The 27th European Film Awards were presented on 13 December 2014 in Riga, Latvia.

Nominations for the People's Choice Award category were announced on 1 September 2014.

[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.

[12][13] 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".