27th European Film Awards

The 27th European Film Awards were presented on 13 December 2014 in Riga, Latvia.[1][2] The winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy. Nominations for the People's Choice Award category were announced on 1 September 2014.[3][4] On 16 September 2014, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced a list of 50 films which qualified for nominations.[5] All nominations were announced on 8 November 2014 at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain.[6][7][8] British director Steve McQueen was presented with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award[9] and filmmaker Agnès Varda was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.[10]

27th European Film Awards
Latvian National Opera
Date13 December 2014
SiteLatvian National Opera, Riga, Latvia
Hosted byThomas Hermanns
Produced byMarion Döring and Jürgen Biesinger
Organized byEuropean Film Academy
Highlights
Best FilmIda
Best DirectorPaweł Pawlikowski
Best ActorTimothy Spall
Best ActressMarion Cotillard
Most awardsIda (5)
Most nominationsIda (7)
Television coverage
ChannelArte

Winners and nominees

Best Film

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
IdaPaweł Pawlikowski
Force MajeureTuristRuben Östlund
LeviathanЛевиафанAndrey Zvyagintsev
Nymphomaniac - Director's CutLars von Trier
Winter SleepKış UykusuNuri Bilge Ceylan

Best Director

Director(s)English titleOriginal title
Paweł PawlikowskiIda
Nuri Bilge CeylanWinter SleepKış Uykusu
Steven KnightLocke
Ruben ÖstlundForce MajeureTurist
Paolo VirzìHuman CapitalIl capitale umano
Andrey ZvyagintsevLeviathanЛевиафан

Best Screenwriter

Screenwriter(s)NationalityEnglish titleOriginal title
Paweł Pawlikowski, Rebecca Lenkiewicz  PolandIda
Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan  TurkeyWinter SleepKış Uykusu
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne  BelgiumTwo Days, One NightDeux jours, une nuit
Steven Knight  United KingdomLocke
Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev  RussiaLeviathanЛевиафан

Best European Actor

ActorEnglish titleOriginal title
Timothy SpallMr. Turner
Brendan GleesonCalvary
Tom HardyLocke
Aleksei SerebryakovLeviathanЛевиафан
Stellan SkarsgårdNymphomaniac

Best European Actress

ActressEnglish titleOriginal title
Marion CotillardTwo Days, One NightDeux jours, une nuit
Marian ÁlvarezWoundedLa herida
Valeria Bruni TedeschiHuman CapitalIl capitale umano
Charlotte GainsbourgNymphomaniac
Agata KuleszaIda
Agata TrzebuchowskaIda

Best Comedy

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Mafia Kills Only in the Summer La mafia uccide solo d'estatePierfrancesco Diliberto
Carmina & AmenCarmina y aménPaco León
Le Week-EndRoger Michell

People's Choice Award for Best European Film

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Writers(s)Production country
IdaPaweł PawlikowskiRebecca Lenkiewicz, Paweł Pawlikowski
Beauty and the BeastLa Belle et la BêteChristophe GansChristophe Gans, Sandra Vo-Anh
NymphomaniacLars von TrierLars von Trier
PhilomenaStephen FrearsSteve Coogan, Jeff Pope
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and DisappearedHundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvannFelix HerngrenFelix Herngren, Hans Ingemansson, Jonas Jonasson
Two Days, One NightDeux jours, une nuitLuc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre DardenneLuc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Discovery of the Year

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Writers(s)Production country
The TribeПлем'я (Plemya)Myroslav SlaboshpytskiyMyroslav Slaboshpytskiy
10,000 kmCarlos Marques-MarcetCarlos Marques-Marcet, Clara Roquet
'71Yann DemangeGregory Burke
Party GirlMarie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel TheisSamuel Theis, Claire Burger, Marie Amachoukeli
WoundedLa heridaFernando FrancoFernando Franco, Enric Rufas

