24th European Film Awards

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24th European Film Awards
Date3 December 2011
Site Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
Hosted by Anke Engelke
Organized by European Film Academy
Highlights
Best Picture Melancholia
Best Direction Susanne Bier
Television coverage
Channel Arte, HBO

The 24th European Film Awards were presented on 3 December 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The winners were selected by the over 2,500 members of the European Film Academy. [1]

Contents

Winners and nominees

The nominations for the 24th European Film Awards were announced on 5 November.

Best Film

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Melancholia Melancholia Lars von Trier Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Germany, France
The Artist The Artist Michel Hazanavicius France
The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne Belgium, France, Italy
In a Better World Hævnen Susanne Bier Denmark, Sweden
The King's Speech The King's Speech Tom Hooper Great Britain
Le Havre Le Havre Aki Kaurismäki Finland, France, Germany

Best Director

Director(s)NationalityEnglish titleOriginal title
Susanne Bier Denmark In a Better World Hævnen
Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne Belgium The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo
Aki Kaurismäki Finland Le Havre Le Havre
Béla Tarr Hungary The Turin Horse A torinói ló
Lars von Trier Denmark Melancholia Melancholia

Best Actress

ActressNationalityEnglish titleOriginal title
Tilda Swinton Great Britain We Need to Talk about Kevin We Need to Talk about Kevin
Kirsten Dunst Germany and United States Melancholia Melancholia
Cécile de France Belgium The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo
Charlotte Gainsbourg France and Great Britain Melancholia Melancholia
Nadezhda Markina Russia Elena Elena

Best Actor

ActorNationalityEnglish titleOriginal title
Colin Firth Great Britain The King's Speech The King's Speech
Jean Dujardin France The Artist The Artist
Mikael Persbrandt Sweden In a Better World Hævnen
Michel Piccoli France We Have a Pope Habemus Papam
André Wilms France Le Havre Le Havre

Best Screenwriter

Writer(s)NationalityEnglish titleOriginal title
Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne Belgium The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo
Anders Thomas Jensen Denmark In a Better World Hævnen
Aki Kaurismäki Finland Le Havre Le Havre
Lars von Trier Denmark Melancholia Melancholia

Best Cinematographer

CinematographerNationalityEnglish titleOriginal title
Manuel Alberto Claro Denmark Melancholia Melancholia
Fred Kelemen Germany and Hungary The Turin Horse A torinói ló
Guillaume Schiffman France The Artist The Artist
Adam Sikora  [ ar; pl ]Poland Essential Killing Essential Killing

Best Editor

EditorNationalityEnglish titleOriginal title
Tariq Anwar India and Great Britain The King's Speech The King's Speech
Mathilde Bonnefoy France Three Drei
Molly Malene Stensgaard  [ de ]Denmark Melancholia Melancholia

Best Production Designer

Production DesignerNationalityEnglish titleOriginal title
Jette Lehmann  [ no ]Denmark Melancholia Melancholia
Paola Bizzarri  [ it ]Italy We Have a Pope Habemus Papam
Antxón Gómez  [ ca; es; eu; it ]Spain The Skin I Live In La piel que habito

Best Composer

ComposerNationalityEnglish titleOriginal title
Ludovic Bource France The Artist The Artist
Alexandre Desplat France The King's Speech The King's Speech
Alberto Iglesias Spain The Skin I Live In La piel que habitoi
Mihály Víg Hungary The Turin Horse A torinói ló

Best Documentary

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Pina Pina Wim Wenders Germany
Position Among the Stars Stand van de Sterren Leonard Retel Helmrich Netherlands
¡Vivan las Antipodas!  [ cy; fr; ru ]¡Vivan las Antipodas! Viktor Kossakovsky Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, Chile

Best Animated Feature Film

The nominees for Best Animated Feature Film were selected by a committee consisting of EFA Board Members and representatives from the European Association of Animation Film. [2]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Chico and Rita Chico & RitaTono Errando, Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba Spain and Isle of Man
The Rabbi's Cat Le Chat du rabbinAntoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar France
A Cat in Paris Une vie de chatJean-Loup Felicioli and Alain GagnolFrance, Belgium

Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

The nominees for best feature-film debut were selected by a committee consisting of representatives from EFA and the International Federation of Film Critics. [3]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Oxygen Adem Hans Van Nuffel  [ fr; nl ]Belgium and the Netherlands
Breathing Atmen Karl Markovics Austria
Michael Michael Markus Schleinzer  [ de; es; fr; it; mg ]Austria
Nothing's All Bad Smukke menesker Mikkel Munch-Fals  [ da ]Denmark
Tilva Roš Tilva Roš Nikola Ležaić Serbia

Best Short Film

The nominees for Best Short Film were selected by independent juries at a series of film festivals throughout Europe. [1]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Wholly FamilyThe Wholly Family Terry Gilliam Italy
BerikBerik Daniel Borgman Denmark
Little Children, Big WordsSmå barn, stora ord Lisa James-Larsson  [ sv ]Sweden
Incident by a BankHändelse vid bank Ruben Östlund Sweden
DerbyDerby Paul Negoescu  [ ro ]Romania
JessiJessi Mariejosephin Schneider  [ de ]Germany
The WolvesI lupi Alberto de Michele  [ Wikidata ]Italy and Netherlands
The UnlivingÅterfödelsen Hugo Lilja  [ Wikidata ]Sweden
Silent RiverApele tac Anca Miruna Lăzărescu Germany and Romania
PaparazziPaparazzi Piotr Bernaś  [ Wikidata ]Poland
The Great RaceLa gran carrera Kote Camacho  [ es; eu ]Spain
DimanchesDimanches Valéry Rosier  [ fr ]Belgium
OutTse Roee Rosen Israel
Frozen StoriesOpowieści z chłodni Grzegorz Jaroszuk Poland
HypercrisisHypercrisis Josef Dabernig  [ de ]Austria

People's Choice Award

The winner of the People's Choice Award was selected by online votes. [4]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The King's Speech The King's Speech Tom Hooper Great Britain
Animals United Konferenz der Tiere Reinhard Klooss  [ de ] and Holger Tappe  [ ca; de ]Germany
Even the Rain También la lluvia Icíar Bollaín Spain
In a Better World Hævnen Susanne Bier Denmark and Sweden
Little White Lies Les Petits Mouchoirs Guillaume Canet France
Potiche Potiche François Ozon France and Belgium
Unknown Unknown Jaume Collet-Serra Germany, United States, Great Britain
Welcome to the South Benvenuti al Sud Luca Miniero Italy

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Staff writer (26 September 2011). "15 Short Films Nominated for European Film Awards". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Awards. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  2. Staff writer (20 September 2011). "EFA Nominates Three Animation Films". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Awards. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  3. Staff writer (11 October 2011). "Five Debut Films nominated for European Film Awards". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Awards. Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  4. Staff writer (1 September 2011). "EFA Opens Vote for People's Choice Award". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Awards. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.