European Film Award for Best Film

European Film Award for Best Film
Description	Best European Film of the Year
Presented by	European Film Academy
First awarded	1988
Currently held by	Youth (2015)
Website	http://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/

European Film Award for Best Film has been awarded annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy.

Winners and nominees

1980s

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
1988 (1st)
A Short Film About Killing	Krótki film o zabijaniu	Krzysztof Kieślowski	Poland
Goodbye Children	Au revoir les enfants	Louis Malle	France
The Animated Forest	El bosque animado	José Luis Cuerda	Spain
Distant Voices, Still Lives	—	Terence Davies	United Kingdom
Wings of Desire	Der Himmel über Berlin	Wim Wenders	West Germany
Jacob	Iacob	Mircea Daneliuc	Romania
Pelle the Conqueror	Pelle Erobreren	Bille August	Denmark
1989 (2nd)
Landscape in the Mist	Τοπίο στην ομίχλη	Theodoros Angelopoulos	Greece
The Midas Touch	Eldorádó	Géza Bereményi	Hungary
Magnus	Magnús	Þráinn Bertelsson	Iceland
Recollections of the Yellow House	Recordações da Casa Amarela	João César Monteiro	Portugal
High Hopes	—	Mike Leigh	United Kingdom
Little Vera	Ма́ленькая Ве́ра	Vasili Pichul	Soviet Union

1990s

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
1990 (3rd)
Open Doors	Porte aperte	Gianni Amelio	Italy
The Match Factory Girl	Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö	Aki Kaurismäki	Finland
Cyrano de Bergerac	Cyrano de Bergerac	Jean-Paul Rappeneau	France
Interrogation	Przesłuchanie	Ryszard Bugajski	Poland
¡Ay Carmela!	¡Ay Carmela!	Carlos Saura	Spain
The Guardian Angel	Skyddsängeln	Suzanne Osten	Sweden
Mother	Мать	Gleb Panfilov	Soviet Union
1991 (4th)
Riff-Raff		Ken Loach	United Kingdom
The Voyager	Homo Faber	Volker Schlöndorff	Germany
The Little Gangster	Le petit criminel	Jacques Doillon	France
Toto the Hero	Toto le Héros	Jaco Van Dormael	Belgium
Delicatessen	Delicatessen	Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet	France
Ultra	Ultrà	Ricky Tognazzi	Italy
1992 (5th)
The Stolen Children	Il ladro di bambini	Gianni Amelio	Italy
La Vie de Bohème	La Vie de bohème	Aki Kaurismäki	France
The Lovers on the Bridge	Les Amants du Pont-Neuf	Leos Carax	France
North	Nord	Xavier Beauvois	France
Three Days	Trys dienos	Šarūnas Bartas	Lithuania
The Northerners	De Noorderlingen	Alex van Warmerdam	Netherlands
1993 (6th)
Close to Eden	Урга — территория любви	Nikita Mikhalkov	Russia
Benny's Video	Benny's Video	Michael Haneke	Austria
A Heart in Winter	Un cœur en hiver	Claude Sautet	France
Man Bites Dog	C'est arrivé près de chez vous	Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde	Belgium
Orlando	—	Sally Potter	United Kingdom
Antonio's Girlfriend	La petite amie d'Antonio	Manuel Poirier	France
1994 (7th)
Lamerica	Lamerica	Gianni Amelio	Italy
In the Name of the Father	—	Jim Sheridan	United Kingdom
Three Colours: Blue, Three Colours: White, Three Colors: Red	Trois couleurs: Bleu, Trois couleurs: Blanc, Trois couleurs: Rouge	Krzysztof Kieślowski	France, Poland, Switzerland
Kosh ba kosh	Кош ба кош	Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov	Russia
Son of the Shark	Le Fils du requin	Agnès Merlet	France
Woyzeck	Woyzeck	János Szász	Hungary
1995 (8th)
Land and Freedom		Ken Loach	United Kingdom
Rendez-Vous in Paris	Les Rendez-vous de Paris	Éric Rohmer	France
Ulysses' Gaze	Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα	Theo Angelopoulos	Greece
Butterfly Kiss	—	Michael Winterbottom	United Kingdom
Deathmaker	Der Totmacher	Romuald Karmakar	Germany
La Haine	La Haine	Mathieu Kassovitz	France
1996 (9th)
Breaking the Waves		Lars von Trier	Denmark
Kolya	Kolja	Jan Svěrák	Czech Republic
Secrets & Lies	—	Mike Leigh	United Kingdom
Lea	Lea	Ivan Fila	Germany
Some Mother's Son	—	Terry George	Ireland
1997 (10th)
The Full Monty		Peter Cattaneo	United Kingdom
Captain Conan	Capitaine Conan	Bertrand Tavernier	France
The Fifth Element	Le Cinquième Élément	Luc Besson	France
The Perfect Circle	Savršeni krug	Ademir Kenović	Bosnia and Herzegovina
The English Patient	—	Anthony Minghella	United Kingdom
The Thief	Вор	Pavel Chukhrai	Russia
1998 (11th)
Life Is Beautiful	La vita è bella	Roberto Benigni	Italy
The Butcher Boy	—	Neil Jordan	Ireland
Live Flesh	Carne trémula	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
The Celebration	Festen	Thomas Vinterberg	Denmark
The Dreamlife of Angels	La Vie rêvée des anges	Erick Zonca	France
Run Lola Run	Lola rennt	Tom Tykwer	Germany
My Name Is Joe	—	Ken Loach	United Kingdom
1999 (12th)
All About My Mother	Todo sobre mi madre	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
Show Me Love	Fucking Åmål	Lukas Moodysson	Sweden
Mifune's Last Song	Mifunes sidste sang	Soren Kragh-Jacobsen	Denmark
Moloch	Молох	Alexander Sokurov	Russia
Notting Hill	—	Roger Michell	United Kingdom
Rosetta	Rosetta	Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne	Belgium
Sunshine	—	István Szabó	Canada, Hungary, Austria, Germany
The War Zone	—	Tim Roth	United Kingdom

2000s

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
2000 (13th)
Dancer in the Dark		Lars von Trier	Denmark
Billy Elliot	—	Stephen Daldry	United Kingdom
Chicken Run	—	Peter Lord, Nick Park	United Kingdom
Harry, He's Here to Help	Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien	Dominik Moll	France
The Taste of Others	Le Goût des autres	Agnès Jaoui	France
Bread and Tulips	Pane e tulipani	Silvio Soldini	Italy
Faithless	Trolösa	Liv Ullmann	Sweden
2001 (14th)
Amélie	Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	France
Bridget Jones's Diary	—	Sharon Maguire	United Kingdom
The Experiment	Das Experiment	Oliver Hirschbiegel	Germany
Intimacy	Intimacy	Patrice Chéreau	France, Italy
Italian for Beginners	Italiensk for begyndere	Lone Scherfig	Denmark
The Piano Teacher	Le Pianiste	Michael Haneke	Austria, France
The Son's Room	La stanza del figlio	Nanni Moretti	Italy, France
The Others	—	Alejandro Amenábar	Spain
2002 (15th)
Talk to Her	Hable con ella	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
Bend It Like Beckham	—	Gurinder Chadha	United Kingdom
Bloody Sunday	—	Paul Greengrass	United Kingdom
8 Women	8 femmes	François Ozon	France
Lilya 4-ever	Lilja 4-ever	Lukas Moodysson	Sweden
The Man Without a Past	Mies vailla menneisyyttä	Aki Kaurismäki	Finland, Germany, France
The Magdalene Sisters	—	Peter Mullan	United Kingdom
The Pianist	—	Roman Polanski	France, Poland, Germany, United Kingdom
2003 (16th)
Good Bye, Lenin!		Wolfgang Becker	Germany
Dirty Pretty Things	—	Stephen Frears	United Kingdom
Dogville	—	Lars von Trier	Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, France, United Kingdom, Germany
In This World	—	Michael Winterbottom	United Kingdom
My Life Without Me	Mi vida sin mí	Isabel Coixet	Spain, Canada
Swimming Pool	—	François Ozon	France, United Kingdom
2004 (17th)
Head-On	Gegen die Wand	Fatih Akın	Germany, Turkey
A Hole in My Heart	Ett hål i mitt hjärta	Lukas Moodysson	Sweden, Denmark
Bad Education	La mala educación	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
The Chorus	Les choristes	Christophe Barratier	France, Switzerland
The Sea Inside	Mar adentro	Alejandro Amenábar	Spain, France, Italy
Vera Drake	—	Mike Leigh	United Kingdom, France
2005 (18th)
Hidden	Caché	Michael Haneke	France, Austria, Germany, Italy
Brothers	Brødre	Susanne Bier	Denmark, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway
Don't Come Knocking	—	Wim Wenders	Germany
The Child	L'enfant	Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne	Belgium, France
My Summer of Love	—	Pawel Pawlikowski	United Kingdom
Sophie Scholl – The Final Days	Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage	Marc Rothemund	Germany
2006 (19th)
The Lives of Others	Das Leben der Anderen	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	Germany
Breakfast on Pluto	—	Neil Jordan	Ireland, United Kingdom
Grbavica: Esma's Secret	Grbavica	Jasmila Žbanić	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, Croatia
The Road to Guantanamo	—	Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross	United Kingdom
Volver	Volver	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
The Wind That Shakes the Barley	—	Ken Loach	United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain
2007 (20th)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile	Cristian Mungiu	Romania
The Edge of Heaven	Auf der anderen Seite	Fatih Akın	Germany, Turkey
The Last King of Scotland	—	Kevin Macdonald	United Kingdom
La Vie En Rose	La Môme	Olivier Dahan	France, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
Persepolis	Persepolis	Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud	France
The Queen	—	Stephen Frears	United Kingdom, France, Italy
2008 (21st)
Gomorrah	Gomorra	Matteo Garrone	Italy
Il Divo	Il Divo	Paolo Sorrentino	Italy
The Class	Entre les murs	Laurent Cantet	France
Happy-Go-Lucky	—	Mike Leigh	United Kingdom
The Orphanage	El orfanato	Juan Antonio Bayona	Spain
Waltz with Bashir	ואלס עם באשיר	Ari Folman	Israel, France, Germany
2009 (22nd)
The White Ribbon	Das weiße Band	Michael Haneke	Germany, Austria, France, Italy
Fish Tank	—	Andrea Arnold	United Kingdom
Let the Right One In	Låt den rätte komma in	Tomas Alfredson	Sweden
A Prophet	Un prophète	Jacques Audiard	France
The Reader	—	Stephen Daldry	United Kingdom, Germany
Slumdog Millionaire	—	Danny Boyle	United Kingdom

