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European Film Award
Prix Arte
Awarded forBest Documentary
Country  Europe
Presented by European Film Academy
First awarded1989 (to Recsk 1950-1953: The Story Of A Secret Concentration Camp In Communist Hungary)
Currently held by Flee ( 2021)
Website www.europeanfilmawards.eu

The European Film Award for Best Documentary or Prix Arte has been awarded annually since 1989 by the European Film Academy. Special Mentions were presented alongside the winner of the award until 1993, since 1999 a set of nominees are presented out of which a winner is chosen.

Criteria

Documentary films taken into consideration must have a minimum length of 70 minutes. They must have either had a theatrical release in at least one European country, at a European competitive feature film festival accredited by FIAPF or been screened at one of the following documentary festivals:[ citation needed]

Winners and nominees

The winners are in a yellow background and in bold.

1980s

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
1989
(2nd)
Recsk 1950-1953: The Story Of A Secret Concentration Camp In Communist Hungary Recsk 1950–1953, egy titkos kényszermunkatábor története Géza Böszörményi, Lívia Gyarmathy   Hungary
A Story of the Wind [J] Een verhaal van de wind Joris Ivens & Marceline Loridan   Netherlands
The Road to God Knows Where [S] Alan Gilsenan   Ireland
Pictures of the Old World [S] Obrazy starého sveta Dušan Hanák   Czechoslovakia

1990s

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
1990
(3rd)
The Crossroad Šķērsiela Ivars Seleckis   Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Step Across the Border [S] Nicholas Humbert & Werner Penzel    Switzerland
1991
(4th)
Hear My Cry Usłyszcie mój krzyk Maciej Drygas   Poland
Crimes and passions - the scar [S] Crimes et passions - la cicatrice Mireille Dumas   France
The Wall [S] Die Mauer Jürgen Böttcher   Germany
1992
(5th)
Earth of the Blind Neregiu zeme Audrius Stonys   Czech Republic
Dostoyevsky’s Travels [S] Paweł Pawlikowski   United Kingdom
Lovers on Trial [S] Les amants d'assises Manu Bonmariage   Belgium
1993
(6th)
Misfits To Yuppies Det sociala arvet Stefan Jarl   Sweden
The Man Who Loves Gary Lineker [S] Ylli Hasani, Steve Sklair   United Kingdom
89mm from Europe [S] 89 mm od Europy Marcel Łoziński   Poland
1994
(7th)
Angels of Sarajevo Anđeli u Sarajevu Saga-Group Sarajevo   Bosnia and Herzegovina
1995
(8th)
Viva Stalin Jens Meurer   Germany
1996
(9th)
Vendetta - Blood Revenge in Albania Vendetta - Blutrache in Albanien Jerzy Sladkowski, Stanislav Krzeminski   Germany
1997
(10th)
Gigi, Monica... and Bianca Gigi, Monica... et Bianca Yasmina Abdellaoui, Benoît Dervaux   Belgium,   Romania
1998
(11th)
Painting with Falls Tableau avec chutes Claudio Pazienza   Belgium,   France
1999
(12th)
Buena Vista Social Club [1] Wim Wenders   Germany,   United States,   United Kingdom,   Cuba,   France
Mr Zwilling und Mrs Zuckermann Herr Zwilling und Frau Zuckermann Volker Koepp   Germany
My Best Fiend Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski Werner Herzog
Bach in Auschwitz La chaconne d'Auschwitz Michel Daeron   France
The Truth Commission La commission de la vérité André van In   Belgium
Mobutu, king of Zaire Mobutu, roi du Zaïre Thierry Michel
Pripyat Nikolaus Geyrhalter   Austria
^[J] Jury Special Award
^[S] Special Mention

