2006 European Film Awards

2006 European Film Award nominations: Seville Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2006

2006 European Film Award winners: EXPO XXI in Warsaw on Dec. 2, 2006. Sophie Marceau and Maciej Stuhr hosted the awards ceremony.

† Eligible films had to be released in their countries of origin between July 2005 and April/May 2006.

("*" denotes the winner in each category)

Photos: JaczekTurczyk/PAP

BEST EUROPEAN FILM

BREAKFAST ON PLUTO; Ireland/UK
directed by Neil Jordan
produced by Parallel Film Productions Ltd./Number 9 Films

GRBAVICA; Austria/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Germany/Croatia
directed by Jasmila Zbanic
produced by coop99 filmproduktion GmbH/Deblokada/Noirfilm/Jadran Film

* DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives of Others); Germany
directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
produced by Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion/Bayerischer Rundfunk/ARTE/Creado Film

THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO; UK
directed by Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross
produced by Revolution Films Ltd.

VOLVER; Spain
directed by Pedro Almodóvar
produced by El Deseo D.A., S.L.U.

THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY; UK/Ireland/Germany/Italy/Spain
directed by Ken Loach
produced by Sixteen Films/Matador Pictures/Regent Capital/UK Film Council/Bord Scannán Na Héireann/The Irish Film Board/Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen/Element Films/Bim Distribuzione/EMC Produktion/Tornasol Films/Diaphana Distribution/Pathé Distribution/Cinéart/TV3 Ireland/Film Coopi

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
* Pedro Almodóvar for VOLVER
Susanne Bier for EFTER BRYLLUPPET (After The Wedding)
Emanuele Crialese for NUOVOMONDO (Golden Door)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives of Others)
Ken Loach for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross for THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR
Patrick Chesnais in JE NE SUIS PAS LÀ POUR ÊTRE AIMÉ (Not Here to Be Loved)
Jesper Christensen in DRABET (Manslaughter)
Mads Mikkelsen in EFTER BRYLLUPPET (After The Wedding)
* Ulrich Mühe in DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Cillian Murphy in BREAKFAST ON PLUTO & THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Silvio Orlando in IL CAIMANO (The Caiman)

BEST EUROPEAN ACTRESS
Nathalie Baye in LE PETIT LIEUTENANT
* Penélope Cruz in VOLVER
Martina Gedeck in DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Sandra Hüller in REQUIEM
Mirjana Karanovic in GRBAVICA
Sarah Polley in LA VIDA SECRETA DE LAS PALABRAS (The Secret Life of Words)

BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
Pedro Almodóvar for VOLVER
* Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives of Others)
Paul Laverty for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Corneliu Porumboiu for A FOST SAU N-A FOST (12:08 East of Bucharest)

BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER (tie)
* Barry Ackroyd for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
* José Luis Alcaine for VOLVER
Roman Osin for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Timo Salminen for LAITAKAUPUNGIN VALOT (Lights in the Dusk)

BEST EUROPEAN COMPOSER
* Alberto Iglesias for VOLVER
Tuomas Kantelinen for ÄIDEISTÄ PARHAIN (Mother of Mine)
Dario Marianelli for PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Gabriel Yared & Stéphane Moucha for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives of Others)

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2006
* 13 (TZAMETI) by Gela Babluani, France/Georgia
Z ODZYSKU (Retrieval) by Slawomir Fabicki, Poland
PINGPONG by Matthias Luthardt, Germany
FRISS LEVEGÖ (Fresh Air) by Agnes Kocsis, Hungary

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2006 – Prix ARTE
37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP by Ben Hopkins, UK
* DIE GROSSE STILLE (Into Great Silence) by Philip Gröning, Germany
DREAMING BY NUMBERS by Anna Bucchetti, The Netherlands
LA CASA DE MI ABUELA (Grandmother’s House) by Adan Aliaga, Spain
MARADONA, UN GAMIN EN OR (Maradona, The Golden Kid)
by Jean-Christophe Rosé, France
MOADON BEIT HAKVAROT (The Cemetery Club) by Tali Shemesh, Israel
RYBAK I TANTSOVSHITSA (The Fisherman and the Dancing Girl)
by Valeriy Solomin, Russia
UNSER TÄGLICH BROT (Our Daily Bread) by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2006 – Prix UIP

Prix UIP Ghent
DELIVERY
by Till Nowak
Germany, 9 min, animation, colour

Prix UIP Valladolid
VINCENT
by Giulio Ricciarelli
Germany, 14 min, animation, colour

Prix UIP Angers
PISTACHE
by Valérie Pirson
France 2004, 9 min, animation, colour

Prix UIP Rotterdam
MEANDER
by Joke Liberge
Belgium 2005, 14 min, fiction, colour

Prix UIP Berlin
EL CERCO
by Ricardo Íscar & Nacho Martín
Spain 2005, 12 min, documentary, b&w

Prix UIP Tampere
* BEFORE DAWN
by Bálint Kenyeres
Hungary 2005, 13 min, fiction, colour

Prix UIP Cracow
FOR INTÉRIEUR
by Patrick Poubel
France 2005, 10 min, fiction, b&w

Prix UIP Grimstad
SNIFFER
by Bobbie Peers
Norway 2006, 10 min, fiction

Prix UIP Vila do Conde
BY THE KISS
by Yann Gonzalez
France 2006, 5 min, fiction, b&w

Prix UIP Edinburgh
ZAKARIA
by Gianluca De Serio and Massimiliano De Serio
Italy 2005, 15 min, fiction

Prix UIP Sarajevo
SRETAN PUT NEDIME (Good Luck Nedim)
by Marko Šantic
Slovenia 2006, 13 min, fiction

Prix UIP Venezia
THE MAKING OF PARTS
by Daniel Elliott
UK 2006, 15 min, fiction

Prix UIP Drama
COMME UN AIR… (It’s in the Air…)
by Yohann Gloaguen
France 2005, 9 min, fiction

Prix UIP Cork
ALDRIG SOM FÖRSTA GÅNGEN! (Never Like The First Time!)
by Jonas Odell
Sweden 2005, 15 min, animation, colour

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY AWARD FOR ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION 2006
Pierre Pell & Stéphane Rozenbaum for the production design in THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP by Michel Gondry

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS’ AWARD 2006 – PRIX FIPRESCI
LES AMANTS REGULIERS by Philippe Garrel

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2006 – Prix Screen International
Jeremy Thomas

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Roman Polanski

THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2006 for Best European Film
ADAM’S APPLES (Adam’s Æbler) by Anders Thomas Jensen
THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES (Elementarteilchen) by Oskar Roehler
THE CHILD (L’Enfant) by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
MERRY CHRISTMAS (Joyeux Noël) by Christian Carion
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (La Marche de l’Empereur) by Luc Jacquet
OLIVER TWIST by Roman Polanski
PARADISE NOW by Hany Abu-Assad
PRIDE & PREJUDICE by Joe Wright
CRIME NOVEL (Romanzo Criminale) by Michele Placido
SOMETHING LIKE HAPPINESS (Stestí) by Bohdan Sláma
* VOLVER by Pedro Almodóvar
WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT by Steve Box & Nick Park

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