European Film Awards 2006
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 [...]
by Andre Soares | December 2, 2006
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Tags: Alberto Iglesias, European Film Awards, Film Awards, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Into Great Silence, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Philip Gröning, The Lives of Others, Ulrich Mühe, Volver
2006 European Film Awards Winners
The European Film Academy, whose awards ceremony was held this evening in Warsaw, has opted for conventionality by giving its best European film award to Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others, a Cold War spy-thriller-cum-melodrama lacking both thrills and drama.
Additionally, The Lives of Others star Ulrich Mühe (above, top photo), the one saving grace in the film, received the best European actor award for his role as a Stasi spy who, while eavesdropping on a playwright in the mid-1980s, begins to question both his personal ethics and his allegiance to the Communist Party. In real life, Mühe, a renowned stage actor since the 1980s, was himself spied on by East Germany’s [...]
by Andre Soares | December 2, 2006
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Tags: European Film Awards, Film Awards, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Géla Babluani, Into Great Silence, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Philip Gröning, Roman Polanski, The Lives of Others, Ulrich Mühe, Volver
Sundance 2006: World Cinema Documentary Lineup
Sundance 2006: World Cinema Documentary Lineup
The Giant Buddhas by Christian Frei
5 DAYS / Israel (Director: Yoav Shamir) – On August 15, 2005, Israel began to evacuate 8,000 Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip. In a unilateral move by the Israeli government, they were removed from their homes to make way for 250,000 Palestinians. With exclusive access to the Israeli Defense Forces and the General in charge, seven film crews imultaneously follow key characters during this historic five – day event. North American Premiere.
ANGRY MONK – REFLECTIONS ON TIBET / Switzerland (Director: Luc Schaedler) – A portrait of the rebellious Tibetan monk Gendun Choephel, this film reveals a face of old & present-day Tibet that runs against popular clichés. North [...]
by Andre Soares | January 6, 2006
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Tags: Christian Frei, Dear Pyongyang, Film Festivals, I for India, In the Pit, Into Great Silence, Juan Carlos Rulfo, Julian Temple, Philip Gröning, Sundance Film Festival, The Giant Buddhas
