28th European Film Awards

28th European Film Awards
28th European Film Awards
Date	12 December 2015
Site	Berlin, Germany
Organized by	European Film Academy
Highlights
Best Picture	Youth
Best Actor	Michael Caine
Best Actress	Charlotte Rampling
Television coverage
Channel	Arte
	← 2014; European Film Awards; 2016 →;

The 28th European Film Awards were presented on 12 December 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy.

Winners and nominees

European Film

English title	Original title	Director(s)
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

European Comedy

English title	Original title	Director(s)
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence	En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron	Roy Andersson
The Bélier Family	La Famille Bélier	Éric Lartigau
The Brand New Testament	Le Tout Nouveau Testament	Jaco Van Dormael

European Documentary

English title	Original title	Director(s)
Amy		Asif Kapadia
Dancing with Maria		Ivan Gergolet
The Look of Silence	Senyap	Joshua Oppenheimer
A Syrian Love Story		Sean McAllister
Toto and His Sisters		Alexander Nanau

European Animated Feature Film 2015

English title	Director(s)	Animation
Song of the Sea	Tomm Moore	Fabian Earlinghauser & Sean McCarron
Adama	Simon Rouby	Pierre Ducos
Shaun the Sheep Movie	Richard Starzak & Mark Burton	Will Becher

People's Choice Award for Best European Film

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Writers(s)
Marshland	La isla mínima	Alberto Rodríguez	Alberto Rodríguez, Rafael Cobos
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence	En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron	Roy Andersson	Roy Andersson
Force Majeure	Turist	Ruben Östlund	Ruben Östlund
Leviathan	Левиафан	Andrey Zvyagintsev	Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev
Samba	Samba	Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache	Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Serial (Bad) Weddings	Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ?	Philippe de Chauveron	Guy Laurent, Philippe de Chauveron
The Imitation Game	The Imitation Game	Morten Tyldum	Graham Moore
The Salt of the Earth	Le Sel de la Terre	Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado	David Rosier, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders
Victoria	Victoria	Sebastian Schipper	Sebastian Schipper
White God	Fehér isten	Kornél Mundruczó	Viktória Petrányi, Kornél Mundruczó, Kata Wéber

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

English title	Original title	Director(s)
Mustang		Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Goodnight Mommy	Ich seh Ich seh	Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Limbo		Anna Sofie Hartmann
Slow West		John Maclean
Summers Downstairs [de]	Im Sommer wohnt er unten	Tom Sommerlatte

European Director

Director(s)	English title	Original title
Paolo Sorrentino	Youth	Youth - La giovinezza
Małgorzata Szumowska	Body	Body / Ciało
Yorgos Lanthimos	The Lobster
Nanni Moretti	Mia madre
Roy Andersson	A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence	En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
Sebastian Schipper	Victoria

European Screenwriter

Screenwriter(s)	English title	Original title
Yorgos Lanthimos Efthimis Filippou	The Lobster
Radu Jude Florin Lazarescu	Aferim!
Alex Garland	Ex Machina
Andrew Haigh	45 Years
Roy Andersson	A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence	En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
Paolo Sorrentino	Youth	Youth - La giovinezza

European Actor

Actor	English title	Original title
Michael Caine	Youth	Youth - La giovinezza
Tom Courtenay	45 Years
Colin Farrell	The Lobster
Christian Friedel	13 Minutes	Elser - Er hätte die Welt verändert
Vincent Lindon	The Measure of a Man	La Loi du marché

European Actress

Actress	English title	Original title
Charlotte Rampling	45 Years
Margherita Buy	Mia madre
Laia Costa	Victoria
Alicia Vikander	Ex Machina
/ Rachel Weisz	Youth	Youth - La giovinezza

European Cinematographer 2015 – Prix Carlo di Palma

English title	Original title	Winner(s)	Nationality
Goodnight Mommy	Ich seh Ich seh	Martin Gschlacht

