Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida was the big winner at the 27th European Film Awards, named Best European Film while also garnering the People’s Choice Award, and distinction for Pawlikowski as Best European Director and Screenwriter, and Ryszard Lenczewski and Lukasz Zal as Best Cinematographers.
Ida centers on Anna who is about to take her vows as a Catholic nun in Poland when she learns from her only surviving relative that she is Jewish. Both women embark on a journey to discover their family story and where they belong. Among the family revelations is that Anna’s parents were murdered during the Nazi occupation in Poland.
Winning the European Film Award for Best Comedy was The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer. Masters of the Universe was named top documentary. And The Art of Happiness was named Best European Animated Feature Films.
Here’s a full rundown of winners:
European Film
Ida Denmark, Poland (80 min) Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Producer: Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska
European Comedy
The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer , Italy (90 min) Director: Pierfrancesco Diliberto
Producer: Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli
European Director
Pawel Pawlikowski, Ida
European Actress
Marion Cotillard, Deux jours, une nuit
European Actor
Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
European Screenwriter
Pawel Pawlikowski, Ida
European Cinematographer – Prix Carlo Di Palma
Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski, Ida
European Editor
Justine Wright, Locke
European Production Designer
Claus-Rudolf Amler, The Dark Valley
European Costume Designer
Natascha Curtius-Noss, The Dark Valley
European Composer
Mica Levi, Under the Skin
European Sound Designer
Joakim Sundström, Starred
European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
The Tribe Ukraine (132 min) Director: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
Producer: Valentyn Vasyanovych, Iya Myslytska
European Documentary
Master of the Universe , Austria, Germany (88 min) Director: Marc Bauder
Producer: Markus Glaser, Marc Bauder
European Animated Feature Film
The Art of Happiness, Italy (84 min) Director: Alessandro Rak
Producer: Luciano Stella
European Short Film
The Chicken, Croatia, Germany (15 min) Director: Una Gunjak
Producer: Jelena Goldbach, Siniša Juricic
European Co-Production Award – Prix Eurimages
Ed Guiney
European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
Agnès Varda
European Achievement in World Cinema
Steve McQueen 4
People’s Choice Award for Best European Film
Ida Denmark, Poland (80 min) Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Producer: Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska
