European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year

European Discovery of the Year
Country	Europe
Presented by	European Film Academy
First awarded	1988
Currently held by	The Tribe (2014)
Website	europeanfilmawards.eu

European Film Award - Prix Eurimages or European Discovery has been awarded annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy. Originally it was called Young European Film of the Year.

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Country of production	Country of co-production
1988	Best Young Film
	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios	Pedro Almodóvar	Augustin Almodovár
	Days of Eclipse	Дни затмения	Aleksandr Sokurov	?
	It's Happening Tomorrow	Domani accadrà	Daniele Luchetti	Marco Alfieri
	Damnation	Kárhozat	Béla Tarr	József Marx
	Pathfinder	Ofelaš or Veiviseren	Nils Gaup	John M. Jacobsen
	Reefer and the Model		Joe Comerford	Lelia Doolan
	Stormy Monday		Mike Figgis	Nigel Stafford-Clark
1989	Young European Film of the Year
	300 Miles to Heaven	300 mil do nieba	Maciej Dejczer	Prod. Film Unit “TOR“
	Cinema Paradiso	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso	Giuseppe Tornatore	Franco Cristaldi, Giovanna Romagnoli
	Mist	Sis	Zülfü Livaneli	Ülker Livaneli
	Kuduz		Ademir Kenović	Bakir Tanović
	Scandal		Michael Caton-Jones	Steve Woolley
	My Left Foot	My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown	Jim Sheridan	Noel Pearson
	Waller’s Last Walk	Wallers letzter Gang	Christian Wagner	Christian Wagner

1990s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Country of production	Country of co-production
1990	Young European Film of the Year
	Henry V		Kenneth Branagh	Bruce Sharman
	The White Dove	La Blanca Paloma	Juan Minon	Eduardo Campoy
	On Tour	Turnè	Gabriele Salvatores	Gianni Minervini
	Love Without Pity	Un monde sans pitié	Eric Rochant	Alain Rocca
	Lie Still – Die - Revive	Замри, умри, воскресни	Vitali Kanevsky	Lenfilm Studios Leningrad
1991	Young European Film of the Year
	Toto the Hero	Toto le héros	Jaco van Dormael	Pierre Drouot, Dany Geys, Iblis Films Bruxelles
	Delicatessen		Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet	Claudie Ossard
	Ultra	Ultrà	Ricky Tognazzi	Claudio Bonivento
1992	Young European Film of the Year
	The Northerners	De noorderlingen	Alex van Warmerdam	Laurens Geels, Dick Maas, First Floor Features
	Three Days	Trys dienos	Šarūnas Bartas	Audrius Kuprevičius
	Nord		Xavier Beauvois	Bernard Verley
1993	Young European Film of the Year
	Orlando		Sally Potter	Christopher Sheppard
	Man Bites Dog	C'est arrivé près de chez vous	Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde	Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
	Antonio's Girlfriend	La petite amie d'Antonio	Manuel Poirier	Jean-Christophe Colson
1994	Young European Film of the Year
	The Son of the Shark	Le fils du requin	Agnès Merlet	Francois Fries
	Woyzeck		János Szász	Péter Barbalics, László Sipos
	Kosh ba kosh		Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov	Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
1995	Young European Film of the Year
	Hate	La haine	Mathieu Kassovitz	Christophe Rossignon
	Butterfly Kiss		Michael Winterbottom	Julie Baines, Sarah Daniel
	The Deathmaker	Der Totmacher	Romuald Karmakar	Christian Granderath, Gebhard Henke, Romuald Karmakar, Thomas Schühly
1996	Young European Film of the Year
	Some Mother's Son		Terry George	Edward Burke, Arthur Lappin, Jim Sheridan
	Lea		Ivan Fíla	Ivan Fíla, Eliska Sekavova, Herbert Rimbach
	Beautiful Thing		Hettie MacDonald	Tony Garnett, Bill Shapter
1997	European Discovery of the Year – Fassbinder Award
	The Life of Jesus	La vie de Jésus	Bruno Dumont	Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat
	no other nominees
1998	European Discovery – Fassbinder Award 1998
	The Celebration	Festen	Thomas Vinterberg	Birgitte Hald, Morten Kaufmann
	The Dream Life of Angels	La vie rêvée des anges	Erick Zonca	François Marquis
no other nominees
1999	European Discovery 1999 – Fassbinder Award
	The War Zone		Tim Roth	Sarah Radclyffe, Dixie Linder
	no other nominees

