Nominaciones: Discovery Award (European Film Academy)

Five Debut Films Nominated For Efa Discovery Award

The European Film Academy has announced this year’s nominations for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY - Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film. This year’s nominations were determined by a committee comprised of EFA Board Member Els Vandevorst (the Netherlands), EFA Member Pierre-Henri Deleau (France), and experts Jacob Neiiendam (director of the film festival CPH:PIX, Denmark), Alin Tasciyan (film critic, Turkey), and Mariola Wiktor (Forum of European Cinema, Poland), all of them members of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.

Nominated are:

La doppia ora (The Double Hour), Italy
directed by Giuseppe Capotondi
written by Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi & Stefano Sardo
produced by Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima

Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier (If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle), Romania
directed by Florin Serban
written by Catalin Mitulescu & Florin Serban
produced by Catalin Mitulescu

Die Fremde (When We Leave), Germany
written & directed by Feo Aladag
produced by Feo Aladag & Züli Aladag

Lebanon, Israel/Germany/France
written & directed by Samuel Maoz
produced by Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, David Silber, Uri Sabag, Einat Bickel, Benjamina Mirnik & Illan Girard

Nothing Personal, The Netherlands/Ireland
written & directed by Urszula Antoniak
produced by Reinier Selen & Edwin van Meurs

The nominated films will now be made available to all 2,300 members of the European Film Academy. They will vote for the winner who will be announced at the 23rd European Film Awards on 4 December in Tallinn/Estonia.

The White Ribbon sweeps European Film Awards

Austrian director Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, a chilling exploration of the roots of Nazi terror, dominated the European Film Awards on Saturday, winning three prizes including best film.

In the black-and-white film, a sinister series of crimes rocks a village in northern Germany on the eve of World War One, and appears linked to a group of children brutalised and scarred by their parents.

The White Ribbon also won the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival earlier this year.

The 2,000-member European Film Academy awarded Haneke the best film, best director and best screenwriter prizes at the 22nd anniversary ceremony in Bochum, in the industrial Ruhr area of western Germany.

British actress Kate Winslet scooped up another award for her portrayal of a German woman with a secret Nazi past in the romantic drama The Reader, winning best actress.

Titanic star Winslet has also won an Oscar, a British BAFTA and German Bambi for her depiction of Hanna Schmitz, a former Nazi prison guard who embarks on an affair with a teenage boy.

Newcomer Tahar Rahim won best actor for portraying a homeless and illiterate 19-year-old at the mercy of a Corsican gang that controls the jail where he is imprisoned, in Jacques Audiard's French film A Prophet.

The Oscar-garlanded Slumdog Millionaire, an against-all-odds love story set in the teeming slums of Mumbai, scooped up the 'People's Choice' award, decided by cinema-goers throughout Europe who vote online or at cinemas.

The European Film Academy was founded in 1989 to promote European film, with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman as its first president. The European Film Awards have yet to gain the prestige of high-profile European film festivals in Cannes, Venice and Berlin but are widely respected in the film industry.

The awards are traditionally held in Berlin every other year, but exceptionally took place in Bochum this year, in the Century Hall -- a former gas power station of the steel mills.

Last year's awards were held in Copenhagen, where the Italian mafia drama Gomorra won five prizes including best film, best director and best actor.

-MEJOR PELÍCULA EUROPEA: DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon/La cinta blanca), Alemania/Austria/Francia/Italia. Guión y dirección: Michael Haneke.

-MEJOR DIRECTOR EUROPEO: Michael Haneke por DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon/La cinta blanca).

-MEJOR ACTOR EUROPEO: Tahar Rahim por UN PROPHETE (A Prophet/Un profeta).

-MEJOR ACTRIZ EUROPEA: Kate Winslet por THE READER (Der Vorleser/El lector).

-MEJOR GUIÓN EUROPEO: Michael Haneke por DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon/La cinta blanca).

