European Film Awards 2009

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2009 European Film Awards

2009 European Film Award nominations: Nov. 7, 2009

2009 European Film Award winners: Bochum, Germany, on Dec. 12, 2009

("*" denotes the winner in each category)

 

Tahar Rahim in A Prophet
The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke
Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire
Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (top); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (middle); Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire (bottom)

 

BEST EUROPEAN FILM

Fish Tank, UK
written and directed by Andrea Arnold
produced by Kees Kasander & Nick Laws

Låt den Rätte Komma In (Let the Right One In), Sweden
directed by Tomas Alfredson
written by John Ajvide Lindqvist
produced by John Nordling & Carl Molinder

Un Prophète (A Prophet), France
directed by Jacques Audiard
written by Jacques Audiard & Thomas Bidegain based on an original idea by Abdel Raouf Dafri after an original screenplay by Abdel Raouf Dafri & Nicolas Peufaillit
produced by Chic Films & Page 114 & Why Not Productions

The Reader, Germany, UK
directed by Stephen Daldry
written by David Hare
produced by Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti &
Redmond Morris

Slumdog Millionaire, UK
directed by Danny Boyle
written by Simon Beaufoy
produced by Christian Colson

Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon), Germany, Austria, France, Italy
written and directed by Michael Haneke
produced by Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Menegoz &
Andrea Occhipinti

 

BEST EUROPEAN FIRST FEATURE

AJAMI, Germany / Israel
written & directed by Scandar Copti & Yaron Shani
produced by Mosh Danon, Thanassis Karathanos & Talia Kleinhendler

GAGMA NAPIRI (The Other Bank), Georgia / Kazakhstan
directed by George Ovashvili
written by Nugzar Shataidze
produced by George Ohashvili & Sain Gabdullin

KATALIN VARGA, Romania / UK / Hungary
Written & directed by Peter Strickland
produced by Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu & Peter Strickland

SOIS SAGE (BE GOOD), France / Denmark
written & directed by Juliette Garcias
produced by Marianne Slot

SONBAHAR (Autumn), Turkey / Germany
written & directed Özcan Alper
produced by F. Serkan Acar & Kadir Sözen

 

BEST EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE

MIA AND THE MIGOO (Mia et le Migou) (France 2008)
Jacques-Rémy Girerd

NIKO & THE WAY TO THE STARS (Niko – Lentäjän poika) (Finland / Germany / Denmark / Ireland 2008)
Kari Juusonen & Michael Hegner

THE SECRET OF KELLS (Brendan et le Secret de Kells) (France / Belgium / Ireland 2009)
Tomm Moore

 

BEST EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY – PRIX ARTE

THE BEACHES OF AGNES (Les Plages d’Agnès)
Agnès Varda, France

BELOW SEA LEVEL
Gianfranco Rosi, Italy / USA

BURMA VJ
Anders Østergaard, Denmark

COOKING HISTORY (Ako Sa Varia Dejiny)
Peter Kerekes, Slovakia / Austria / Czech Republic

THE DAMNED OF THE SEA (Les Damnés de la Mer)
Jawad Rhalib, Belgium

DEFAMATION, Yoav Shamir
Denmark / Austria / Israel / USA

THE HEART OF JENIN (Das Herz von Jenin)
Leon Geller & Marcus Vetter, Germany

PIANOMANIA
Lilian Franck & Robert Cibis, Germany / Austria

* THE SOUND OF INSECTS – RECORD OF A MUMMY (Das Summen der Insekten – Bericht einer Mumie)
Peter Liechti, Switzerland

THE WOMAN WITH THE 5 ELEPHANTS (Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten)
Vadim Jendreyko, Switzerland / Germany

 

BEST DIRECTOR
Pedro Almodóvar for Los Abrazos Rotos (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

 

BEST ACTOR
Moritz Bleibtreu in Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (The Baader Meinhof Complex)
Steve Evets in Looking for Eric
David Kross in The Reader
Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire
Tahar Rahim in A Prophet
Filippo Timi in Vincere

 

BEST ACTRESS
Penélope Cruz in Broken Embraces
Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist
Katie Jarvis in Fish Tank
Yolande Moreau in Séraphine
Noomi Rapace in Män som Hatar Kvinnor (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Kate Winslet in The Reader

