12/11/2002 - Rome will become the focus of European Cinema from 5-7 December 2002 when it hosts the third EFA Awards, presented by Mel Smith and Asia Argento

Rome will be at the centre of the European film industry from 5 to 8 December when some 1500 filmmakers from Europe and beyond will gather for the presentation of the 2002 European Film Awards. The European Film Academy announced the principal candidates today and the winners will be announced during a gala event at Rome Opera House on 7 December.
The awards are the highlight of a wide-ranging series of events that will run for the whole weekend. The awards ceremony will be aired in Italy live on Rai 2, as well as in Great Britain and the rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Australia and South Africa.
Like the previous two editions in London and Berlin, this year’s host will again be English actor and director, Mel Smith, this time accompanied by Italian actress, director and producer, Asia Argento. The audience will include a veritable galaxy of European and international stars who will receive and present the awards.

The candidates are:
EUROPEAN FILM 2002
8 Women, France
Directed by François Ozon
Produced by Fidélité Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Mars Films

Bend it like Beckham, UK
Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Produced by Kintop Pictures, Road Movies, Roc Media, Bend It Films

Bloody Sunday, UK/Ireland
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Produced by Granada Film, Hell’s Kitchen, in association with Granada,the Film Council and Bord Scannán na hEireann/ The Irish Film Board

Hable con ella(Talk to Her), Spain
Directed by Pedro Almodòvar
Produced by El Deséo

Lilja 4-Ever, Sweden
Directed by Lukas Moodysson
Produced by Memfis Film, Film i Väst, SVT, Zentropa

Mies Vailla Menneisyyttä (The Man without a Past), Finland/Germany/France
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by Sputnik Oy, Pandora Film, Pyramide Productions

The Magdalene Sisters, UK
Directed by Peter Mullan
Produced by PFP Films, Element Films, Wild Bunch, Momentum, Lucky Red, Film Council
The Pianist, France/Poland/Germany/ UK Directed by Roman Polanski
Produced by RP Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runteam Ltd.

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2002
Pedro Almodóvar for Hable Con Ella (Talk to Her)
Marco Bellocchio for L'Ora di Religione (My Mother's Smile)
Andreas Dresen for Halbe Treppe (Grill Point)
Aki Kaurismäki for Mies Vailla Menneisyyttä (The Man Without a Past)
Mike Leigh for All or Nothing
Ken Loach for Sweet Sixteen
Roman Polanski for The Pianist
Alexander Sokurov for Russkij Kovcheg (Russian Ark)

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2002
Javier Bardem in Los Lunes al Sol (Mondays in the Sun)
Javier Cámara in Hable con Ella (Talk to Her)
Sergio Castellitto in Bella Martha(Mostly Martha) & L'Ora di Religione (My Mother's Smile)
Martin Compston in Sweet Sixteen
Olivier Gourmet in Le Fils/The Son
Markku Peltola in Mies Vailla Menneisyyttä (The Man Without a Past)
Timothy Spall in All or Nothing

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2002
Oksana Akinshina in Lilja 4-ever (Lilya 4-ever)
Emmanuelle Devos in Sur mes Lèvres (Read my Lips)
Martina Gedeck in Bella Martha (Mostly Martha)
Laura Morante in Un Viaggio Chiamato Amore (A Journey Called Love)
Samantha Morton in Morvern Callar
Kati Outinen in Mies Vailla Menneisyyttä (The Man Without a Past)
The entire cast of 8 Women:
(Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard)
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2002
Pedro Almodóvar for Hable Con Ella (Talk to Her)
Tonino Benacquista & Jacques Audiard for Sur mes Lèvres (Read my Lips)
Paul Greengrass for Bloody Sunday
Aki Kaurismäki for Mies Vailla Menneisyyttä (The Man Without a Past)
Krzysztof Kieslowski & Krzysztof Piesiewicz for Heaven
Paul Laverty for Sweet Sixteen
François Ozon for 8 Women

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2002
Javier Aguirresarobe for Hable con Ella (Talk to Her)
Tilman Büttner for Russkij Kovcheg (Russian Ark)
Pawel Edelman for The Pianist
Frank Griebe for Heaven
Alwin Küchler for Morvern Callar
Timo Salminen for Mies Vailla Menneisyyttä (The Man Without a Past)
Ivan Strasburg for Bloody Sunday

SCREEN INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2002 for a non-European film 8 Miles by Curtis Hanson, USA
Cidade de Deus (City of God) by Fernando Meirelles, Brazil
Far from Heaven by Todd Haynes, USA
Divine Intervention by Elia Suleiman, Palestine
Minority Report by Steven Spielberg, USA
My Big Fat Greek Wedding by Joel Zwick, USA
Sen to Chihiro No Kamikakushi (Spirited Away), by Hayao Miyazaki, Japan
Spider by David Cronenberg, Canada

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2002 – Fassbinder Award
Due Amici (Two Friends), by Spiro Scimone & Francesco Sframeli, Italy
Hukkle, by György Palfi, Hungary
Nichts Bereuen (No Regrets), by Benjamin Quabeck, Germany
Respiro (Gracia's Island), by Emanuele Crialese, Italy
Sma Ulykker (Minor Mishaps), by Anette K. Olesen, Denmark
Smoking Room, by Julio Wallovitz & Roger Gual, Spain
Szep Napok (Pleasant Days), by Kornél Mundruczó, Hungary
The Warrior, by Asif Kapadia, UK
Varuh Meje (Guardian of the Frontier), by Maja Weiss, Slovenia
Wesh... Wesh..., Qu’est-ce qui ce passe? (What's Going On?), by Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche, France
Zmej (The Kite), by Alexei Muradov, Russia

EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2002 – UIP AWARD
Muno, by Bouli Lanners, Belgium
Nouvelle de la Tour L (News From L Project), by Samuel Benchetrit, France
Nuit de noces (Wedding Night), by Olga Baillif, Belgium/France
Relativity, by Virginia Heath, UK
Kuvastin (The Reflector), by Tatu Pohjavirta, Finland
Mi-Temps(Part-time), by Mathias Gokalp, France
Bror Min (Brother of Mine), by Jens Jonsson, Sweden
10 Minuta (10 Minutes), by Ahmed Imamovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Procter by Joachim Trier, Norway/UK
Kalòzok Szeretöje (Lover of Pirates) by Zsófia Péterffy, Hungary
Ce vieux reve qui bouge (That Old Dream That Moves), by Alain Guiraudie, France

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY AWARD 2002 - Prix Arte
Alt om min far (All About My Father), by Even Benestad, Norway/Denmark
Clown in’Kabul, by Enzo Balestrieri & Stefano Moser, Italy
Etre et Avoir (To Be And To Have), by Nicolas Philibert, France
Federico Fellini – Sono un gran bugiardo (I'm a Born Liar), by Damian Pettigrew, France/Italy/UK
Im toten winkel – Hitler’s Sekretärin (Blind Spot - Hitler's Secretary), by André Heller & Othmar Schmiderer, Austria
Le Peuple Migrateur (Winged Migration), by Jacques Perrin & Jacques Cluzaud & Michel Debats, France/Germany/Switzerland/Spain/Italy
Lost in La Mancha, by Keith Fulton & Louis Pepe, UK
Missing Allen – The Man Who Became a Camera, by Christian Bauer, Germany/France
Muraren (The Bricklayer), by Stefan Jarl, Sweden

(Translated from Italian)