Press release
Tonight, the European Film Academy revealed the winners of the 38th European Film Awards at the festive award ceremony at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin in front of 1.000 international guests celebrating the best of European cinema. With six awards, the film SENTIMENTAL VALUE (European Film, European Director, European Screenwriter, European Actress, European Actor, European Composer (Original Score)) was the winner with most awards. The show was distributed through 49 broadcast and livestream partners from 29 countries across Europe. For the first time, the awards show took place more prominently in the international awards season just after the Golden Globes and during the Oscar nomination voting period. The awards show is the glamorous highlight and conclusion of the European Award Season that kicked off in November. Under the header “why do we love cinema?” the show was an artistic experience, co-created by Irish-Scottish filmmaker Mark Cousins together with the creative team of the Academy, German film composer Dascha Dauenhauer and theatre director Robert Lehniger
European Film:
WINNER: SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI) (Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden) – directed by Joachim Trier.
European Documentary:
WINNER: FIUME O MORTE! (Croatia, Slovenia, Italy), directed by Igor Bezinović
European Animated Feature Film:
WINNER: ARCO (France), directed by Ugo Bienvenu
European Director:
WINNER: Joachim Trier for SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI)
European Actress:
WINNER: Renate Reinsve in SENTIMENTAL VALUE
European Actor:
WINNER: Stellan Skarsgård in SENTIMENTAL VALUE
European Screenwriter:
WINNER: Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier for SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI)
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI:
This award is presented in co-operation with FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, to a director for the first full-length fiction film.
WINNER: ON FALLING (United Kingdom, Portugal), directed by Laura Carreira
European Young Audience Award:
WINNER: SIBLINGS (LA VITA DA GRANDI) (Italy) by directed Greta Scarano
European Casting Director
WINNER: Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo & María Rodrigo for SIRĀT
European Cinematographer
WINNER: Mauro Herce for SIRĀT
European Composer (Original Score)
WINNER: Hania Rani for SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI)
European Costume Designer
WINNER: Sabrina Krämer for SOUND OF FALLING (IN DIE SONNE SCHAUEN)
European Editor
WINNER: Cristóbal Fernández for SIRĀT
European Make-up & Hair Artist
WINNER: Torsten Witte for BUGONIA
European Production Designer
WINNER: Laia Ateca for SIRĀT
European Sound Designer
WINNER: Laia Casanovas for SIRĀT
European Short Film – Prix Vimeo
WINNER: CITY OF POETS directed by Sara Rajaei (Netherlands)
The winners of the categories European Lifetime Achievement Award (Liv Ullmann), European Achievement in World Cinema Award (Alice Rohrwacher) and E