2008 European Film Awards

2008 European Film Award nominations: Nov 8, 2008

2008 European Film Award winners: Copenhagen on Dec. 6, 2008

Photos: Rune Evensen/ScanPix

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("*" denotes the winner in each category)

EUROPEAN FILM 2008

IL DIVO, Italy
written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino
produced by Indigofilm, Lucky Red, Parco Film, Babe Films, StudioCanal,
Arte France Cinéma

ENTRE LES MURS (The Class), France
directed by Laurent Cantet
written by Laurent Cantet, François Begaudeau & Robin Campillo after
the novel of François Begaudeau
produced by Haut et Court, France 2 Cinéma

* GOMORRA (Gomorrah), Italy
directed by Matteo Garrone
written by Maurizio Bracci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone,
Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano
produced by Fandango, RAI Cinema

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, UK
written and directed by Mike Leigh
produced by Thin Man Films Ltd., Summit Entertainment, Ingenious Film
Partners, Film4, UK Film Council

EL ORFANATO (The Orphanage), Spain
directed by Juan Antonio Bayona
written by Sergio G. Sánchez
produced by Rodar y Rodar S.L., Telecinco Cinema

WALTZ WITH BASHIR, Israel / France / Germany
written and directed by Ari Folman
produced by Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d’Ici, Razor Film
Produktion, ARTE France, ITVS International

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2008
Laurent Cantet for ENTRE LES MURS (The Class)
Andreas Dresen for WOLKE 9 (Cloud 9)
Ari Folman for WALTZ WITH BASHIR
* Matteo Garrone for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)
Steve McQueen for HUNGER
Paolo Sorrentino for IL DIVO

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2008
Michael Fassbender  in HUNGER
Thure Lindhardt & Mads Mikkelsen in FLAMMEN & CITRONEN (Flame & Citron)
James McAvoy in ATONEMENT
* Toni Servillo in GOMORRA (Gomorrah) and IL DIVO
Jürgen Vogel in DIE WELLE (The Wave)
Elmar Wepper in KIRSCHBLÜTEN – HANAMI (Cherry Blossoms)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2008
Hiam Abbass in LEMON TREE
Arta Dobroshi in LE SILENCE DE LORNA (Lorna’s Silence)
Sally Hawkins in HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
Belen Rueda in EL ORFANATO (The Orphanage)
* Kristin Scott Thomas in IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME (I’ve Loved You So Long)
Ursula Werner in WOLKE 9 (Cloud 9)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2008
Suha Arraf & Eran Riklis for LEMON TREE
* Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)
Ari Folman for WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Paolo Sorrentino for IL DIVO

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2008
Luca Bigazzi for IL DIVO
Oscar Faura for EL ORFANATO (The Orphanage)
* Marco Onorato for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)
Sergey Trofimov & Rogier Stoffers for 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 for AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU (Moscow, Belgium)
Dario Marianelli for ATONEMENT
* Max Richter for WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Fernando Velázquez for EL ORFANATO (The Orphanage)

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2008
* HUNGER directed by Steve McQueen written by Enda Walsh & Steve McQueen
SNIJEG (Snow), Bosnia and Herzegovina / Germany / France / Iran, directed by Aida Begi; written by Aida Begi and Elma Tataragi
TATIL KITABI (Summer Book), Turkey, written and directed by Seyfi Teoman
TULPAN Germany / Switzerland / Kazakhstan / Russia / Poland, directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy; written by Sergey Dvortsevoy and Gennady Ostrovskiy

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dame Judi Dench

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2008
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Lars von Trier, and Thomas Vinterberg

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS’ AWARD 2008 – Prix FIPRESCI
Abdellatif Kechiche for LA GRAINE ET LE MULET (The Secret of the Grain / Couscous)

PRIX EURIMAGES 2008
Vibeke Windeløv and Bettina Brokemper

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2008 – Pix ARTE

DURAKOVO – LE VILLAGE DES FOUS
(Durakovo – Village of Fools)
Nino Kirtadzé, France

