TONI ERDMANN SWEEPS 2016 EFAS

This is exactly how you do it. Maren Ade makes history by becoming the first woman to direct the Best European Film prize at the prestigious European Film Awards. Toni Erdmann won not only the top award at tonight's ceremony in Wroclaw, it also took home Director, Actress, Actor and Screenplay awards, winning in every one of its categories. Alongside a win for My Life as a Courgette, the EFA's choices this year make me very pleased indeed. Check out the nominations at this link, and the award winners in full below.

European Film 2016

Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski and Michel Merkt)

European Director 2016

Maren Ade (Toni Erdmann)

European Actress 2016

Sandra Huller (Toni Erdmann)

European Actor 2016

Peter Simonischek (Toni Erdmann)

European Screenplay 2016

Maren Ade (Toni Erdmann)

Prix Carlo di Palma - European Cinematographer 2016

Camilla Hjelm Knudsen (Land of Mine)

European Editor 2016

Janus Billeskov Jansen and Anne Osterud (The Commune)

European Production Designer 2016

Alice Normington (Suffragette)

European Costume Designer 2016

Stefanie Bieker (Land of Mine)

European Sound Designer 2016

Radoslaw Ochnio (11 Minutes)

European Hair & Make-Up Artist 2016

Barbara Kreuzer (Land of Mine)

European Composer 2016

Ilya Demutsky (The Student)European Animated Feature Film 2016

My Life as a Courgette (Claude Barras and Max Karli)

European Documentary 2016

Fire at Sea (Roberto Cicutto, Paolo del Brocco, Camille Laemle, Serge Lalou, Donatella Palermo, Olivier Pere, Gianfranco Rosi and Martine Saade)

European Comedy 2016

A Man Called Ove (Annica Bellander Rune, Hannes Holm and Nicklas Wikstrom Nicastro)

European Short Film 2016

9 Days - From My Window in Aleppo (Jos de Putter, Issa Touma, Floor van der Meulen and Thomas Vroege)

FIPRESCI Prize for European Discovery

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (Juho Kuosmanen and Jussi Rantamaki)

People's Choice Award

Body (Malgorzata Szumowska)

European Co-Production Award

Leontine Petit

Lifetime Achievement Award

Jean-Claude Carriere

Honorary Award - European Achievement in World Cinema

Pierce Brosnan

Honorary Award of the EFA President and Board

Andrzej Wajda