2024 European Film Awards: Emilia Pérez Sweeps; Karla Sofía Gascón Makes History

The 37th European Film Awards were held tonight in Lucerne, where Jacques Audiard’s crime-thriller musical Emilia Pérez took home awards in four categories: European Film, European Director, European Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, and European Screenwriter. Interestingly, Emilia Pérez won the same awards as a formidable Oscar contender last year, Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or-winning courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall.

Gascón also makes history as the first trans actress to win the Best Actress prize. While this category doesn’t always align with the Academy Awards, a nomination seems likely when the actress’ film also performs well at the ceremony (Sandra Hüller’s win for Anatomy of a Fall and Olivia Colman’s for The Favourite stand out). After being honored with wins from the New York Film Critics Circle last week, Flow and No Other Land also continued their dominance in the Animated and Documentary Feature categories.

Wim Wenders received the European Lifetime Achievement award in recognition of his outstanding body of work, his ever-present sense of curiosity, and his contributions to cinema throughout his career. In other special honors and awards, actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini received the award for European Achievement in World Cinema for her impressive work across the industry. Macedonian producer and actress, Labina Mitevska received the Eurimages International Co-production Award to mark her outstanding commitment to co-production and co-producing partnerships.

Here is the full list of nominees (winners in bold):

EUROPEAN FILM
Bye Bye Tiberias
Dahomey
Emilia Pérez – WINNER
Flow
In Limbo
Living Large
No Other Land
The Room Next Door
Savages
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
The Substance
Sultana’s Dream
They Shot the Piano Player
Vermiglio

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – Prix FIPRESCI
Armand – WINNER
Hoard
Kneecap
Santosh
The New Year That Never Came
Toxic

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
Andrea Arnold, Bird
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez – WINNER
Pedro Almodóvar, The Room Next Door
Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Maura Delpero, Vermiglio

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez – WINNER
Magnus von Horn & Line Langebek, The Girl with the Needle
Pedro Almodóvar, The Room Next Door
Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

EUROPEAN ACTRESS
Renate Reinsve, Armand
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez – WINNER
Trine Dyrholm, The Girl with the Needle
Vic Carmen Sonne, The Girl with the Needle
Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door

EUROPEAN ACTOR
Franz Rogowski, Bird
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Lars Eidinger, Dying
Daniel Craig, Queer
Abou Sangare, Souleymane’s Story – WINNER

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY
Bye Bye Tiberias
Dahomey
In Limbo
No Other Land – WINNER
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Flow – WINNER
Living Large
Savages
Sultana’s Dream
They Shot the Piano Player

EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
2720
Clamor
The Exploding Girl
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent – WINNER
Wander to Wonder

EUROPEAN YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD
Lars is Lol
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin – WINNER
Winners

Previously announced craft winners:

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Benjamin Kračun for The Substance

EUROPEAN EDITING
Juliette Welfling for Emilia Pérez

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jagna Dobesz for The Girl with the Needle

EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGN
Tanja Hausner for The Devil’s Bath

EUROPEAN HAIR & MAKE-UP
Evalotte Oosterop for When the Light Breaks

EUROPEAN ORIGINAL SCORE
Frederikke Hoffmeier for The Girl with the Needle

EUROPEAN SOUND
Marc-Olivier Brullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak, Samuel Aïchoun & Rodrigo Diaz for Souleymane’s Story

EUROPEAN VISUAL EFFECTS
Bryan Jones, Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky, Chervin Shafaghi & Guillaume Le Gouez for The Substance

Previously announced tributes:

EUROPEAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Wim Wenders

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA AWARD
Isabella Rossellini

EURIMAGES INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION AWARD
Labina Mitevska