28th European Film Awards

The 28th European Film Awards were presented on 12 December 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy.

28th European Film Awards
Date12 December 2015
SiteBerlin, Germany
Organized byEuropean Film Academy
Highlights
Best PictureYouth
Best ActorMichael Caine
Best ActressCharlotte Rampling
Television coverage
ChannelArte
Sir Michael Caine, 28th EFA Awards 2015, Berlin

Winners and nominees

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Youth Youth - La giovinezza Paolo Sorrentino        
The Lobster Yorgos Lanthimos          
Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven      
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron Roy Andersson        
Rams Hrútar Grímur Hákonarson    
Victoria Sebastian Schipper  
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron Roy Andersson        
The Bélier Family La Famille Bélier Éric Lartigau  
The Brand New Testament Le Tout Nouveau Testament Jaco Van Dormael      
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Amy Asif Kapadia  
Dancing with Maria Ivan Gergolet      
The Look of Silence Senyap Joshua Oppenheimer         
A Syrian Love Story Sean McAllister   
Toto and His Sisters Alexander Nanau   
English title Original title Director(s) Animation Production country
Song of the Sea Tomm Moore Fabian Earlinghauser & Sean McCarron          
Adama Simon Rouby Pierre Ducos  
Shaun the Sheep Movie Richard Starzak & Mark Burton Will Becher    
English title Original title Director(s) Writers(s) Production country
Marshland La isla mínima Alberto Rodríguez Alberto Rodríguez, Rafael Cobos  
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron Roy Andersson Roy Andersson        
Force Majeure Turist Ruben Östlund Ruben Östlund        
Leviathan Левиафан Andrey Zvyagintsev Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev  
Samba Samba Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache  
Serial (Bad) Weddings Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ? Philippe de Chauveron Guy Laurent, Philippe de Chauveron  
The Imitation Game The Imitation Game Morten Tyldum Graham Moore    
The Salt of the Earth Le Sel de la Terre Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado David Rosier, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders  
Victoria Victoria Sebastian Schipper Sebastian Schipper  
White God Fehér isten Kornél Mundruczó Viktória Petrányi, Kornél Mundruczó, Kata Wéber      
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven     
Goodnight Mommy Ich seh Ich seh Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala  
Limbo Anna Sofie Hartmann   
Slow West John Maclean    
Summers Downstairs [de] Im Sommer wohnt er unten Tom Sommerlatte   
Director(s) English title Original title
  Paolo Sorrentino Youth Youth - La giovinezza
  Małgorzata Szumowska Body Body / Ciało
  Yorgos Lanthimos The Lobster
  Nanni Moretti Mia madre
  Roy Andersson A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
  Sebastian Schipper Victoria
Screenwriter(s) English title Original title
  Yorgos Lanthimos
  Efthimis Filippou
The Lobster
  Radu Jude
  Florin Lazarescu
Aferim!
  Alex Garland Ex Machina
  Andrew Haigh 45 Years
  Roy Andersson A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
  Paolo Sorrentino Youth Youth - La giovinezza
Actor English title Original title
  Michael Caine Youth Youth - La giovinezza
  Tom Courtenay 45 Years
  Colin Farrell The Lobster
  Christian Friedel 13 Minutes Elser - Er hätte die Welt verändert
  Vincent Lindon The Measure of a Man La Loi du marché
Actress English title Original title
  Charlotte Rampling 45 Years
  Margherita Buy Mia madre
  Laia Costa Victoria
  Alicia Vikander Ex Machina
  /   Rachel Weisz Youth Youth - La giovinezza
English title Original title Winner(s) Nationality
Goodnight Mommy Ich seh Ich seh Martin Gschlacht  
English title Original title Winner(s) Nationality
Body Ciało Jacek Drosio  
English title Original title Winner(s) Nationality
The Brand New Testament Le Tout Nouveau Testament Sylvie Olivé  
English title Original title Winner(s) Nationality
The Lobster Sarah Blenkinsop  
English title Original title Winner(s) Nationality
The Duke of Burgundy Cat's Eyes  
English title Original title Winner(s) Nationality
Arabian Nights – Vol. I-III As Mil e uma noites – Vol. I-III Vasco Pimentel & Miguel Martins  
Recipient Occupation Nationality
Andrea Occhipinti Producer  
Recipient Occupation Nationality
Christoph Waltz[1] Actor and director   
Recipient Occupation Nationality
Charlotte Rampling[1] Actress  

Honorary Award of the EFA President and Board

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Recipient Occupation Nationality
Michael Caine[2] Actor  

Twelve- to fourteen-year-old audiences from across Europe voted for the winner after watching the three nominated films at special screenings held on "Young Audience Film Day" on 3 May.[3][4]

English title Original title Director(s) Writers(s) Production country
The Invisible Boy Il ragazzo invisibile Gabriele Salvatores Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi, Stefano Sardo  
My Skinny Sister Min lilla syster Sanna Lenken Sanna Lenken   
You're Ugly Too Mark Noonan Mark Noonan  

The nominees for Best Short Film were selected by independent juries at a series of film festivals throughout Europe.[5]

English title Original title Director(s) Country Nominating Festival
Picnic Piknik Jure Pavlović   Drama International Short Film Festival
Dissonance Till Nowak   Berlin International Film Festival
E.T.E.R.N.I.T. Giovanni Aloi   Venice Film Festival
Field Study Eva Weber   Cork Film Festival
Kung Fury David Sandberg   Vila do Conde Film Festival
Listen Kuuntele Hamy Ramezan & Rungano Nyoni    Tampere Film Festival
Our Body Naše telo Dane Komljen    International Film Festival Rotterdam
Over Jörn Threlfall   Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival
Smile, and the World Will Smile Back Im tekhayekh, ha'Olam yekhayekh elekha Yoav Gross, Ehab Tarabieh & the al-Haddad family     Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Son of the Wolf Fils du loup Lola Quivoron   Locarno International Film Festival
Symbolic Threats Mischa Leinkauf, Lutz Henke & Matthias Wermke   Grimstad Film Festival
The Runner El corredor José Luis Montesinos   Valladolid International Film Festival
The Translator Çevirmen Emre Kayiş     Sarajevo Film Festival
This Place We Call Our Home Thora Lorentzen & Sybilla Tuxen   Kraków Film Festival
Washingtonia Konstantina Kotzamani   Film Fest Gent

References

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  1. ^ a b "EFA to Honor Christoph Waltz, Charlotte Rampling". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. ^ "European Film Awards Winners 2015: Paolo Sorrentino's 'Youth' Scoops Best Film, Director & Actor For Michael Caine". Deadline.
  3. ^ "THE INVISIBLE BOY Wins Young Audience Award 2015". European Film Academy.
  4. ^ "Don't Miss the Young Audience Film Day!". European Film Academy.
  5. ^ "EFA Shorts Nominations 2015". European Film Academy. 30 September 2015.
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