European Film Awards 2018 — Winners and Highlights from Seville
On Saturday 15 December 2018, the European Film Awards celebrated the best of European cinema in Seville, Spain. The ceremony recognised outstanding filmmaking across a broad range of categories, from feature films and acting to technical crafts. British actor and filmmaker Ralph Fiennes received the European Achievement in World Cinema award, while Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War emerged as a dominant title among the evening’s most contested categories.
The list below provides a clear summary of the winners and the other nominees acknowledged at the 2018 European Film Awards. Winners are highlighted to make it easy to scan the results.
Major Awards and Feature Categories
- European Film — Cold War (Zimna Wojna)
- Border (Gräns)
- Dogman
- Girl
- Happy As Lazzaro (Lazzaro Felice)
- European Comedy — The Death of Stalin (La Mort De Staline)
- C’est La Vie (Le Sens De La Fete)
- Diamantino
- European Discovery (Prix Fipresci) — Girl
- One Day (Egy Nap)
- Scary Mother (Sashishi Deda)
- The Guilty (Den Skyldige)
- Those Who Are Fine (Dene Wos Guet Geit)
- Touch Me Not
- European Documentary — Bergman – A Year in the Life (Bergman – ett år, ett liv)
- A Woman Captured
- Of Fathers and Sons
- The Distant Barking of Dogs
- The Silence of Others
- European Animated Feature Film — Another Day of Life
- Early Man
- The Breadwinner
- White Fang (Croc-Blanc)
- European Short Film — The Years (Gli Anni)
- Aquaparque
- Burkina Brandenburg Komplex
- Graduation ’97 (Vypusk ’97)
- I Signed the Petition
- Kapitalistis
- Kontener
- Meryem
- Prisoner of Society
- Release the Dogs (Lâchez Les Chiens)
- Shame (Cpam)
- The Escape (L’Échappée)
- Those Who Desire (Los Que Desean)
- What’s the Damage
- Wildebeest
Performance, Direction and Creative Craft
- European Director — Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)
- Ali Abbasi (Border)
- Matteo Garrone (Dogman)
- Samuel Maoz (Foxtrot)
- Alice Rohrwacher (Happy As Lazzaro)
- European Actress — Joanna Kulig (Cold War)
- Marie Bäumer (3 Days in Quiberon)
- Eva Melander (Border)
- Alba Rohrwacher (Happy As Lazzaro)
- Bárbara Lennie (Petra)
- Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir (Woman at War)
- European Actor — Marcello Fonte (Dogman)
- Sverrir Gudnason (Borg/McEnroe)
- Tomasz Kot (Cold War)
- Victor Polster (Girl)
- Jakob Cedergren (The Guilty)
- Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince)
- European Screenwriter — Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)
- Ali Abbasi; Isabella Eklöf; John Ajvide Lindqvist (Border)
- Matteo Garrone; Ugo Chiti; Massimo Gaudioso (Dogman)
- Alice Rohrwacher (Happy As Lazzaro)
- Gustav Möller; Emil Nygaard Albertsen (The Guilty)
Technical Awards
- European Cinematographer (Prix Carlo Di Palma) — Martin Otterbeck (UTØYA 22. JULI / July 22)
- European Editor — Jarosław Kamiński (Cold War)
- European Production Designer — Andrey Ponkratov (The Summer / Leto)
- European Costume Designer — Massimo Cantini Parrini (Dogman)
- European Hair & Make-Up Artist — Dalia Colli, Lorenzo Tamburini, Daniela Tartari (Dogman)
- European Composer — Christoph M. Kaiser, Julian Maas (3 Days in Quiberon / 3 Tage in Quiberon)
- European Sound Designer — Andre Bendocchi-Alves, Martin Steyer (The Captain / Der Hauptmann)
- European Visual Effects Supervisor — Peter Hjorth (Border / Gräns)
Special Honors and Awards
- European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award — Carmen Maura
- European Achievement in World Cinema — Ralph Fiennes
- People’s Choice Award — Call Me By Your Name
- Eurimages Co-Production Award — Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Giorgos Karnavas
The 2018 European Film Awards highlighted a wide range of storytelling styles and technical achievements across Europe. From intimate dramas to animated features and documentaries, the night celebrated both established talents and emerging voices. Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War stood out in the major creative categories, while other films such as Dogman, Border, and Bergman – A Year in the Life received recognition across acting, craft and technical categories.
This summary reflects the official winners and nominees as recognised at the ceremony in Seville in December 2018. For readers exploring European cinema, these titles offer a representative snapshot of that year’s noteworthy films and the filmmakers, performers and technicians honoured at the awards.