppsala
The Goodbye El adiós Clara Roquet fiction 15 min. Spain United States Spanish Valladolid
90 Degrees North 90 Grad Nord Detsky Graffam fiction 21 min. Germany German Cork
We All Love the Seashore Tout le monde aime le bord de la mer Keina Espiñeira fiction/documentary 18 min. Spain Spanish Rotterdam
In the Distance - Florian Grolig animation 7 min. Germany - Clermont-Ferrand
A Man Returned - Mahdi Fleifel documentary 30 min. United Kingdom Denmark Netherlands Lebanon Arabic Berlin
Small Talk - Even Hafnor, Lisa Brooke Hansen fiction 21 min. Norway Norwegian Tampere
I'm Not From Here Yo no soy de aquí Maite Alberdi, Giedrė Žickytė documentary 26 min. Chile Denmark Lithuania Spanish, Basque Kraków
Home - Daniel Mulloy fiction 20 min. Kosovo United Kingdom Albania English Vila do Conde
The Fullness of Time (Romance) L'immense retour Manon Coubia fiction 14 min. Belgium Belgium French Locarno
Limbo - Konstantina Kotzamani fiction 30 min. Greece France Greek Sarajevo
Amalimbo - Juan Pablo Libossart animation 15 min. Sweden Estonia Swedish Venice
Shooting Star Падаща звезда Lyubo Yonchev fiction 28 min. Bulgaria Italy Bulgarian Drama

The winners were announced on 15 November 2016.

Recipient Occupation
Netherlands Leontine Petit Producer

Honorary Awards

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List of partners

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The European Film Awards 2016 are presented by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions in co-operation with:

References

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  1. ^ European Film Awards 2016 Go to Wroclaw
  2. ^ "Europejskie Nagrody Filmowe w 2016 roku we Wrocławiu". Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. ^ "European Film Awards Nominations Go to 'Toni Erdmann,' 'I, Daniel Blake' and More". IndieWire.
  4. ^ Brown, Mark (11 December 2016). "Toni Erdmann sweeps the board at European film awards 2016". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Vote Opens for People's Choice Award". EFA.
  6. ^ "European cinema stars flock to Wrocław as film awards handed oute". Polskie Radio-The News.pl.
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