2000s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Country of production	Country of co-production
2000	European Discovery 2000 – Fassbinder Award
	Human Resources	Ressources humaines	Laurent Cantet	Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta
	101 Reykjavík	101 Reikiavik	Baltasar Kormákur	Michael P. Aust, Baltasar Kormákur, Þorfinnur Ómarsson, Ingvar Þórðarson
	Gangster No. 1		Paul McGuigan	Jonathan Cavendish, Norma Heyman
	Kennedy And I	Kennedy et moi	Sam Karmann	Christian Bérard, Edouard Weil
	Northern Skirts	Nordrand	Barbara Albert	Erich Lackner
	Some Voices		Simon Cellan-Jones	Damian Jones, Graham Broadbent
	Together	Tillsammans	Lukas Moodysson	Lars Jönsson
	Tuvalu		Veit Helmer	Vladimir Andreyev
	Forget America	Vergiss Amerika	Vanessa Jopp	Katja De Bock, Alena Rimbach, Herbert Rimbach
2001	European Discovery 2001 - Fassbinder Award
	Pellet	El bola	Achero Mañas	Francisco Lázaro, José Antonio Félez
	alaska.de		Esther Gronenborn	Dietmar Güntsche, Eberhard Junkersdorf
	The Sea That Thinks	De zee die denkt	Gert de Graaff	René Huybrechtse, René Scholten
	Dog Days	Hundstage	Ulrich Seidl	Philippe Bober, Helmut Grasser
	Jalla! Jalla!		Josef Fares	Anna Anthony
	Dead End Streets	Kleistoi dromoi	Stavros Ioannou	?
	Last Resort		Paweł Pawlikowski	Ruth Caleb
	Lovely Rita		Jessica Hausner	Barbara Albert
	The Chimp	Маймыл	Aktan Abdykalykov	Marc Baschet
	Happy man	Szczęśliwy człowiek	Małgorzata Szumowska	Wojciech Has
2002	European Discovery 2002 - Fassbinder Award
	Hukkle		György Pálfi	András Böhm, Csaba Bereczky
	Two Friends	Due amici	Spiro Scimone, Francesco Sframeli	Andrea Nuzzolo, Francesco Tornatore
	Minor Mishaps		Annette K. Olesen	Ib Tardini
	Respiro		Emanuele Crialese	Domenico Procacci, Anne-Dominique Toussaint
	No Regrets	Nichts bereuen	Benjamin Quabeck	Michael Schaefer, Stephanie Wagner
	Smoking Room		Roger Gual, Julio D. Wallovits	Adolfo Blanco, Quique Camín
	Pleasant Days	Szép napok	Kornél Mundruczó	Philippe Bober, Zsófia Kende, Viktória Petrányi, Kornél Sipos
	The Warrior	El guerrero	Asif Kapadia	F. Serkan Acar, Kadir Sözen
	Guardian of the Frontier	Varuh meje	Maja Weiss	Ida Weiss
	What's Going On?	Wesh wesh, qu'est-ce qui se passe?	Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche	?
	The Kite	Zmey	Aleksei Muradov	Pyotr Chernyayev, Robert Filatov, Aleksei Muradov, Yevgeniya Tirdatova
2003	European Film Academy Discovery 2003 - Prix Fassbinder
	The Return	Возвращение	Andrei Zvyagintsev	Yelena Kovalyova, Dmitry Lesnevsky
	Fuse	Gori vatra	Pjer Žalica	Ademir Kenović
	The Hours of the Day	Las horas del día	Jaime Rosales	María José Díez, Ismael Glück
	Whatever You Say	Mon idole	Guillaume Canet	Alain Attal
	Reconstruction		Christoffer Boe	Tine Grew Pfeiffer
	Schultze Gets the Blues		Michael Schorr	Jens Körner
	Young Adam		David Mackenzie	Jeremy Thomas
2004	European Film Academy Discovery 2004 – Prix Fassbinder
	A Children's Story	Certi bambini	Antonio Frazzi, Andrea Frazzi	Rosario Rinaldo
	A Common Thread	Brodeuses	Éléonore Faucher	Alain Benguigui, Bertrand Van Effenterre
	Kroko		Sylke Enders	Christiane Hartmann, Gudrun Ruzicková-Steiner
	Or	אור / Mon trésor	Keren Yedaya	Emmanuel Agneray, Jérôme Bleitrach, Marek Rozenbaum, Itai Tamir
	A Wonderful Night in Split	Ta divna splitska noć	Arsen Anton Ostojić	Jozo Patljak
	Harvest Time		Marina Razbezhkina	Tatyana Kanayeva, Natalia Zheltukhina
2005	European Film Academy Discovery 2005 - Prix Fassbinder
	Accused	Anklaget	Jakob Thuesen	Thomas Heinesen
	Alice		Marco Martins	Paulo Branco
	4		Ilya Khrzhanovsky	Yelena Yatsura
	Stranger	Ono	Małgorzata Szumowska	Karl Baumgartner, Raimond Goebel
	When The Tide Comes In	Quand la mer monte...	Yolande Moreau, Gilles Porte	Humbert Balsan, Catherine Burniaux
	Saimir		Francesco Munzi	Cristiano Bortone, Daniele Mazzocca
	Uno		Aksel Hennie	Jørgen Storm Rosenberg
2006	European Discovery 2006
	13 Tzameti		Géla Babluani	Géla Babluani
	Fresh Air	Friss levegö	Ágnes Kocsis	Ferenc Pusztai
	Pingpong		Matthias Luthardt	Niklas Bäumer, Anke Hartwig
	Retrieval	Z odzysku	Sławomir Fabicki	Łukasz Dzięcioł, Piotr Dzięcioł
2007	European Discovery 2007
	The Band's Visit	ביקור התזמורת	Eran Kolirin	Ehud Bleiberg, Koby Gal-Raday, Guy Jacoel, Eylon Ratzkovsky, Yossi Uzrad
	Control		Anton Corbijn	Anton Corbijn, Todd Eckert, Orian Williams, Iain Canning, Peter Heslop, Tony Wilson, Deborah Curtis
	A Man’s Fear of God	Takva	Özer Kiziltan	Sevil Demirci, Önder Çakar
	Counterparts	Gegenüber	Jan Bonny	Bettina Brokemper
2008	European Discovery 2008
	Hunger		Steve McQueen	Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch
	Snow	Snijeg	Aida Begić	Benny Drechsel, Karsten Stoeter Elma Tataragić
	Summer Book	Ajami	Seyfi Teoman	Yamaç Okur, TNadir Operli
	Tulpan	Tulpan	Sergei Dvortsevoy	Karl Baumgartner, Thanassis Karathanos
2009	European Discovery 2009
	Katalin Varga		Peter Strickland	Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu, Peter Strickland
	The Other Bank	Gagma napiri	George Ovashvili	George Ovashvili, Sain Gabdullin
	Ajami	Ajami	Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani	Mosh Danon, Thanassis Karathanos, Talia Kleinhendler
	Be Good	Sois sage	Juliette Garcias	Marianne Slot
	Autumn	Sonbahar	Özcan Alper	F. Serkan Acar, Kadir Sözen

