‘Emilia Pérez’ Wins Big at 2024 European Film Awards: See Full List of Winners

Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” won Best Film at the 37th European Film Awards on Saturday, December 7, claiming the most overall awards as well with five wins.

Going into the evening, Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” led with nominations, having received recognition in multiple categories, including European Film and European Screenwriter, as well as will multiple technical awards including European Cinematography and European Visual Effects.

Held in Lucerne, Switzerland, the European Film Awards kicked off with a celebration of the vibrant diversity present throughout the room, with host Fernando Tiberini commencing the ceremony in all the languages spoken in Switzerland and encouraging all winners to say a few words in their native tongue upon accepting.

The first winner of the night was French filmmaker Audiard, who was presented the award for European Director by “The Apprentice” star Maria Bakalova in honor of his work for “Emilia Pérez.” The film is an unconventional musical that follows the gender transition of a South American cartel leader and the subsequent fallout among the other women in his life. “Emilia Pérez” followed close behind “The Substance” in terms of number of nominations and ended up taking home European Editing and European Screenwriter for Audiard as well.

Picking up steam going into the Oscars, the Latvian animated feature “Flow,” which also received awards from the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review, went on to win for European Animated Feature Film. A fantasy adventure, “Flow” has no spoken dialogue, but follows a black cat on a thrilling journey as they encounter fellow animal friends and the challenges faced in the wild.

Presenting European Achievement in World Cinema to Isabella Rossellini, Ralph Fiennes surprised his “Conclave” co-star in Switzerland to celebrate her wide impact in film, from shorts about the sexual behavior of animals (“Green Porn”) to her work with David Lynch and others. He also said she’s had a personal impact on him when they’ve had the chance to perform opposite one another. Rosselini in accepting the award said this moment allowed her to celebrate something that was all her own and not tied to any one else.

“No Other Land” picked up the European Documentary Award, despite no U.S. distributor to release the film. The Palestinian-Israeli doc follows a devastating five-year account of Israeli military violence in the southern West Bank. The film has already been recognized this week by Gotham, the NYFCC, and the NBR.

Willem Dafoe and Nick Cave appeared via video message to honor Wim Wenders, who received the European Life Achievement Award, as well as Martin Scorsese, who described the German filmmaker’s work as “moving beautiful paintings” that will “burn forever in my mind’s eye.” From a toilet stall in Japan, Wenders’ “Perfect Days” star Kōji Yakusho also appeared via video in his Tokyo Toilet jumpsuit to celebrate his director. On hand in person to present Wenders with his award, Juliette Binoche said of his films, “You make getting lost feel such a thrill.”

Keep reading below to find out all the European Film Awards winners.

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR

Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez” (France)

EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

“Flow” (Latvia)

EUROPEAN SHORT FILM — PRIX VIMEO

“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent” (Croatia)

EUROPEAN YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD

“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” (Norway)

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHY

Benjamin Kračun, “The Substance” (France)

EUROPEAN EDITING

Juliette Welfling, “Emilia Pérez” (France)

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGN

Jagna Dobesz, “The Girl with the Needle” (Denmark)

EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGN

Tanja Hausner, “The Devil’s Bath” (Germany)

EUROPEAN MAKE-UP & HAIR

Evalotte Oosterop, “When the Light Breaks” (Iceland)

EUROPEAN ORIGINAL SCORE

Frederikke Hoffmeier, “The Girl with the Needle” (Denmark)

EUROPEAN SOUND

Marc-Olivier Brullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak, Samuel Aïchoun & Rodrigo Diaz, “Souleymane´s Story” (France)

EUROPEAN VISUAL EFFECTS

Bryan Jones, Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky, Chervin Shafaghi & Guillaume Le Gouez, “The Substance” (France)

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA

Isabella Rossellini

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY AWARD

“No Other Land” (Palestine/Norway)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER

Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez” (France)

EUROPEAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Wim Wenders

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY — PRIX FIPRESCI

“Armand” (Norway)

EUROPEAN ACTOR

Abou Sangare, “Souleymanes Story” (France)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS

Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez” (France)

EUROPEAN FILM

“Emilia Pérez”