29th European Film Awards
| 29th European Film Awards | |
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Narodowe Forum Muzyki
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| Date | 10 December 2016 |
| Site | National Forum of Music, Wrocław, Lower Silesia, Poland |
| Hosted by | Maciej Stuhr |
| Organized by | European Film Academy |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Toni Erdmann |
| Best Direction |
Maren Ade Toni Erdmann |
| Best Actor |
Peter Simonischek Toni Erdmann |
| Best Actress |
Sandra Hüller Toni Erdmann |
| Most awards | Toni Erdmann (5/6), Land of Mine (4/4) |
| Most nominations | Toni Erdmann (6), I, Daniel Blake (6) |
| Television coverage | |
| Channel | Arte, TVN, NTV Plus, HBO Europe, RAI Movie, Movistar+, Cosmote TV, Curzon Home Cinema, 15 min, LTV, ETV+ |
The 29th European Film Awards were presented on 10 December 2016 in Wrocław, Poland. The ceremony is one of a number of events to take place in Wrocław as the city is a 2016 European Capital of Culture, along with San Sebastián. The nominations and winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy.
The ceremony focused on a political message against ongoing nationalism and euroscepticism. The European Film Academy also remarked on Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is imprisoned in Russia.
The nominees were announced on November 6th, 2016 in Seville, Spain at the Seville Festival of European Cinema. Four films nominated for Best Film were premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, including the Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, and FIPRESCI Critics Award Toni Erdmann. One film (Room) has been already nominated for Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards. Thre films (Toni Erdmann, Elle, Julieta) has been subbmited for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. Two films (I, Daniel Blake, Toni Erdmann) received nomination for the 18th British Independent Film Awards.
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