European Film Awards 26th
by adinutza_2002 | created - 02 Apr 2014 | updated - 15 Dec 2014 | PublicWinners and Nominees - excellence in European cinematic achievements - 2013
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1. The Great Beauty (2013)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso
Votes: 97,456 | Gross: $2.85M
2. Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
NC-17 | 180 min | Drama, Romance
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing
Votes: 163,157 | Gross: $2.20M
3. The Best Offer (2013)
R | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Virgil Oldman, a wealthy art auctioneer, takes the help of a young artificer, Robert, to understand and woo Claire Ibbetson, a young heiress, who hires him to auction off an antique collection.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 128,672 | Gross: $0.09M
4. Snow White (2012)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy
A twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.
Director: Pablo Berger | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Emilio Gavira, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina
Votes: 11,643 | Gross: $0.28M
5. The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse, Geert Van Rampelberg
Votes: 43,339 | Gross: $0.18M
6. A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
An aimless university dropout attempts to make sense of life as he spends one fateful day wandering the streets of Berlin.
Director: Jan-Ole Gerster | Stars: Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Justus von Dohnányi, Andreas Schröders
Votes: 17,541 | Gross: $0.15M
7. The Gilded Cage (2013)
G | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
For thirty years now Maria and José Ribeiro have been living on the ground floor of a Haussmannian building in one of the most exclusive districts of Paris. Everybody loves this nice couple... See full summary »
Director: Ruben Alves | Stars: Rita Blanco, Joaquim de Almeida, Roland Giraud, Chantal Lauby
Votes: 10,634
8. Anna Karenina (I) (2012)
R | 129 min | Drama, Romance
In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Matthew Macfadyen
Votes: 106,605 | Gross: $12.82M
9. The Deep (2012)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Drama
Based on actual events, a fisherman tries to survive in the freezing ocean after his boat capsizes off the south coast of Iceland.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Stefán Hallur Stefánsson, Joi Johannsson, Thora Bjorg Helga
Votes: 5,727
10. I'm So Excited! (2013)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Musical
When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment and face the greatest danger, which we carry within ourselves.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Javier Cámara, Pepa Charro, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas
Votes: 24,772 | Gross: $1.37M
11. The Impossible (2012)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Oaklee Pendergast
Votes: 244,282 | Gross: $19.02M
12. Kon-Tiki (2012)
PG-13 | 118 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd-Magnus Williamson
Votes: 51,995 | Gross: $1.52M
13. Love Is All You Need (2012)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A hairdresser who has lost her hair to cancer, finds out her husband is having an affair, travels to Italy for her daughter's wedding, and meets a widower who still blames the world for the loss of his wife.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Blixt Egelind, Sebastian Jessen
Votes: 14,836 | Gross: $1.63M
14. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
Director: Malik Bendjelloul | Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore
Votes: 72,937 | Gross: $3.97M
15. Eat Sleep Die (2012)
104 min | Drama
A young Eastern European immigrant, working in Sweden, is faced with a painful choice when she's laid off from her factory in the name of efficiencies.
Director: Gabriela Pichler | Stars: Nermina Lukac, Milan Dragisic, Jonathan Lampinen, Peter Fält
Votes: 2,290
16. Call Girl (2012)
140 min | Drama, Thriller
A young girl is recruited from the bottom rung of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.
Director: Mikael Marcimain | Stars: Sofia Karemyr, Simon J. Berger, Josefin Asplund, Pernilla August
Votes: 4,952
17. Honey (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
Irene, nicknamed 'Honey', has devoted herself to the practice of assisting people who are looking for help; she tries to alleviate their suffering, even when they make extreme decisions. ... See full summary »
Director: Valeria Golino | Stars: Jasmine Trinca, Carlo Cecchi, Libero De Rienzo, Vinicio Marchioni
Votes: 2,024
18. The Plague (2013)
82 min | Drama
Raül, a farmer that tries to grow organic food, hires Iurie to help him in the fields. Iure is a Moldavian wrestling fighter, but in order to earn a living he has to work in whatever it ... See full summary »
Director: Neus Ballús | Stars: Raül Molist, Maria Ros, Rosemarie Abella, Iurie Timbur
Votes: 354
19. The Priest's Children (2013)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
A young priest gets an idea to pierce condoms before they are sold in order to increase the birth rate of his island.