2010s

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
2010 (23rd)
The Ghost Writer		Roman Polanski	France, Germany, United Kingdom
Honey	Bal	Semih Kaplanoğlu	Turkey
Of Gods and Men	Des hommes et des dieux	Xavier Beauvois	France
Lebanon	לבנון	Samuel Maoz	Israel, Germany, France
The Secret in Their Eyes	El secreto de sus ojos	Juan José Campanella	Spain, Argentina
Soul Kitchen	Soul Kitchen	Fatih Akın	Germany
2011 (24th)
Melancholia		Lars von Trier	Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany
The Artist	—	Michel Hazanavicius	France
The Kid with a Bike	Le Gamin au vélo	Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne	Belgium, France, Italy
In a Better World	Hævnen	Susanne Bier	Denmark
The King's Speech	—	Tom Hooper	United Kingdom
Le Havre	Le Havre	Aki Kaurismäki	Finland, France, Germany
2012 (25th)
Amour		Michael Haneke	Austria, France, Germany
Barbara	—	Christian Petzold	Germany
The Hunt	Jagten	Thomas Vinterberg	Denmark
The Intouchables	Intouchables	Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano	France
Shame	—	Steve McQueen	United Kingdom
Caesar Must Die	Cesare deve morire	Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani	Italy
2013 (26th)
The Great Beauty	La grande bellezza	Paolo Sorrentino	Italy, France
Blancanieves	—	Pablo Berger	Spain
The Broken Circle Breakdown	—	Felix Van Groeningen	Belgium
The Best Offer	La Migliore Offerta	Giuseppe Tornatore	Italy
Oh Boy!	—	Jan Ole Gerster	Germany
Blue Is the Warmest Colour	La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2	Abdellatif Kechiche	France
2014 (27th)
Ida		Paweł Pawlikowski	Poland, Denmark
Force Majeure	Turist	Ruben Östlund	Sweden, Denmark, Norway, France
Leviathan	Левиафан	Andrey Zvyagintsev	Russia
Nymphomaniac - Director's Cut	—	Lars von Trier	Denmark, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom
Winter Sleep	Kış Uykusu	Nuri Bilge Ceylan	Turkey
2015 (28th)
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
2016 (29th)
Elle	—	Paul Verhoeven	France, Germany
I, Daniel Blake	—	Ken Loach	United Kingdom, France
Julieta	—	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
Room	—	Lenny Abrahamson	Ireland, Canada
Toni Erdmann	—	Maren Ade	Germany, Austria

Record holders

Achievement	Holder	Years
Most wins (by director)	Gianni Amelio (3) Lars von Trier (3) Michael Haneke (3)	1990, 1992, 1994 1996, 2000, 2011 2005, 2009, 2012
Most wins (by country)	Italy (7)	1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2008, 2013, 2015
Most nominations (by director)	Pedro Almodóvar (5) Michael Haneke (5) Lars von Trier (5)	1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006 1993, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2012 1996, 2000, 2003, 2011, 2014
Most nominations (by country)	United Kingdom (33)	1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012

External links

• Nominees and winners at the European Film Academy website