The Father, Quo Vadis, Aida?, and Titane Lead 2021 European Film Awards Nominations

Florian Zeller’s The Father, Jasmila Žbanić’s Quo Vadis, Aida?, and Julia Ducournau’s Titane lead the way at the nominations for the 2021 European Film Awards with four nods each including European Film and European Director. The awards will be presented on December 11 at a ceremony in Berlin. Full list of nominations below.

European Film
Compartment No. 6
The Father
The Hand of God
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Titane

European Comedy
The Morning After
Ninjababy
The People Upstairs

European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
Beginning
Lamb
Playground
Promising Young Woman
The Whaler Boy

European Documentary
Babi Ya. Context
Flee
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Mr Bachmann and His Class
Taming the Garden

European Animated Film
Even Mice Belong in heaven
Flee
The Ape Star
Where Is Anne Frank
Wolfwalkers

European Short Film
Bella
Displaced
Easter Eggs
In Flow of Words
My Uncle Tudor

European Director
Julia Ducournau – Titane
Radu Rade – Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Paolo Sorrentino – The Hand of God
Jasmila Žbanić – Quo Vadis, Aida?
Florian Zeller – The Father

European Actress
Jasna Đuričić – Quo Vadis, Aida?
Seidi Haarla – Compartment No. 6
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
Agathe Rousselle – Titane

European Actor
Yuriy Borisov – Compartment No. 6
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Vincent Lindon – Titane
Tahar Rahim – The Mauritanian
Franz Rogowski – Great Freedom

European Screenwriter
Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller – The Father
Radu Jude – Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Paolo Sorrentino – The Hand of God
Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt – The Worst Person in the World
Jasmila Žbanić – Quo Vadis, Aida?

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.