Director: Vinko Bresan | Stars: Kresimir Mikic, Niksa Butijer, Marija Skaricic, Drazen Kuhn
Votes: 4,526
20. Welcome Mr. President (2013)
98 min | Comedy
A Mr. Nobody is mistakenly elected President of the Italian Republic.
Director: Riccardo Milani | Stars: Claudio Bisio, Kasia Smutniak, Giuseppe Fiorello, Remo Girone
Votes: 3,680
21. In the House (2012)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Schmitt, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 34,325 | Gross: $0.35M
22. Child's Pose (2013)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama
After the terrible news of a fatal car accident involving her son, a desperate mother will do anything in her power to set her child free.
Director: Cãlin Peter Netzer | Stars: Luminita Gheorghiu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa Raab, Ilinca Goia
Votes: 8,856 | Gross: $0.09M
23. Hannah Arendt (2012)
Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for 'The New Yorker' on the trial of the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch
Votes: 12,026 | Gross: $0.71M
24. Fill the Void (2012)
PG | 90 min | Drama, Romance
When the older sister of Shira, an 18-year-old Hasidic Israeli, dies suddenly in childbirth, Shira must decide if she can and should marry her widowed brother-in-law, which also generates tensions within her extended family.
Director: Rama Burshtein | Stars: Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg, Chaim Sharir
Votes: 3,994 | Gross: $1.77M
25. Paradise: Faith (2012)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama
A single woman in her 50s devotes her vacations to doing Catholic missionary work in Vienna, descending into violent self-punishment as part of her faith.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Maria Hofstätter, Nabil Saleh, René Rupnik, Natalija Baranova
Votes: 5,164 | Gross: $0.01M
26. The Congress (2013)
Not Rated | 122 min | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Director: Ari Folman | Stars: Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Votes: 19,918 | Gross: $0.14M
27. Jasmine (II) (2013)
70 min | Animation
Director: Alain Ughetto | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Fanzaneh Ramzi
Votes: 43
28. Pinocchio (2012)
PG | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In this dazzling, delightful re-imagining of the classic family legend, a playful puppet comes to life and experiences incredible adventures in his struggle to become human.
Director: Enzo D'Alò | Stars: Gabriele Caprio, Mino Caprio, Maricla Affatato, Lucrezia Marricchi
Votes: 387
29. The Act of Killing (2012)
Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
Directors: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn | Stars: Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik
Votes: 40,836 | Gross: $0.49M
30. Stop-Over (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary
In the course of living long months with a group of Iranian illegals in Athens, the director examines this radical choice of pursuing a better life through the most perilous of possibilities: clandestinity.
Director: Kaveh Bakhtiari
Votes: 114
31. The Missing Picture (2013)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.
Director: Rithy Panh | Stars: Randal Douc, Jean-Baptiste Phou
Votes: 3,528 | Gross: $0.05M
32. Death of a Shadow (2012)
20 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Stuck in a dark limbo between life and death, a deceased soldier Nathan Rijckx collects shadows of dying men and women to buy back his own second chance at life. Obsessed by a girl he met ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Van Avermaet | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Laura Verlinden, Peter Van den Eede, Benjamin Ramon
Votes: 2,291
33. Cut (VII) (2013)
13 min | Short
The body as a wound that never heals.
Directors: Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
Votes: 27
34. Butter Lamp (2013)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Family
A young itinerant photographer and his assistant photograph Tibetan nomads in front of various backgrounds.
Director: Wei Hu | Stars: Genden Phuntsok, Soepha, Sonam Gonpo, Wangmo Tso
Votes: 780
35. Houses with Small Windows (2013)
16 min | Short, Drama
22-year old Dilan pays for her forbidden love for a young man in a neighbouring village with her life.
