4th European Film Awards

Award ceremony

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]		Ken Loach	United Kingdom
The Voyager	Homo Faber	Volker Schlöndorff	Germany
The Little Gangster	Le petit criminel	Jacques Doillon	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]

References

^ "Archive - European Film Awards". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "European Film Awards (1991)". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "Riff-Raff". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "Toto the Hero / Toto le héros". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "The Little Gangster / Le petit criminel". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "Ultra". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "Children of Nature". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "Delicatessen". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "Hear My Cry / Uslyszcie mój krzyk". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "Crimes and Passions - The Scar / Crimes et passions - La Cicatrice". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
^ "The Wall / Die Mauer". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.