After winning the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, Anatomy of a Fall just dominated another major award ceremony. Justine Triet’s acclaimed drama swept this year’s European Film Awards, walking away with awards in four major categories, including the best European film.
Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border, and Matteo Garrone’s Me Captain were also in the running for the best European film award, but Anatomy of a Fall defeated them all to win the biggest award of the night.
It also dominated three other major categories: best director (Triet), best screenplay (Triet and Arthur Harari), and best actress (Sandra Hüller). It was also a big night for the Danish superstar Mads Mikkelsen, who won the best actor award for The Promised Land.
Anatomy of a Fall has been either nominated or won the award for the best international feature at several ceremonies since the start of the award season, including the National Board of Review Awards and the British Independent Film Awards.
Unfortunately, Triet’s film won’t be able to replicate that same kind of success at the Academy Award because France has chosen The Taste of Things as their best international feature submission instead.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS AND NOMINEES AT THE 2023 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:
European Film
- Anatomy Of A Fall (France)
Dir. Justine Triet - Fallen Leaves (Finland, Germany)
Dir. Aki Kaurismäki
Green Border (Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium)
Dir. Agnieszka Holland - Io Capitano (Italy, Belgium)
Dir. Matteo Garrone - The Zone Of Interest (United Kingdom, Poland, USA)
Dir. Jonathan Glazer
European Director
- Justine Triet for Anatomy Of A Fall
- Aki Kaurismäki for Fallen Leaves
- Agnieszka Holland for Green Border
- Matteo Garrone for Me Captain
- Jonathan Glazer for The Zone Of Interest
European Screenwriter
- Justine Triet & Arthur Harari for Anatomy Of A Fall
- Aki Kaurismäki for Fallen Leaves
- Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko & Agnieszka Holland for Green Border
- İlker Çatak & Johannes Duncker for The Teachers’ Lounge
- Jonathan Glazer for The Zone Of Interest
European Actress
- Sandra Hüller in Anatomy Of A Fall
- Eka Chavleishvili in Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
- Alma Pöysti in Fallen Leaves
- Mia McKenna-Bruce in How To Have Sex
- Leonie Benesch In The Teachers’ Lounge
- Sandra Hüller in The Zone Of Interest
European Actor
- Thomas Schubert in Afire
- Jussi Vatanen in Fallen Leaves
- Josh O’Connor in La Chimera
- Mads Mikkelsen in The Promised Land
- Christian Friedel in The Zone Of Interest
Best Documentary
- Apolonia, Apolonia (Denmark, Poland)
Dir. Lea Glob - Four Daughters
Dir. by Kaouther Ben Hania (France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia) - Motherland (Sweden, Ukraine, Norway)
Dir. Hanna Badziaka & Alexander Mihalkovich (Sweden, Ukraine, Norway) - On The Adamant (France, Japan)
Dir. Nicolas Philibert (France, Japan) - Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Estonia, France, Iceland)
Dir. Anna Hints
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
- 20,000 Species Of Bees (Spain)
Dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain) - How To Have Sex (UK, Greece)
Dir. Molly Manning Walker - La Palisiada (Ukraine)
Dir. directed by Philip Sotnychenko (Ukraine) - Safe Place (Croatia, Slovenia)
Dir. Juraj Lerotić - The Quiet Migration (Denmark)
Dir. Malene Choi
Young Audience Award
- Scrapper (UK)
Dir. Charlotte Regan - Longing For The World
Dir. Jenna Hasse - One In A Million
Dir. Joya Thome
European Animated Feature Film
- A Greyhound Of A Girl (Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom, Latvia, Estonia, Germany)
Dir. Enzo d’Alò - Chicken For Linda!
Dir. Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach (France, Italy) - Robot Dreams (Spain, France)
Dir. Pablo Berger - The Amazing Maurice (Germany, UK)
Dir. Toby Genkel - White Plastic Sky (Hungary, Slovakia)
Dir. Tibor Bánóczkia and Sarolta Szabó
Excellence Awards for arts and crafts (previously announced)
European Cinematography
Rasmus Videbæk for The Promised Land
European Editing
Laurent Sénéchal for Anatomy Of A Fall
European Production Design
Emita Frigato for La Chimera
European Costume Design
Kicki Ilander for The Promised Land
European Make-up & Hair
Ana López-Puigcerver, Belén López-Puigcerver, David Martí & Montse Ribé for Society Of The Snow
European Original Score:
Markus Binder for Club Zero
European Sound
Johnnie Burn & Tarn Willers for The Zone Of Interest
European Visual Effects
Félix Bergés, Laura Pedro for Society of The Snow
