The 34th European Film Awards were presented in Berlin, Germany on 11 December 2021. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the awards went ahead without an in person audience, taking the form of a hybrid event, including pre-produced and live online.
Selection
Feature Film
The first part of the selection of feature films announced on August 24, 2021.
- 200 Meters â Ameen Nayfeh (, , )
- A Chiara â Jonas Carpignano (, )
- Ahed's Knee (Ha'berech) â Nadav Lapid (, , )
- Ammonite â Francis Lee ()
- And Tomorrow the Entire World (Und morgen die ganze Welt) â Julia von Heinz ()
- Annette â Leos Carax (, , , , )
- Apples (ÃÂîûñ / Mila) â Christos Nikou (, , )
- Assandira â Salvatore Mereu ()
- Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Babardealàcu bucluc sau porno balamuc) â Radu Jude (, , , )
- Beginning â Dea Kulumbegashvili (, )
- Brother's Keeper (Okul TñraÃ
Âñ) â Ferit Karahan (, )
- Compartment No. 6 (Hytti nro 6) â Juho Kuosmanen (, , , )
- Conference (ÃÂþýÃÂõÃÂõýÃÂøà/ Konferentsiya) â Ivan Tverdovskiy (, , , )
- Dear Comrades! (Dorogie tovarishchi!) â Andrei Konchalovsky ()
- Fabian â Going to the Dogs (Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde) â Dominik Graf ()
- Forest â I See You Everywhere (Rengeteg â mindenhol látlak) â Bence Fliegauf ()
- Gaza mon amour â Tarzan and Arab Nasser (, , , )
- Good Mother (Bonne mère) â Hafsia Herzi ()
- Great Freedom (GroÃÂe Freiheit) â Sebastian Meise (, )
- Happening (L'événement) â Audrey Diwan ()
- Hammamet â Gianni Amelio ()
- Here We Are (Hine Anachnu) â Nir Bergman (, )
- Hive (Zgjoi) â Blerta Basholli (, , , )
- I'm Your Man (Ich bin dein Mensch) â Maria Schrader ()
- Luzzu â Alex Camilleri ()
- Natural Light (Természetes fény) â Dénes Nagy (, , , )
- Never Gonna Snow Again (Ã
Âniegu juÃ
¼ nigdy nie bÃÂdzie) â MaÃ
Âgorzata Szumowska, MichaÃ
 Englert (, )
- Night of the Kings (La Nuit des Rois) â Philippe Lacôte (, , , )
- Nowhere Special â Uberto Pasolini (, , )
- Oasis (Oaza) â Ivan Ikic (, , , )
- Petite Maman â Céline Sciamma ()
- Petrov's Flu (Petrovy v grippe) â Kirill Serebrennikov ()
- Pleasure â Ninja Thyberg (, , )
- Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre) â Lili Horvát ()
- Promising Young Woman â Emerald Fennell ()
- Quo Vadis, Aida? â Jasmila Ã
½banià(, , , , , , , , )
- Riders of Justice (Retfærdighedens Ryttere) â Anders Thomas Jensen (, )
- Supernova â Harry Macqueen ()
- The Belly of the Sea (El Ventre del Mar) â AgustàVillaronga ()
- The Dig â Simon Stone ()
- The Fam (Le Mif) â Fred Baillif ()
- The Father â Florian Zeller (, )
- The Girl and the Spider (Das Mädchen und die Spinne) â Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher ()
- The Hand of God (àstata la mano di Dio) â Paolo Sorrentino ()
- The Innocents (De uskyldige) â Eskil Vogt ()
- The Macaluso Sisters (Le sorelle Macaluso) â Emma Dante ()
- The Mauritanian â Kevin Macdonald (, , )
- The Whaler Boy (Kitoboy) â Philipp Yuryev (, , )
- The Worst Person in the World (Verdens verste menneske) â Joachim Trier (, , , )
- Titane â Julia Ducournau (, )
- Tove â Zaida Bergroth (, )
- Unclenching the Fists (Razzhimaya kulaki) â Kira Kovalenko ()
- What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (á áÂÂá¡ áÂÂá®áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá á áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¡áÂÂ᪠áªáÂÂá¡ áÂÂá£á§á£á áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ? / Ras vkhedavt, rodesac cas vukurebt?) â Alexandre Koberidze (, )
Documentary
The selection of 15 documentary films was announced on August 24, 2021.
- A New Shift (Nová Ã
¡ichta) â JindÃ
Âich AndrÃ
¡ ()
- A Song Called Hate â Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdóttir ()
- All-In â Volkan ÃÂce (, , )
- Babi Yar. Context â Sergei Loznitsa (, )
- Flee (Flugt) â Jonas Poher Rasmussen (, , , )
- Gorbachev. Heaven (GorbaÃÂovs. Paradëze) â Vitaly Manskiy (, )
- Les Enfants Terribles â Ahmet Necdet Cupur (, , )
- Mr Bachmann and His Class (Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse) â Maria Speth ()
- Taming the Garden â Salomé Jashi (, , )
- The Banality of Grief â Jon Bang Carlsen ()
- The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation â Avi Mograbi (, , , )
- The Most Beautiful Boy in the World â Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri ()
- The Other Side of the River â Antonia Kilian (, )
- The Rain Will Never Stop â Alina Gorlova (, , , )
- We (Nous) â Alice Diop ()
Short film
The European Short Film 2021 is presented in co-operation with the following European film festivals (due to the COVID-19 pandemic the list of festivals as well as the dates of the festivals are subject to change â festivals might also be held online). The participating festival choose one candidate each and later nominate five short films for the main prize.