2000s

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
2000
(12th)
[2]
The Gleaners and I [3] Les glaneurs et la glaneuse Agnès Varda   France
Calle 54 Fernando Trueba   Spain
Gulag Goulag Iossif Pasternak, Hélène Châtelain   France
Working Women of the World Ouvrières du monde Marie-France Collard
Home Game Heimspiel Pepe Danquart   Germany
One Day in September Kevin Macdonald   United Kingdom
2001
(13th) [4]
Black Box BRD Andres Veiel   Germany
2002
(14th) [5]
To Be and to Have Être et avoir Nicolas Philibert   France
2003
(16th)
[6]
S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge Rithy Panh   France,   Cambodia
The Five Obstructions De fem benspænd Lars Von Trier, Jørgen Leth   Denmark,   Belgium,    Switzerland,   France
Whose Is This Song? Chia e tazi pesen? Adela Peeva   Bulgaria,   Belgium
Eat, Sleep, No Women Essen, schlafen, keine Frauen Heiner Stadler   Germany
A Species' Odyssey L'odyssée de l'espèce Jacques Malaterre, Javier G. Salanova   France,   Canada,   Italy,    Switzerland,   Belgium
The Day I Will Never Forget Kim Longinotto   United Kingdom
The Story of the Weeping Camel Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni   Germany,   Mongolia
Hush! Tishe! Victor Kossakovsky   Russia
2004
(17th)
[7]
Darwin's Nightmare [8] Hubert Sauper   Austria,   France,   Belgium
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill   United Kingdom
Addicted to Acting Die Spielwütigen Andres Veiel   Germany
Basque Ball, Skin Against Stone La pelota vasca, la piel contra la piedra Julio Medem   Spain
The World According to Bush Le monde selon Bush William Karel   France
Checkpoint Mahssomim Yoav Shamir   Israel
The Last Victory John Appel   Netherlands
Touch the Sound Thomas Riedelsheimer   Germany,   United Kingdom,   Finland
2005
(18th)
[9]
The Pipeline Next Door Un dragon dans les eaux Nino Kirtadzé   France
Stroke Am seidenen Faden Katarina Peters   Germany
The Devil's Miner Berg des Teufels Richard Ladkani, Kief Davidson
Dreamland Leiputrija Laila Pakalnina   Latvia,   Germany
Raw Youth Ungdommens råskap Margreth Olin   Norway,   Denmark
Melodias François Bovy    Switzerland
Before Flying Back to the Earth Pries parskrendant i zeme Arunas Matelis   Lithuania,   Germany
Workingman's Death Michael Glawogger   Austria,   Germany
Rehearsals Repetitioner Michal Leszczylowsky, Gunnar Källström   Sweden
The Swenkas Jeppe Rønde   Denmark,   Sweden
Viva Zapatero! Sabina Guzzanti   Italy,   Denmark
2006
(19th)
[10]
Into Great Silence Die Grosse Stile Philip Gröning   Germany
37 Uses for a Dead Sheep Ben Hopkins   United Kingdom
Dreaming by Numbers Anna Bucchetti   Netherlands
Grandmother's House La casa de mi abuela Adán Aliaga   Spain
Maradona, the Golden Kid Maradona, un gamin en or Jean-Christophe Rosé   France
The Cemetery Club Moadon beit hakvarot Tali Shemesh   Israel
The Fisherman and the Dancing Girl Rybak i tantsovshitsa Valeriy Solomin   Russia
Our Daily Bread Unser täglich Brot Nikolaus Geyrhalter   Austria
2007
(20th)
[11]
Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise Rithy Panh   France
To the Limit Am Limit Pepe Danquart   Germany,   Austria
Belarusian Waltz Andrzej Fidyk   Norway
Forever Heddy Honigmann   Netherlands
Echoes of Home Heimatklänge Stefan Schwietert    Switzerland,   Germany
9 Star Hotel Malon 9 Kochavim Ido Haar   Israel
The Monastery Pernille Rose Grønkjær   Denmark
Divorce Albanian Style Razvod Po Albanski Adela Peeva   Bulgaria
The Champagne Spy Meragel Hashampaniya Nadav Schirman   Israel,   Germany
Where is the Love in the Palmgrove? Où est l'amour dans la palmeraie? Jérôme Le Maire   Belgium
2008
(21st)
[12]
René Helena Trestikova   Czech Republic
Durakovo – Village of Fools Durakovo – Le village des fous Nino Kirtadzé   France
Fados Carlos Saura   Portugal,   Spain
Children. As Time Flies. Kinder. Wie Zeit vergeht. Thomas Heise   Germany
The Mother La mère Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov    Switzerland
Man on Wire James Marsh   United Kingdom,   United States
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains Naufragés des Andes Gonzalo Arijón   France
Citizen Havel Obcan Václav Havel Pavel Koutecký, Miroslav Janek   Czech Republic
Shadow of the Holy Book Pyhän kirjan varjo Arto Halonen   Finland
The Dictator Hunter Klaartje Quirijns   Netherlands
2009
(22nd)
[13]
The Sound of Insects – Records of a Mummy Das Summen der Insekten – Bericht einer Mumie Peter Liechti    Switzerland
Cooking History Ako sa varia dejiny Peter Kerekes   Slovakia,   Austria,   Czech Republic
Pianomania Lilian Franck, Robert Cibis   Germany,   Austria
Below Sea Level Gianfranco Rosi   Italy,   United States
Burma VJ Anders Østergaard   Denmark
The Heart of Jenin Das Herz von Jenin Leon Geller, Marcus Vetter   Germany
The Damned of the Sea Les damnes de la mer Jawad Rhalib   Belgium
Defamation Yoav Shamir   Denmark,   Austria,   Israel,   United States
The Woman with the 5 Elephants Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten Vadim Jendreyko    Switzerland,   Germany
The Beaches of Agnès Les plages d'Agnès Agnès Varda   France

