The 3rd Annual European Film Awards were given out in 1990.^[1][2]

Bold indicates winner in the category.

• Porte aperte (Open Doors)
• Cyrano de Bergerac
• Matj (Mother)
• Przesluchanie (Interrogation)
• Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel)
• Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö (The Match Factory Girl)
• ¡Ay Carmela!

• 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)

• Kenneth Branagh for Henry V
• Gérard Depardieu for Cyrano de Bergerac
• Philip Zandén for Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel)

• Carmen Maura for ¡Ay Carmela!
• Anne Brochet for Cyrano de Bergerac
• Krystyna Janda for Przesluchanie (Interrogation)

• Dmitrij Pevsov for Matj (Mother)
• Gabino Diego for ¡Ay Carmela!
• Björn Kjellman for Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel)

• Malin Ek for Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel)
• Lena Nylen for Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel)
• Gunilla Röör for Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel)

• 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)

• Tonino Nardi for Porte aperte (Open Doors)
• Pierre Lhomme for Cyrano de Bergerac
• Göran Nilsson for Skyddsängeln (The Guardian Angel)

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

• 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 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