28th European Film Awards

28th European Film Awards
Date12 December 2015
SiteBerlin, Germany
Organized byEuropean Film Academy
Highlights
Best PictureYouth
Best ActorMichael Caine
Best ActressCharlotte Rampling
Television coverage
ChannelArte

The 28th European Film Awards were presented on 12 December 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy.

Winners and nominees

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Youth Youth - La giovinezza Paolo Sorrentino
The Lobster Yorgos Lanthimos
Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron Roy Andersson
Rams Hrútar Grímur Hákonarson
Victoria Sebastian Schipper
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron Roy Andersson
The Bélier Family La Famille Bélier Éric Lartigau
The Brand New Testament Le Tout Nouveau Testament Jaco Van Dormael
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Amy Asif Kapadia
Dancing with Maria Ivan Gergolet
The Look of Silence Senyap Joshua Oppenheimer
A Syrian Love Story Sean McAllister
Toto and His Sisters Alexander Nanau
English title Original title Director(s) Animation Production country
Song of the Sea Tomm Moore Fabian Earlinghauser & Sean McCarron
Adama Simon Rouby Pierre Ducos
Shaun the Sheep Movie Richard Starzak & Mark Burton Will Becher
English title Original title Director(s) Writers(s) Production country
Marshland La isla mínima Alberto Rodríguez Alberto Rodríguez, Rafael Cobos
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron Roy Andersson Roy Andersson
Force Majeure Turist Ruben Östlund Ruben Östlund
Leviathan Левиафан Andrey Zvyagintsev Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev
Samba Samba Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Serial (Bad) Weddings Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ? Philippe de Chauveron Guy Laurent, Philippe de Chauveron
The Imitation Game The Imitation Game Morten Tyldum Graham Moore
The Salt of the Earth Le Sel de la Terre Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado David Rosier, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders
Victoria Victoria Sebastian Schipper Sebastian Schipper
White God Fehér isten Kornél Mundruczó Viktória Petrányi, Kornél Mundruczó, Kata Wéber
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Goodnight Mommy Ich seh Ich seh Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Limbo Anna Sofie Hartmann
Slow West John Maclean
Summers Downstairs Im Sommer wohnt er unten Tom Sommerlatte
Director(s) English title Original title
Paolo Sorrentino Youth Youth - La giovinezza
Małgorzata Szumowska Body Body / Ciało
Yorgos Lanthimos The Lobster
Nanni Moretti Mia madre
Roy Andersson A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
Sebastian Schipper Victoria
Screenwriter(s) English title Original title
Yorgos Lanthimos
Efthimis Filippou
The Lobster
Radu Jude
Florin Lazarescu
Aferim!
Alex Garland Ex Machina
Andrew Haigh 45 Years
Roy Andersson A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
Paolo Sorrentino Youth Youth - La giovinezza
Actor English title Original title
Michael Caine Youth Youth - La giovinezza
Tom Courtenay 45 Years
Colin Farrell The Lobster
Christian Friedel 13 Minutes Elser - Er hätte die Welt verändert
Vincent Lindon The Measure of a Man La Loi du marché
Actress English title Original title
Charlotte Rampling 45 Years
Margherita Buy Mia madre
Laia Costa Victoria
Alicia Vikander Ex Machina
/ Rachel Weisz Youth Youth - La giovinezza
English title Original title Winner(s) Nationality
Goodnight Mommy Ich seh Ich seh Martin Gschlacht
English title Original title Winner(s) Nationality
Body Ciało Jacek Drosio
English title Original title Winner(s) Nationality
The Brand New Testament Le Tout Nouveau Testament Sylvie Olivé
English title Original title Winner(s) Nationality
The Lobster Sarah Blenkinsop
English title Original title Winner(s) Nationality
The Duke of Burgundy Cat's Eyes
English title Original title Winner(s) Nationality
Arabian Nights – Vol. I-III As Mil e uma noites – Vol. I-III Vasco Pimentel & Miguel Martins
Recipient Occupation Nationality
Andrea Occhipinti Producer
Recipient Occupation Nationality
Christoph Waltz[1] Actor and director
Recipient Occupation Nationality
Charlotte Rampling[1] Actress

Honorary Award of the EFA President and Board

Recipient Occupation Nationality
Michael Caine[2] Actor

Twelve- to fourteen-year-old audiences from across Europe voted for the winner after watching the three nominated films at special screenings held on "Young Audience Film Day" on 3 May.[3][4]

English title Original title Director(s) Writers(s) Production country
The Invisible Boy Il ragazzo invisibile Gabriele Salvatores Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi, Stefano Sardo
My Skinny Sister Min lilla syster Sanna Lenken Sanna Lenken
You're Ugly Too Mark Noonan Mark Noonan

The nominees for Best Short Film were selected by independent juries at a series of film festivals throughout Europe.[5]

English title Original title Director(s) Country Nominating Festival
Picnic Piknik Jure Pavlović Drama International Short Film Festival
Dissonance Till Nowak Berlin International Film Festival
E.T.E.R.N.I.T. Giovanni Aloi Venice Film Festival
Field Study Eva Weber Cork Film Festival
Kung Fury David Sandberg Vila do Conde Film Festival
Listen Kuuntele Hamy Ramezan & Rungano Nyoni Tampere Film Festival
Our Body Naše telo Dane Komljen International Film Festival Rotterdam
Over Jörn Threlfall Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival
Smile, and the World Will Smile Back Im tekhayekh, ha'Olam yekhayekh elekha Yoav Gross, Ehab Tarabieh & the al-Haddad family Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Son of the Wolf Fils du loup Lola Quivoron Locarno International Film Festival
Symbolic Threats Mischa Leinkauf, Lutz Henke & Matthias Wermke Grimstad Film Festival
The Runner El corredor José Luis Montesinos Valladolid International Film Festival
The Translator Çevirmen Emre Kayiş Sarajevo Film Festival
This Place We Call Our Home Thora Lorentzen & Sybilla Tuxen Kraków Film Festival
Washingtonia Konstantina Kotzamani Film Fest Gent

References

  1. ^ a b "EFA to Honor Christoph Waltz, Charlotte Rampling". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. ^ "European Film Awards Winners 2015: Paolo Sorrentino's 'Youth' Scoops Best Film, Director & Actor For Michael Caine". Deadline.
  3. ^ "THE INVISIBLE BOY Wins Young Audience Award 2015". European Film Academy.
  4. ^ "Don't Miss the Young Audience Film Day!". European Film Academy.
  5. ^ "EFA Shorts Nominations 2015". European Film Academy. 30 September 2015.