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The Favourite leads the winners at the 2019 European Film Awards

December 8, 2019 by Gary Collinson

A year after its triumphs on the awards circuit, The Favourite was the toast of the town again last night in Berlin as the movie was named Best European Film and Best European Comedy at the 32nd annual European Film Awards, while Yorgos Lanthimos and Olivia Colman were named Best European Director and Best European Actress respectively.

Other winners included Antonio Banderas (European Actor for Pedro Almodovar’s Pain and Glory), For Sama (European Documentary), Les Miserables (European Discovery) and Celine Sciamma (Best Screenwriter for Portrait of a Lady On Fire). Here’s the full list of winners from the night…

European Film
“The Favourite”
“Les Miserables”
“An Officer and a Spy”
“Pain and Glory”
“System Crasher”
“The Traitor”

European Comedy
“Ditte & Louise”
“The Favourite”
“Tel Aviv on Fire”

European Discovery
“Aniara”
“Atlantics”
“Blind Spot”
“Irina”
“Les Miserables”
“Ray & Liz”

European Documentary
“For Sama”
“Honeyland”
“Putin’s Witnesses”
“Selfie”
“The Disappearance of My Mother”

European Animated Feature Film
“Bunuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles”
“I Lost My Body”
“Marona’s Fantastic Tale”
“The Swallows of Kabul”

European Director
Pedro Almodovar, “Pain and Glory”
Marco Bellocchio, “The Traitor”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”
Roman Polanski, “An Officer and a Spy”
Celine Sciamma, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

European Actress
Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
Trine Dyrholm, “Queen of Hearts”
Noemie Merlant and Adele Haenel, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
Viktoria Miroshnickenko, “Beanpole”
Helene Zengel, “System Crasher”

European Actor
Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory”
Jean Dujardin, “An Officer and a Spy”
Pierfrancesco Favino, “The Traitor”
Levan Gelbakhiani, “And Then We Danced”
Alexander Scheer, “Gundermann”
Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, “A White, White Day”

European Screenwriter
Pedro Almodovar, “Pain and Glory”
Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella & Francesco Piccolo, “The Traitor”
Robert Harris & Roman Polanski, “An Officer and a Spy”
Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini & Alexis Manenti, “Les Miserables”
Celine Sciamma, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

European Short Film
“The Christmas Gift”
“Dogs Barking at Birds”
“The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady”
“Reconstruction”
“Watermelon Juice”

Filed Under: Awards Season, Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: European Film Awards

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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