| European Discovery of the Year | |
| Presenter: | European Film Academy |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Holder: | How to Have Sex (2023) |
| Website: | europeanfilmawards.eu |
European Film Award - Prix Eurimages or European Discovery has been awarded annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy. Originally it was called Young European Film of the Year.
| Year | English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Country of production/co-production | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Young European Film of the Year | ||||||
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Pedro Almodóvar | Augustin Almodovár | |||||
| Days of Eclipse | Aleksandr Sokurov | ? | |||||
| It's Happening Tomorrow | Daniele Luchetti | Marco Alfieri |  Italy | ||||
| Damnation | Béla Tarr | József Marx | |||||
| Pathfinder | Nils Gaup |  Norway | |||||
| Reefer and the Model | Joe Comerford |  Ireland | |||||
| Stormy Monday | Mike Figgis | ||||||
| 1989 | |||||||
| 300 Miles to Heaven | Maciej Dejczer | Prod. Film Unit “TOR“ |  Poland,  Denmark,  France | ||||
| Cinema Paradiso | Giuseppe Tornatore | Franco Cristaldi, Giovanna Romagnoli | |||||
| Mist | Zülfü Livaneli | Ülker Livaneli | |||||
| Kuduz | Ademir Kenović | Bakir Tanović | |||||
| Scandal | Michael Caton-Jones | Steve Woolley | |||||
| My Left Foot | Jim Sheridan | ||||||
| Waller’s Last Walk | |||||||
| Year | English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Country of production/co-production | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [11] | European Discovery - Prix Fipresci | ||||||
| Lebanon | Samuel Maoz | Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, David Silber, Uri Sabag, Einat Bickel, Benjamina Mirnik, Illan Girard |  Israel, France,  Germany,  Lebanon | ||||
| Nothing Personal | Urszula Antoniak | Reinier Selen, Edwin van Meurs | |||||
| When We Leave | Feo Aladag | Feo Aladag, Züli Aladag | |||||
| If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle | Florin Serban | Catalin Mitulescu, Florin Serban | |||||
| The Double Hour | Giuseppe Capotondi | Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi, Stefano Sardo | |||||
| 2011 [12] | |||||||
| Oxygen | Hans Van Nuffel | Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Dries Phlypo |  Belgium,  Netherlands | ||||
| Breathing | Karl Markovics | Dieter Pochlatko, Nikolaus Wisiak | |||||
| Michael | Markus Schleinzer | Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Markus Glaser | |||||
| Nothing’s All Bad | Mikkel Munch-Fals | Meta Louise Foldager, Stine Meldgaard Madsen | Denmark | ||||
| Tilva Roš | Nikola Ležaić | Uroš Tomić, Nikola Ležaić, Mina Đukić | |||||
| 2012 [13] | |||||||
| Kauwboy | Boudewijn Koole | Jan van der Zanden, Wilant Boekelman | |||||
| Broken | Rufus Norris | Dixie Linder, Tally Garner, Nick Marston, Bill Kenwright | |||||
| Anke Hartwig | Germany | ||||||
| Teddy Bear | Mads Matthiesen | Morten Kiems Juhl | Denmark | ||||
| Twilight Portrait | Angelina Nikonova | Leonid Ogaryov, Angelina Nikonova, Olga Dihovichnaya | |||||
| 2013 [14] | |||||||
| A Coffee in Berlin | Jan Ole Gerster | Marcos Kantis, Alexander Wadouh | |||||
| Eat Sleep Die | Gabriela Pichler | China Åhlander |  Sweden | ||||
| Call Girl | Mikael Marcimain | Mimmi Spång | Sweden, Norway, Ireland,  Finland | ||||
| Miele | Valeria Golino | Riccardo Scamarcio, Viola Prestieri, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Raphaël Berdugo | Italy, France | ||||
| The Plague | Neus Ballús | Pau Subirós |  Spain | ||||
| 2014 [15] [16] | European Discovery - Prix Fipresci (Critics Choice Award) | ||||||
| The Tribe | Valentyn Vasyanovych, Iya Myslytska |  Ukraine | |||||
| 10,000 km | Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno, Jana Díaz Juhl, Danielle Schleif, Pau Brunet | ||||||
| Wounded | Fernando Franco | Koldo Zuazua | |||||
| '71 | Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch | ||||||
| Party Girl | Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis | Marie Masmonteil, Denis Carot | |||||
| 2015 [17] [18] | |||||||
| Mustang | Charles Gillibert | France, Germany,  Turkey | |||||
| Goodnight Mommy | Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala | Ulrich Seidl |  Austria | ||||
| Limbo | Anna Sofie Hartmann | Nina Helveg | Germany, Denmark | ||||
| Slow West | John Maclean | Iain Canning, Rachel Gardner, Emile Sherman, Conor McCaughan |  New Zealand,  United Kingdom | ||||
| Iris Sommerlatte | Germany, France | ||||||
| 2016 (29th) [19] | |||||||
| The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki | Finland, Germany, Sweden | ||||||
| Dogs | Bogdan Mirica | Marcela Ursu |  Romania,  Bulgaria, France,  Qatar | ||||
| Liebmann | Jules Herrmann | ||||||
