European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year

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European Discovery of the Year
Country Europe
Presented byEuropean Film Academy
First awarded1988
Currently held byThe Tribe (2014)
Websiteeuropeanfilmawards.eu

European Film Award - Prix Eurimages or European Discovery has been awarded annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy. Originally it was called Young European Film of the Year.

Winners and nominees[]

1980s[]

Year English title Director(s) Producer(s) Country of production/co-production
1988 Young European Film of the Year
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Pedro Almodóvar Augustin Almodovár  Spain
Days of Eclipse Aleksandr Sokurov ?  Soviet Union
It's Happening Tomorrow Daniele Luchetti Marco Alfieri  Italy
Damnation Béla Tarr József Marx  Hungary
Pathfinder Nils Gaup John M. Jacobsen  Norway
Reefer and the Model Joe Comerford Lelia Doolan  Ireland
Stormy Monday Mike Figgis Nigel Stafford-Clark  United Kingdom,  United States
1989
300 Miles to Heaven Maciej Dejczer Prod. Film Unit “TOR“  Poland,  Denmark,  France
Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore Franco Cristaldi, Giovanna Romagnoli  Italy,  France
Mist Zülfü Livaneli Ülker Livaneli  Turkey,   Switzerland
Kuduz Ademir Kenović Bakir Tanović  Yugoslavia
Scandal Michael Caton-Jones Steve Woolley  United Kingdom,  United States
My Left Foot Jim Sheridan Noel Pearson  Ireland,  United Kingdom
Waller’s Last Walk Christian Wagner  West Germany

1990s[]

Year English title Director(s) Producer(s) Country of production/co-production
1990 Young European Film of the Year
Henry V Kenneth Branagh Bruce Sharman  United Kingdom
The White Dove Juan Minon Eduardo Campoy  Spain
On Tour Gabriele Salvatores Gianni Minervini  Italy
Love Without Pity Eric Rochant Alain Rocca  France
Lie Still – Die - Revive Vitali Kanevsky Lenfilm Studios Leningrad  Soviet Union
1991
Toto the Hero Jaco van Dormael Pierre Drouot, Dany Geys, Iblis Films Bruxelles  Belgium,  France,  Germany
Delicatessen Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet Claudie Ossard  France
Ultra Ricky Tognazzi Claudio Bonivento  Italy
1992
The Northerners Alex van Warmerdam Laurens Geels, Dick Maas, First Floor Features  Netherlands
Three Days Šarūnas Bartas Audrius Kuprevičius  Lithuania
Nord Xavier Beauvois Bernard Verley  France
1993
Orlando Sally Potter Christopher Sheppard  United Kingdom,  France,  Netherlands,  Russia,  Italy
Man Bites Dog Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde  Belgium
Antonio's Girlfriend Manuel Poirier Jean-Christophe Colson  France
1994
The Son of the Shark Agnès Merlet Francois Fries  France,  Belgium,  Luxembourg
Woyzeck János Szász Péter Barbalics, László Sipos  Hungary
Kosh ba kosh Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov  Tajikistan,  Russia,  Germany,   Switzerland,  Japan
1995
Hate Mathieu Kassovitz Christophe Rossignon  France,  United States
Butterfly Kiss Michael Winterbottom Julie Baines, Sarah Daniel  United Kingdom
The Deathmaker Romuald Karmakar Christian Granderath, Gebhard Henke, Romuald Karmakar, Thomas Schühly  Germany
1996
Some Mother's Son Terry George Edward Burke, Arthur Lappin, Jim Sheridan  Ireland,  United States
Lea Ivan Fíla Ivan Fíla, Eliska Sekavova, Herbert Rimbach  Czech Republic,  Germany,  France
Beautiful Thing Hettie MacDonald Tony Garnett, Bill Shapter  United Kingdom
1997 European Discovery of the Year – Fassbinder Award
The Life of Jesus Bruno Dumont Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat  France
1998 European Discovery – Fassbinder Award
The Celebration Thomas Vinterberg Birgitte Hald, Morten Kaufmann  Denmark,  Sweden
The Dream Life of Angels Erick Zonca François Marquis  France
1999
The War Zone Tim Roth Sarah Radclyffe, Dixie Linder  United Kingdom,  Italy

2000s[]

