The award season marches on across the globe, and the European Film Academy has announced the winners of its 2011 European Film Awards.
More than 2500 filmmakers across Europe vote for the prize, and at the ceremony held in Berlin Melancholia was the leading film. Winning the European Film 2011, it also took out Cinematography for Manuel Alberto Claro and Production Design for Jette Lehmann. The King’s Speech was also a big winner with three awards for European Actor (Colin Firth)
Susanne Bier was the winner of best director for her hard-hitting feature In a Better World, while the current darling of the US awards season, The Artist, only won the European Composer for Ludovic Bource. Tilda Swinton won the actress award for We Need to Talk About Kevin. Can we also just say it is great to see Terry Gilliam win something for his short The Wholly Family.
A full list of winners is below:
EUROPEAN FILM 2011:
Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
Dir: Lars von Trier
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2011:
Susanne Bier for HÆVNEN (In a Better World)
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2011:
Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2011:
Colin Firth in The King’s Speech
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2011:
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for Le Gamin Au Velo (The Kid with a Bike)
CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2011:
Manuel Alberto Claro for Melancholia
EUROPEAN EDITOR 2011:
Tariq Anwar for The King’s Speech
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2011:
Jette Lehmann for Melancholia
EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2011:
Ludovic Bource for The Artist
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2011:
Adem (Oxygen) by Hans Van Nuffel, Belgium/theNetherlands
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2011 – Prix ARTE:
Pina by Wim Wenders, Germany
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2011:
Chico & Rita by Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2011:
The Wholly Family by Terry Gilliam, Italy
EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2011 – Prix EURIMAGES:
Mariela Besuievsky, Spain
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2011:
Mads Mikkelsen, Denmark
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Stephen Frears, UK
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SPECIAL HONORARY AWARD:
Michel Piccoli, France
THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2011:
The King’s Speech by Tom Hooper, UK
