European Film Award for Best Short Film


European Film Award for Best Short Film has been awarded annually since 1998 by the European Film Academy.

Winners and nominees

1998

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2008

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2010

Hanoi - Warsaw – Katarzyna Klimkiewicz • Poland
English titleOriginal titleDirectorProduction country
The Wholly FamilyThe Wholly FamilyTerry GilliamITA
BerikBerikDaniel Joseph BorgmanDEN
Little Children, Big WordsSmå barn, stora ordLisa James-LarssonSWE
Incident by a BankHändelse vid bankRuben ÖstlundSWE
DerbyDerbyPaul NegoescuROU
JessiJessiMariejosephin SchneiderGER
The WolvesI lupiAlberto de MicheleITA and NED
The UnlivingÅterfödelsenHugo LiljaSWE
Silent RiverApele tacAnca Miruna LăzărescuGER and ROU
PaparazziPaparazziPiotr BernaśPOL
The Great RaceLa gran carreraKote CamachoESP
DimanchesDimanchesValéry RosierBEL
OutTseRoee RosenISR
Frozen StoriesOpowieści z chłodniGrzegorz JaroszukPOL
HypercrisisHypercrisisJosef DabernigAUT

2013

FilmDirectorCountryNominating Festival
Death of a ShadowTom Van Avermaet Valladolid Short Film Nominee
CutChristoph Girardet, Matthias MüllerVila do Conde Short Film Nominee
Butter LampHu Wei Drama Short Film Nominee
Houses with small windowsBülent ÖztürkVenice Short Film Nominee
LetterSergei LoznitsaKraków Short Film Nominee
MisteryChema García IbarraBerlin Short Film Nominee
MorningCathy BradyCork Short Film Nominee
The WavesMiguel FonsecaGhent Short Film Nominee
Orbit Ever AfterJamie StoneBristol Short Film Nominee
JumpPetar Valchanov, Kristina GrozevaClermont-Ferrand Short Film Nominee
Sunday 3Jochen KuhnTampere Short Film Nominee
A Story For The ModlinsSergio OksmanSarajevo Short Film Nominee
Though I Know the River is DryOmar Robert Hamilton Rotterdam Short Film Nominee
Nuclear WasteMyroslav SlaboshpytskiyGrimstad Short Film Nominee
ZimaCristina PicchiLocarno Short Film Nominee

2014

English titleOriginal titleDirectorCountryNominating Festival
The ChickenUna Gunjak Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival
Emergency CallsHätäkutsuHannes Vartiainen, Pekka VeikkolainenSarajevo Film Festival
ShipwreckMorgan KnibbeLocarno Film Festival
A Town Called Panic: The Christmas LogPanique au Village: La Bûche de NoëlVincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier Vila do Conde Film Festival
DinolaდინოლაMariam KhatchvaniGrimstad Film Festival
Summer 2014Lato 2014Wojciech SobczykKraków Film Festival
WallFalSimon SzabóTampere Film Festival
TaprobanaGabriel Abrantes Berlin International Film Festival
PridePavel Vesnakov Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
The Chimera of M.Sebastian BuerknerInternational Film Festival Rotterdam
Little Block of Cement with Disheveled Hair Containing the SeaPequeño bloque de cemento con pelo alborotado conteniendo el marJorge Lopez NavaretteCork Film Festival
The Missing ScarfEoin DuffyValladolid International Film Festival
Whale ValleyHvalfjörðurGuðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Flanders International Film Festival Ghent
Daily Bread פת לחםIdan HubelVenice Film Festival
Still Got LivesIch hab noch AuferstehungJan-Gerrit SeylerDrama International Short Film Festival

2015

English titleOriginal titleDirectorCountryNominating Festival
PicnicPiknikJure PavlovićDrama International Short Film Festival
DissonanceTill NowakBerlin International Film Festival
E.T.E.R.N.I.T.Giovanni AloiVenice Film Festival
Field StudyEva WeberCork Film Festival
Kung FuryDavid SandbergVila do Conde Film Festival
ListenKuunteleHamy Ramezan & Rungano NyoniTampere Film Festival
Our BodyNaše teloDane KomljenInternational Film Festival Rotterdam
OverJörn ThrelfallEncounters Short Film and Animation Festival
Smile, and the World Will Smile BackIm tekhayekh, ha'Olam yekhayekh elekhaYoav Gross, Ehab Tarabieh & the al-Haddad family Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Son of the WolfFils du loupLola QuivoronLocarno International Film Festival
Symbolic ThreatsMischa Leinkauf, Lutz Henke & Matthias WermkeGrimstad Film Festival
The RunnerEl corredorJosé Luis MontesinosValladolid International Film Festival
The TranslatorÇevirmenEmre Kayiş Sarajevo Film Festival
This Place We Call Our HomeThora Lorentzen & Sybilla TuxenKraków Film Festival
WashingtoniaKonstantina KotzamaniFilm Fest Gent

2016

2018

Most wins for Best Short film by country

CountryAwardsNominationsAwards Nominations
France221328
Poland2828
Hungary2727
Italy2627
Ireland2323
United Kingdom127130
Germany123124
Belgium117118
Spain114215
Netherlands1516
Bosnia and Herzegovina1314
Serbia1212
Croatia1122
Norway010010
Sweden0808
Denmark07010
Finland0507
Austria0303
Romania0305
Switzerland0303
Georgia0202
Bulgaria0202
Greece0202
Israel0202
Russia0203
Slovenia0112
Estonia0102
Iceland0102
Turkey0102
State of Palestine0102
Albania0101
Belarus0101
Chile0101
Luxemburg0101
Ukraine0101
Egypt0101
Lithuania0101
Kosovo0101
Latvia0101
Syria0011
Argentina0001
China0001
Sri Lanka0001
Lebanon0001
United States0001