Goya Award for Best European Film

The Goya Award for Best European Film (Spanish: Premio Goya a la mejor película europea) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.[1] The award was first presented at the seventh edition of the Goya Awards with the French film Indochine behind the first winner of the category.

Goya Award for Best European Film
Awarded forBest European Film
CountrySpain
Presented byAcademy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (AACCE)
Currently held byAnatomy of a Fall (2023)
Websitepremiosgoya.com

For the 39th awards ceremony, the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain introduced a modification consisting of the increase of the submissions by a given country up to a maximum of two.[2]

Winners and nominees

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The films are listed by the year they received the award or nomination. The winners are in a blue background and in bold. The countries are the ones listed at the official site of the Goya Awards.

1990s

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Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
1992
(7th)
Indochine Régis Wargnier   France
Hidden Agenda Ken Loach   United Kingdom
Riff-Raff
1993
(8th)
Three Colors: Blue Trois couleurs: Bleu Krzysztof Kieślowski   France
   Switzerland
  Poland
The Crying Game Neil Jordan   United Kingdom
Peter's Friends Kenneth Branagh
1994
(9th)
The Snapper Stephen Frears   United Kingdom
Raining Stones Ken Loach   United Kingdom
The Remains of the Day James Ivory   United Kingdom
  United States
1995
(10th)
Lamerica Gianni Amelio   Italy
  France
   Switzerland
Carrington Christopher Hampton   United Kingdom
The Madness of King George Nicholas Hytner
1996
(11th)
Secrets & Lies Mike Leigh   United Kingdom
  France
Breaking the Waves Lars von Trier   Denmark
Ulysses' Gaze Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα Theodoros Angelopoulos   Greece
  Italy
  France
1997
(12th)
The Full Monty Peter Cattaneo   United Kingdom
Brassed Off Mark Herman   United Kingdom
The English Patient Anthony Minghella   United Kingdom
  United States
1998
(13th)
The Boxer Jim Sheridan   Ireland
April Aprile Nanni Moretti   Italy
Marius and Jeannette Marius et Jeannette Robert Guédiguian   France
The Thief Vor Pavel Chukhrai   Russia
  France
1999
(14th)
Life Is Beautiful La vita è bella Roberto Benigni   Italy
Black Cat, White Cat Црна мачка, бели мачор / Crna mačka, beli mačor Emir Kusturica   Yugoslavia
  France
  Germany
  Austria
  Greece
The Dinner Game Le Dîner de Cons Francis Veber   France
It All Starts Today Ça commence aujourd'hui Bertrand Tavernier

2000s

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Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
2000
(15th)
Dancer in the Dark Lars von Trier   Denmark
Chicken Run Peter Lord and Nick Park   United Kingdom
East Is East Damien O'Donnell
Faithless Trolösa Liv Ullmann   Sweden
2001
(16th)
Amélie Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain Jean-Pierre Jeunet   France
Billy Elliot Stephen Daldry   United Kingdom
Bridget Jones's Diary Sharon Maguire
Chocolat Lasse Hallström
2002
(17th)
The Pianist Roman Polanski   United Kingdom
Italian for Beginners Italiensk for begyndere Lone Scherfig   Denmark
Mostly Martha Bella Martha Sandra Nettelbeck   Germany
Gosford Park Robert Altman   United Kingdom
2003
(18th)
Good Bye Lenin! Wolfgang Becker   Germany
Dogville Lars von Trier   Denmark
  Sweden
  United Kingdom
The Dreamers Bernardo Bertolucci   France
  United Kingdom
The Flower of Evil La fleur du mal Claude Chabrol   France
2004
(19th)
Head-On Gegen die Wand Fatih Akın   Germany
Being Julia István Szabó   United Kingdom
  Hungary
Girl with a Pearl Earring Peter Webber   United Kingdom
Monsieur Ibrahim Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran François Dupeyron   France
  Turkey
2005
(20th)
Match Point Woody Allen   United Kingdom
The Chorus Les choristes Christophe Barratier   France
The Constant Gardener Fernando Meirelles   United Kingdom
Downfall Der Untergang Oliver Hirschbiegel   Germany
2006
(21st)
The Queen Stephen Frears   United Kingdom
The Wind That Shakes the Barley Ken Loach   Ireland
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Spain
Copying Beethoven Agnieszka Holland   United Kingdom
Scoop Woody Allen
2007
(22nd)
Not awarded
2008
(23rd)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile Cristian Mungiu   Romania
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Mark Herman   United Kingdom
The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan
The Edge of Heaven Auf der anderen Seite Fatih Akın   Germany
2009
(24th)
Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle   United Kingdom
Welcome to the Land of Shtis Bienvenue chez lez Ch'tis Dany Boon   France
The Class Entre les murs Laurent Cantet
Let the Right One In Låt den rätte komma in Tomas Alfredson   Sweden

