[5] Selection was determined by a committee consisting of Salma Abdallah (sales agent/Austria), Nenad Puhovski (festival director/Croatia), Katriel Schory (Academy Board – institutional/Israel) and Giedrė Žickytė (director/producer/Lithuania).

A special eight-members jury consisting of the following representatives of the different arts and crafts chose the winners based on the European Film Awards Feature Film Selection: Henrich Borarós (production designer, Czech Republic), Pascal Capitolin (sound designer, France), Jaime Cebrian (VFX supervisor, Spain), Charlotte Chang (make-up & hair artist, Germany), Christina Georgiou (composer, Cyprus), Magdalena Labuz (costume designer, Luxembourg), Sarah McTeigue (editor, Ireland/Italy), and Nathalie Pitters (cinematographer, UK).

[10] The award is presented to the director of a feature-length European comedy intended for theatrical release.

[19] Nominations were determined by a committee consisting of Antonio Saura (Academy Board – sales agent/Spain), Jonas Poher Rasmussen (director/Denmark) and Denisa Grimmová (CARTOON – director/Czech Republic).

[22] Source:[23] The award is directed to recognize films which help to raise awareness of socio-political issues in Europe.

[27] Close, directed by Lukas Dhont, was awarded the prize in a ceremony in the European Parliament's Hemicycle in Brussels on 27 June 2023.

[29] The winner was announced during the online award ceremony on Sunday, 13 November 2022, in Erfurt (Germany), hosted by youth council members Maria from Portugal and Emmerson from the UK.