JASMILA ZBANIC’S “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” a stirring drama about the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has won the top prize for European Film 2021 at the 34th European Film Awards, given out in a virtual ceremony from Berlin on Saturday night.

The film, which was an Oscar nominee for best international feature this year, also won best directing honors for Zbanic and the European actress prize went to star Jasna Duricic for her performance as a Bosnian translator for the U.N. trying to save her family from Serbian troops.

Best actor honors went to Anthony Hopkins who took the European Actor prize for his starring role in “The Father,” playing a man with dementia, a performance that already earned him an Oscar. “The Father” director Florian Zeller and co-writer Christopher Hampton also took the prize for best European screenplay.

The EFAs, one of Europe’s most prestigious cinema honors, was hosted by German actress, moderator and writer Annabelle Mandeng from a studio in Berlin, with nominees and winners joining via video link.

“Flee,” an animated documentary from Danish director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, was another multiple winner, taking best European animated film, best documentary and the European University Film Award.

The EFA’s European Excellence Awards, honoring achievement in technical categories, were announced earlier. Winners include Austrian drama “Great Freedom,” which won best cinematography for Crystel Fournier and best original score for Nils Petter Molvær and Peter Brötzmann; best editing honors for Mukharam Kabulova for Russian feature “Unclenching the Fists”; best production design for Márton Ágh for Hungarian feature “Natural Light”; best sound design for Gisle Tveito and Gustaf Berger on Norwegian feature “The Innocents”; best costume design for Michael O’Connor for British period drama “Ammonite”; the visual effects prize for Peter Hjorth and Fredrik Nord for “Lamb”; and the award for best makeup and hair for Flore Masson, Olivier Afonso and Antoine Mancini for their work on “Titane.”

(SD-Agencies)