Sunday, December 2, 2012

2012 European Film Awards Winners


Last night, the 25th annual European Film Awards were presented in a ceremony held at the Mediterranean Conference Center in Valletta, the picturesque capital of Malta.  18 awards were handed out, in honor of the year's best examples of European cinema.

Following its major success earlier this year at Cannes, and sweeping the major categories with 4 wins, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress, was Austrian director Michael Haneke's Amour.  Another multiple winner was the just recently reviewed here, Kauwboy. Which took home the Young Audience Award, and the FIPRESCI European Discovery Prize

Read on for the full list of winners:
Best European Film
  • Amour
    produced by Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka & Michael Katz
    directed by Michael Haneke
    Austria Austria, Germany Germany, France France
Best Director
  • Michael Haneke for Amour
    Austria Austria, Germany Germany, France France
Best Actress
  • Emmanuelle Riva in Amour
    directed by Michael Haneke
    Austria Austria, Germany Germany, France France
Best Actor
  • Jean-Louis Trintignant in Amour
    directed by Michael Haneke
    Austria Austria, Germany Germany, France France
Best Screenwriter
  • Tobias Lindholm & Thomas Vinterberg for The Hunt (Jagten)
    directed by Thomas Vinterberg
    Denmark Denmark
Best Editor
  • Joe Walker for Shame
    directed by Steve McQueen
    UK UK
Best Cinematography
  • Sean Bobbitt for Shame
    directed by Steve McQueen
    UK UK
Best Production Design
  • Maria Djurkovic for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    directed by Tomas Alfredson
    UK UK
Best Composer
  • Alberto Iglesias for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    directed by Tomas Alfredson
    UK UK
Best Animated Film
  • Alois Nebel
    directed by Tomáš Luňák
    Czech Republic Czech Republic
FIPRESCI Prize - European Discovery
  • Kauwboy
    directed by Boudewijn Koole
    Netherlands Netherlands
Young Audience Award
  • Kauwboy
    directed by Boudewijn Koole
    Netherlands Netherlands
People's Choice Award
Best Documentary
  • Winter Nomads (Hiver Nomade)
    directed by Manuel von Stürler
    Switzerland Switzerland
Best Short Film
  • Superman, Spiderman or Batman (Superman, Spiderman sau Batman)
    directed by Tudor Giurgiu
    Romania Romania
Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Bernardo Bertolucci
    Italy Italy
World Cinema Achievement
  • Helen Mirren
    UK UK
European Co-Production Award (Prix Eurimages)
  • Helena Danielsson
    Sweden Sweden

It's looking more and more like a sure bet for Amour to take home the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. What do you think?

3 comments:

d_4 said...

Wow, Amour really got the love (pun intended, for the giggles). Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy should be coming up on the reviews soon, hopefully?

Bonjour Tristesse said...

I'll consider it, just to make this post complete. May have to watch it again though, it's been almost a year since I saw it.

365 moviesandsongs365 said...

I'm okay with Amour winning for performances. not so sure it deserves the other awards. I guess it depends on the competition. Would have been nice to see Intouchables or Once Upon a Time in Anatolia on the win list, the former probably stands a good chance at a foreign language nomination for the oscars.
Whether films are eligible or not is very complicated to keep up with, The Hunt I heard is not eligible for the oscars this time around, yet it is eligible for European awards.

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