# 24th European Film Awards

The 24th European Film Awards were presented on 3 December 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The winners were selected by the over 2,500 members of the European Film Academy.

## Winners and nominees

The nominations for the 24th European Film Awards were announced on 5 November.

### Best Film

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Melancholia | Melancholia | Lars von Trier | Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Germany, France |
| The Artist | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | France |
| The Kid with a Bike | Le Gamin au vélo | Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne | Belgium, France, Italy |
| In a Better World | Hævnen | Susanne Bier | Denmark, Sweden |
| The King's Speech | The King's Speech | Tom Hooper | Great Britain |
| Le Havre | Le Havre | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, France, Germany |

### Best Director

| Director(s) | Nationality | English title | Original title |
| Susanne Bier | Denmark | In a Better World | Hævnen |
| Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne | Belgium | The Kid with a Bike | Le Gamin au vélo |
| Aki Kaurismäki | Finland | Le Havre | Le Havre |
| Béla Tarr | Hungary | The Turin Horse | A torinói ló |
| Lars von Trier | Denmark | Melancholia | Melancholia |

### Best Actress

| Actress | Nationality | English title | Original title |
| Tilda Swinton | Great Britain | We Need to Talk about Kevin | We Need to Talk about Kevin |
| Kirsten Dunst | Germany and United States | Melancholia | Melancholia |
| Cécile de France | Belgium | The Kid with a Bike | Le Gamin au vélo |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | France and Great Britain | Melancholia | Melancholia |
| Nadezhda Markina | Russia | Elena | Elena |

### Best Actor

| Actor | Nationality | English title | Original title |
| Colin Firth | Great Britain | The King's Speech | The King's Speech |
| Jean Dujardin | France | The Artist | The Artist |
| Mikael Persbrandt | Sweden | In a Better World | Hævnen |
| Michel Piccoli | France | We Have a Pope | Habemus Papam |
| André Wilms | France | Le Havre | Le Havre |

### Best Screenwriter

| Writer(s) | Nationality | English title | Original title |
| Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne | Belgium | The Kid with a Bike | Le Gamin au vélo |
| Anders Thomas Jensen | Denmark | In a Better World | Hævnen |
| Aki Kaurismäki | Finland | Le Havre | Le Havre |
| Lars von Trier | Denmark | Melancholia | Melancholia |

### Best Cinematographer

| Cinematographer | Nationality | English title | Original title |
| Manuel Alberto Claro | Denmark | Melancholia | Melancholia |
| Fred Kelemen | Germany and Hungary | The Turin Horse | A torinói ló |
| Guillaume Schiffman | France | The Artist | The Artist |
| Adam Sikora [ar; pl] | Poland | Essential Killing | Essential Killing |

### Best Editor

| Editor | Nationality | English title | Original title |
| Tariq Anwar | India and Great Britain | The King's Speech | The King's Speech |
| Mathilde Bonnefoy | France | Three | Drei |
| Molly Malene Stensgaard [de] | Denmark | Melancholia | Melancholia |

### Best Production Designer

| Production Designer | Nationality | English title | Original title |
| Jette Lehmann [no] | Denmark | Melancholia | Melancholia |
| Paola Bizzarri [it] | Italy | We Have a Pope | Habemus Papam |
| Antxón Gómez [ca; es; eu; it] | Spain | The Skin I Live In | La piel que habito |

### Best Composer

| Composer | Nationality | English title | Original title |
| Ludovic Bource | France | The Artist | The Artist |
| Alexandre Desplat | France | The King's Speech | The King's Speech |
| Alberto Iglesias | Spain | The Skin I Live In | La piel que habitoi |
| Mihály Víg | Hungary | The Turin Horse | A torinói ló |

### Best Documentary

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Pina | Pina | Wim Wenders | Germany |
| Position Among the Stars | Stand van de Sterren | Leonard Retel Helmrich | Netherlands |
| ¡Vivan las Antipodas! [cy; fr; ru] | ¡Vivan las Antipodas! | Viktor Kossakovsky | Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, Chile |

### Best Animated Feature Film

The nominees for Best Animated Feature Film were selected by a committee consisting of EFA Board Members and representatives from the European Association of Animation Film.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Chico and Rita | Chico & Rita | Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba | Spain and Isle of Man |
| The Rabbi's Cat | Le Chat du rabbin | Antoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar | France |
| A Cat in Paris | Une vie de chat | Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol | France, Belgium |

### Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

The nominees for best feature-film debut were selected by a committee consisting of representatives from EFA and the International Federation of Film Critics.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Oxygen | Adem | Hans Van Nuffel [fr; nl] | Belgium and the Netherlands |
| Breathing | Atmen | Karl Markovics | Austria |
| Michael | Michael | Markus Schleinzer [de; es; fr; it; mg] | Austria |
| Nothing's All Bad | Smukke menesker | Mikkel Munch-Fals [da] | Denmark |
| Tilva Roš | Tilva Roš | Nikola Ležaić | Serbia |

### Best Short Film

The nominees for Best Short Film were selected by independent juries at a series of film festivals throughout Europe.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Wholly Family | The Wholly Family | Terry Gilliam | Italy |
| Berik | Berik | Daniel Borgman | Denmark |
| Little Children, Big Words | Små barn, stora ord | Lisa James-Larsson [sv] | Sweden |
| Incident by a Bank | Händelse vid bank | Ruben Östlund | Sweden |
| Derby | Derby | Paul Negoescu [ro] | Romania |
| Jessi | Jessi | Mariejosephin Schneider [de] | Germany |
| The Wolves | I lupi | Alberto de Michele [Wikidata] | Italy and Netherlands |
| The Unliving | Återfödelsen | Hugo Lilja [Wikidata] | Sweden |
| Silent River | Apele tac | Anca Miruna Lăzărescu | Germany and Romania |
| Paparazzi | Paparazzi | Piotr Bernaś [Wikidata] | Poland |
| The Great Race | La gran carrera | Kote Camacho [es; eu] | Spain |
| Dimanches | Dimanches | Valéry Rosier [fr] | Belgium |
| Out | Tse | Roee Rosen | Israel |
| Frozen Stories | Opowieści z chłodni | Grzegorz Jaroszuk | Poland |
| Hypercrisis | Hypercrisis | Josef Dabernig [de] | Austria |

## People's Choice Award

The winner of the People's Choice Award was selected by online votes.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The King's Speech | The King's Speech | Tom Hooper | Great Britain |
| Animals United | Konferenz der Tiere | Reinhard Klooss [de] and Holger Tappe [ca; de] | Germany |
| Even the Rain | También la lluvia | Icíar Bollaín | Spain |
| In a Better World | Hævnen | Susanne Bier | Denmark and Sweden |
| Little White Lies | Les Petits Mouchoirs | Guillaume Canet | France |
| Potiche | Potiche | François Ozon | France and Belgium |
| Unknown | Unknown | Jaume Collet-Serra | Germany, United States, Great Britain |
| Welcome to the South | Benvenuti al Sud | Luca Miniero | Italy |