European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year
Annual European film award
The European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI or European Discovery , originally titled Young European Film of the Year , has been awarded annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy . The award is presented in co-operation with the International Federation of Film Critics , to a director for the first full-length feature film.
Winners and nominees
1980s
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
, 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 [de ]
Jens Körner
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)
Country
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
2010 [ 11] [ 12]
Lebanon
Samuel Maoz
Israel, France, Germany
Nothing Personal
Urszula Antoniak
Netherlands, Ireland
When We Leave
Feo Aladag
Germany
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
Florin Serban
Romania
The Double Hour
Giuseppe Capotondi
Italy
2011 [ 13] [ 14]
Oxygen
Hans Van Nuffel
Belgium, Netherlands
Breathing
Karl Markovics
Austria
Michael
Markus Schleinzer
Austria
Nothing's All Bad
Mikkel Munch-Fals
Denmark
Tilva Roš
Nikola Ležaić
Serbia
2012 [ 15] [ 16]
Kauwboy
Boudewijn Koole
Netherlands
Broken
Rufus Norris
UK
Reported Missing [de ]
Jan Speckenbach [de ]
Germany
Teddy Bear
Mads Matthiesen
Denmark
Twilight Portrait
Angelina Nikonova
Russia
2013 [ 17] [ 18]
A Coffee in Berlin
Jan Ole Gerster
Germany
Eat Sleep Die
Gabriela Pichler
Sweden
Call Girl
Mikael Marcimain
Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Finland
Miele
Valeria Golino
Italy, France
The Plague
Neus Ballús
Spain
2014 [ 19] [ 20]
The Tribe
Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
Ukraine
10,000 km
Carlos Marqués-Marcet
Spain
Wounded
Fernando Franco
Spain
'71
Yann Demange
UK
Party Girl
Marie Amachoukeli , Claire Burger , Samuel Theis
France
2015 [ 21] [ 22]
Mustang
Deniz Gamze Ergüven
France, Germany, Turkey
Goodnight Mommy
Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Austria
Limbo
Anna Sofie Hartmann
Germany, Denmark
Slow West
John Maclean
New Zealand, United Kingdom
Summers Downstairs [de ]
Tom Sommerlatte [de ]
Germany, France
2016 [ 23] [ 24]
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
Juho Kuosmanen
Finland, Sweden, Germany
Dogs
Bogdan Mirica
France, Romania, Bulgaria, Qatar
Liebmann
Jules Herrmann
Germany
Sand Storm
Elite Zexer
Israel
Thirst
Svetla Tsotsorkova
Bulgaria
2017 [ 25] [ 26]
Lady Macbeth
William Oldroyd
United Kingdom
Bloody Milk
Hubert Charuel
France
Godless
Ralitza Petrova
Bulgaria, Denmark, France
Summer 1993
Carla Simón
Spain
The Eremites
Ronny Trocker
Germany, Austria
2018 [ 27] [ 28]
Girl
Lukas Dhont
Belgium, Netherlands
One Day
Zsófia Szilágyi
Hungary
Scary Mother
Ana Urushadze
Georgia, Estonia
The Guilty
Gustav Möller
Denmark
Those Who Are Fine
Cyril Schäublin
Switzerland
Touch Me Not
Adina Pintilie
Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France
2019 [ 29] [ 30]
Les Misérables
Ladj Ly
France
Aniara
Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja
Sweden, Denmark
Atlantics
Mati Diop
France, Senegal, Belgium
Blind Spot
Tuva Novotny
Norway, Denmark
Irina
Nadejda Koseva
Bulgaria
Ray & Liz
Richard Billingham
UK
2020s
Year
English title
Director(s)
Country
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
2020 [ 31] [ 32]
Sole
Carlo Sironi
Italy, Poland
Full Moon
Nermin Hamzagic
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Gagarine
Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh
France
Instinct
Halina Reijn
Netherlands
Isaac
Jurgis Matulevicius
Lithuania
Jumbo
Zoé Wittock
France, Belgium, Luxembourg
2021 [ 33] [ 34]
Promising Young Woman
Emerald Fennell
USA, UK
Beginning
Dea Kulumbegashvili
France, Georgia
Lamb
Valdimar Jóhannsson
Iceland, Sweden, Poland
Playground
Laura Wandel
Belgium
Pleasure
Ninja Thyberg
Sweden, Netherlands, France
The Whaler Boy
Philipp Yuryev
Russia, Poland, Belgium
2022 [ 35] [ 36]
Small Body
Laura Samani
Italy, Slovenia, France
Love According to Dalva
Emmanuelle Nicot
Belgium, France
107 Mothers
Peter Kerekes
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine
Other People
Aleksandra Terpińska
Poland, France
Pamfir
Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Ukraine, France, Poland, Germany, Chile
Sonne
Kurdwin Ayub
Austria
2023 [ 37]
How to Have Sex
Molly Manning Walker
United Kingdom, Greece
20,000 Species of Bees
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Spain
La Palisiada
Philip Sotnychenko
Ukraine
Safe Place
Juraj Lerotić
Croatia, Slovenia
The Quiet Migration
Malene Choi
Denmark
Vincent Must Die
Stéphan Castang
France, Belgium
2024 [ 38]
Armand
Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden
Hoard
Luna Carmoon
UK
Kneecap
Rich Peppiatt
Ireland, UK
Santosh
Sandhya Suri
UK, France, Germany
The New Year That Never Came
Bogdan Mureșanu
Romania, Serbia
Toxic
Saulė Bliuvaitė
Lithuania
^[a] Award given as Best Young Film or Young European Film of the Year
Most wins for European Discovery by country
References
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External links
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