Anatomy of a Fall walked away with Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and it’s not done winning major awards. The list of European Film Awards winners is in, and Justine Triet’s drama led the way after coming out victorious in four major categories.
Anatomy of a Fall was one of the main contenders for the best European film award, and it defeated tough competition in Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border, and Matteo Garrone’s Me Captain to take this trophy home.
To make the whole thing even more impressive, Anatomy of a Fall came out victorious in all the major categories it was nominated in, including best director (Triet), best screenplay (Triet and Arthur Harari), and best actress (Sandra Hüller).
Despite its recent success on the award season circuit, Anatomy of a Fall won’t be in the running for the best international feature at the Academy Awards. It hasn’t been selected for by France at its entry, but Triet is choosing to focus on the positives after this snub.
“I think now we are so happy because fortunately the movie’s really worked. It’s overcome all these things… You know don’t do films for this… the film no longer belongs to me,” Triet told the reporters at the European Film Awards.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS AND NOMINEES AT THE 2023 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:
European Film
- Anatomy Of A Fall (France)
Dir. Justine Triet - Fallen Leaves (Finland, Germany)
Dir. Aki Kaurismäki
Green Border (Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium)
Dir. Agnieszka Holland - Io Capitano (Italy, Belgium)
Dir. Matteo Garrone - The Zone Of Interest (United Kingdom, Poland, USA)
Dir. Jonathan Glazer
European Director
- Justine Triet for Anatomy Of A Fall
- Aki Kaurismäki for Fallen Leaves
- Agnieszka Holland for Green Border
- Matteo Garrone for Me Captain
- Jonathan Glazer for The Zone Of Interest
European Screenwriter
- Justine Triet & Arthur Harari for Anatomy Of A Fall
- Aki Kaurismäki for Fallen Leaves
- Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko & Agnieszka Holland for Green Border
- İlker Çatak & Johannes Duncker for The Teachers’ Lounge
- Jonathan Glazer for The Zone Of Interest
European Actress
- Sandra Hüller in Anatomy Of A Fall
- Eka Chavleishvili in Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
- Alma Pöysti in Fallen Leaves
- Mia McKenna-Bruce in How To Have Sex
- Leonie Benesch In The Teachers’ Lounge
- Sandra Hüller in The Zone Of Interest
European Actor
- Thomas Schubert in Afire
- Jussi Vatanen in Fallen Leaves
- Josh O’Connor in La Chimera
- Mads Mikkelsen in The Promised Land
- Christian Friedel in The Zone Of Interest
Best Documentary
- Apolonia, Apolonia (Denmark, Poland)
Dir. Lea Glob - Four Daughters
Dir. by Kaouther Ben Hania (France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia) - Motherland (Sweden, Ukraine, Norway)
Dir. Hanna Badziaka & Alexander Mihalkovich (Sweden, Ukraine, Norway) - On The Adamant (France, Japan)
Dir. Nicolas Philibert (France, Japan) - Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Estonia, France, Iceland)
Dir. Anna Hints
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
- 20,000 Species Of Bees (Spain)
Dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain) - How To Have Sex (UK, Greece)
Dir. Molly Manning Walker - La Palisiada (Ukraine)
Dir. directed by Philip Sotnychenko (Ukraine) - Safe Place (Croatia, Slovenia)
Dir. Juraj Lerotić - The Quiet Migration (Denmark)
Dir. Malene Choi
Young Audience Award
- Scrapper (UK)
Dir. Charlotte Regan - Longing For The World
Dir. Jenna Hasse - One In A Million
Dir. Joya Thome
European Animated Feature Film
- A Greyhound Of A Girl (Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom, Latvia, Estonia, Germany)
Dir. Enzo d’Alò - Chicken For Linda!
Dir. Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach (France, Italy) - Robot Dreams (Spain, France)
Dir. Pablo Berger - The Amazing Maurice (Germany, UK)
Dir. Toby Genkel - White Plastic Sky (Hungary, Slovakia)
Dir. Tibor Bánóczkia and Sarolta Szabó
Excellence Awards for arts and crafts (previously announced)
European Cinematography
Rasmus Videbæk for The Promised Land
European Editing
Laurent Sénéchal for Anatomy Of A Fall
European Production Design
Emita Frigato for La Chimera
European Costume Design
Kicki Ilander for The Promised Land
European Make-up & Hair
Ana López-Puigcerver, Belén López-Puigcerver, David Martí & Montse Ribé for Society Of The Snow
European Original Score:
Markus Binder for Club Zero
European Sound
Johnnie Burn & Tarn Willers for The Zone Of Interest
European Visual Effects
Félix Bergés, Laura Pedro for Society of The Snow