2010s

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
2010
(23rd)
[14]
Nostalgia for the Light Nostalgia de la luz Patricio Guzmán   France,   Germany,   Chile
Armadillo Janus Metz   Denmark,   Sweden
Steam of Life Miesten vuoro Joonas Berghäll, Mika Hotakainen   Finland,   Sweden
2011
(24th)
[15]
Pina Wim Wenders   Germany
Position Among the Stars Stand van de sterren Leonard Retel Helmrich   Netherlands
¡Vivan las Antipodas! Victor Kossakovsky   Germany,   Netherlands,   Argentina,   Chile
2012
(25th)
[16]
Winter Nomad Hiver Nomade Manuel von Stürler    Switzerland
London – The Modern Babylon Julien Temple   United Kingdom
Tea or Electricity Le thé ou l'électricité Jerome Lemaire   Belgium,   France,   Morocco
2013
(26th)
[17]
The Act of Killing Jagal Joshua Oppenheimer   Denmark,   Norway,   United Kingdom
Stop-Over L'escale Kaveh Bakhtiari    Switzerland,   France
The Missing Picture L'image manquante Rithy Panh   France,   Cambodia
2014
(27th)
[18] [19]
Master of the Universe Marc Bauder   Germany,   Austria
Just the Right Amount of Violence Jon Bang Carlsen   Denmark
Of Men and War Des hommes et de la guerre Laurent Bécue-Renard   France,    Switzerland
Sacro GRA Gianfranco Rosi   Italy,   France
Waiting For August Teodora Ana Mihai   Belgium,   Romania
We Come as Friends Hubert Sauper   Austria,   France
2015
(28th)
[20] [21]
Amy Asif Kapadia   United Kingdom
Dancing with Maria Ivan Gergolet   Italy,   Argentina,   Slovenia
A Syrian Love Story Sean McAllister   United Kingdom,   France
The Look of Silence Senyap Joshua Oppenheimer   Denmark,   Finland,   Indonesia,   Norway,   United Kingdom
Toto and His Sisters Alexander Nanau   Romania
2016
(29th)
[22]
Fire at Sea [23] Fuocoammare Gianfranco Rosi   Italy,   France
21 x New York 21 x Nowy Jork Piotr Stasik   Poland
A Family Affair Tom Fassaertr   Netherlands,   Belgium
Mr. Gaga Tomer Heymann   Israel,   Sweden,   Germany,   Netherlands
S Is for Stanley Trent'anni dietro al volante per Stanley Kubrick Alex Infascelli   Italy
The Land of the Enlightened Pieter-Jan De Pue   Belgium,   Ireland,   Netherlands,   Germany
2017
(30th)
[24]
Communion Komunia Anna Zamecka   Poland
Austerlitz Sergei Loznitsa   Germany
La Chana Lucija Stojevic   Spain,   Iceland,   United States
Stranger in Paradise Guido Hendrikx   Netherlands
The Good Postman Hyvä postimies Tonislav Hristov   Finland,   Bulgaria
2018
(31st)
[25]
Bergman: A Year in a Life [26] Bergman - ett år, ett liv Jane Magnusson   Sweden,   Norway
A Woman Captured Egy nő fogságban Tuza-Ritter   Romania,   Germany
The Distant Barking of Dogs Simon Lering Wilmont   Denmark,   Finland,   Sweden
Of Fathers and Sons Kinder des Kalifats Talal Derki   Germany,   Syria,   Lebanon,   Qatar
The Silence of Others El silencio de otros Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar   Spain,   United States
2019
(32nd)
[27] [28]
For Sama Waad al-Kateab, Edward Wat   United Kingdom,   United States
Honeyland Медена земја Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska   North Macedonia
Selfie Agostino Ferrente   France,   Italy
Putin's Witnesses Vitaly Mansky   Latvia,    Switzerland,   Czech Republic
The Disappearance of my Mother Beniamino Barrese   Italy,   United States

2020s

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
2020
(33rd)
[29] [30]
Collective Colectiv Alexander Nanau   Romania,   Luxembourg
Acasă, My Home Acasă Radu Ciorniciuc   Romania,   Germany,   Finland
The Cave Feras Fayyad   Syria,   Denmark
Gunda Victor Kossakovsky   Norway,   Russia
Little Girl Petite fille Sébastien Lifshitz   France
Saudi Runaway Susanne Regina Meures    Switzerland
2021
(34th)
[31] [32]
Flee Flugt Jonas Poher Rasmussen   Denmark,   France,   Sweden,   Norway
Babi Yar. Context Sergei Loznitsa   Netherlands,   Ukraine
Mr Bachmann and His Class Herr Bachmann und Seine Klasse Maria Speth   Germany
Taming the Garden Salomé Jashi    Switzerland,   Germany,   Georgia
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri   Sweden
2023
(36th)
[33]
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Savvusanna sõsarad Anna Hints  Estonia
Apolonia, Apolonia Lea Glob  Denmark
Four Daughters Les Filles d'Olfa Kaouther Ben Hania  Tunisia
Motherland Alexander Mihalkovich  Belarus Hanna Badziaka
 Belarus
On the Adamant Sur l’Adamant Nicolas Philibert  France

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