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European Film Awards 2020 Nominations

The European Film Awards have been presented since 1988 and 2019 was no exception. The European Film Academy has already announced this year's nominees and Roman Polanski's An Officer and a Spy, Pedro Almodovar's Pain and Glory, Marco Bellochio's The Traitor and Oscar nominated The Favourite all lead these awards with 4 nominations each! So, no clear favorite and everything can happen!
And while it isn't a major Oscar precursor, European Film Awards are cool because they keep their European identity and its nominees shortlist look nothing like an Oscar nominees shortlist (unlike the BAFTAs these days). Thank God! 
Just have a look at the nominees shortlist with my winner prediction highlighted:


 BEST EUROPEAN FILM
  • The Favourite
  • Les Miserables
  • An Officer and a Spy
  • Pain and Glory
  • System Crasher
  • The Traitor
BEST EUROPEAN COMEDY
  • Ditte & Louise
  • The Favourite
  • Tel Aviv on Fire
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY
  • Aniara
  • Atlantics
  • Blind Spot
  • Irina
  • Les Miserables
  • Ray & Liz
BEST EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY
  • For Sama
  • Honeyland
  • Putin’s Witnesses
  • Selfie
  • The Disappearance of My Mother
BEST EUROPEAN ANIMATED FILM
  • Bunuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
  • I Lost My Body
  • Marona’s Fantastic Tale
  • The Swallows of Kabul
BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
  • Pedro Almodovar, Pain and Glory
  • Marco Bellocchio, The Traitor
  • Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
  • Roman Polanski, An Officer and a Spy
  • Celine Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
BEST EUROPEAN ACTRESS
  • Olivia Colman, The Favourite
  • Trine Dyrholm, Queen of Hearts
  • Noemie Merlant and Adele Haenel, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Viktoria Miroshnickenko, Beanpole
  • Helene Zengel, System Crasher
BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR
  • Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
  • Jean Dujardin, An Officer and a Spy
  • Pierfrancesco Favino, The Traitor
  • Levan Gelbakhiani, And Then We Danced
  • Alexander Scheer, Gundermann
  • Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, A White, White Day
BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
  • Pedro Almodovar, Pain and Glory
  • Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella & Francesco Piccolo, The Traitor
  • Robert Harris & Roman Polanski, An Officer and a Spy
  • Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini & Alexis Manenti, Les Miserables
  • Celine Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire


 BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
  • The Christmas Gift
  • Dogs Barking at Birds
  • The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady
  • Reconstruction
  • Watermelon Juice

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