Owing to the pandemic, this year's European Film Awards will not take place as planned in Reykjavik, but will instead be presented as a series of virtual events — "the EFAs at Eight" – from 8 to 12 December, streaming live from Berlin. 

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Celebrations kick off on Tuesday 8 December with the panel "From Survival to Revival: Building the Post-Covid Future", bringing together speakers including British director Mark Cousins, recipient of the new EFA Award for Innovative Storytelling for his ground-breaking documentary Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema [+lire aussi :
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The first awards are handed out on Wednesday 9 December. Starting from 8pm, the winners of The EFA Excellence Awards were revealed, in the categories European Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, Make-up & Hair, Original Score, Sound and Visual Effects. 

On Thursday 10 December the winners are revealed in the categories of Eurimages Co-Production Award, European Short Film and European University Film Award (EUFA).

Friday 11 December sees the unveiling of the winners in the categories European Comedy and European Animated Feature Film.

Finally, the winners of the EFA Awards for Innovative Storytelling, European Documentary, European Discovery, European Actress, European Actor, European Screenwriter, European Director and European Film were revealed on Saturday 12 December. The three films nominated for the brand-new LUX European Audience Film Award were also unveiled (see the news).

Here is the full list of award winners: 

European Film
Another Round [+lire aussi :
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European Documentary
Alexander Nanau – Collective [+lire aussi :
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European Comedy
The Big Hit [+lire aussi :
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European Director
Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round (Denmark/Sweden/Netherlands)

European Actress
Paula Beer – Undine [+lire aussi :
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European Actor
Mads Mikkelsen – Another Round (Denmark/Sweden/Netherlands)

European Screenwriter
Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm – Another Round (Denmark/Sweden/Netherlands)

European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI
Sole [+lire aussi :
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European Animated Feature Film 
Josep [+lire aussi :
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European Short Film Award
All Cats are Grey in the Dark – Lasse Linder (Switzerland)

European Cinematography
Matteo Cocco – Hidden Away [+lire aussi :
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European Editing
Maria Fantastica Valmori – Once More Unto The Breach [+lire aussi :
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European Production Design
Cristina Casali – The Personal History Of David Copperfield [+lire aussi :
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European Costume Design
Ursula Patzak – Hidden Away

European Make-up & Hair
Yolanda Piña, Felix Terrero and Nacho Diaz – The Endless Trench [+lire aussi :
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European Original Score
Dascha Dauenhauer – Berlin Alexanderplatz [+lire aussi :
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European Sound
Yolande Decarsin – Little Girl [+lire aussi :
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interview : Sébastien Lifshitz
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European Visual Effects
Iñaki Madariaga – The Platform [+lire aussi :
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Eurimages Co-Production Award
Luís Urbano

European University Film Award (EUFA)
Saudi Runaway [+lire aussi :
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Award for Innovative Storytelling
Mark Cousins – Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema [+lire aussi :
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