European Film Award for Best Cinematographer

The European Film Award for Best Cinematographer, also known as Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award, is an award given to cinematographers working in the motion picture industry by the European Film Academy.

European Film Award for Best Cinematography
CountryEurope
Presented byEuropean Film Academy
First award1989
Currently held byBenjamin Kračun – The Substance (2024)
Websiteeuropeanfilmawards.eu

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year Cinematographer(s) English title Original title
1988
(1st)
No award given
Nomination for Special Aspect Award
Henri Alekan Wings of Desire Der Himmel über Berlin
Mário Barroso The Cannibals Os Canibais
1989
(2nd)
Ulf Brantas
Jörgen Persson
The Women on the Roof Kvinnorna på taket
Krzysztof Ptak 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba
Yefim Reznik Little Vera Ма́ленькая Ве́ра / Malenkaya Vera
Sándor Kardos The Midas Touch Eldorádó
Giorgos Arvanitis Landscape in the Mist Τοπίο στην ομίχλη / Topio stin omichli

1990s

Year Cinematographer(s) English title Original title
1990
(3rd)
Tonino Nardi Open Doors Porte aperte
Pierre Lhomme Cyrano de Bergerac
Göran Nilsson The Guardian Angel Skyddsängeln
1991
(4th)
Walther van den Ende Toto the Hero Toto le héros
1992
(5th)
Jean-Yves Escoffier The Lovers on the Bridge Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
1993
(5th)
No awards given
1994
(6th)
1995
(7th)
1996
(8th)
1997
(9th)
John Seale The English Patient
Tibor Mathé The Witman Boys Witman fiúk
Ron Fortunato Nil by Mouth
1998
(10th)
Adrian Biddle The Butcher Boy
Thierry Arbogast Black Cat, White Cat Црна мачка, бели мачор / Crna mačka, beli mačor
Dany Elsen The Red Dwarf
Joseph Vilsmaier Comedian Harmonists
1999
(11th)
Lajos Koltai Sunshine
The Legend of 1900 La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano
Yves Cape Humanité L'humanité
Alexei Fyodorov
Anatoli Rodinov
Moloch Молох
Jacek Petrycki Journey to the Sun Güneşe Yolculuk

2000s

Year Cinematographer(s) English title Original title Ref.
2000
(13th)
Vittorio Storaro Goya in Bordeaux Goya en Bourdeaux
Yuri Klimenko The Barracks Барак
Agnès Godard Beau Travail
Éric Guichard
Jean-Paul Meurisse
Himalaya Himalaya: L'Enfance d'un chef
Edgar Moura Jaime
Aleksandr Burov The Wedding Свадьба / Svadba
2001
(14th)
Bruno Delbonnel Amélie Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
Éric Gautier Intimacy Intimité'
Rein Kotov The Heart of the Bear Karu süda
Frank Griebe The Princess and the Warrior Der Krieger und die Kaiserin
Fabio Olmi The Profession of Arms Il mestiere delle armi
Tamás Babos Paszport
2002
(15th)
Paweł Edelman The Pianist
Ivan Strasburg Bloody Sunday
Javier Aguirresarobe Talk to Her Hable con ella
Frank Griebe Heaven
Timo Salminen The Man Without a Past Mies vailla menneisyyttä
Alwin H. Küchler Grill Point Halbe Treppe
Tilman Büttner Russian Ark Русский ковчег / Russkij Kovcheg
2003
(16th)
Anthony Dod Mantle Dogville
28 Days Later
Chris Menges Dirty Pretty Things
Marcel Zyskind In This World
Italo Petriccione I'm Not Scared Io non ho paura
Bogumił Godfrejów Distant Lights Lichter
Tom Fährmann The Miracle of Bern Das Wunder von Bern
2004
(17th)
Eduardo Serra Girl with a Pearl Earring
Lajos Koltai Being Julia
Alwin H. Küchler Code 46
José Luis Alcaine Bad Education La mala educación
Javier Aguirresarobe The Sea Inside Mar adentro
Andreas Sinanos Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow Τριλογία: Το λιβάδι που δακρύζει
2005
(18th)
Franz Lustig Don't Come Knocking
Christian Berger Hidden Caché
Anthony Dod Mantle Manderlay
Ryszard Lenczewski My Summer of Love
Gyula Pados Fateless Sorstalanság
Bruno Delbonnel A Very Long Engagement Un long dimanche de fiançailles
2006
(19th)
Barry Ackroyd (tie) The Wind that Shakes the Barley
José Luis Alcaine (tie) Volver
Timo Salminen Lights in the Dusk Laitakaupungin valot
Roman Osin Pride & Prejudice
2007
(20th)
Frank Griebe Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Mikhail Krichman The Banishment Изгнание / Izgnanie
Anthony Dod Mantle The Last King of Scotland
Fabio Zamarion The Unknown Woman La sconosciuta
2008
(21st)
Marco Onorato Gomorrah Gomorra
Luca Bigazzi Il Divo
Oscar Faura The Orphanage El orfanato
Sergey Trofimov
Rogier Stoffers
Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan
2009
(22nd)
Anthony Dod Mantle Antichrist
Slumdog Millionaire
Christian Berger The White Ribbon Das weiße Band
Maksim Drozdov
Alisher Khamidkhodjaev
Paper Soldier Bumazhnyy soldat
Stéphane Fontaine A Prophet Un prophète

2010s

Year Cinematographer(s) English title Original title Ref.
2010
(23rd)
Giora Bejach Lebanon
Caroline Champetier Of Gods and Men Des hommes et des dieux
Pavel Kostomarov How I Ended This Summer Как я провёл этим летом / Kak ya provyol etim letom
Barış Özbiçer Honey Bal
2011
(24th)
Manuel Alberto Claro Melancholia
Fred Kelemen The Turin Horse A torinói ló
Guillaume Schiffman The Artist
Adam Sikora Essential Killing
2012
(25th)
Sean Bobbitt Shame
Darius Khondji Amour
Bruno Delbonnel Faust Фауст
Gökhan Tiryaki Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
Hoyte van Hoytema Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2013
(26th)
Asaf Sudry Fill the Void למלא את החלל - lemale et ha'ḥalal
2014
(27th)
Łukasz Żal
Ryszard Lenczewski
Ida
2015
(28th)
Martin Gschlacht Goodnight Mommy Ich seh, Ich seh
2016
(29th)
Camilla Hjelm Knudsen Land of Mine Under sandet
2017
(30th)
Mikhail Krichman Loveless Нелюбовь / Nelyubov
2018
(31st)
Martin Otterbeck Utøya: July 22 Utøya 22. juli
2019
(32nd)
Robbie Ryan The Favourite

2020s

Year Cinematographer(s) English title Original title Ref.
2020
(33rd)
Matteo Cocco Hidden Away Volevo nascondermi
2021
(34th)
Crystel Fournier Great Freedom Große Freiheit
2022
(35th)
Kate McCullough The Quiet Girl An Cailín Ciúin
2023
(36th)
Rasmus Videbæk The Promised Land Bastarden
2024
(37th)
Benjamin Kračun The Substance
2025
(38th)
Mauro Herce Sirāt
Mascha Schilinski Sound of Falling In die Sonne schauen
Manu Dacosse The Stranger L'Étranger

Most wins for Best Cinematography by country

Country Awards Nominations
France 1 10
United Kingdom 6 4
Spain 1 4
Denmark 2 1
Netherlands 2
Belgium 1 1
Israel 2
Germany 1 7
Italy 4 4
Hungary 1 6
Ireland 2
Poland 2 4
Russia 1 6
Finland 2
Ukraine
Austria 1 2
Sweden 1 1
Turkey 0
Soviet Union 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
Romania 0
Norway 0 1
Bulgaria 0
Croatia 0 1
Czech Republic 0
Greece 0 2

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