37th European Film Awards
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| 37th European Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 7 December 2024 |
| Site | KKL, Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Hosted by | Fernando Tiberini |
| Organized by | European Film Academy |
| Official website | EFA |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Emilia Pérez |
| Most awards | Emilia Pérez (5) |
| Most nominations | Emilia Pérez (5) |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | europeanfilmawards.eu[1] |
The 37th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, took place at Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern in Lucerne on 7 December 2024. It marked the first time the awards ceremony was held in Switzerland.[2] Swiss host and voiceover actor Fernando Tiberini hosted the ceremony.[3]
The winners of the Excellence Awards were announced on 13 November 2024, honoring the arts and crafts of filmmaking in eight categories.[4][5] On 7 December the other winners were revealed during the ceremony, with Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez winning in each of the categories it was nominated.[6]
Feature films
The first part of the Academy’s Feature Film Selection was announced on 14 August 2024.[7][8] The second part with 16 further titles was announced on 26 September 2024.[9][10]
- April – Dea Kulumbegashvili (
France, 
Georgia, 
Italy) - Arcadia – Yorgos Zois (
Bulgaria, 
Greece, 
United States) - Armand – Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel (
Germany, 
Netherlands, 
Norway, 
Sweden) - Bird – Andrea Arnold ( France, Germany,
United Kingdom, United States) - Conclave – Edward Berger ( United Kingdom, United States)
- Crossing – Levan Akin ( France, Georgia, Germany, Sweden,
Turkey) - Dying – Matthias Glasner ( Germany)
- Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard ( France)
- Grand Tour – Miguel Gomes ( France, Italy,
Portugal) - Hard Truths – Mike Leigh (
Spain, United Kingdom) - Harvest – Athina Rachel Tsangari ( Germany, United Kingdom, United States)
- Hesitation Wound – Selman Nacar ( France,
Romania, Spain, Turkey) - Julie Keeps Quiet – Leonardo Van Dijl (
Belgium, Sweden) - Kinds of Kindness – Yorgos Lanthimos ( Greece,
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States) - Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt ( Ireland, United Kingdom)
- Life – Zeki Demirkubuz ( Bulgaria, Turkey)
- Misericordia – Alain Guiraudie ( France, Portugal, Spain)
- Misericordia – Emma Dante ( Italy)
- Moon – Kurdwin Ayub (
Austria) - Mr. K – Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab ( Belgium, Netherlands, Norway)
- My Fathers' Daughter – Egil Pedersen (
Finland, Norway, Sweden) - Queer – Luca Guadagnino ( Italy, United States)
- Souleymane's Story – Boris Lojkine ( France)
- The Count of Monte Cristo – Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière ( France)
- The Devil's Bath – Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala ( Austria, Germany)
- The End – Joshua Oppenheimer (
Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom) - The Girl with the Needle – Magnus von Horn ( Denmark,
Poland, Sweden) - The Invisible Fight – Rainer Sarnet (
Estonia, Finland, Greece, 
Latvia) - The New Year That Never Came – Bogdan Mureșanu ( Romania)
- The Other Way Around – Jonás Trueba ( France, Spain)
- The Room Next Door – Pedro Almodóvar ( Spain)
- The Rye Horn – Jaione Camborda ( Belgium, Portugal, Spain)
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof ( France, Germany,
Iran) - The Shameless – Konstantin Bojanov ( Bulgaria, France,
India, 
Switzerland, 
Taiwan) - The Sparrow in the Chimney – Ramon Zürcher ( Switzerland)
- The Substance – Coralie Fargeat ( France, United Kingdom, United States)
- The Village Next to Paradise – Mo Harawe ( Austria, France,
Somalia) - There's Still Tomorrow – Paola Cortellesi ( Italy)
- Three Kilometres to the End of the World – Emanuel Pârvu ( Romania)
- Toxic – Saulė Bliuvaitė (
Lithuania) - Un amor – Isabel Coixet ( Spain)
- Vermiglio – Maura Delpero ( Belgium, France, Italy)
- When the Light Breaks – Rúnar Rúnarsson (
Croatia, France, 
Iceland, Netherlands) - Windless – Pavel G. Vesnakov ( Bulgaria, Italy)
- Without Air – Katalin Moldovai (
Hungary)
Documentary
The Documentary Film Selection was announced on 21 August 2024.[11][12]
- At Averroès & Rosa Parks – Nicolas Philibert ( France)
- Bye Bye Tiberias – Lina Soualem ( France, Belgium,
Palestine, 
Qatar) - Dahomey – Mati Diop ( France,
Senegal) - Direct Action – Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell ( Germany, France)
- In Limbo – Alina Maksimenko ( Poland)
