The 21st Annual European Film Awards will take place on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Nominees
Best European Actor
Michael Fassbender - Hunger
Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelsen - Flame & Citron (Flammen & Citronen)
James McAvoy - Atonement
Toni Servillo - Gomorrah (Gomorra) and Il Divo- Jürgen Vogel - The Wave (Die Welle)
- Elmar Wepper - Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten - Hanami)
Best European Actress
Hiam Abbass - Lemon Tree
Arta Dobroshi - Lorna's Silence (Le silence de Lorna)- Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Belen Rueda - The Orphanage (El orfanato)- Kristin Scott Thomas - I’ve Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
- Ursula Werner - Cloud 9 (Wolke Neun)
Best European Composer
- Tuur Florizoone - Moscow, Belgium (Aanrijding in Moscou)
- Dario Marianelli - Atonement
- Max Richter - Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
- Fernando Velázquez - The Orphanage (El orfanato)
Best European Director
- Laurent Cantet - The Class (Entre les murs)
- Andreas Dresen - Cloud 9 (Wolke Neun)
- Ari Folman - Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
- Matteo Garrone - Gomorrah (Gomorra)
- Steve McQueen - Hunger
- Paolo Sorrentino - Il Divo
Best European Film
- The Class (Entre les murs)
- Gomorrah (Gomorra)
- Il Divo
- Happy-Go-Lucky
- El orfanato (The Orphanage)
- Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)