2010s

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Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
2010
(25th)
The King's Speech Tom Hooper   United Kingdom
  Australia
The Ghost Writer Roman Polanski   France
A Prophet Un prophète Jacques Audiard
The White Ribbon Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte Michael Haneke   Germany
2011
(26th)
The Artist Michel Hazanavicius   France
Jane Eyre Cary Joji Fukunaga   United Kingdom
Melancholia Lars Von Trier   Denmark
Carnage Roman Polanski   Germany
  France
  Spain
  Poland
2012
(27th)
The Intouchables Intouchables Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano   France
Shame Steve McQueen   United Kingdom
Rust and Bone De rouille et d'os Jacques Audiard   France
  Belgium
In the House Dans la maison François Ozon   France
2013
(28th)
Amour Michael Haneke   Austria
The Hunt Jagten Thomas Vinterberg   Denmark
  Sweden
The Great Beauty La grande bellezza Paolo Sorrentino   Italy
  France
Blue Is the Warmest Colour La Vie d'Adèle Abdellatif Kechiche   France
  Belgium
  Spain
2014
(29th)
Ida Paweł Pawlikowski   Poland
The Salt of the Earth Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado   France
Serial (Bad) Weddings Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ? Philippe de Chauveron
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann Felix Herngren   Sweden
2015
(30th)
Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven   France
Sur le chemin de l'école Pascal Plisson   France
Leviathan Левиафан Andrey Zvyagintsev   Russia
Macbeth Justin Kurzel   United Kingdom
2016
(31st)
Elle Paul Verhoeven   France
Genius Michael Grandage   United Kingdom
Son of Saul Saul fia László Nemes   Hungary
I, Daniel Blake Ken Loach   United Kingdom
2017
(32nd)
[3]
The Square Ruben Östlund   Sweden
C'est la vie! Le Sens de la fête Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache   France
Lady Macbeth William Oldroyd   United Kingdom
Toni Erdmann Maren Ade   Germany
2018
(33rd)
[4]
Cold War Zimna wojna Paweł Pawlikowski   Poland
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson   United Kingdom
Girl Lukas Dhont   Belgium
The Party Sally Potter   United Kingdom
2019
(34th)
[5]
Les Misérables Ladj Ly   France
Border Gräns Ali Abbasi   Sweden
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Portrait de la jeune fille en feu Céline Sciamma   France
Yesterday Danny Boyle   United Kingdom

2020s

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Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
2020
(35th)
[6]
The Father Florian Zeller   United Kingdom
Corpus Christi Boże Ciało Jan Komasa   Poland
An Officer and a Spy J'accuse Roman Polanski   France
Falling Viggo Mortensen   United Kingdom
2021
(36th)
[7]
Another Round Druk Thomas Vinterberg   Denmark
Bye Bye Morons Adieu les cons Albert Dupontel   France
Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell   United Kingdom
I'm Your Man Ich bin dein Mensch Maria Schrader   Germany
2022
(37th)
[8]
The Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske Joachim Trier   Norway
Belfast Kenneth Branagh   United Kingdom
The Hand of God È stata la mano di Dio Paolo Sorrentino   Italy
Lost Illusions Illusions perdues Xavier Giannoli   France
Playground Un monde Laura Wandel   Belgium
2023
(38th)
[9]
Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute Justine Triet   France
Aftersun Charlotte Wells   United Kingdom
The Eight Mountains Le otto montagne Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch [it]   Italy
Safe Place Sigurno mjesto Juraj Lerotić   Croatia
The Teachers' Lounge Das Lehrerzimmer İlker Çatak   Germany

Awards by nation

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The following list excludes non-European countries that have received nominations for co-productions with European country. The list also excludes Spain.

Country Awards Nominations
  France 11 37
  United Kingdom 9 47
  Poland 3 5
  Germany 2 12
  Italy 2 7
  Denmark 2 6
   Switzerland 2 2
  Sweden 1 7
  Austria 1 2
  Ireland 1 2
  Romania 1 1
  Norway 1 1
  Belgium 0 4
  Greece 0 2
  Russia 0 2
  Hungary 0 2
  Yugoslavia 0 1
  Turkey 0 1
  Croatia 0 1

References

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  1. ^ International dictionary of broadcasting and film p.110. Focal Press, 2000
  2. ^ "La Academia de Cine recuperará la 'shortlist' para los cortos en los Goya 2025 y amplía su duración". Kinótico. 26 June 2024.
  3. ^ "'The Square' (Suecia), de Ruben Östlund, Mejor Película Europea en los Premios Goya 2018". Europa Press (in Spanish). Madrid. February 4, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "Premios Goya 2019: lista completa de ganadores". eldiario.es (in Spanish). February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  5. ^ "Premios Goya 2020: lista completa de ganadores". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  6. ^ "Premios Goya 2021: consulta aquí la lista completa de ganadores". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "'El buen patrón' bate el récord histórico de los Goya con 20 nominaciones". RTVE (in Spanish). Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  8. ^ "Nominaciones a los Premios Goya 2023, en directo: estos son los nominados". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  9. ^ Parfitt, Orland (30 November 2023). "'20,000 Species of Bees' leads nominations for Spain's Goya Awards". ScreenDaily.
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