Year English title Director(s) Producer(s) Country of production/co-production
2000
[1]
European Discovery – Fassbinder Award
Human Resources Laurent Cantet Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta  France,  United Kingdom
101 Reykjavík Baltasar Kormákur Michael P. Aust, Baltasar Kormákur, Þorfinnur Ómarsson, Ingvar Þórðarson  Iceland,  Denmark,  France,  Norway,  Germany,  Finland
Gangster No. 1 Paul McGuigan Jonathan Cavendish, Norma Heyman United Kingdom,  Germany,  Ireland
Kennedy And I Sam Karmann Christian Bérard, Edouard Weil  France
Northern Skirts Barbara Albert Erich Lackner  Austria,  Germany,   Switzerland
Some Voices Simon Cellan-Jones Damian Jones, Graham Broadbent  United Kingdom
Together Lukas Moodysson Lars Jönsson  Sweden,  Denmark,  Italy
Tuvalu Veit Helmer Vladimir Andreyev  Germany
Forget America Vanessa Jopp Katja De Bock, Alena Rimbach, Herbert Rimbach
2001
[2]
Pellet Achero Mañas Francisco Lázaro, José Antonio Félez  Spain
alaska.de Esther Gronenborn Dietmar Güntsche, Eberhard Junkersdorf  Germany
The Sea That Thinks Gert de Graaff René Huybrechtse, René Scholten  Netherlands
Dog Days Ulrich Seidl Philippe Bober, Helmut Grasser  Austria
Jalla! Jalla! Josef Fares Anna Anthony  Sweden
Dead End Streets Stavros Ioannou ?  Greece
Last Resort Paweł Pawlikowski Ruth Caleb  United Kingdom
Lovely Rita Jessica Hausner Barbara Albert  Austria,  Germany
The Chimp Aktan Abdykalykov Marc Baschet  Kyrgyzstan,  Russia,  France,  Japan
Happy Man Małgorzata Szumowska Wojciech Has  Poland
2002
[3]
Hukkle György Pálfi András Böhm, Csaba Bereczky  Hungary
Two Friends Spiro Scimone, Francesco Sframeli Andrea Nuzzolo, Francesco Tornatore  Italy
Minor Mishaps Annette K. Olesen Ib Tardini  Denmark,  Sweden
Respiro Emanuele Crialese Domenico Procacci, Anne-Dominique Toussaint  Italy,  Germany
No Regrets Benjamin Quabeck Michael Schaefer, Stephanie Wagner  Germany
Smoking Room Roger Gual, Julio D. Wallovits Adolfo Blanco, Quique Camín  Spain
Pleasant Days Kornél Mundruczó Philippe Bober, Zsófia Kende, Viktória Petrányi, Kornél Sipos  Hungary
The Warrior Asif Kapadia F. Serkan Acar, Kadir Sözen  United Kingdom,  Germany,  France,  India
Guardian of the Frontier Maja Weiss Ida Weiss  Slovenia,  Germany,  France
What's Going On? Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche ?  France
The Kite Aleksei Muradov Pyotr Chernyayev, Robert Filatov, Aleksei Muradov, Yevgeniya Tirdatova  Russia
2003
[4]
The Return Andrei Zvyagintsev Yelena Kovalyova, Dmitry Lesnevsky  Russia
Fuse Pjer Žalica Ademir Kenović  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Austria,  Turkey,  France
The Hours of the Day Jaime Rosales María José Díez, Ismael Glück  Spain
Whatever You Say Guillaume Canet Alain Attal  France
Reconstruction Christoffer Boe Tine Grew Pfeiffer  Denmark
Schultze Gets the Blues Michael Schorr Jens Körner Germany
Young Adam David Mackenzie Jeremy Thomas  United Kingdom,  France
2004
[5]
A Children's Story Antonio Frazzi, Andrea Frazzi Rosario Rinaldo  Italy
A Common Thread Éléonore Faucher Alain Benguigui, Bertrand Van Effenterre  France
Kroko Sylke Enders Christiane Hartmann, Gudrun Ruzicková-Steiner  Germany
Or Keren Yedaya Emmanuel Agneray, Jérôme Bleitrach, Marek Rozenbaum, Itai Tamir  Israel,  France
A Wonderful Night in Split Arsen Anton Ostojić Jozo Patljak  Croatia
Harvest Time Marina Razbezhkina Tatyana Kanayeva, Natalia Zheltukhina  Russia
2005
[6]
Accused Jakob Thuesen Thomas Heinesen  Denmark
Alice Marco Martins Paulo Branco  Portugal
4 Ilya Khrzhanovsky Yelena Yatsura  Russia
Stranger Małgorzata Szumowska Karl Baumgartner, Raimond Goebel  Poland,  Germany,  France
When The Tide Comes In Yolande Moreau, Gilles Porte Humbert Balsan, Catherine Burniaux  Belgium,  France
Saimir Francesco Munzi Cristiano Bortone, Daniele Mazzocca  Italy
Uno Aksel Hennie Jørgen Storm Rosenberg  Norway
2006
[7]
13 Tzameti Géla Babluani Géla Babluani  Georgia,  France
Fresh Air Ágnes Kocsis Ferenc Pusztai  Hungary
Pingpong]] Matthias Luthardt Niklas Bäumer, Anke Hartwig  Germany
Retrieval Sławomir Fabicki Łukasz Dzięcioł, Piotr Dzięcioł  Poland
2007
[8]
The Band's Visit Eran Kolirin Ehud Bleiberg, Koby Gal-Raday, Guy Jacoel, Eylon Ratzkovsky, Yossi Uzrad  Israel,  France,  United States
Control Anton Corbijn Anton Corbijn, Todd Eckert, Orian Williams, Iain Canning, Peter Heslop, Tony Wilson, Deborah Curtis  United Kingdom,  United States,  Australia,  Japan
A Man’s Fear of God Özer Kiziltan Sevil Demirci, Önder Çakar  Turkey,  Germany
Counterparts Jan Bonny Bettina Brokemper  Germany
2008
[9]
Hunger Steve McQueen Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch  United Kingdom,  Ireland
Snow Aida Begić Benny Drechsel, Karsten Stoeter, Elma Tataragić  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Germany,  France,  Iran
Summer Book Seyfi Teoman Yamaç Okur, TNadir Operli  Turkey
Tulpan Sergei Dvortsevoy Karl Baumgartner, Thanassis Karathanos  Kazakhstan,  Germany,  Italy,  Poland,  Russia,   Switzerland
2009
[10]
Katalin Varga Peter Strickland Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu, Peter Strickland  United Kingdom,  Romania,  Hungary
The Other Bank George Ovashvili George Ovashvili, Sain Gabdullin  Georgia,  Kazakhstan
Ajami Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani Mosh Danon, Thanassis Karathanos, Talia Kleinhendler  Germany,  Israel
Be Good Juliette Garcias Marianne Slot  France,  Denmark
Autumn Özcan Alper F. Serkan Acar, Kadir Sözen  Turkey,  Germany