| Sand Storm | Elite Zexer | Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg | |||||
| Thirst | Svetla Tsotsorkova | Svetla Tsotsorkova, Nadejda Koseva | |||||
| 2017 [20] | |||||||
| Lady Macbeth | William Oldroyd | United Kingdom | |||||
| Bloody Milk | Hubert Charuel | Stéphanie Bermann, Alexis Dulguerian | France | ||||
| Godless | Ralitza Petrova | Rossitsa Valkanova, Eva Jakobsen, Laurence Clerc | Bulgaria, Denmark, France | ||||
| Summer 1993 | Carla Simón | Valérie Delpierre, Stefan Schmitz, María Zamora | |||||
| The Eremites | Ronny Trocker | Susanne Mann, Paul Zischler | Germany, Austria | ||||
| 2018 [21] | |||||||
| Girl | Dirk Impens | ||||||
| One Day | Edina Kenesei, Ági Pataki | ||||||
| Scary Mother | Ana Urushadze | Lasha Khalvashi, Tinatin Kajrishvili | |||||
| The Guilty | Gustav Möller | Lina Flint | |||||
| Those Who Are Fine | Cyril Schäublin | Silvan Hillmann, Cyril Schäublin, Lara Hacisalihzade |  Switzerland | ||||
| Touch Me Not | Adina Pintilie, Bianca Oana, Philippe Avril | ||||||
| 2019 [22] [23] | |||||||
| Les Misérables | Ladj Ly | Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral | |||||
| Aniara | Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja | Annika Rogell | Sweden, Denmark | ||||
| Atlantics | Judith Levy | ||||||
| Blind Spot | Elisabeth Kvithyll | ||||||
| Irina | Nadejda Koseva | Stefan Kitanov | |||||
| Ray & Liz | Richard Billingham | Jacqui Davies | |||||
| Year | English title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Country of production/co-production | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [24] [25] | European Discovery - Prix Fipresci | ||||
| Sole | Carlo Sironi | Giovanni Pompili | , | ||
| Full Moon | Nermin Hamzagic | Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Gagarine | Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh | Julie Billy, Carole Scotta | |||
| Instinct | Halina Reijn | Frans Van Gestel, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld | Netherlands | ||
| Isaac | Jurgis Matulevicius | Stasys Baltakis | |||
| Jumbo | Zoé Wittock | Anaïs Bertrand, Annabella Nezri, Gilles Chanial | France,, | ||
| 2021 (34th) [26] [27] | |||||
| Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox | ,  United States | |||
| Beginning | Ilan Amouyal, David Zerat, Rati Oneli, Paul Rozenberg | , | |||
| Lamb | Valdimar Jóhannsson | Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Sara Nassim, Piodor Gustafsson, Klaudia Smieja, Jan Naszewski | ,, | ||
| Playground | Laura Wandel | Stéphane Lhoest, Jan De Clercq | |||
| Pleasure | Ninja Thyberg | Erik Hemmendorff, Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå, Leontine Petit, Erik Glijnis, Frédéric Fiore, Eric Tavitian, Peter Possne, Anna Croneman | ,, | ||
| The Whaler Boy | Philipp Yuryev | Aleksey Uchitel, Radoslawa Bardes, Marion Hansel | , Poland, Belgium | ||
| 2022 (35th) | |||||
| Small Body | |||||
| Love According to Dalva | |||||
| 107 Mothers | |||||
| Other People | |||||
| Pamfir | |||||
| Sonne | / | ||||
| 2023 (36th) | |||||
| How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | Emily Leo, Ivana MacKinnon, Konstantinos Kontovrakis | |||
| 20,000 Species of Bees | Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | Spain | |||
Award given as Best Young Film or Young European Film of the Year
| Country | Awards | Nominations | Awards (with co-productions) | Nominations (with co-productions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 6 | 17 | 11 | 35 | |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 17 | 5 | 20 | |
| Spain | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | |
| Denmark | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |
| Netherlands | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
| Belgium | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Israel | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
| Germany | 1 | 17 | 4 | 37 | |
| Italy | 1 | 10 | 3 | 14 | |
 Hungary | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |
| Ireland | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Poland | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Russia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
 Georgia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Austria | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Turkey | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Soviet Union | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Romania | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tajikistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Iceland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
 Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| - |  Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Qatar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan