Quo Vadis, Aida? wins top European Film Awards

Quo Vadis, Aida Photo: Courtesy of Venice Film Festival

This year's European Film Awards were dominated by three titles: Jasmila Zbanic's powerful drama Quo Vadis, Aida?, which won Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress; Florian Zeller's intimate tragedy The Father, which saw Anthony Hopkins add to his collection of Best Actor gongs; and Jonas Poher Rasmussen's complex animation Flee. Among the first big awards of the season, these reflect back on some of 2020's hits but also set the pace for this year's race, with hopes particularly high for Flee, which is getting worldwide attention. This is widely considered to be a year when anything could happen.

Those award winners in full:-

Best European Film

• Jasmila Žbanić – Quo Vadis, Aida?

Best European Director

• Jasmila Žbanić – Quo Vadis, Aida?

Best European Comedy

• Ninjababy

Best European Documentary

• Flee

Best European Animated Feature Film

• Flee

Best European Short Film

• My Uncle Tudor

Best European Actress

• Jasna Đuričić – Quo Vadis, Aida?

Best European Actor

• Anthony Hopkins – The Father

EurImages Co-Production Award

• Maria Ekerhovd

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

• Promising Young Woman

Best European Screenwriter

• Florian Zeller & Christopher Hampton – The Father

Best European Cinematography

• Crystel Fournier – Great Freedom

Best European Editing

• Mukharam Kabulova – Unclenching The Fists

Best European Production Design

• Marton Agh – Natural Light

Best European Visual Effects

• Peter Hjorth, Fredrik Nord – Lamb

Best European Costume Design

• Michael O’Connor – Ammonite

Best European Make-Up & Hair

• Flore Masson, Olivier Alfonso, Antoine Mancini – Titane

Best European Sound

• Gisle Tveito, Gustaf Berger – The Innocents

Best European Original Score

• Nils Petter Molvaer & Peter Brotz-Mann – Great Freedom

Best European Lifetime Achievement

• Marta Meszaros

Best European Achievement in World Cinema

• Susanne Bier

European University Film Award

• Flee

EFA For Innovative Storytelling

• Steve McQueen – Small Axe