2010s[]

Year English title Director(s) Producer(s) Country of production/co-production
2010
[11]
European Discovery - Prix Fipresci
Lebanon Samuel Maoz Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, David Silber, Uri Sabag, Einat Bickel, Benjamina Mirnik, Illan Girard  Israel,  France,  Germany,  Lebanon
Nothing Personal Urszula Antoniak Reinier Selen, Edwin van Meurs  Netherlands,  Ireland
When We Leave Feo Aladag Feo Aladag, Züli Aladag  Germany
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle Florin Serban Catalin Mitulescu, Florin Serban  Romania,  Germany,  Sweden
The Double Hour Giuseppe Capotondi Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi, Stefano Sardo  Italy
2011
[12]
Oxygen Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Dries Phlypo  Belgium,  Netherlands
Breathing Karl Markovics Dieter Pochlatko, Nikolaus Wisiak  Austria
Michael Markus Schleinzer Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Markus Glaser
Nothing’s All Bad Mikkel Munch-Fals Meta Louise Foldager, Stine Meldgaard Madsen  Denmark
Tilva Roš Nikola Ležaić Uroš Tomić, Nikola Ležaić, Mina Đukić  Serbia
2012
[13]
Kauwboy Boudewijn Koole Jan van der Zanden, Wilant Boekelman  Netherlands
Broken Rufus Norris Dixie Linder, Tally Garner, Nick Marston, Bill Kenwright  United Kingdom
Reported Missing Jan Speckenbach Anke Hartwig  Germany
Teddy Bear Mads Matthiesen Morten Kiems Juhl  Denmark
Twilight Portrait Angelina Nikonova Leonid Ogaryov, Angelina Nikonova, Olga Dihovichnaya  Russia
2013
[14]
Oh Boy! Jan Ole Gerster Marcos Kantis, Alexander Wadouh  Germany
Eat Sleep Die Gabriela Pichler China Åhlander  Sweden
Call Girl Mikael Marcimain Mimmi Spång  Sweden,  Norway,  Ireland,  Finland
Miele Valeria Golino Riccardo Scamarcio, Viola Prestieri, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Raphaël Berdugo  Italy,  France
The Plague Neus Ballús Pau Subirós  Spain
2014
[15][16]
European Discovery - Prix Fipresci (Critics Choice Award)
The Tribe Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy Valentyn Vasyanovych, Iya Myslytska  Ukraine
10,000 km Carlos Marqués-Marcet Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno, Jana Díaz Juhl, Danielle Schleif, Pau Brunet  Spain
Wounded Fernando Franco Koldo Zuazua
'71 Yann Demange Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch  United Kingdom
Party Girl Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis Marie Masmonteil, Denis Carot  France
2015
[17][18]
Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven Charles Gillibert  France,  Germany,  Turkey
Goodnight Mommy Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala Ulrich Seidl  Austria
Limbo Anna Sofie Hartmann Nina Helveg  Germany,  Denmark
Slow West John Maclean Iain Canning, Rachel Gardner, Emile Sherman, Conor McCaughan  New Zealand,  United Kingdom
Summers Downstairs Tom Sommerlatte Iris Sommerlatte  Germany,  France
2016
(29th)
[19]
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki Juho Kuosmanen  Finland,  Germany,  Sweden
Dogs Bogdan Mirica Marcela Ursu  Romania,  Bulgaria,  France,  Qatar
Liebmann  Germany
Sand Storm Elite Zexer Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg  Israel
Thirst Svetla Tsotsorkova Svetla Tsotsorkova, Nadejda Koseva  Bulgaria
2017
[20]
Lady Macbeth William Oldroyd Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly  United Kingdom
Bloody Milk Hubert Charuel Stéphanie Bermann, Alexis Dulguerian  France
Godless Ralitza Petrova Rossitsa Valkanova, Eva Jakobsen, Laurence Clerc  Bulgaria,  Denmark,  France
Summer 1993 Carla Simón Valérie Delpierre, Stefan Schmitz, María Zamora  Spain
The Eremites Ronny Trocker Susanne Mann, Paul Zischler  Germany,  Austria
2018
[21]
Girl Lukas Dhont Dirk Impens  Belgium,  Netherlands
One Day Zsófia Szilágyi Edina Kenesei, Ági Pataki  Hungary
Scary Mother Ana Urushadze Lasha Khalvashi, Tinatin Kajrishvili  Georgia, Estonia
The Guilty Gustav Möller Lina Flint  Denmark
Those Who Are Fine Cyril Schäublin Silvan Hillmann, Cyril Schäublin, Lara Hacisalihzade   Switzerland
Touch Me Not Adina Pintilie Adina Pintilie, Bianca Oana, Philippe Avril  Romania, Germany,  Czech Republic,  Bulgaria,  France
2019
[22][23]
Les Misérables Ladj Ly Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral  France
Aniara Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja Annika Rogell  Sweden,  Denmark
Atlantics Mati Diop Judith Levy  France,  Senegal,  Belgium
Blind Spot Tuva Novotny Elisabeth Kvithyll  Norway,  Denmark
Irina Nadejda Koseva Stefan Kitanov  Bulgaria
Ray & Liz Richard Billingham Jacqui Davies  United Kingdom

2020s[]

Year English title Director(s) Producer(s) Country of production/co-production
2020
[24][25]
European Discovery - Prix Fipresci
Sole Carlo Sironi Giovanni Pompili  Italy,  Poland
Full Moon Nermin Hamzagic Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gagarine Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh Julie Billy, Carole Scotta  France
Instinct Halina Reijn Frans Van Gestel, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld  Netherlands
Isaac Jurgis Matulevicius Stasys Baltakis  Lithuania
Jumbo Zoé Wittock Anaïs Bertrand, Annabella Nezri, Gilles Chanial  France,  Belgium,  Luxembourg
^[a] Award given as Best Young Film or Young European Film of the Year

Most wins for Best Discovery by country[]

Country Awards Nominations Awards (with co-productions) Nominations (with co-productions)
FranceFrance 6 17 11 35
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 5 17 5 20
SpainSpain 2 8 2 8
DenmarkDenmark 2 6 3 10
BelgiumBelgium 2 4 3 5
IsraelIsrael 2 4 2 5
NetherlandsNetherlands 2 4 4 6
GermanyGermany 1 17 4 37
ItalyItaly 1 10 3 14
HungaryHungary 1 5 2 6
Republic of IrelandIreland 1 3 2 7
PolandPoland 1 3 1 4
RussiaRussia 1 3 2 7
Georgia (country)Georgia 1 2 1 2
FinlandFinland 1 1 1 2
UkraineUkraine 1 1 1 1
AustriaAustria 0 4 1 8
SwedenSweden 0 4 1 8
TurkeyTurkey 0 4 1 6
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 0 3 0 3
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina 0 2 0 2
RomaniaRomania 0 3 1 4
NorwayNorway 0 1 0 2
KazakhstanKazakhstan 0 1 0 2
BulgariaBulgaria 0 1 0 2
CroatiaCroatia 0 1 0 1
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 0 1 0 1
GreeceGreece 0 1 0 1
IcelandIceland 0 1 0 1
KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan 0 1 0 1
New ZealandNew Zealand 0 1 0 1
PortugalPortugal 0 1 0 1
SerbiaSerbia 0 1 0 1
SloveniaSlovenia 0 1 0 1
TajikistanTajikistan 0 1 0 1
Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaYugoslavia 0 1 0 1
United StatesUnited States 0 0 3 6
LuxembourgIceland 0 0 1 1
LebanonLebanon 0 0 1 1
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 0 0 0 4
JapanJapan 0 0 0 3
AustraliaAustralia 0 0 0 1
IndiaIndia 0 0 0 1
IranIran 0 0 0 1
QatarQatar 0 0 0 1

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