-PREMIO CARLO DI PALMA A LA MEJOR DIRECCIÓN DE FOTOGRAFÍA EUROPEA: Anthony Dod Mantle por ANTICHRIST y SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.

-PRIX D’EXCELLENCE DE LA EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY: Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier, Jean-Paul Hurier y Marc Doisne por el diseño de sonido de UN PROPHETE (A Prophet/Un profeta).

-MEJOR COMPOSITOR EUROPEO: Alberto Iglesias por LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (Broken Embraces).

-DESCUBRIMIENTO EUROPEO: KATALIN VARGA, Rumania/UK/Hungría. Guión y dirección: Peter Strickland.

-MEJOR FILM DE ANIMACIÓN EUROPEO: MIA ET LE MIGOU (Mia and the Migoo), Francia/Italia. Dirección: Jacques-Rémy Girerd.

-MEJOR CORTO EUROPEO: POSTE RESTANTE, de Marcel Lozinski.

-PREMIO DE LA EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY A LA TRAYECTORIA: Ken Loach.

-PREMIO A LA TRAYECTORIA (WORLD CINEMA): Isabelle Huppert.

-PREMIO DE LA EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY AL MEJOR DOCUMENTAL – Prix ARTE: THE SOUND OF INSECTS - Record of a Mummy, Suiza, de Peter Liechti.

-PREMIO EURIMAGES: Diana Elbaum y Jani Thiltges.

-PREMIO DE LA CRÍTICA - FIPRESCI: Andrzej Wajda por TATARAK (Sweet Rush).

-PREMIO DEL PÚBLICO: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, UK, de Danny Boyle

Nominaciones a los Premios del Cine Europeo

EUROPEAN FILM 2009
Fish Tank [trailer, film focus] - United Kingdom (FOTO)
directed by Andrea Arnold
produced by Kees Kasander & Nick Laws
Let the Right One In [trailer, film focus] - Sweden
directed by Tomas Alfredson
produced by John Nordling & Carl Molinder
A prophet [trailer, film focus] - France
directed by Jacques Audiard
produced by Chic Filmks, Page 114, Why Not Productions
The Reader [trailer] - Germany
directed by Stephen Daldry
produced by Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti & Redmond Morris
Slumdog Millionaire [trailer, film focus] - United Kingdom
directed by Danny Boyle
produced by Christian Colson
The White Ribbon [trailer, film focus] - Germany/ Austria/ France/ Italy
directed by Michael Haneke
produced by Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Menegoz & Andrea Occhipinti

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2009
Pedro Almodóvar for Broken Embraces
Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank
Jacques Audiard for A prophet
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon
Lars von Trier for Antichrist

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2009
Moritz Bleibtreu in The Baader Meinhof Complex
Steve Evets in Looking for
David Kross in The Reader
Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire
Tahar Rahim in A Prophet
Filippo Timi in Vincere

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2009
Penélope Cruz in Broken Embraces
Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist
Katie Jarvis in Fish Tank
Yolande Moreau in Séraphine
Noomi Rapace in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Kate Winslet in The Reader

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2009
Jacques Audiard & Thomas Bidegain for A Prophet
Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
Gianni di Gregorio for Mid-August Lunch
Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2009
Christian Berger for The White Ribbon
Anthony Dod Mantle for Antichrist & Slumdog Millionaire
Maxim Drozdov & Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev for Bumazhny Fontaine
Stéphane Fontaine for A prophet

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D’EXCELLENCE 2009
Francesca Calvelli for the Editing, Vincere
Catherine Leterrier for the Costume Design, Coco Before Chanel
Waldemar Pokromski for Make Up and Hair, The Baader Meinhof Complex
Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier, Jean-Paul Hurier & Marc Doisne for the Sound Design, A Prophet

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2009
Alexandre Desplat for Coco Before Chanel
Jakob Groth for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Alberto Iglesias for Broken Embraces
Johan Söderqvist for Let the Right One in

European Film Awards 2008: "Gomorra", best film

The 21st European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy, were held Saturday night in Copenhagen.

