Best European Actor edit

  Toni Servillo – Gomorrah (Gomorra) and Il Divo

•   Michael Fassbender – Hunger
•   Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelsen – Flame & Citron (Flammen & Citronen)
•   James McAvoy – Atonement
•   Jürgen Vogel – The Wave (Die Welle)
•   Elmar Wepper – Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten – Hanami)

Best European Actress edit

  Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)

•   Hiam Abbass – Lemon Tree
•   Arta Dobroshi – The Silence of Lorna (Le silence de Lorna)
•   Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
•   Belen Rueda – The Orphanage (El orfanato)
•   Ursula Werner – Cloud 9 (Wolke Neun)

Best European Composer edit

  Max Richter – Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)

•   Tuur Florizoone [nl] – Moscow, Belgium (Aanrijding in Moscou)
•   Dario Marianelli – Atonement
•   Fernando Velázquez – The Orphanage (El orfanato)

Best European Director edit

  Matteo Garrone – Gomorrah (Gomorra)

•   Laurent Cantet – The Class (Entre les murs)
•   Andreas Dresen – Cloud 9 (Wolke Neun)
•   Ari Folman – Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
•   Steve McQueen – Hunger
•   Paolo Sorrentino – Il Divo

Best European Film edit

Best European Screenwriter edit

Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso and Roberto Saviano – Gomorrah (Gomorra)

• Suha Arraf and Eran Riklis – Lemon Tree
• Ari Folman – Waltz with Bashir
• Paolo Sorrentino – Il Divo