European Film Awards kembali diselenggarakan tahun ini. Pengumuman nominasi untuk penyelenggaraan ke-25 ini diadakan pada hari Sabtu, 3 November 2012 di kota Seville, Spanyol. Film arahan sutradara Michael Haneke yang menjadi official entry Austria di ajang Oscar, Amour, memimpin raihan nominasi dengan total 6 nominasi, termasuk Film Eropa Terbaik, Sutradara Terbaik, serta dua kategori akting untuk pemeran-pemeran utamanya Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Sementara itu Shame yang tidak dipedulikan oleh Oscar, meraih 5 nominasi termasuk Film Eropa Terbaik, Sutradara Terbaik, dan Aktor Eropa Terbaik untuk Michael Fassbender dalam perannya sebagai seorang pecandu sex di film tersebut. Kategori Aktor Eropa Terbaik tahun ini diisi oleh sederetan pesaing kuat. Ada Mads Mikkelsen yang dinominasikan untuk perannya dalam film The Hunt, peran yang membawanya sebagai aktor terbaik di Cannes Film Festival tahun ini. Lalu Gary Oldman, dalam perannya di film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy yang (akhirnya) membawa ia masuk ke dalam jajaran nominator Oscar, dan juga duo dari film Untouchable, François Cluzet & Omar Sy.
European Film Awards diselenggarakan oleh European Film Academy. Upacara penganugerahan bagi para pemenang akan diselenggarakan pada 1 Desember 2012 di Malta. Berikut adalah daftar lengkap nominasi European Film Awards 2012.
EUROPEAN FILM 2012:
AMOUR (Love) - Austria / France / Germany
BARBARA - Germany
CESARE DEVE MORIRE (Caesar Must Die) - Italy
INTOUCHABLES (Untouchable) - France
JAGTEN (The Hunt) - Denmark
SHAME - UK
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2012:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan for B?R ZAMANLAR ANADOLU'DA (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia)
Michael Haneke for AMOUR (Love)
Steve McQueen for SHAME
Paolo & Vittorio Taviani for CESARE DEVE MORIRE (Caesar Must Die)
Thomas Vinterberg for JAGTEN (The Hunt)
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2012:
Emilie Dequenne in A PERDRE LA RAISON (Our Children)
Nina Hoss in BARBARA
Emmanuelle Riva in AMOUR (Love)
Margarethe Tiesel in PARADIES: LIEBE (Paradise: Love)
Kate Winslet in CARNAGE
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2012:
François Cluzet & Omar Sy in INTOUCHABLES (Untouchable)
Michael Fassbender in SHAME
Mads Mikkelsen in JAGTEN (The Hunt)
Gary Oldman in TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Jean-Louis Trintignant in AMOUR (Love)
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2012:
Michael Haneke for AMOUR (Love)
Tobias Lindholm & Thomas Vinterberg for JAGTEN (The Hunt)
Cristian Mungiu for DUP? DEALURI (Beyond the Hills)
Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano for INTOUCHABLES (Untouchable)
Roman Polanski & Yasmina Reza for CARNAGE
CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2012:
Sean Bobbitt for SHAME
Bruno Delbonnel for FAUST
Darius Khondji for AMOUR (Love)
Gökhan Tiryaki for B?R ZAMANLAR ANADOLU’DA (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia)
Hoyte Van Hoytema for TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
EUROPEAN EDITOR 2012:
Janus Billeskov Jansen & Anne Østerud for JAGTEN (The Hunt)
Roberto Perpignani for CESARE DEVE MORIRE (Caesar Must Die)
Joe Walker for SHAME
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2012:
Maria Djurkovic for TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Niels Sejer for EN KONGELIG AFFÆRE (A Royal Affair)
Elena Zhukova for FAUST
EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2012:
Cyrille Aufort & Gabriel Yared for EN KONGELIG AFFÆRE (A Royal Affair)
François Couturier for IO SONO LI (Shun Li and the Poet)
George Fenton for THE ANGELS’ SHARE
Alberto Iglesias for TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2012 – Prix FIPRESCI:
10 TIMER TIL PARADIS (Teddy Bear) - Denmark
BROKEN - UK
KAUWBOY - The Netherlands
??????? ? ???????? / PORTRET V SUMERKHAK (Twilight Portrait) - Russia
DIE VERMISSTEN (Reported Missing) - Germany
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2012:
HIVER NOMADE (Winter Nomads) - Switzerland
LONDON: THE MODERN BABYLON - UK
LE THÉ OU L‘ELECTRICITÉ (Tea or Electricity) - Belgium / France / Morocco
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2012:
ALOIS NEBEL - Czech Republic / Germany / Slovakia
ARRUGAS (Wrinkles) - Spain
THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS - UK / USA, 87 min
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2012:
Ghent Short Film Nominee - DEMAIN, ÇA SERA BIEN (Tomorrow Will Be Good) - France
Valladolid Short Film Nominee - SUPERMAN, SPIDERMAN SAU BATMAN (Superman, Spiderman or Batman) - Romania
Cork Short Film Nominee - TWO HEARTS - Ireland
Bristol Short Film Nominee - MITEN MARJOJA POIMITAAN (How To Pick Berries) - Finland
Angers Short Film Nominee - L’AMBASSADEUR ET MOI (The Ambassador And Me) - Switzerland
Rotterdam Short Film Nominee - IM FREIEN (In the Open) - Austria
Berlin Short Film Nominee - VILAINE FILLE MAUVAIS GARÇON (Two Ships) - France
Tampere Short Film Nominee - CSICSKA (Beast) - Hungary
Krakow Short Film Nominee - VILLA ANTROPOFF - Latvia / Estonia
Grimstad Short Film Nominee - SESSIZ / BÉ DENG (Silent) - Turkey
Vila do Conde Short Film Nominee - MANHÃ DE SANTO ANTÓNIO (Morning of Saint Anthony’s Day) - Portugal
Locarno Short Film Nominee - BACK OF BEYOND - UK
Venice Short Film Nominee - TITLOI TELOUS (Out of Frame) - Greece
Drama Short Film Nominee - EINSPRUCH VI (Objection VI) - Switzerland