European Film Awards 2007

2007 European Film Awards

2007 European Film Award nominations: Nov. 3, 2007

2007 European Film Award winners: the Arena in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2007

Photos: Franziska Krug/ActionPress

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("*" denotes the winner in each category)

EUROPEAN FILM 2007
* 4 LUNI, 3 SAPTAMINI SI 2 ZILE (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), Romania
directed by Cristian Mungiu
produced by Mobra Film SRL

AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE (The Edge of Heaven), Germany/Turkey
directed by Fatih Akin
produced by Corazón International GmbH & Co KG/Anka Film/Dorje Film/NDR

THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, UK
directed by Kevin Macdonald
produced by DNA Films

LA MÔME (La Vie en Rose), France/Czech Republic/UK
directed by Olivier Dahan
produced by Légende/ TF1 International/TF1 Films Production/Okko
Production s.r.o./Songbird Pictures Ltd

PERSEPOLIS, France
directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud
produced by 2.4.7. Films/France 3 Cinéma/Diaphana Distribution/The
Kennedy/Marshall Company/Franche Connection Animations

THE QUEEN, UK/France/Italy
directed by Stephen Frears
produced by Granada/Pathé Renn/BIM Distribuzione

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
Fatih Akin for AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE (The Edge of Heaven)
Roy Andersson for DU LEVANDE (You, the Living)
Stephen Frears for THE QUEEN
Kevin Macdonald for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
* Cristian Mungiu for 4 LUNI, 3 SAPTAMINI SI 2 ZILE (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
Giuseppe Tornatore for LA SCONOSCIUTA (The Unknown)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard in LA MÔME (La Vie en Rose)
Marianne Faithfull in IRINA PALM
Carice van Houten in ZWARTBOEK (Black Book)
Anamaria Marinca in 4 LUNI, 3 SAPTAMINI SI 2 ZILE (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
* Helen Mirren in THE QUEEN
Ksenia Rappoport in LA SCONOSCIUTA (The Unknown)

EUROPEAN ACTOR
* Sasson Gabai in BIKUR HATIZMORET (The Band’s Visit)
Elio Germano in MIO FRATELLO É FIGLIO UNICO (My Brother Is an Only Child)
James McAvoy in THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Miki Manojlovic in IRINA PALM
Michel Piccoli in BELLE TOUJOURS
Ben Whishaw in DAS PARFUM – DIE GESCHICHTE EINES MÖRDERS (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
* Fatih Akin for AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE (The Edge of Heaven)
Eran Kolirin for BIKUR HATIZMORET (The Band’s Visit)
Peter Morgan for THE QUEEN
Cristian Mungiu for 4 LUNI, 3 SAPTAMINI SI 2 ZILE (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
Anthony Dod Mantle for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
* Frank Griebe for DAS PARFUM – DIE GESCHICHTE EINES MÖRDERS (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)
Mikhail Krichman for IZGNANIE (Banishment)
Fabio Zamarion for LA SCONOSCIUTA (The Unknown)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D’EXCELLENCE
* Uli Hanisch for Production Design DAS PARFUM – DIE GESCHICHTE EINES MÖRDERS (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)
Annette Focks, Jörg Höhne, Robin Pohle & Andreas Ruft for Sound VIER MINUTEN (Four Minutes)
Didier Lavergne for Make up LA MÔME (La Vie en Rose)
Francesca Sartori for Costume ALATRISTE
Lucia Zucchetti for Editing THE QUEEN

EUROPEAN COMPOSER
* Alexandre Desplat for THE QUEEN
Alex Heffes for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Dejan Pejovic for GUCHA
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil for DAS PARFUM – DIE GESCHICHTE EINES MÖRDERS (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2007 – Prix Arte
AM LIMIT (To the Limit) by Pepe Danquart, Germany/Austria
BELARUSIAN WALTZ by Andrzej Fidyk, Norway
FOREVER by Heddy Honigmann, The Netherlands
HEIMATKLÄNGE (Echoes of Home) by Stefan Schwietert, Switzerland/ Germany
* LE PAPIER NE PEUT PAS ENVELOPPER LA BRAISE (Paper Cannot Wrap up Embers) by Rithy Panh, France
MALON 9 KOHAVIM (9 Star Hotel) by Ido Haar, Israel
MERAGEL HASHAMPANIYA (The Champagne Spy) by Nadav Schirman, Israel/Germany
OU EST L’AMOUR DANS LA PALMERAIE? (Where is the Love in the Palmgrove?) by Jérôme Le Maire, Belgium
RAZVOD PO ALBANSKI (Divorce Albanian Style) by Adela Peeva, Bulgaria
THE MONASTERY by Pernille Rose Grønkjær, Denmark

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2007 – Prix UIP
Prix UIP Ghent: KWIZ by Renaud Callebaut, Belgium
Prix UIP Valladolid: LE DINER by Cécile Vernant, France
Prix UIP Angers: ADJUSTMENT by Ian Mackinnon, UK
Prix UIP Rotterdam: AMIN by David Dusa, France/Germany/Netherlands
Prix UIP Berlin: ROTTEN APPLE by Ralitza Petrova, UK
Prix UIP Tampere: DREAMS AND DESIRES – FAMILY TIES by Joanna Quinn, UK
Prix UIP Cracow: DAD by Daniel Mulloy, UK
Prix UIP Grimstad: TOMMY by Ole Giæver, Norway
Prix UIP Vila do Conde: PLOT POINT by Nicolas Provost, Belgium
Prix UIP Edinburgh: SOFT by Simon Ellis, UK
Prix UIP Sarajevo: TOKYO JIM by Jamie Rafn, UK
* Prix UIP Venezia: ALUMBRAMIENTO by Eduardo Chapero-Jackson, Spain
Prix UIP Drama: SALVADOR by Abdelatif Hwidar, Spain

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2007
* BIKUR HATIZMORET (The Band’s Visit) by Eran Kolirin, Israel
CONTROL by Anton Corbijn, UK
GEGENÜBER (Counterparts) by Jan Bonny, Germany
TAKVA (A Man’s Fear of God) by Özer Kiziltan, Turkey/Germany

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS AWARD 2007 – Prix FIPRESCI
COEURS (Private Fears in Public Places) by Alain Resnais

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Jean-Luc Godard

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2007 – Prix Screen International
Michael Ballhaus

HONORARY AWARD
Manoel de Oliveira (above, with Jeanne Moreau and Liv Ullmann)

PRIX EURIMAGES
Margaret Ménégoz and Dr. Veit Heiduschka

THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2007 for Best European Film
2 DAYS IN PARIS by Julie Delpy
12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST by Corneliu Porumboiu
ALATRISTE by Agustín Díaz Yanes
BLACK BOOK by Paul Verhoeven
I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND by Jiri Menzel
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND by Kevin Macdonald
PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER by Tom Tykwer
THE QUEEN by Stephen Frears
REPRISE by Joachim Trier
* LA SCONOSCIUTA by Giuseppe Tornatore
LA VIE EN ROSE by Olivier Dahan