European Editor 2015

English title	Original title	Winner(s)	Nationality
Body	Ciało	Jacek Drosio

European Production Designer 2015

English title	Original title	Winner(s)	Nationality
The Brand New Testament	Le Tout Nouveau Testament	Sylvie Olivé

European Costume Designer 2015

English title	Original title	Winner(s)	Nationality
The Lobster		Sarah Blenkinsop

European Composer 2015

English title	Original title	Winner(s)	Nationality
The Duke of Burgundy		Cat's Eyes

European Sound Designer 2015

English title	Original title	Winner(s)	Nationality
Arabian Nights – Vol. I-III	As Mil e uma noites – Vol. I-III	Vasco Pimentel & Miguel Martins

European Co-Production Award — Prix Eurimages

Recipient	Occupation	Nationality
Andrea Occhipinti	Producer

European Achievement in World Cinema

Recipient	Occupation	Nationality
Christoph Waltz^[1]	Actor and director

Lifetime Achievement Award

Recipient	Occupation	Nationality
Charlotte Rampling^[1]	Actress

Honorary Award of the EFA President and Board

Recipient	Occupation	Nationality
Michael Caine^[2]	Actor

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" on 3 May.^[3]^[4]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Writers(s)
The Invisible Boy	Il ragazzo invisibile	Gabriele Salvatores	Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi, Stefano Sardo
My Skinny Sister	Min lilla syster	Sanna Lenken	Sanna Lenken
You're Ugly Too		Mark Noonan	Mark Noonan

European Short Film 2015

The nominees for Best Short Film were selected by independent juries at a series of film festivals throughout Europe.^[5]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Nominating Festival
Picnic	Piknik	Jure Pavlović	Drama International Short Film Festival
Dissonance		Till Nowak	Berlin International Film Festival
E.T.E.R.N.I.T.		Giovanni Aloi	Venice Film Festival
Field Study		Eva Weber	Cork Film Festival
Kung Fury		David Sandberg	Vila do Conde Film Festival
Listen	Kuuntele	Hamy Ramezan & Rungano Nyoni	Tampere Film Festival
Our Body	Naše telo	Dane Komljen	International Film Festival Rotterdam
Over		Jörn Threlfall	Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival
Smile, and the World Will Smile Back	Im tekhayekh, ha'Olam yekhayekh elekha	Yoav Gross, Ehab Tarabieh & the al-Haddad family	Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Son of the Wolf	Fils du loup	Lola Quivoron	Locarno International Film Festival
Symbolic Threats		Mischa Leinkauf, Lutz Henke & Matthias Wermke	Grimstad Film Festival
The Runner	El corredor	José Luis Montesinos	Valladolid International Film Festival
The Translator	Çevirmen	Emre Kayiş	Sarajevo Film Festival
This Place We Call Our Home		Thora Lorentzen & Sybilla Tuxen	Kraków Film Festival
Washingtonia		Konstantina Kotzamani	Film Fest Gent

References

^ ^a ^b "EFA to Honor Christoph Waltz, Charlotte Rampling". The Hollywood Reporter.
^ "European Film Awards Winners 2015: Paolo Sorrentino's 'Youth' Scoops Best Film, Director & Actor For Michael Caine". Deadline.
^ "THE INVISIBLE BOY Wins Young Audience Award 2015". European Film Academy.
^ "Don't Miss the Young Audience Film Day!". European Film Academy.
^ "EFA Shorts Nominations 2015". European Film Academy. 30 September 2015.

External links

Official website

[Honour-1] "EFA to Honor Christoph Waltz, Charlotte Rampling". The Hollywood Reporter.

[2] "European Film Awards Winners 2015: Paolo Sorrentino's 'Youth' Scoops Best Film, Director & Actor For Michael Caine". Deadline.

[3] "THE INVISIBLE BOY Wins Young Audience Award 2015". European Film Academy.

[4] "Don't Miss the Young Audience Film Day!". European Film Academy.

[5] "EFA Shorts Nominations 2015". European Film Academy. 30 September 2015.

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