29th European Film Awards

The 29th European Film Awards were presented on 10 December 2016 in Wrocław, Poland. The ceremony is one of a number of events to take place in Wrocław as the city is a 2016 European Capital of Culture, along with San Sebastián. The nominations and winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy.

Ceremony
The ceremony focused on a political message against ongoing nationalism and euroscepticism. The European Film Academy also remarked on Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is imprisoned in Russia.

Selection

 * 24 Weeks
 * A Man Called Ove
 * A War
 * Being 17
 * Beyond the Mountains and Hills
 * Chevalier
 * Dawn
 * Death in Sarajevo
 * Don't Be Bad
 * Elle
 * Florence Foster Jenkins
 * Frenzy
 * Graduation
 * I, Daniel Blake
 * I, Olga Hepnarová
 * Julieta
 * Kills on Wheels
 * Köpek
 * Land of Mine
 * Letters from War
 * Like Crazy
 * Lost in Munich
 * Mammal
 * Mimosas
 * On the Other Side
 * One of Us
 * Perfect Strangers
 * Pyromaniac
 * Rauf
 * Room
 * Sieranevada
 * Song of Songs
 * Sparrows
 * Strange Haven
 * Suffragette
 * Suntan
 * The Ardennes
 * The Commune
 * The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
 * The Lure
 * The Olive Tree
 * The Paradise Suite
 * The People vs. Fritz Bauer
 * The Student
 * The Unknown Girl
 * Things to Come
 * Tikkun
 * Toni Erdmann
 * Truman
 * United States of Love

Best Film
The nominees were announced on 6 November 2016 in Seville, Spain at the Seville European Film Festival. Four films nominated for Best Film were premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, including the Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, and FIPRESCI Critics Award Toni Erdmann. One film (Room) has been already nominated for the Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards. Three films (Toni Erdmann, Elle, Julieta) had been submitted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. Two films (I, Daniel Blake, Toni Erdmann) received nominations at the 18th British Independent Film Awards.

Toni Erdmann is the first film directed by a woman to win best picture.

Best Comedy
The nominees were announced on 25 October 2016.

Best Director
The nominees were announced on 6 November 2016

Best Screenwriter
The nominees were announced on 6 November 2016

Best Actress
The nominees were announced on 6 November 2016

Best Actor
The nominees were announced on 6 November 2016.

Technical awards
A special seven-member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the selection list. The members of the jury were:
 * Benoît Barouh, production designer, France
 * Paco Delgado, costume designer, Spain
 * Martin Gschlacht, cinematographer, Austria
 * Dean Humphreys, sound designer, UK
 * Era Lapid, editor, Israel
 * Waldemar Pokromski, make-up artist, Poland
 * Giuliano Taviani, composer, Italy.

Best Composer
The winners were announced on 17 November 2016.

Best Cinematographer
The winners were announced on 17 November 2016.

Best Editor
The winners were announced on 17 November 2016.

Best Production Designer
The winners were announced on 17 November 2016.

Best Costume Designer
The winners were announced on 17 November 2016.

Best Sound Designer
The winners were announced on 17 November 2016.

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The winners were announced on 17 November 2016.

European Discovery
The nominees were announced on 19 September 2016. Award given by International Federation of Film Critics - Prix FIPRESCI.

Best Animated Feature Film
The nominees were announced on 25 October 2016. Two films nominated for Best Animated Feature Film were premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. One film (My Life as a Courgette) has been submitted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. My Life as a Courgette also in official selection for The European Parliament's LUX Prize.

People's Choice Award
The nominees were announced on 1 September 2016.

Best Children and Family Film
The winners were announced on 10 May 2016.

University Award
The announcement of the five European University Film Award nominations took place during Filmfest Hamburg on 5 October 2016. Films were selected by: Feo Aladag (director/Germany), Dagmar Brunow (academic, Linnaeus University/Sweden), Luis Martinez Lopez (journalist, EL MUNDO/Spain), Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy (director/Ukraine) and Patrick Sobelman (producer/France). Five nominated films were screened and discussed in the respective classes and each university voted its favourite film. The following 13 universities from 13 European countries participated:
 * Czech Republic: Charles University/Prague
 * France: Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3
 * Germany: University of Rostock
 * Greece: University of the Aegean/Mytilini (Lesbos)
 * Hungary: Pázmány Péter Catholic University/Budapest
 * Ireland: University College Cork
 * Italy: University of Udine
 * Netherlands: Utrecht University
 * Poland: University of Lodz
 * Portugal: University of Lisbon
 * Sweden: Linnaeus University/Växjö
 * Turkey: Kadir Has University/Istanbul
 * United Kingdom: John Moores University/Liverpool

Best Short Film
To be considered for a nomination, a short film has to screen in competition at any of the participating festivals:
 * 13 - 24 Oct. 2015: Film Fest Gent (Belgium)
 * 19 - 25 Oct. 2015: Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden)
 * 24 - 31 October 2015: Valladolid International Film Festival (Spain)
 * 6 - 15 Nov. 2015: Cork Film Festival (Ireland)
 * 27 Jan. - 7 Feb. 2016: International Film Festival Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
 * 5 - 13 Feb. 2016: International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand (France)
 * 11 - 21 Feb. 2016: Berlin International Film Festival (Germany)
 * 9 - 13 Mar. 2016: Tampere Film Festival (Finland)
 * 29 May - 5 Jun. 2016: Kraków Film Festival (Poland)
 * 9 - 17 Jul 2016: Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival/ (Portugal)
 * 3 - 13 Aug. 2016: Festival del film Locarno (Switzerland)
 * 12 - 20 Aug. 2016: Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
 * 31 Aug. - 10 Sep. 2016: Venice Film Festival (Italy)
 * 19 - 24 Sep. 2016: International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece)
 * 20 - 25 Sep. 2016: Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival Bristol (UK)

European Co-Production Award — Prix Eurimages
The winners were announced on 15 November 2016.

European Achievement in World Cinema
The winner were announced on 1 November 2016. Award presented by Susanne Bier.

Lifetime Achievement Award
The winner were announced on 13 September 2016.

Honorary Award of the EFA President and Board
Award presented by Wim Wenders.

List of partners
The European Film Awards 2016 are presented by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions in co-operation with:

and with the support of:
 * the European Capital of Culture Wroclaw 2016, supported by its founders
 * the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
 * and the Polish Film Institute,
 * the National Forum of Music as co-organizer
 * and KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. as strategic partner;
 * the Creative Europe MEDIA Sub-Programme of the European Union,
 * FFA German Federal Film Board,
 * German State Minister for Culture and the Media,
 * LOTTO Foundation Berlin,
 * Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg,


 * Aveda,
 * Euronews,
 * Fair Spirits presented by DV-V,
 * Filmweb,
 * GLS,
 * Jägermeister,
 * M∙A∙C,
 * Mercedes-Benz Duda-Cars,
 * Nespresso,
 * TVN
 * and Volvo.