- Winners and nominees Best European Actor Best European Actress Best European Composer Best European Director Best European Film Best European Screenwriter
{{Infobox award
| name = The 21st European Film Awards
| presenter = European Film Academy
| date = 6 December 2008
| location = Copenhagen, Denmark
| previous = 20th
| next = 22nd
}}The 21st Annual European Film Awards took place on December 6, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Winners and nomineesBest European Actor' {{flagicon|ITA}} Toni Servillo - Gomorrah (Gomorra) and Il Divo - {{flagicon|GER}} Michael Fassbender - Hunger
- {{flagicon|DEN}} Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelsen - Flame & Citron (Flammen & Citronen)
- {{flagicon|GBR}} James McAvoy - Atonement
- {{flagicon|GER}} Jürgen Vogel - The Wave (Die Welle)
- {{flagicon|GER}} Elmar Wepper - Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten - Hanami)
Best European Actress' {{flagicon|GBR}} Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) - {{flagicon|ISR}} Hiam Abbass - Lemon Tree
- {{flagicon|Kosovo}} Arta Dobroshi - The Silence of Lorna (Le silence de Lorna)
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Belen Rueda - The Orphanage (El orfanato)
- {{flagicon|GER}} Ursula Werner - Cloud 9 (Wolke Neun)
Best European Composer' {{flagicon|GER}} Max Richter - Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) - {{flagicon|BEL}} {{illm|Tuur Florizoone|nl}} - Moscow, Belgium (Aanrijding in Moscou)
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Dario Marianelli - Atonement
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Velázquez - The Orphanage (El orfanato)
Best European Director' {{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Garrone - Gomorrah (Gomorra) - {{flagicon|FRA}} Laurent Cantet - The Class (Entre les murs)
- {{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Dresen - Cloud 9 (Wolke Neun)
- {{flagicon|ISR}} Ari Folman - Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Steve McQueen - Hunger
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Sorrentino - Il Divo
Best European Film' {{flagicon|ITA}} Gomorrah (Gomorra) - {{flagicon|FRA}} The Class (Entre les murs)
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Happy-Go-Lucky
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Il Divo
- {{flagicon|ESP}} The Orphanage (El orfanato)
- {{flagicon|ISR}} Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
Best European Screenwriter' 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
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