4th European Film Awards explained

The 4th Annual European Film Awards were given out in 1991. The ceremony was organised by the European Film Academy, and took place at the DEFA Studios in Potsdam (Germany). The winners were announced on the 1st of December, with Ken Loach receiving the Felix for European Film of the Year for his feature film Riff-Raff.^{[1] [2]}

Winners

European Film of the Year

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Riff-Raff^[3]			United Kingdom
The Voyager	Homo Faber		Germany
The Little Gangster	Le petit criminel		France

Young European Film of the Year

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Toto the Hero	Toto le Héros	Jaco Van Dormael	Belgium
Delicatessen		Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet	France
Ultra	Ultrà	Ricky Tognazzi	Italy

European Actor of the Year

• Michel Bouquet - Toto the Hero^[4]

European Actress of the Year

• Clotilde Courau - Le Petit Criminel^[5]

European Supporting Actor of the Year

• Ricky Memphis - Ultra^[6]

European Supporting Actress of the Year

• Marta Keler - Virdzina

European Screen-Writer of the Year

• Jaco van Dormael - Toto the Hero

European Cinematographer of the Year

• Walther van den Ende - Toto The Hero

European Film Composer of the Year

• Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson - Börn Náttúrunnar (Children of Nature)^[7]

European Production Designers of the Year

• Kreta Kjnakovic (sets) and Valerie Pozzo Di Borgo (costumes) - Delicatessen^[8]

European Film Editor of the Year

• Giancarla Simoncelli - Ultra

European Cinema Lifetime Achievement Award

• Alexandre Trauner

European Cinema Society Award of Merit

• Directors' Fortnight in Cannes (La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs)

European Documentary Film of the Year

• Usłyszcie mój krzyk (Hear My Cry), by Maciej Janusz Drygas, Prod. Film Studio Zodiak Warsaw, Poland^[9]

Special Mentions

• Crimes et Passions - La Cicatrice, by Mireille Dumas Prod. TF1 Paris, France^[10]
• The Wall, by Jürgen Böttcher, Prod. DEFA-Studio for Dokumentarfilme Berlin, Germany^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archive - European Film Awards . 2023-06-23 . europeanfilmawards.eu.
2. Web site: European Film Awards (1991) . 2023-06-23 . IMDb.
3. Web site: Riff-Raff . 2023-06-23 . europeanfilmawards.eu . en.
4. Web site: Toto the Hero / Toto le héros . 2023-06-23 . europeanfilmawards.eu . en.
5. Web site: The Little Gangster / Le petit criminel . 2023-06-23 . europeanfilmawards.eu . en.
6. Web site: Ultra . 2023-06-23 . europeanfilmawards.eu . en.
7. Web site: Children of Nature . 2023-06-23 . europeanfilmawards.eu . en.
8. Web site: Delicatessen . 2023-06-23 . europeanfilmawards.eu . en.
9. Web site: Hear My Cry / Uslyszcie mój krzyk . 2023-06-23 . europeanfilmawards.eu . en.
10. Web site: Crimes and Passions - The Scar / Crimes et passions - La Cicatrice . 2023-06-23 . europeanfilmawards.eu . en.
11. Web site: The Wall / Die Mauer . 2023-06-23 . europeanfilmawards.eu . en.