Director: Bülent Öztürk | Stars: Müjde Arslan, Seyithan Altiparmak, Emine Korkmaz, Gülcan Atmaca
Votes: 46
36. Letter (2013)
Not Rated | 21 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
A remote village in the North-West of Russia. A mental asylum is located in an old wooden house. The place and its inhabitants seem to be untouched by civilization. In this pristine setting... See full summary »
Director: Sergey Loznitsa
Votes: 195
37. Misterio (2013)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Mystery, Sci-Fi
They say that if you put your ear to the back of his neck, you can hear the Virgin talk.
Director: Chema García Ibarra | Stars: Luismi Bienvenido, Finita Durá, Carmen Escribano, Laura Escribano
Votes: 184
38. Morning (2012)
20 min | Short, Drama
Mary's (Eileen Walsh) morning is interrupted by a stranger (Johnny Harris) who causes her to confront what she has been hiding from.
Director: Cathy Brady | Stars: Eileen Walsh, Johnny Harris
Votes: 15
39. The Waves (2012)
22 min | Short, Drama
Director: Miguel Fonseca | Stars: Alice Contreiras, Andreia Contreiras
Votes: 30
40. Orbit Ever After (2013)
Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A young man, who's lived his whole life orbiting Earth with his mom, dad and grandpa, falls in love with a girl on another spaceship. A message tells him to jump to her next time they pass.
Director: Jamie Magnus Stone | Stars: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Mackenzie Crook, Bronagh Gallagher, Bob Goody
Votes: 565
41. Jump (2012)
30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Love works in mysterious ways.
Directors: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | Stars: Stefan Denolyubov, Sahara, Todor Tanchev, Ani Vulchanova
Votes: 34
42. Though I Know the River Is Dry (2013)
19 min | Short, Drama
Caught between his brother's past and his child's future, one man's choice triggers catastrophe for his whole family.
Director: Omar Robert Hamilton | Stars: Kais Nashif, Maya Abu Alhayyat, Salwa Nakkara, Hussam Ghosheh
Votes: 151
43. Nuclear Waste (2012)
23 min | Short, Drama
Sergiy and Sveta live in Chernobyl. Sergey is a truck-driver at a radioactive wastes utilization plant. Sveta works at a radioactive decontamination laundry. Their work and their life are ... See full summary »
Director: Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi | Stars: Sergei Gavrilyuk, Svitlana Shtanko
Votes: 95
45. A Story for the Modlins (2012)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
After appearing in the film Rosemary's Baby, by Roman Polanski, Elmer Modlin ran away with his family to a distant land, where they shut themselves inside a dark apartment for thirty years.
Director: Sergio Oksman | Stars: Elmer Modlin, Margaret Modlin, Nelson Modlin
Votes: 201
46. Winter (2013)
13 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
A portrait of a season - a journey through North Russia and Siberia, through the feelings and thoughts of the people who have to cope with one of the world's harshest climates, a reality ... See full summary »
Director: Cristina Picchi
Votes: 41
47. The Zigzag Kid (2012)
Unrated | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Nono, a Dutch kid lacking two days being thirteen, runs away from problems at home and, disguised as a girl, takes up with the world's cleverest thief, who unbeknownst to Nono, may hold the bizarre key to his true identity.
Director: Vincent Bal | Stars: Thomas Simon, Fedja van Huêt, Jessica Zeylmaker, Burghart Klaußner
Votes: 493
48. The Suicide Shop (2012)
79 min | Animation, Comedy, Musical
A family-run shop that sells everything you need to take your own life finds it hard to focus on business after a new baby -- one who makes everyone around him happy -- is born into the family.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Bernard Alane, Isabelle Spade, Kacey Mottet Klein, Isabelle Giami
Votes: 8,605
49. UpsideDown (2013)
90 min | Family
10-year-old Sascha seems to always be getting into trouble. A doctor prescribes pills to help fix his problems. Only Sascha's best friend Elli isn't happy with the results.
Director: Bernd Sahling | Stars: Marcel Hoffmann, Frieda Lehmann, Claudius von Stolzmann, Inka Friedrich
Votes: 55
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