Best Animated Feature Film

The nominees were announced on 22 September 2014.[11]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)AnimationProduction country
The Art of HappinessL'arte della felicitàAlessandro RakAlessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Dario Sansone, Marino Guarnieri, Annarita Calligaris, Ivana Verze, Laura Sammati, Antonia Emanuela Angrisani, Corrado Piscitelli, Flavio Di Biase, Giorgio Siravo, Sergio Chimenti, Ilaria Jones, Antonio Funaro, Danilo Florio, Mirko Prota, Alberto Panico, Paolo Acampora, Marco Iannaccone
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock HeartJack et la mécanique du cœurStéphane Berla, Mathias MalzieuNicolette Ceccoli, Stéphane Martine, Robert Cepo
Minuscule: Valley of the Lost AntsMinuscule - La vallée des fourmis perduesHélène Giraud, Thomas Szabo

Best Documentary

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Master of the UniverseMarc Bauder
Just the Right Amount of ViolenceJon Bang Carlsen
Of Men and WarDes hommes et de la guerreLaurent Bécue-Renard
Sacro GRAGianfranco Rosi
Waiting For AugustTeodora Ana Mihai
We Come as FriendsHubert Sauper

Best Cinematographer

English titleOriginal titleWinner(s)Nationality
IdaŁukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski

Best Editor

English titleOriginal titleWinner(s)Nationality
LockeJustine Wright

Best Production Designer

English titleOriginal titleWinner(s)Nationality
The Dark ValleyDas finstere TalClaus-Rudolf Amler

Best Costume Designer

English titleOriginal titleWinner(s)Nationality
The Dark ValleyDas finstere TalNatascha Curtius-Noss

Best Composer

English titleOriginal titleWinner(s)Nationality
Under the SkinMica Levi

Best Sound Designer

English titleOriginal titleWinner(s)Nationality
Starred UpJoakim Sundström

European Co-Production Award—Prix Eurimages

RecipientOccupationNationality
Ed GuineyProducer

European Achievement in World Cinema

RecipientOccupationNationality
Steve McQueenDirector and screenwriter

Lifetime Achievement Award

RecipientOccupationNationality
Agnès VardaDirector and screenwriter

Best Short Film

The nominees for Best Short Film were selected by independent juries at a series of film festivals throughout Europe.[12][13]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)CountryNominating Festival
The ChickenUna Gunjak Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival
Emergency CallsHätäkutsuHannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen Sarajevo Film Festival
ShipwreckMorgan Knibbe Locarno Film Festival
A Town Called Panic: The Christmas LogPanique au Village: La Bûche de NoëlVincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier Vila do Conde Film Festival
DinolaდინოლაMariam Khatchvani Grimstad Film Festival
Summer 2014Lato 2014Wojciech Sobczyk Kraków Film Festival
WallFalSimon Szabó Tampere Film Festival
TaprobanaGabriel Abrantes Berlin International Film Festival
PridePavel Vesnakov Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
The Chimera of M.Sebastian Buerkner International Film Festival Rotterdam
Little Block of Cement with Disheveled Hair Containing the SeaPequeño bloque de cemento con pelo alborotado conteniendo el marJorge Lopez Navarette Cork Film Festival
The Missing ScarfEoin Duffy Valladolid International Film Festival
Whale ValleyHvalfjörðurGuðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Flanders International Film Festival Ghent
Daily Bread פת לחםIdan Hubel Venice Film Festival
Still Got LivesIch hab noch AuferstehungJan-Gerrit Seyler Drama International Short Film Festival

Young Audience Award

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".[14][15]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Writers(s)Production country
Regret!Spijt!Dave SchramMaria Peters, Dick van den Heuvel
The Contest: To the Stars and BackMGP missionenMartin Miehe-RenardGitte Løkkegaard, Martin Miehe-Renard
WindstormOstwind - Zusammen sind wir freiKatja von GarnierKristina Magdalena Henn, Lea Schmidbauer

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