title: 31st European Film Awards
text: # 31st European Film Awards
  
  The 31st European Film Awards were presented on 15 December 2018 in Seville, Spain.
  
  ## Selection
  
  * 3 Days in Quiberon
  * Ága
  * Anna's War
  * Arrhythmia
  * Ayka
  * Beast
  * Border
  * Borg/McEnroe
  * Carmen & Lola
  * Cobain
  * Cold War
  * Custody
  * Diamantino
  * Dogman
  * Donbass
  * Dovlatov
  * Foxtrot
  * Fugue
  * Girl
  * Happy as Lazzaro
  * Longing
  * Mademoiselle Paradis
  * Men Don't Cry
  * Michael Inside
  * Milada
  * Mug
  * One Day
  * Paddington 2
  * Petra
  * Pity
  * Pomegranate Orchard
  * Pororoca
  * Scary Mother
  * Shock Waves – Diary of My Mind
  * Styx
  * The Captain
  * Giant
  * The Guilty
  * The House by the Sea
  * The House That Jack Built
  * Summer
  * The Wild Pear Tree
  * Those Who Are Fine
  * Touch Me Not
  * Transit
  * Utøya: July 22
  * Under the Tree
  * What Will People Say
  * Woman at War
  
  ## Awards voted by EFA Members
  
  ### Best Film
  
  The nominees were announced on 10 November 2018.
  
  | English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Production companies | Language |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cold War | Pawel Pawlikowski | Tanya Seghatchian, Ewa Puszczynska | Apocalypso Pictures, BFI Film Fund, Film4, MK2 Productions, Opus Film, Protagonist Pictures | Polish |
  | Border | Ali Abbasi | Nina Bisgaard, Peter Gustafsson, Petra Jonsson | META Film, Black Spark Film & TV, Karnfilm, TriArt Film | Swedish |
  | Dogman | Matteo Garrone | Matteo Garrone, Jeremy Thomas, Jean Labadie, Paolo Del Brocco | Archimede, Le Pacte, 01 Distribution | Italian |
  | Girl | Lukas Dhont | Dirk Impens | Menuet, Frakas Productions, Topkapi Films, Netflix | Dutch, French |
  | Happy as Lazzaro | Alice Rohrwacher | Carlo Cresto-Dina, Gregory Gajos, Pierre-François Piet, Tiziana Soudani, Michael Weber | Tempesta SRL, Amka Films Productions, Ad Vitam Production, Pola Pandora, Filmproduktions | Italian |
  
  ### Best Comedy
  
  | English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Production companies | Language |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | The Death of Stalin | Armando Iannucci | Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Kevin Loader | eOne Films, IFC, Gaumont | English |
  | C'est la vie! | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou | Quad Productions, Ten Films | French |
  | Diamantino | Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt | Justin Taurand, Maria João Mayer, Daniel van Hoogstraten | Maria & Mayer, Les Films du Bélier, Syndrome Films | Portuguese |
  
  ## Critics Award
  
  ### European Discovery
  
  | English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Production companies | Language |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Girl | Lukas Dhont | Dirk Impens | Menuet, Frakas Productions, Topkapi Films, Netflix | Dutch, French |
  | One Day | Zsófia Szilágyi | Edina Kenesei, Ági Pataki | Filmpartners, Sparks, Vertigo Média Kft., Zeta Filmes | Hungarian, Italian |
  | Scary Mother | Ana Urushadze | Lasha Khalvashi, Tinatin Kajrishvili | Artizm, Gemini, Allfilm, Georgian National Film Centre | Georgian |
  | The Guilty | Gustav Möller | Lina Flint | Nordisk Film Spring, New Danish Screen, Magnolia Pictures | Danish |
  | Those Who Are Fine | Cyril Schäublin | Silvan Hillmann, Cyril Schäublin, Lara Hacisalihzade | Seeland Filmproduktion, Film IGRF | Swiss, German |
  | Touch Me Not | Adina Pintilie | Adina Pintilie, Bianca Oana, Philippe Avril | Manekino Film, 4 Proof Film, Agitprop, Les Films de l'Étranger, Pink Productions, Rohfilm | English, German |
  