2010s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Country of production	Country of co-production
2010	European Discovery - Prix Fipresci
	Lebanon	לבנון	Samuel Maoz	Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, David Silber, Uri Sabag, Einat Bickel, Benjamina Mirnik, Illan Girard
	Nothing Personal		Urszula Antoniak	Reinier Selen, Edwin van Meurs
	When We Leave	Die Fremde	Feo Aladag	Feo Aladag, Züli Aladag,
	If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle	Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier	Florin Serban	Catalin Mitulescu, Florin Serban
	The Double Hour	La doppia ora	Giuseppe Capotondi	Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi, Stefano Sardo
2011	European Discovery 2011
	Oxygen	Adem	Hans Van Nuffel	Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Dries Phlypo
	Breathing	Atmen	Karl Markovics	Dieter Pochlatko, Nikolaus Wisiak
	Michael	Michael	Markus Schleinzer	Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Markus Glaser
	Nothing’s All Bad	Smukke mennesker	Mikkel Munch-Fals	Meta Louise Foldager Stine Meldgaard Madsen
	Tilva Roš		Nikola Ležaić	Uroš Tomić, Nikola Ležaić, Mina Đukić
2012	European Discovery 2012 - Prix Fipresci
	Kauwboy		Boudewijn Koole	Jan van der Zanden, Wilant Boekelman
	Broken	Broken	Rufus Norris	Dixie Linder, Tally Garner, Nick Marston, Bill Kenwright
	Reported Missing	Die Vermissten	Jan Speckenbach	Anke Hartwig
	Teddy Bear	10 Timer til Paradis	Mads Matthiesen	Morten Kiems Juhl
	Twilight Portrait	Портрет в сумерках	Angelina Nikonova	Leonid Ogaryov, Angelina Nikonova, Olga Dihovichnaya
2013	European Discovery - Prix Fipresci
	Oh Boy!		Jan Ole Gerster	Marcos Kantis, Alexander Wadouh
	Eat Sleep Die	Äta sova dö	Gabriela Pichler	China Åhlander
	Call Girl		Mikael Marcimain	Mimmi Spång
	Miele		Valeria Golino	Riccardo Scamarcio, Viola Prestieri, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Raphaël Berdugo
	The Plague	La Plaga	Neus Ballús	Pau Subirós
2014	European Discovery 2014 - Prix Fipresci (Critics Choice Award)
	The Tribe	Племя	Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
	10,000 km		Carlos Marques-Marcet
	'71		Yann Demange
	Party Girl		Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis
	Wounded	La herida	Fernando Franco
2015	European Discovery 2015 - Prix Fipresci (Critics Choice Award)
	Mustang		Deniz Gamze Ergüven
	Goodnight Mommy	Ich seh Ich seh	Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
	Limbo		Anna Sofie Hartmann
	Slow West		John Maclean
	Summers Downstairs	Im Sommer wohnt er unten	Tom Sommerlatte
2016	European Discovery 2016 - Prix Fipresci (Critics Choice Award)
	The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki	Hymyilevä mies	Juho Kuosmanen	Juho Kuosmanen
	Dogs	Câini	Bogdan Mirica	Marcela Ursu
	Liebmann		Jules Herrmann	Jules Herrmann
	Sand Storm	Sufat Chol	Elite Zexer	Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg
	Thirst	Жажда	Svetla Tsotsorkova	Svetla Tsotsorkova, Nadejda Koseva
2017	European Discovery 2017 - Prix Fipresci (Critics Choice Award)
	Lady Macbeth		William Oldroyd	Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
	Bloody Milk	Petit Paysan	Hubert Charuel	Stéphanie Bermann, Alexis Dulguerian
	Godless	Bezbog	Ralitza Petrova	Rossitsa Valkanova, Eva Jakobsen, Laurence Clerc
	Summer 1993	Estiu 1993	Carla Simón	Valérie Delpierre, Stefan Schmitz, María Zamora
	The Eremites	Die Einsiedler	Ronny Trocker	Susanne Mann, Paul Zischler