- Marching in the Dark – Kinshuk Surjan ( Belgium, Netherlands, India)
- My Stolen Planet – Farahnaz Sharifi ( Germany)
- No Other Land – Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal ( Palestine, Norway)
- Pelikan Blue – László Csáki ( Hungary)
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat – Johan Grimonprez ( France, Belgium, Netherlands)
- The Landscape and the Fury – Nicole Vögele ( Switzerland)
- The Words Women Spoke One Day – Raphaël Pillosio ( France)
Winners and nominees
The nominees for European Animated Feature Film were revealed on 9 October 2024.[13] The nominees for European Short Film were revealed on 16 October 2024.[14][15] The nominees for the main categories were announced on 5 November 2024.[16][17]
European Film
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emilia Pérez |  Jacques Audiard |
Pascal Caucheteux Jacques Audiard Valérie Schermann Anthony Vaccarello | |
| The Room Next Door |  Pedro Almodóvar |
Agustín Almodóvar Esther García | |
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig | دانهی انجیر معابد |  Mohammad Rasoulof |
Mohammad Rasoulof Amin Sadraei Jean-Christophe Simon Mani Tilgner Rozita Hendijanian |
| The Substance | Coralie Fargeat |
Coralie Fargeat Tim Bevan Eric Fellner | |
| Vermiglio |  Maura Delpero |
Francesca Andreoli Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli Santiago Fondevila Sancet Maura Delpero | |
European Director
| Director(s) | Work |
|---|---|
| Jacques Audiard |
Emilia Pérez |
 Andrea Arnold |
Bird |
| Pedro Almodóvar |
The Room Next Door |
| Mohammad Rasoulof |
The Seed of the Sacred Fig |
| Maura Delpero |
Vermiglio |
European Screenwriter
| Screenwriter(s) | Work |
|---|---|
| Jacques Audiard |
Emilia Pérez |
  Magnus von Horn Line Langebek |
The Girl with the Needle |
| Pedro Almodóvar |
The Room Next Door |
| Mohammad Rasoulof |
The Seed of the Sacred Fig |
| Coralie Fargeat |
The Substance |
European Actor
| Actor | Work |
|---|---|
| Abou Sangare |
Souleymane's Story |
 Franz Rogowski |
Bird |
| Ralph Fiennes |
Conclave |
| Lars Eidinger |
Dying |
| Daniel Craig |
Queer |
European Actress
| Actress | Work |
|---|---|
| Karla Sofía Gascón |
Emilia Pérez |
 Renate Reinsve |
Armand |
| Trine Dyrholm |
The Girl with the Needle |
| Vic Carmen Sonne | |
| Tilda Swinton |
The Room Next Door |
European Documentary
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Other Land |  Yuval Abraham Rachel Szor Basel Adra Hamdan Ballal |
Palestine, Norway | |
| Bye Bye Tiberias | باي باي طبريا | Lina Soualem |
France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar |
| Dahomey | Mati Diop |
France, Senegal | |
| In Limbo | W zawieszeniu |  Alina Maksimenko |
Poland |
| Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat |  Johan Grimonprez |
France, Belgium, Netherlands | |
European Animated Feature Film
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flow | Straume |  Gints Zilbalodis |
Latvia, France, Belgium |
| Living Large | Život k sežrání |  Kristina Dufková |
Czech Republic, France, Slovakia |
| Savages | Sauvages |  Claude Barras |
Switzerland, France, Belgium |
| Sultana's Dream | El sueño de la sultana | Isabel Herguera |
Spain, Germany, India |
| They Shot the Piano Player | Dispararon al pianista | Fernando Trueba Javier Mariscal |
Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru |
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armand | Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel |
Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden | |
| Hoard | Luna Carmoon |
UK | |
| Kneecap | Rich Peppiatt |
Ireland, UK | |
| Santosh |  Sandhya Suri |
UK, France, Germany | |
| The New Year That Never Came | Anul Nou care n-a fost |  Bogdan Mureșanu |
Romania, Serbia |
| Toxic | Akiplėša |  Saulė Bliuvaitė |
Lithuania |
European Young Audience Award
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Remarkable Life of Ibelin | Ibelin | Benjamin Ree | Norway |
| Lars is LOL | Lars er LOL | Eirik Sæter Stordahl | Norway, Denmark |
| Winners | Sieger sein | Soleen Yusef | Germany |
European Short Film
| Title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|
| The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent | Nebojša Slijepčević | Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia |
| 2720 | Basil da Cunha | Portugal, Switzerland |
| Clamor | Salomé Da Souza | France |
| The Exploding Girl | Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel | France |
| Wander to Wonder | Nina Gantz | The Netherlands, France, Belgium, United Kingdom |
Excellence Awards
Honorary Awards
| EFA Lifetime Achievement Award | European Achievement in World Cinema | Eurimages International Co-Production Award |
|---|---|---|
