title: 23rd European Film Awards
text: # 23rd European Film Awards
  
  The 23rd European Film Awards were presented on 4 December, 2010, in Tallinn, Estonia.
  
  ## Winners and nominees
  
  The nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards were announced on 6 November at the Seville European Film Festival.
  
  ### Best Film
  
  | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | The Ghost Writer | The Ghost Writer | Roman Polanski | France, Germany, United Kingdom |
  | Honey | Bal | Semih Kaplanoğlu | Turkey |
  | Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | Xavier Beauvois | France |
  | Lebanon | לבנון | Samuel Maoz | Israel, Germany, France |
  | The Secret in Their Eyes | El secreto de sus ojos | Juan José Campanella | Argentina, Spain |
  | Soul Kitchen | Soul Kitchen | Fatih Akın | Germany |
  
  ### Best Director
  
  Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer
  
  * Olivier Assayas – Carlos
  * Semih Kaplanoğlu – Honey (Bal)
  * Samuel Maoz – Lebanon
  * Paolo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing (La prima cosa bella)
  
  ### Best Actress
  
  Sylvie Testud – Lourdes
  
  * Zrinka Cvitešić – On the Path (Na putu)
  * Sibel Kekilli – When We Leave (Die Fremde)
  * Lesley Manville – Another Year
  * Lotte Verbeek – Nothing Personal
  
  ### Best Actor
  
  Ewan McGregor – The Ghost Writer
  
  * Jakob Cedergren – Submarino
  * Elio Germano – Our Life (La nostra vita)
  * George Piştereanu – If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier)
  * Luis Tosar – Cell 211 (Celda 211)
  
  ### Best Animated Feature Film
  
  The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet • United Kingdom/France
  
  * Planet 51 – Jorge Blanco [fr] • Spain/United Kingdom
  * Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage – Ben Stassen • Belgium
  
  ### Best Screenwriter
  
  Robert Harris and Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer
  
  * Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Daniel Monzón – Cell 211 (Celda 211)
  * Samuel Maoz – Lebanon
  * Radu Mihaileanu – The Concert (Le concert)
  
  ### Best Cinematographer
  
  Giora Bejach – Lebanon
  
  * Caroline Champetier – Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux)
  * Pavel Kostomarov – How I Ended This Summer (Как я провел этим летом)
  * Barış Özbiçer – Honey (Bal)
  
  ### Best Editor
  
  Luc Barnier and Marion Monnier – Carlos
  
  * Arik Lahav-Leibovich – Lebanon
  * Hervé de Luze – The Ghost Writer
  
  ### Best Production Designer
  
  Albrecht Konrad – The Ghost Writer
  
  * Paola Bizzarri and Luis Ramirez – I, Don Giovanni (Io, Don Giovanni)
  * Markku Pätilä and Jaagup Roomet – The Temptation of St. Tony (Püha Tõnu kiusamine)
  
  ### Best Composer
  
  Alexandre Desplat – The Ghost Writer
  
  * Ales Brezina – Kawasaki's Rose (Kawasakiho růže)
  * Pasquale Catalano – Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti)
  * Gary Yershon – Another Year
  
  ### Best Documentary
  
  Nostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia de la luz) – Patricio Guzmán • France/Germany/Chile
  
  * Armadillo – Janus Metz • Denmark/Sweden
  * Steam of Life (Miesten vuoro) – Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen • Finland/Sweden
  
  ### Best Short Film
  
  Hanoi - Warsaw (Hanoi - Warszawa) – Katarzyna Klimkiewicz • Poland
  
  * Amor – Thomas Wangsmo • Norway
  * Lights (Ampelmann) – Giulio Ricciarelli • Germany
  * Joseph’s Snails (Les escargots de Joseph) – Sophie Roze • France
  * Stay, Away (Blijf bij me, weg) – Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito • Netherlands
  * Out of Love (Ønskebørn) – Birgitte Stærmose • Denmark
  * Venus VS Me – Nathalie Teirlinck • Belgium
  * The Little Snow Animal (Lumikko) – Miia Tervo • Finland
  * Tussilago – Jonas Odell • Sweden
  * Maria's Way – Anne Milne • United Kingdom/Spain
  * Talleres Clandestinos – Catalina Molina • Austria/Argentina
  * Rendezvous in Stella-Plage (Rendez-vous à Stella-Plage) – Shalimar Preuss • France
  * Diarchy (Diarchia) – Ferdinando Cito Filomarino • Italy/France
  * The External World – David O'Reilly • Germany
  * Here I Am (Itt vagyok) – Bálint Szimler • Hungary
  
  ### People's Choice Award for Best European Film
  
  Mr. Nobody
  
  * The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden)
  * Soul Kitchen
  * Baarìa
  * Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti)
  * An Education
  * Agora
  * The Ghost Writer
  * Kick-Ass
  * Little Nicholas (Le Petit Nicolas)
  