European Film Awards 2024: Who will win this year’s Best Film?

The European Film Awards, which honour the greatest achievements in European cinema, are fast approaching. 

The ceremony takes place this coming weekend (Saturday 7 December) in the Swiss city of Lucerne and Euronews Culture will be on site to keep you abreast of all the results. 

Like last year, we’re keen on getting our crystal balls out (yes, we have several – where were you when they were handing them out?) and we got a lot right, as Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall took home... Well, basically all the major awards. It was a tidal wave which while merited, ended up sacrificing some diversity.  

Let’s hope that this year's laureates are a bit less one-note and the trophy joy is shared, as the EFAs are something of a bellwether for which EU titles are likely to be nominated in the upcoming US awards season... And it’s always nice to get several titles involved. 

Maybe that’s why, for the first time this year, films nominated for Best European Documentary and Best Animated Feature Film are also eligible in the Best European Film category. This means that the Best European Film nominations list for 2024 is larger than previous years, and includes titles like Mati Diop’s Golden Bear winner Dahomey and Latvian Gints Zilbalodis’ superb animated film Flow have made the cut.

Check out the full list of nominees here.  

For our money, there are four entries that could feasibly take home the main prize. 

Double Cannes winner and French Oscar entry Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard and this year’s Golden Lion winner The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar lead the nominations, with both films nominated for Best European Film, Director and Screenplay, as well as Best Actress nods for Karla Sofia Gascón in Emilia Pérez and Tilda Swinton in