Best film
"Gomorra"

Best director
Matteo Garrone, "Gomorra"

Best actor
Toni Servillo, "Gomorra"

Best actress
Kristin Scott Thomas, "I've Loved You So Long"

Best screenwriter
Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso and Roberto Saviano, "Gomorra"

Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer Award
Marco Onorato, "Gomorra"

European Film Academy Prix D'Excellence
Magdalena Biedrzycka for costume design, "Katyn"

Best composer
Max Richter, "Waltz With Bashir"

European Film Academy Critics Award - Prix FIPRESCI
Abdellatif Kechiche, "The Secret of the Grain"

European Film Academy documentary - Prix Arte Rene
"Rene" Dir. Helena Trestikova

European Film Academy short film - Prix UIP
"Frankie" by Darren Thornton

European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
Dame Judi Dench

European Achievement in World Cinema
Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Lars von Trier, and Thomas Vinterberg

People's Choice Award
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

Il Divo and Gomorrah top European Film Academy nominations

"Gomorrah", de Mateo Garrone

Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo and Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah have picked up five nominations for this year's European Film Academy Awards.

The Italian hits, which both played in competition in Cannes, compete for best film, best director, best screenplay, best actor and best cinematography. Toni Servillo is nominated as best actor for his parts in both films.

Another Cannes competitor Ari Folman's Waltz With Bashir has four mentions as does Juan Antonio Bayona's The Orphanage.

Laurent Cantet will be hopeful of adding an EFA to his Palme d'Or win with nominations for best film and best director for The Class.
UK films also get strong recognition with multiple nominations for Steve McQueen's Hunger, Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky and Joe Wright's Atonement.

Andreas Dresen's Cloud 9 and Eran Riklis' Lemon Tree are both nominated in two categories.

The nominations for the 21st EFAs were announced at the Seville European Film Festival.

The 1,800 EFA Members will now vote for the winners which will be presented during the Awards Ceremony on 6 December in Copenhagen.

NOMINATIONS

EUROPEAN FILM 2008

Il Divo (Paolo Sorrentino)
The Class (Laurent Cantet)
Gomorrah (Matteo Garrone)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)
The Orphanage (Juan Antonio Bayona)
Waltz With Bashir (Ari Folman)

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2008

Laurent Cantet (The Class)
Andreas Dresen (Cloud 9)
Ari Folman (Waltz With Bashir)
Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah)
Steve McQueen (Hunger)
Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo)

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2008

Michael Fassbender (Hunger)
Thure Lindhardt & Mads Mikkelsen (Flame & Citron)
James McAvoy (Atonement)
Toni Servillo (Gomorrah and Il Divo)
Jürgen Vogel (The Wave)
Elmar Wepper (Cherry Blossoms)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2008

Hiam Abbass (Lemon Tree)
Arta Dobroshi (Lorna's Silence)
Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)
Belen Rueda (The Orphanage)
Kristin Scott Thomas (I've Loved You So Long)
Ursula Werner (Cloud 9)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2008

Suha Arraf & Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree)
Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano (Gomorrah)
Ari Folman (Waltz With Bashir)
Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo)

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2008

Luca Bigazzi (Il Divo)
Oscar Faura (The Orphanage)
Marco Onorato (Gomorrah)
Sergey Trofimov & Rogier Stoffers (Mongol)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D’EXCELLENCE 2008

Marton Agh for production design (Delta)
Magdalena Biedrzycka for costume design (Katyn)
Laurence Briaud for editing (Un Conte De Noel)
Petter Fladeby for sound design (O' Horten)

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2008

Tuur Florizoone (Moscow, Belgium)
Dario Marianelli (Atonement)
Max Richter (Waltz With Bashir)
Fernando Velázquez (The Orphanage)