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European Film Awards: 1996

European Film Award

Date:	8 November
Location:	Potsdam-Babelsberg, Brandenburg, Germany

Best Film


Winner:
	Breaking the Waves (1996) - Peter Aalbæk Jensen; Vibeke Windeløv
Other Nominees:
	Kolja (1996) - Eric Abraham; Jan Sverák Secrets & Lies (1996) - Simon Channing-Williams

Best Actor


Winner:
	Richard III (1995) - Ian McKellen

Best Actress


Winner:
	Breaking the Waves (1996) - Emily Watson (I)

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Vendetta - Blutrache in Albanien (1996) - Stanislaw Krzeminski; Jerzy Sladkowski

Best Young Film


Winner:
	Some Mother's Son (1996) - Terry George (I)
Other Nominees:
	Beautiful Thing (1996) - Hettie Macdonald Lea (1996) - Ivan Fíla

Outstanding Single Achievement


Winner:
	Kavkazskiy plennik (1996) - Sergei Bodrov (writer); Arif Aliyev (writer); Boris Giller (writer)

Screen International Award


Winner:
	Dead Man (1995) - Jim Jarmusch - USA.

Life Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Alec Guinness

FIPRESCI Prize


Winner:
	Breaking the Waves (1996) - Lars von Trier