The 20th European Film Awards | |
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Date | 1 December 2007 |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Presented by | European Film Academy |
The 20th Annual European Film Awards took place on 1 December 2007 in Berlin, Germany.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile | Cristian Mungiu | Romania |
The Edge of Heaven | Auf der anderen Seite | Fatih Akın | Germany, Turkey |
The Last King of Scotland | Kevin Macdonald | United Kingdom | |
La Vie En Rose | La Môme | Olivier Dahan | France, Czech Republic, United Kingdom |
Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud | France | |
The Queen | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom, France, Italy | |
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