Goya Award for Best European Film

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

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.

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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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