FADOS
Carlos Saura, Portugal/Spain

KINDER. WIE DIE ZEIT VERGEHT.
(Children. As Time Flies.)
Thomas Heise, Germany

LA MÈRE
(The Mother)
Antoine Cattin & Pavel Kostomarov, Switzerland

MAN ON WIRE,
James Marsh, UK

NAUFRAGÉS DES ANDES
(Stranded: I’ve come from a plane that crashed on the mountains)
Gonzalo Arijón, France

OBCAN VÁCLAV HAVEL
(Citizen Havel)
Pavel Koutecký & Miroslav Janek, Czech Republic

PYHÄN KIRJAN VARJO
(Shadow of the Holy Book)
Arto Halonen, Finland

* RENÉ
Helena Trestikova, Czech Republic

THE DICTATOR HUNTER
Klaartje Quirijns, the Netherlands

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2008 – Prix UIP
(shorts selected from various European film festival)

Prix UIP Ghent
RAAK (Contact)
by Hanro Smitsman
Netherlands 2007, 10 min, fiction

Prix UIP Cork
THE APOLOGY LINE
by James Lees
UK 2007, 10 min, documentary

Prix UIP Valladolid
UN BISOU POUR LE MONDE (A Kiss to the World)
by Cyril Paris
France 2007, 9 min, fiction

Prix UIP Angers
PROCRASTINATION
by Johnny Kelly
UK 2007, 4 min 5 sec, animation

Prix UIP Rotterdam
JOY
by Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy
UK 2008, 10 min, fiction

Prix UIP Berlin
* FRANKIE
by Darren Thornton
Ireland 2007, 12 min, fiction

Prix UIP Tampere
THE PEARCE SISTERS
by Luis Cook
UK 2007, 10 min, animation

Prix UIP Cracow
TIME IS RUNNING OUT
by Marc Reisbig
UK 2007, 7 min, animation

Prix UIP Grimstad
UGUNS (Fire)
by Laila Pakalnina
Latvia 2007, 12 min, fiction

Prix UIP Edinburgh
SMÁFUGLAR (2 Birds)
by Rúnar Rúnarsson
Iceland 2008, 15 min, fiction

Prix UIP Vila do Conde
LOVE YOU MORE
by Sam Taylor-Wood
UK 2007, 15 min, fiction

Prix UIP Sarajevo
TOLERANTIA (Tolerance)
by Ivan Ramadan
Bosnia & Herzegovina 2008, 6 min, animation

Prix UIP Venezia
DE ONBAATZUCHTIGEN (The Altruists)
by Koen Dejaegher
Belgium 2008, 14 min, fiction

Prix UIP Drama
TÜRELEM (With A Little Patience)
by Laszlo Nemes
Hungary 2007, 14 min, fiction

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2008

ARN – TEMPELRIDDAREN (Arn: The Knight Templar)
directed by Peter Flinth
written by Jan Guillou & Hans Gunnarsson

ATONEMENT
directed by Joe Wright
written by Ian McEwan & Christopher Hampton

BEN X
written and directed by Nic Balthazar

BIENVENUE CHEZ LES CH’TIS (Welcome to the Sticks)
directed by Dany Boon
written by Dany Boon & Alexandre Charlot

DIE WELLE (The Wave)
directed by Dennis Gansel
written by Dennis Gansel & Peter Thorwarth

EL ORFANATO (The Orphanage)
directed by Juan Antonio Bayona
written by Sergio G. Sánchez

ENSEMBLE, C’EST TOUT (Hunting and Gathering)
directed by Claude Berri
written by Anna Gavalda & Claude Berri

* HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
directed by David Yates
written by Michael Goldenberg

KEINOHRHASEN (Rabbit Without Ears)
directed by Til Schweiger
written by Anika Decker & Til Schweiger

MONGOL
directed by Sergei Bodrov
written by Arif Aliyev & Sergei Bodrov

[REC]
directed by Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza
written by Jaume Balagueró & Luis Berdejo

SATURNO CONTRO
directed by Ferzan Ozpetek
written by Ferzan Ozpetek & Gianni Romoli

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