  ## Best Animated Feature Film
  
  | English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Production companies | Language |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Another Day of Life | Raul de la Fuente & Damian Nenow | Jarek Sawko, Amaia Remirez, Ole Østergaard | Platige Image, Kanaki Films | Polish |
  | Early Man | Nick Park | Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Nick Park, Carla Shelley, Richard Beek | Aardman Animations, British Film Institute, StudioCanal | English |
  | The Breadwinner | Nora Twomey | Anthony Leo, Tomm Moore, Andrew Rosen, Paul Young | Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Guru Studio, Jolie Pas, Irish Film Board, Melusine Productions, Telefilm Canada, Elevation Pictures, StudioCanal | English |
  | White Fang | Alexandre Espigares | Clément Calvet, Jérémie Fajner, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Lilian Eche, Christel Henon | Superprod, Bidibul Productions, Big Beach, Wild Bunch | French |
  
  ## Audience awards
  
  ### People's Choice Award
  
  | English title | Director(s) |
  | - | - |
  | Call Me by Your Name | Luca Guadagnino |
  | Borg vs McEnroe | Janus Metz Pedersen |
  | C'est la vie! | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache |
  | Dunkirk | Christopher Nolan |
  | Darkest Hour | Joe Wright |
  | In the Fade | Fatih Akin |
  | The Death of Stalin | Armando Iannucci |
  | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Luc Besson |
  | Victoria & Abdul | Stephen Frears |
  
  ### University Award
  
  | English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Production companies | Language |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Happy as Lazzaro | Alice Rohrwacher | Carlo Cresto-Dina, Gregory Gajos, Pierre-François Piet, Tiziana Soudani, Michael Weber | Tempesta SRL, Amka Films Productions, Ad Vitam Production, Pola Pandora, Filmproduktions | Italian |
  | Foxtrot | Samuel Maoz | Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Eitan Mansuri, Cedomir Kolar, Marc Baschet & Michel Merktri | Bord Cadre Films | Hebrew |
  | Styx | Wolfgang Fischer | Marcos Kantis, Martin Lehwald | A.S.A.P.,ARTE,Arte France Cinéma | German |
  | Tarzan's Testicles | Alexandru Solomon | Ada Solomon, Cedric Bonin, Pascaline Geoffroy | HI Film Productions,Seppia Production | Russian |
  | Utøya: July 22 | Erik Poppe | Stein B. Kvae & Finn Gjerdrum | Paradox Film 7,Paradox,MEDIA Programme of the European Union | Norwegian |
  
  ## Best Documentary
  
  | English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Production companies | Language |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bergman - A Year in a Life | Jane Magnusson | Mattias Nohrborg, Cecilia Nessen, Fredrik Heinig | B-Reel Films, Carlotta Films, Filmarti, Imovision | Swedish, English, German |
  | A Woman Captured | Bernadett Tuza-Ritter | Julianna Ugrin, Viki Réka Kiss | Éclipse Film, Corso Film | Hungarian |
  | Of Fathers and Sons | Talal Derki | Eva Kemme, Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Ansgar Frerich, Tobias Siebert | Cinema Group Production, Südwestrundfunk, Impact Partners, Basis Berlin Filmproduktion, Ventana Film- und Fernsehproduktion | Arabic |
  | The Distant Barking of Dogs | Simon Lering Wilmont | Monica Hellström | Final Cut for Real | Russian |
  | The Silence of Others | Almudena Carracedo [es] & Robert Bahar | Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar | Semilla Verde Productions, Lucernam Films, Blue Ice Docs, El Deseo, ITVS, Latino Public Broadcasting, P.O.V. | Spanish |
  
  ## Best Short Film
  
  | Original title | Director(s) | Minutes |
  | - | - | - |
  | The Years | Sara Fgaier | 20 min. |
  | Aquaparque | Ana Moreira | 17 min. |
  | Burkina Brandenburg Komplex | Ulu Braun | 19 min. |
  | Graduation '97 | Pavlo Ostrikov | 19 min. |
  | I Signed The Petition | Mahdi Fleifel | 19 min. |
  | Kapitalistis | Pablo Muñoz Gómez | 15 min. |
  | Kontener | Sebastian Lang | 30 min. |
  | Meryem | Reber Dosky | 16 min. |
  | Prisoner of Society | Rati Tsiteladze | 15 min. |
  | Release The Dogs | Manue Fleytoux | 21 min. |
  | Shame | Petar Krumov | 24 min. |
  | The Escape | Laëtitia Martinoni | 10 min. |
  | Those Who Desire | Elena López Riera | 24 min. |
  | What's The Damage | Heather Phillipson | 7 min. |
  | Wildebeest | Nicolas Keppens, Matthias Phlips | 19 min. |
  
  ## European Co-Production Award — Prix Eurimages
  
  | Recipient | Occupation |
  | - | - |
  | Konstantinos Kontovrakis Giorgos Karnavas | Producer |
  