- 10âÂÂ16 October 2020: International Short Film Festival of Cyprus () - The News (dir. Lorin Terezi)
- 15âÂÂ25 October 2020: Riga International Film Festival () - Push This Button If You Begin to Panic (dir. Gabriel Böhmer)
- 19âÂÂ25 October 2020: Uppsala Short Film Festival () - Maalbeek (dir. Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis)
- 24âÂÂ31 October 2020: Valladolid International Film Festival () - The Martyr (dir. Fernando Pomares)
- 3âÂÂ8 November 2020: Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur () - Dustin (dir. Naïla Guiguet)
- 4âÂÂ15 November 2020: Cork International Film Festival () - Blue Fear (dir. Marie Jacotey & Lola Halifa-Legrand)
- 17âÂÂ25 November 2020: Black Nights Film Festival â PÃÂFF Shorts () - Precious (dir. Paul Mas)
- 5âÂÂ12 December 2020: Leuven International Short Film Festival () - Marlon Brando (dir. Vincent Tilanus)
- 29 January - 6 February 2021: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival () - Beyond is the Day (dir. Damian Kocur)
- 1âÂÂ7 February 2021: International Film Festival Rotterdam () - Flowers Blooming in Our Throats (dir. Eva Giolo)
- 1âÂÂ5 March 2021: Berlin International Film Festival () - Easter Eggs (dir. Nicolas Keppens)
- 10âÂÂ14 March 2021: Tampere Film Festival () - Mission: Hebron (dir. Rona Segal)
- 14âÂÂ18 April 2021: Go Short â International Short Film Festival Nijmegen () - The Natural Death of a Mouse (dir. Katharina Huber)
- 27 May - 6 June 2021: VIENNA SHORTS â International Short Film Festival () - Bella (dir. Thelyia Petraki)
- 30 May - 6 June 2021: Krakow Film Festival () - Hide (dir. Daniel Gray)
- 1âÂÂ7 June 2021: Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg () - Minnen (dir. Kristin Johannessen)
- 6âÂÂ17 July 2021: Festival de Cannes () - Displaced (dir. Samir Karahoda)
- 16âÂÂ25 July 2021: Curtas Vila do Conde â International Film Festival () - Vo (dir. Nicolas Gourault)
- 27âÂÂ31 July 2021: Motovun Film Festival () - Armadila (dir. Gorana JovanoviÃÂ)
- 4âÂÂ14 August 2021: Locarno Film Festival () - In Flow of Words (dir. Eliane Esther Bots)
- 13âÂÂ20 August 2021: Sarajevo Film Festival () - My Uncle Tudor (dir. Olga Lucovnicova)
- 30 August - 5 September 2021: OFF â Odense International () - The Long Goodbye (dir. Aneil Karia)
- 1âÂÂ11 September 2021: Venice Film Festival () - Fall of the Ibis King (dir. Mikai Geronimo & Josh O'Caoimh)
- 18âÂÂ25 September 2021: Encounters Film Festival () - Zonder Meer (dir. Meltse Van Coillie)
- 19 - 25 September 2021: Drama International Short Film Festival () - Nha Sunhu (dir. José Magro)
Feature Films Awards
Nominations were announced on November 9, 2021.
EFA Excellence Awards
The winners were announced on November 16, 2021. The members of the jury were Camilla Hjelm, Matt Kasmir, Jelena Maksimovic, Ursula Patzak, Célia Sayaphoum, Francis "Kiko" Soeder, BaÃ
Âar ÃÂnder and Leendert van Nimwegen.
Film Awards Not Based on a Feature Film Selection
Source:
European Comedy
The award is presented to the director of a feature-length European comedy intended for theatrical release.
European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI
In co-operation with FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, the award is presented to a director for his/her first full-length European feature film intended for theatrical release. The nominees were announced on 12 October 2021. The 2021 nominations were determined by a committee consisting of European Film Academy Board Members Anita Juka (Croatia) and Joanna SzymaÃ
Âska (Poland), producer/screenwriter Paula Alvarez Vaccaro (UK, Italy), producer Vladimer Katcharava (Georgia) as well as film critics Marta BaÃ
Âaga (Finland, Poland), Janet Baris (Turkey), Andrei Plakhov (Russia), Frédéric Ponsard (France) and Britt Sørensen (Norway) as representatives of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.
European Documentary
The award is presented to the director of a European documentary film intended for theatrical release.
European Animated Feature Film
In co-operation with CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, the award is presented to the director of a European animated feature film intended for theatrical release.
European Short Film
The award is presented to the director of a European short film. The final five short films were nominated from the final list by the participating festivals.
Honorary Awards
Audience Awards
Lux Audience Award
European University Film Award (EUFA)
Presented in co-operation with Filmfest Hamburg, the award actively involves university students, spreads the âÂÂEuropean ideaâ and transports the spirit of European cinema to an audience group of 20-29-year-olds. It also supports film dissemination, film education and the culture of debating. Based on the Feature Film Selection 2021 and the Documentary Selection 2021 Filmfest Hamburg and EFA nominate five films. They are later viewed in non-commercial closed jury sessions and discussed at the participating universities. The students at each institution select their favourite film. The nominations were announced on 28 September 2021.
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