European Film Awards: The list of nominations

Posted On November 6, 2024November 6, 2024

The nominations for the European Film Awards were announced on November 5th, featuring a line-up full of the festival season’s buzziest titles.

Jacques Audiard’s musical crime comedy Emilia Pérez and Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Next Door lead the charge with four nominations each. Other nominees include Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig and Magnus von Horn’s The Girl With the Needle, both of which have three nominations each.

The European Film Awards cover 19 categories and have been presented annually since 1988. They are restricted to European productions with European producers, directors, and actors. Last year’s awards saw the triumph of Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, which won six awards including Best Film, Best Actress for Sandra Hüller, and Best Director.

Other titles that made the nominations list this year include Coralie Fargeat’s much talked about body horror film The Substance, which is up for Best Screenwriter and Best Film.

There are 15 nominees for ‘Best Film’ and five nominations each for documentary, actress, actor, screenwriter, and director. Other categories include animated feature, composer, comedy, production designer, and short film.

In addition to the competitive categories, Italian actor Isabella Rosellini will receive the European Achievement in World Cinema Award, a lifetime achievement award following her lengthy career in Europe and elsewhere. Her credits include David Lynch’s Blue Velvet and this year’s papal thriller, Conclave. Previous recipients of the award include Czech director Miloš Forman, French actor Isabelle Huppert, and Danish director Susanne Bier.

In the acting categories, Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón is up against Tilda Swinton for The Room Next Door, Renate Reinsve for Armand, and Trine Dyrholm and Vic Carmen Sonne for The Girl with the Needle.

Meanwhile, in the men’s category is Daniel Craig for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, Franz Rogowski for Andrea Arnold’s Bird, Ralph Fiennes for Conclave, Lars Eidinger for the German comedy drama Dying, and Abou Sangare for the French drama Souleymane’s Story.

The European Film Awards is set to take place on December 7th, 2024. See below for the full list of nominees in the six major categories.

The European Film Awards nominees:

Best European film

Bye Bye Tiberias
Dahomey
Emilia Perez
Flow
In Limbo
Living Large
No Other Land
Savages
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sultana’s Dream
The Room Next Door
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
The Substance
They Shot the Piano Player
Vermiglio

Best European documentary

Bye Bye Tiberias
Dahomey
In Limbo
No Other Land
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Best European director

Andrea Arnold (Bird)
Jacques Audiard (Emilia Peréz)
Pedro Almodóvar (The Room Next Door)
Mohammad Rasoulof (The Seed of the Sacred Fig)
Maura Delpero (Vermiglio)

Best European actress

Renate Reinsve (Armand)
Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Peréz)
Trine Dyrholm (The Girl with the Needle)
Vic Carmen Sonne (The Girl with the Needle)
Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door)

Best European actor

Franz Rogowski (Bird)
Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
Lars Eidinger (Dying)
Daniel Craig (Queer)
Abou Sangare (Souleymane’s Story)

Best European screenwriter

Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
Magnus von Horn and Line Langebek (The Girl With the Needle)
Pedro Almodóvar (The Room Next Door)
Mohammad Rasoulof (The Seed of the Sacred Fig)
Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)

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