The 23rd European Film Awards | |
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Date | 4 December 2010 |
Location | Nokia Concert Hall Tallinn, Estonia |
Presented by | European Film Academy |
Hosted by | Anke Engelke Märt Avandi |
The 23rd European Film Awards were presented on 4 December, 2010, in Tallinn, Estonia. [1]
The nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards were announced on 6 November at the Seville European Film Festival. [1]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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The Ghost Writer | Roman Polanski | France, Germany, United Kingdom | |
Honey | Bal | Semih Kaplanoğlu | Turkey |
Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | Xavier Beauvois | France |
Lebanon | לבנון | Samuel Maoz | Israel, Germany, France |
The Secret in Their Eyes | El secreto de sus ojos | Juan José Campanella | Argentina, Spain |
Soul Kitchen | Fatih Akın | Germany | |
Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer [2]
Ewan McGregor – The Ghost Writer [2]
The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet • United Kingdom/France [2] [3]
Robert Harris and Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer [2]
Luc Barnier and Marion Monnier – Carlos [2]
Albrecht Konrad – The Ghost Writer [2]
Alexandre Desplat – The Ghost Writer [2]
Nostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia de la luz) – Patricio Guzmán • France/Germany/Chile [2] [4]
Hanoi - Warsaw (Hanoi - Warszawa) – Katarzyna Klimkiewicz • Poland [2] [5]
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