21st European Film Awards

The 21st Annual European Film Awards took place on 6 December 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Best European Actor
 🇮🇹 Toni Servillo – Gomorrah (Gomorra) and Il Divo
 * 🇩🇪 Michael Fassbender – Hunger
 * Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelsen –  Flame & Citron (Flammen & Citronen)
 * 🇬🇧 James McAvoy – Atonement
 * 🇩🇪 Jürgen Vogel – The Wave (Die Welle)
 * 🇩🇪 Elmar Wepper – Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten – Hanami)

Best European Actress
 🇬🇧 Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
 * 🇮🇱 Hiam Abbass – Lemon Tree
 * Arta Dobroshi – The Silence of Lorna (Le silence de Lorna)
 * 🇬🇧 Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
 * 🇪🇸 Belen Rueda – The Orphanage (El orfanato)
 * 🇩🇪 Ursula Werner – Cloud 9 (Wolke Neun)

Best European Composer
 🇩🇪 Max Richter – Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
 * 🇧🇪 – Moscow, Belgium (Aanrijding in Moscou)
 * 🇮🇹 Dario Marianelli – Atonement
 * 🇪🇸 Fernando Velázquez – The Orphanage (El orfanato)

Best European Director
 🇮🇹 Matteo Garrone – Gomorrah (Gomorra)
 * 🇫🇷 Laurent Cantet – The Class (Entre les murs)
 * 🇩🇪 Andreas Dresen – Cloud 9 (Wolke Neun)
 * 🇮🇱 Ari Folman – Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
 * 🇬🇧 Steve McQueen – Hunger
 * 🇮🇹 Paolo Sorrentino – Il Divo

Best European Screenwriter
 Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso and Roberto Saviano – Gomorrah (Gomorra)
 * Suha Arraf and Eran Riklis – Lemon Tree
 * Ari Folman – Waltz with Bashir
 * Paolo Sorrentino – Il Divo