Polish Academy Award for Best European Film


The Polish Academy Award for Best European Film is an annual award given to the best European film of the year.

Winners and nominees

YearMovie titleDirectorCountry
2005Girl with a Pearl EarringPeter WebberUnited Kingdom/Luxembourg
2005The ReturnAndrey ZvyaginstevRussia
2005Bad EducationPedro AlmodóvarSpain
2006My Summer of LovePaweł PawlikowskiUnited Kingdom
2006ButtonersPetr ZelenkaCzech Republic
2006ControlNimród AntalHungary
2007VolverPedro AlmodóvarSpain
2007Copying BeethovenAgnieszka HollandGermany/
2007The Wind That Shakes the BarleyKen LoachGermany/Italy/Spain/France/Republic of Ireland/United Kingdom
2008The Lives of OthersFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckGermany
2008The QueenStephen FrearsUnited Kingdom/France/Italy
20084 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 DaysCristian MungiuRomania
2009The Diving Bell and the ButterflyJulian SchnabelFrance'/
2009Mamma mia!Phyllida LloydUnited Kingdom/Germany/
2009EmptiesJan SvěrákCzech Republic/United Kingdom
2010The White RibbonMichael HanekeGermany'/Austria/France/Italy
2010Slumdog MillionaireDanny BoyleUnited Kingdom
2010Vicky Cristina BarcelonaWoody AllenSpain/
2011The Ghost WriterRoman PolanskiFrance'/Germany/United Kingdom
2011A ProphetJacques AudiardFrance/Italy
2011Death in VeniceLuchino ViscontiItaly/France
2012The King's SpeechTom HooperUnited Kingdom
2012MelancholiaLars von TrierDenmark/Sweden/France/Germany
2012Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyTomas AlfredsonFrance/United Kingdom/Germany
2013AmourMichael HanekeAustria'/France/Germany
2013The ArtistMichel HazanaviciusFrance/
2013IntouchablesOlivier Nakache, Éric ToledanoFrance
2014Searching for Sugar ManMalik BendjelloulSweden'/United Kingdom
2014Blue Is the Warmest ColourAbdellatif KechicheFrance/Belgium/Spain
2014The Best OfferGiuseppe TornatoreItaly
2015LeviathanAndrey ZvyagintsevRussia
2015The Great BeautyPaolo SorrentinoItaly/France
2015NymphomaniacLars von TrierDenmark/Belgium/France/Germany
2016YouthPaolo SorrentinoItaly'/France/Switzerland/United Kingdom
2016Mr.TurnerMike LeighUnited Kingdom/Germany/France
2016A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on ExistenceRoy AnderssonSweden/Norway/France/Germany/Denmark