 

BEST SCREENWRITER
Jacques Audiard & Thomas Bidegain for A Prophet
Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
Gianni di Gregorio for Pranzo di Ferragosto (Mid-August Lunch)
Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon

 

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD
Christian Berger for The White Ribbon
Anthony Dod Mantle for Antichrist & Slumdog Millionaire
Maxim Drozdov & Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev for Bumazhny Soldat (Paper Soldier)
Stéphane Fontaine for A Prophet

 

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

 

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA
Isabelle Huppert

 

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ken Loach

 

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM

EFA Short Film Nominee Ghent
ZWEMLES (Swimming Lesson)
by Danny de Vent (Belgium, 10′, animation)

EFA Short Film Nominee Cork
14
by Asitha Ameresekere (UK, 9′, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Valladolid
LÄGG M FÖR MORD (Tile M For Murder)
by Magnus Holmgren (Sweden, 8′, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Angers
WAS BLEIBT
by David Nawrath (Germany, 17′, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Berlin
DIE LEIDEN DES HERRN KARPF. DER GEBURTSTAG
by Lola Randl (Germany, 10′, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Tampere
SZKLANA PULAPKA (The Glass Trap)
by Pawel Ferdek (Poland, 15′, documentary)

EFA Short Film Nominee Krakow
POSTE RESTANTE
by Marcel ?ozi?ski (Poland, 14′, documentary)

EFA Short Film Nominee Grimstad
BETWEEN DREAMS
by Iris Olsson (France/Russia/Finland, 11′, documentary)

EFA Short Film Nominee Edinburgh
PETER IN RADIOLAND
by Johanna Wagner (UK, 10′, documentary)

EFA Short Film Nominee Vila do Conde
RENOVARE
by Paul Negoescu (Germany/Romania, 24′, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Sarajevo
THE HERD
by Ken Wardrop (Ireland, 4′, documentary)

EFA Short Film Nominee Venice
SINNER
by Meni Philip (Israel, 28′, fiction)

EFA Short Film Nominee Drama
BONNE NUIT (Good Night)
by Valéry Rosier (Belgium/France, 18′, fiction)

 

PRIX EURIMAGES

Diana Elbaum and Jani Thiltges, heads of, respectively, Entre Chien et Loup in Belgium and Samsa Film in Luxemburg

 

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD for Best European Film

DER BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX (The Baader Meinhof Complex)
directed by Uli Edel
written by Bernd Eichinger, Stefan Aust & Uli Edel
produced by Bernd Eichinger

LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (Broken Ebraces)
written & directed by Pedro Almodóvar
produced by Agustín Almodóvar

COCO AVANT CHANEL (Coco Before Chanel)
directed by Anne Fontaine
written by Anne & Camille Fontaine
produced by Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne & Simon Arnal

THE DUCHESS
directed by Saul Dibb
written by Jeffrey Hatcher, Anders Thomas Jensen & Saul Dibb
produced by Gabrielle Tana & Michael Kuhn

FLY ME TO THE MOON
directed by Ben Stassen
written by Domonic Paris
produced by Gina Gallo, Charlotte Huggins, Mimi Maynard & Caroline Van Iseghem

MÄN SOM HATAR KVINNOR (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)
directed by Niels Arden Oplev
written by Nikolaj Arcel & Rasmus Heisterberg
produced by Søren Stærmose

LÅT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA IN / LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
directed by Tomas Alfredson
written by John Ajvide Lindqvist
produced by John Nordling & Carl Molinder

PRAZO DI FERRAGOSTO (Mid-August Lunch)
directed by Gianni di Gregorio
written by Gianni di Gregorio & Simone Riccardini
produced by Matteo Garrone

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
directed by Danny Boyle
written by Simon Beaufoy
produced by Christian Colson

TRANSPORTER 3
directed by Olivier Megaton
written by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen
produced by Luc Besson & Steve Chasman

 

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One Response to “European Film Awards 2009”

  1. hildy on October 14th, 2009

    I wonder why they do this in installments. Shouldn’t they announce their nominees at least a couple of months before the the ceremony?
    Everybody will have like four weeks to watch all the movies. Kinda like the oscars nowaways.

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