The '''27th [[European Film Awards]]''' were presented on 13 December 2014 in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]].<ref>[http://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/home/156999 European Film Awards 2014 go to Riga]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/12/european-film-awards-2014-winners-full-list-1201323275/ |title=European Film Awards: 'Ida' Best Picture; Timothy Spall, Marion Cotillard Top Actors |accessdate=13 December 2014 |work=Deadline}}</ref> The winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the [[European Film Academy]]. Nominations for the People's Choice Award category were announced on 1 September 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/home/154183 |title=EFA Opens Vote for People's Choice Award |accessdate=3 September 2014 |work=European Film Academy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=262454 |title=European Film Academy opens vote for People’s Choice Award 2014 |accessdate=3 September 2014 |work=Cineuropa}}</ref> On 16 September 2014, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced a list of 50 films which qualified for nominations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/home/174727 |title=THE 27th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: 50 Films in EFA Selection 2014 |accessdate=20 September 2014 |work=European Film Academy}}</ref> All nominations were announced on 8 November 2014 at the [[Seville European Film Festival]] in Spain.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://europeanfilmawards.eu/fr_FR/nominations/films |title=Nominations 2014 |accessdate=4 November 2014 |work=European Film Academy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/home/168026 |title=NOMINATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2014 |accessdate=9 November 2014 |work=European Film Academy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/ida-leviathan-top-european-film-awards-nominations-1201351250/ |title=‘Ida,’‘Leviathan’ Top European Film Awards Nominations |accessdate=9 November 2014 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> British director [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]] was presented with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award<ref>{{cite web |url=http://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/home/174995 |title=European Film Academy Honours Steve McQueen |accessdate=3 October 2014 |work=European Film Academy}}</ref> and filmmaker [[Agnès Varda]] was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/home/104453 |title=EFA Honours Agnès Varda |accessdate=4 November 2014 |work=European Film Academy}}</ref>
The '''27th [[European Film Awards]]''' were presented on 13 December 2014 in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]].<ref>[http://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/home/156999 European Film Awards 2014 go to Riga]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/12/european-film-awards-2014-winners-full-list-1201323275/ |title=European Film Awards: 'Ida' Best Picture; Timothy Spall, Marion Cotillard Top Actors |accessdate=13 December 2014 |work=Deadline|date=13 December 2014 }}</ref> The winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the [[European Film Academy]]. Nominations for the People's Choice Award category were announced on 1 September 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/home/154183 |title=EFA Opens Vote for People's Choice Award |accessdate=3 September 2014 |work=European Film Academy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=262454 |title=European Film Academy opens vote for People's Choice Award 2014 |accessdate=3 September 2014 |work=Cineuropa|date=September 2014 }}</ref> On 16 September 2014, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced a list of 50 films which qualified for nominations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/home/174727 |title=THE 27th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: 50 Films in EFA Selection 2014 |accessdate=20 September 2014 |work=European Film Academy}}</ref> All nominations were announced on 8 November 2014 at the [[Seville European Film Festival]] in Spain.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://europeanfilmawards.eu/fr_FR/nominations/films |title=Nominations 2014 |accessdate=4 November 2014 |work=European Film Academy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/home/168026 |title=NOMINATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2014 |accessdate=9 November 2014 |work=European Film Academy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/ida-leviathan-top-european-film-awards-nominations-1201351250/ |title='Ida,' 'Leviathan' Top European Film Awards Nominations |accessdate=9 November 2014 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=8 November 2014 }}</ref> British director [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]] was presented with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award<ref>{{cite web |url=http://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/home/174995 |title=European Film Academy Honours Steve McQueen |accessdate=3 October 2014 |work=European Film Academy}}</ref> and filmmaker [[Agnès Varda]] was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/home/104453 |title=EFA Honours Agnès Varda |accessdate=4 November 2014 |work=European Film Academy}}</ref>
The 27th European Film Awards were presented on 13 December 2014 in Riga, Latvia.[1][2] The winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy. Nominations for the People's Choice Award category were announced on 1 September 2014.[3][4] On 16 September 2014, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced a list of 50 films which qualified for nominations.[5] All nominations were announced on 8 November 2014 at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain.[6][7][8] British director Steve McQueen was presented with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award[9] and filmmaker Agnès Varda was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.[10]
Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Dario Sansone, Marino Guarnieri, Annarita Calligaris, Ivana Verze, Laura Sammati, Antonia Emanuela Angrisani, Corrado Piscitelli, Flavio Di Biase, Giorgio Siravo, Sergio Chimenti, Ilaria Jones, Antonio Funaro, Danilo Florio, Mirko Prota, Alberto Panico, Paolo Acampora, Marco Iannaccone
Twelve- to fourteen-year-old audiences from across Europe voted for the winner after watching the three nominated films at special screenings held on "Young Audience Film Day".[14][15]