The academy's CEO is Matthijs Wouter Knol, who was on the jury of the 2019 Istanbul Film Festival's International Competition, and the President is Agnieszka Holland.

The ceremony honours the achievements of European cinema in the main categories (Film, Documentary, Animated Feature Film, Short Film, Discovery, Director, Actress, Actor, Screenwriter).

This year’s award European Lifetime Achievement was presented to Vanessa Redgrave; Spanish director Isabel Coixet will be awarded the European Achievement in World Cinema award and Uljana Kim will be honoured with the Eurimages Co-Production Award. The Honorary Award of the Academy President and Board was given to Béla Tarr.

The complete list of the winners can be found on the academy’s official website (https://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/nomination-current ) and includes many European productions screened at the Istanbul Film Festival, Filmekimi, or İKSV Galas:

European Film: Anatomie d'une Chute / Anatomy of A Fall
European Young Audience Award: Scrapper
European Discovery - Prix Fipresci: How to Have Sex
European Director: Justine Triet (Anatomy of A Fall)
European Actress: Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of A Fall)
European Screenwriter: Justine Triet & Arthur Harari (Anatomy of A Fall)
European University Film Award: Anatomie d'une Chute / Anatomy of A Fall
Excellence Award in European Editing: Anatomie d'une Chute / Anatomy of A Fall
Excellence Award in European Make-Up & Hair: La sociedad de la nieve / Society of the Snow
Excellence Award in European Sound: The Zone of Interest
Excellence Award in European Visual Effects: La sociedad de la nieve / Society of the Snow