The 3rd Annual European Film Awards were given out in 1990.
Winners and nominees
Bold indicates winner in the category.
European Film
Porte aperte (Open Doors) Cyrano de Bergerac Matj (Mother) Przesluchanie (Interrogation) Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel) Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö (The Match Factory Girl) ¡Ay, Carmela!
Young European Film
Henry V
La blanca paloma (The White Dove) Turnè (On Tour) Un monde sans pitié (Love Without Pity) Zamri, umri, voskresni! (Lie Still, Die, Revive)
European Actor
Kenneth Branagh for Henry V
Gérard Depardieu for Cyrano de Bergerac
Philip Zandén for Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel)
European Actress
Carmen Maura for ¡Ay, Carmela! Anne Brochet for Cyrano de Bergerac Krystyna Janda for Przesluchanie (Interrogation)
European Supporting Actor
Dmitrij Pevsov for Matj (Mother) Gabino Diego for ¡Ay, Carmela! Björn Kjellman for Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel)
European Supporting Actress
Malin Ek for Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel) Lena Nylen for Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel) Gunilla Röör for Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel)
European Screenwriter
Vitali Kanevsky for Zamri, umri, voskresni! (Lie Still, Die, Revive) Ryszard Bugajski and Janusz Dymek for Przesluchanie (Interrogation) Etienne Glaser, Madeleine Gustafsson and Suzanne Osten for Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel)
European Cinematographer
Tonino Nardi for Porte aperte (Open Doors) Pierre Lhomme for Cyrano de Bergerac
Göran Nilsson for Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel)
European Film Composer
No award was given in this category. Jean-Luc Godard for Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) Jürgen Knieper for December Bride Jean-Claude Petit for Cyrano de Bergerac
European Production Designer
Ezio Frigerio and Franca Squarciapino for Cyrano de Bergerac Yuri Pashigoryev for Zamri, umri, voskresni! (Lie Still, Die, Revive) Ben van Os, Jan Roelfs and Jean-Paul Gaultier for The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Special awards
Special Jury Award I — Gian Maria Volonté
Special Jury Award II — December Bride
European Discovery of the Year — Ennio Fantastichini
European Documentary Film of the Year — Šķērsiela (The Crossroad) Special Mention — Step Across the Border European Cinema Society Lifetime Achievement Award — Andrzej Wajda European Cinema Society Special Award''' — Association of Filmmakers of the USSR