^{^[a]} Award given as Best Young Film or Young European Film of the Year

Most wins for Best Discovery by country

Country	Awards	Nominations	Awards (with co-productions)	Nominations (with co-productions)
France	6	17	11	35
United Kingdom	5	17	5	20
Spain	2	8	2	8
Denmark	2	6	3	10
Belgium	2	4	3	5
Israel	2	4	2	5
Netherlands	2	4	4	6
Germany	1	17	4	37
Italy	1	10	3	14
Hungary	1	5	2	6
Ireland	1	3	2	7
Poland	1	3	1	4
Russia	1	3	2	7
Georgia	1	2	1	2
Finland	1	1	1	2
Ukraine	1	1	1	1
Austria	0	4	1	8
Sweden	0	4	1	8
Turkey	0	4	1	6
Soviet Union	0	3	0	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	2	0	2
Romania	0	2	1	3
Norway	0	1	0	2
Kazahstan	0	1	0	2
Bulgaria	0	1	0	2
Croatia	0	1	0	1
Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
Greece	0	1	0	1
Iceland	0	1	0	1
Kyrgyzstan	0	1	0	1
New Zealand	0	1	0	1
Portugal	0	1	0	1
Serbia	0	1	0	1
Slovenia	0	1	0	1
Tajikistan	0	1	0	1
Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
United States	0	0	3	6
Iceland	0	0	1	1
Lebanon	0	0	1	1
Switzerland	0	0	0	4
Japan	0	0	0	3
Australia	0	0	0	1
India	0	0	0	1
Iran	0	0	0	1
Qatar	0	0	0	1

External links

• Nominees and winners at the European Film Academy website