GOMORRAH Wins 2008 European Film Award

A chronicle of the workings of the Neapolitan underworld, Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah — based on Roberto Saviano’s non-fiction book — was the big winner at the 2008 European Film Awards, receiving honors for best European film, best director, best actor (Toni Servillo, also for Il Divo), best screenplay (Garrone, Saviano, Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Massimo Gaudioso), and best cinematography (Marco Onorato).
Gomorrah, which has been garnering widespread praise at film festivals worldwide (it won the Grand Prix at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival), is Italy’s submission for the best foreign-language film Academy Award.
Curiously, this year’s Palme d’Or winner, The Class, failed to win a single award at the European Film Award ceremony in Copenhagen. Last year’s big [...]

by Andre Soares | December 6, 2008   
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European Film Awards 2008

2008 European Film Awards
2008 European Film Award nominations: Nov 8, 2008
2008 European Film Award winners: Copenhagen on Dec. 6, 2008
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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, [...]

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