The winners of the 2023 European Film Awards were announced live from Berlin, Germany on Saturday 9th December, with Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall receiving a number of major accolades, including Best European Film.

The European Film Academy announced 11 different films from as many as 10 different countries as winners across a wide range of categories, whilst also honouring a number of individuals for their contributions to the form. English actress Vanessa Redgrave was honoured with the European Lifetime Achievement award, with Spanish film director Isabel Coixet being rewarded for European Achievement in World Cinema.

Anatomy of a Fall was the most celebrated of the stacked line-up of films, winning the award for Best European Film over fellow nominees Fallen Leaves, Green Border, Me Captain and The Zone of Interest, as well as picking up awards for European Director, European Screenwriter, European Editing, and European Actress, the latter of which was won by Sandra Hüller who was nominated twice in the category for Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest.

The awards ceremony was streamed live and in full via the European Film Awards website, with replays still available.

The winners of the 2023 European Film Awards (EFAs) are as follows:

European Film – Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Green Border
Me Captain
The Zone of Interest

European Young Audience Award – Scrapper
Longing for the World
One in a Million

European Discovery – Prix Fipresci – How to Have Sex
20,000 Species of Bees
La Palisiada
Safe Place
The Quiet Migration
Vincent Must Die

European Documentary – Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Apolonia, Apolonia
Four Daughters
Motherland
On the Adamant

European Animated Feature Film – Robot Dreams
A Greyhound of a Girl
Chicken for Linda!
The Amazing Maurice
White Plastic Sky

European Short Film – Hardly Working
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Aqueronte
Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays
Flores Del Otro Patio

European Director – Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
Aki Kaurismäki (Fallen Leaves)
Agnieszka Holland (Green Border)
Matteo Garrone (Me Captain)
Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)

European Actress – Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
Eka Chavleishvili (Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry)
Alma Pöysti (Fallen Leaves)
Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex)
Leonie Benesch (The Teachers’ Lounge)
Sandra Hüller (The Zone of Interest)

European Actor – Mads Mikkelsen (The Promised Land)
Thomas Schubert (Afire)
Jussi Vatanen (Fallen Leaves)
Josh O’Connor (La Chimera)
Christian Friedel (The Zone of Interest)

European Screenwriter – Justine Triet, Arthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall)
Aki Kaurismäki (Fallen Leaves)
Gabriela Lazarkiewicz-Sieczko, Maciej Pisuk Agnieszka Holland (Green Border)
Johannes Duncker, Ilker Çatak (The Teachers’ Lounge)
Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)

European Cinematography – Rasmus Videbæk (The Promised Land)

European Editing – Laurent Sénéchal (Anatomy of a Fall)

European Production Design – Emita Frigato (La Chimera)

European Costume Design – Kicki Ilander (The Promised Land)

European Make-Up & Hair – Society of the Snow

European Original Score – Markus Binder (Club Zero)

European Sound – Johnnie Burn, Tarn Willers (The Zone of Interest)

European Visual Effects – Society of the Snow

European Lifetimes Achievement – Vanessa Redgrave

European Achievement in World Cinema – Isabel Coixet

Eurimages Co-Production Award – Uljana Kim

Honorary Award of the EFA President and Board – Béla Tarr

European Sustainability Award (Prix Film4Climate) – Güler Sabancı

The ceremony, held to honour the best of films made for under £10million, intended for theatrical release and at least co-produced by a British company, also honoured Dame Judi Dench by awarding her the Richard Harris Award. The ceremony also celebrated awards season favourite Roma in the event which was hosted by actor Russell Tovey.

Here’s the full list of winners:

Best British Independent Film – The Favourite

American Animals
Beast
Disobedience
You Were Never Really Here

Best Screenplay (Supported by BBC Films) – Deborah Davis/Tony McNamara (The Favourite)

Bart Layton (American Animals)
Michael Pearce (Beast)
Sebastián Lelio/Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Disobedience)
Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Director (Sponsored by Broadsword Event House) – Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)

Bart Layton (American Animals)
Michael Pearce (Beast)
Andrew Haigh (Lean on Pete)
Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here)

Best British Short (Supported by BFI Network) – The Big Day

Bitter Sea
The Field
Pommel
To Know Him

Best Actor – Joe Cole (A Prayer Before Dawn)

Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince)
Charlie Plummer (Lean on Pete)
Steve Coogan (Stan & Ollie)
Joaquin Phoenix (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Actress (Sponsored by M.A.C Cosmetics)- Olivia Colman (The Favourite)

Jessie Buckley (Beast)
Rachel Weisz (Disobedience)
Gemma Arterton (The Escape)
Maxine Peake (Funny Cow)

Best Supporting Actor – Alessandro Nivola (Disobedience)

Evan Peters (American Animals)
Barry Keoghan (American Animals)
Dominic West (Colette)
Steve Buscemi (Lean on Pete)

Best Supporting Actress – Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

Molly Wright (Apostasy)
Rachel McAdams (Disobedience)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Nina Arianda (Stan & Ollie)

Most Promising Newcomer – Jessie Buckley (Beast)

Molly Wright (Apostasy)
Michaela Cole (Been So Long)
Liv Hill (Jellyfish)
Marcus Rutherford (Obey)

The Discovery Award (Sponsored by Raindance) – Voyageuse

The Dig
Irene’s Ghost
A Moment in the Reeds
Super November

The Douglas Hickox Award: Debut Director (Sponsored by Kodak & Pinewood) – Richard Billingham (Ray & Liz)

Daniel Kokotajlo (Apostasy)
Michael Pearce (Beast)
Matt Palmer (Calibre)
Leanne Welham (Pili)

Debut Screenwriter – Bart Layton (American Animals)

Daniel Kokotajlo (Apostasy)
Michael Pearce (Beast)
Matt Palmer (Calibre)
Karen Gillan (The Party’s Just Beginning)

Best Documentary – Evelyn

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Island
Nae Pasaran
Under the Wire

Breakthrough Producer (Sponsored by Creativity Media) – Jacqui Davies (Ray & Liz)

Marcie MacLellan (Apostasy)
Kristian Brodie (Beast)
Anna Griffin (Calibre)
Faye Ward (Stan & Ollie)

Best International Independent Film (Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger) – Roma

Capernaum
Cold War
The Rider
Shoplifters

Best Casting (Sponsored by Casting Society of America & Spotlight) – Dixie Chassay (The Favourite)

Avy Kaufman (American Animals)
Michelle Smith (Apostasy)
Julie Harkin (Beast)
Andy Pryor (Stan & Ollie)

Best Cinematography (Supported by Blackmagic Design) – Robbie Ryan (The Favourite)

Ollie Bratt Birkeland (American Animals)
Magnus Nordenhof Jønck (Lean on Pete)
David Ungaro (A Prayer Before Dawn)
Tom Townend (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Costume Design – Sandy Powell (The Favourite)

Andrea Flesch (Colette)
Alyssa Tull (An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn)
Jacqueline Durran (Peterloo)
Guy Speranza (Stan & Ollie)

Best Editing (Sponsored by Intermission Film) – Nick Fenton/Julian Hart/Chris Gill (American Animals)

Yorgos Mavropsaridis (The Favourite)
Ben Wheatley (Happy New Year, Colin Burstead)
Marc Boucrot (A Prayer Before Dawn)
Joe Bini (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Make-Up & Hair Design – Nadia Stacey (The Favourite)

Ivana Primorac (Colette)
Christine Blundell (Peterloo)
Stacey Louise Holman (A Prayer Before Dawn)
Mark Coulier/Jeremy Woodhead (Stan & Ollie)

Best Music (Sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group) – Johnny Greenwood (You Were Never Really Here)

Anne Nikitin (American Animals)
Jim Williams (Beast)
Richard Hawley (Funny Cow)
Aaron Cupples (Island of the Hungry Ghosts)

Best Production Design – Fiona Crombie (The Favourite)

Michael Carlin (Colette)
Suzie Davies (Peterloo)
Beck Rainford (Ray & Liz)
John Paul Kelly (Stan & Ollie)

Best Sound (Supported by Silk Factory) – Johnnie Burn (The Favourite)

Andrew Stirk (American Animals)
Séverin Favriau (A Prayer Before Dawn)
CJ Mirra (Time Trial)
Paul Davies (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Effects – Howard Jones (Early Man)

Matthew Strange/Mark Wellband (Dead in a Week (or Your Money Back))
George Zwier/Paul Driver (Peterloo)

The Richard Harris Award (Life-Time Achievement) – Judi Dench

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