29th European Film Awards
English title Director ( s ) Producer ( s ) Production companies Language
Toni Erdmann Maren Ade Maren Ade , Jonas Dornbach , Janine Jackowski , Michael Merkt Komplizen Film , Coop99 , KNM , Missing Link Films , SWR , WDR , Arte , MonkeyBoy German , English , Romanian
Elle Paul Verhoeven Saïd Ben Saïd , Michel Merkt SBS Productions , Pallas Film , France 2 Cinéma , Entre Chien et Loup , Canal+ , France Télévisions , Orange Cinéma Séries , Casa Kafka Pictures , Proximus , Centre National de la Cinématographie , Filmförderungsanstalt French
I , Daniel Blake Ken Loach Rebecca O'Brien Sixteen Films , Why Not Productions , Wild Bunch , Entertainment One , Les Films du Fleuve , Canal+ , Ciné+ , BE TV , British Film Institute , BBC , France 2 , France Télévisions , Le Pacte , VOO English
Julieta Pedro Almodóvar Agustín Almodóvar , Pedro Almodóvar , Esther García El Deseo , Canal+ France , Ciné + , Televisión Española Spanish
Room Lenny Abrahamson Ed Guiney , David Gross Telefilm Canada , Filmnation Entertainment , Irish Film Board , Element Pictures , No Trace Camping , Film4 English
Awards voted by EFA Members -- Best Film
The nominees were announced on 6 November 2016 in Seville , Spain at the Seville Festival of European Cinema . Four films nominated for Best Film were premiered at the Cannes Film Festival , including the Palme d ’ Or winner I , Daniel Blake , and FIPRESCI Critics Award Toni Erdmann . [ 3 ] One film ( Room ) has been already nominated for the Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards . Three films ( Toni Erdmann , Elle , Julieta ) had been submitted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards . Two films ( I , Daniel Blake , Toni Erdmann ) received nominations at the 18th British Independent Film Awards . Toni Erdmann is the first film directed by a woman to win best picture . [ 4 ]
The 29th European Film Awards were presented on 10 December 2016 in Wrocław, Poland. The ceremony is one of a number of events to take place in Wrocław as the city is a 2016 European Capital of Culture, along with San Sebastián. The nominations and winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy.