List of Austrian European Film Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Austrian European Film Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Austrian actors, actresses, and films that have either been submitted or nominated for, or have won, a European Film Award.

Awards and nominations

Year (Ceremony)	Award	Recipient	Result	Note	Ref.
1988 (1st)	Best Actor	Klaus Maria Brandauer for Hanussen	Nominated		[1]
1993 (6th)	Best Film	Benny's Video	Nominated		[2]
1999 (12th)	Best Film	Sunshine	Nominated	Canadian-Hungarian-Austrian-German co-production	[3]
	Best Documentary	Pripyat	Nominated
2000 (13th)	European Discovery of the Year	Northern Skirts	Nominated	Austrian-German-Swiss co-production	[4]
2001 (14th)	Best Film	The Piano Teacher	Nominated	French-Austrian co-production	[5]
	People's Choice Award for Best European Film		Nominated
	European Discovery of the Year	Dog Days	Nominated
		Lovely Rita	Nominated	Austrian-German co-production
	Best Short Film	Copy Shop	Nominated
	Best Screenwriter	Michael Haneke for The Piano Teacher	Nominated
2003 (16th)	European Discovery of the Year	Fuse	Nominated	Bosnian-Austrian-Turkish-French co-production	[6]
2004 (17th)	Best Documentary	Darwin's Nightmare	Won	Austrian-French-Belgian co-production	[7]
2005 (18th)	Best Film	Caché	Won	French-Austrian-German-Italian co-production	[8]
	Best Documentary	Workingman's Death	Nominated	Austrian-German co-production
	Best Director	Michael Haneke for Caché	Won
	Best Editor	Michael Hudecek for Caché (along with Nadine Muse)	Won
	Best Screenwriter	Michael Haneke for Caché	Nominated
	Best Cinematographer	Christian Berger for Caché	Nominated
2006 (19th)	Best Film	Grbavica: Esma's Secret	Nominated	Bosnian-Austrian-German-Croatian co-production	[9]
	Best Documentary	Our Daily Bread	Nominated
	Best Director	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for The Lives of Others	Nominated	German-Austrian director
2007 (20th)	Best Documentary	To the Limit	Nominated	German-Austrian co-production	[10]
	Best European Co-Producer	Veit Heiduschka	Won
2009 (22nd)	Best Film	The White Ribbon	Won	German-Austrian-French-Italian co-production	[11]
	Best Documentary	Cooking History	Nominated	Slovak-Austrian-Czech co-production
		Pianomania	Nominated	German-Austrian co-production
		Defamation	Nominated	Danish-Austrian-Israeli-American co-production
	Best Director	Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon	Won
	Best Screenwriter	Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon	Won
	Best Cinematographer	Christian Berger for The White Ribbon	Nominated
2010 (23rd)	Best Short Film	Talleres Clandestinos	Nominated	Austrian-Argentine co-production	[12]
2011 (24th)	European Discovery of the Year	Breathing	Nominated		[13]
		Michael	Nominated
	Best Short Film	Hypercrisis	Nominated
2012 (25th)	Best Film	Amour	Won	French-Austrian-German co-production	[14]
	Best Short Film	In the Open	Nominated
	Best Director	Michael Haneke for Amour	Won
	Best Actress	Margarethe Tiesel for Paradise: Love	Nominated
	Best Screenwriter	Michael Haneke for Amour	Nominated
2014 (27th)	Best Documentary	Master of the Universe	Won	German-Austrian co-production	[15]
		We Come as Friends	Nominated	Austrian-French co-production
2015 (28th)	European Discovery of the Year	Goodnight Mommy	Nominated		[16]
	Best Cinematographer	Martin Gschlacht for Goodnight Mommy	Won
2016 (29th)	Best Film	Toni Erdmann	Won	German-Austrian co-production	[17]
	European University Film Award		Nominated
	Best Actor	Peter Simonischek for Toni Erdmann	Won
2017 (30th)	European Discovery of the Year	The Eremites	Nominated	German-Austrian co-production	[18]
	Best Short Film	Wannabe	Nominated
	Best Actor	Josef Hader for Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe	Nominated
	People's Choice Award for Best European Film	Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe	Won	German-Austrian-French co-production
2018 (31st)	European University Film Award	Styx	Nominated	German-Austrian co-production	[19]

• Nominations – 52
• Wins – 15

Special awards

Year (Ceremony)	Award	Recipient	Result	Note	Ref.
2015 (28th)	Achievement in World Cinema Award	Christoph Waltz	Won		[16]

See also

• List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film