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The Queen leads EFA nominations

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On Saturday, the European Film Academy (EFA) announced the nominees of the 20th European Film Awards at the Seville European Film Festival (November 2-10).

Stephen Frears’ UK/French/Italian co-production The Queen (see Focus) leads the pack with a total of six nominations, including for best film, director and actress – veteran Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar earlier this year for her performance as Elizabeth II (see news).

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After picking up the Palm d’Or, Romania's most successful film ever, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu (see Focus), is running in four categories (film, director, actress and screenwriter).

The members of the EFA did not overlook other, more recent titles, such as Fatih Akin’s The Edge of Heaven (see Focus), competing with three nominations, and Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s Persepolis (see Focus), the second animated film in the history of the Academy to compete for best film award, after Chicken Run (2000).

The winners will announced on December 1, in a ceremony to be held in Berlin.

The full list of nominees:

European Film
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Oleg Mutu
film profile
]
by Cristian Mungiu, Romania
The Edge of Heaven [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Fatih Akin
interview: Klaus Maeck
film profile
]
by Fatih Akin, Germany/Turkey
The Last King of Scotland [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
by Kevin Macdonald, UK
La vie en Rose [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
by Olivier Dahan, France/Czech Republic/UK
Persepolis [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Marc-Antoine Robert
interview: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Pa…
film profile
]
by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, France
The Queen [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Andy Harries
interview: Stephen Frears
film profile
]
, by Stephen Frears, UK/France/Italy

European Director
Fatih Akin for The Edge of Heaven
Roy Andersson for You, the Living [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Pernilla Sandström
interview: Roy Andersson
film profile
]

Stephen Frears for The Queen
Kevin Macdonald for The Last King of Scotland
Cristian Mungiu for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Giuseppe Tornatore for The Unknown [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]

European Actress
Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
Marianne Faithful in Irina Palm [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sam Garbarski
interview: Sébastien Delloye
film profile
]
(Focus)
Carice van Houten in Black Book [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]

Anamaria Marinca in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Helen Mirren in The Queen
Ksenia Rappoport in The Unknown

European Actor
Sasson Gabai in The Band’s Visit [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]

Elio Germano in My Brother Is an Only Child [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Daniele Luchetti
interview: Riccardo Tozzi
film profile
]
(Focus)
James McAvoy in The Last King of Scotland
Miki Manojlovic in Irina Palm
Michel Piccoli in Belle Toujours [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]

Ben Whishaw in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]

European Screenwriter
Fatih Akin for The Edge of Heaven
Eran Kolirin for The Band’s Visit
Peter Morgan for The Queen
Cristian Mungiu for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

European Cinematographer
Anthony Dod Mantle for The Last King of Scotland
Frank Griebe for Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Mikhail Krichman for Banishment [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]

Fabio Zamarion for The Unknown

European Film Academy Prix d’Excellence
Uli Hanisch for Production Design - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Annette Focks, Jörg Höhne, Robin Pohle & Andreas Ruft for Sound - Four Minutes [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]

Didier Lavergne for Make-up - La Vie en Rose
Francesca Sartori for Costume - Alatriste [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]

Lucia Zucchetti for Editing - The Queen

European Composer
Alexandre Desplat for The Queen
Alex Heffes for The Last King of Scotland
Dejan Pejovic for Gucha
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil for Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

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