Becker conquers Europe
- Goodbye, Lenin! triumphs as Best Film at the European Oscars ceremony in Berlin. Becker's work takes home 3 awards, while Dogville snaps up 2. Dirty, Pretty Things by Stephen Frears loses out
Good Bye Lenin! [+see also:
trailer
interview: Wolfgang Becker
film profile] won out at the European Film Awards at the Arena in Berlin this weekend, coming away with three major prizes, including Best Film and Best Actor (Daniel Brühl). The film directed by Wolfgang
Becker also won the European Oscar for Best Screenplay, written by Bernd Lichtenberg.>p>
But Lars
von Trier's film Dogville [+see also:
trailer
film profile], which was the other favourite, also fared well. The filmmaker came away with the European Film Award for Best Director, with Dogville's director of photography, Anthony Dod Mantle being awarded for his work with von Trier as well as for 28 Days Later.
There was disappointment for the British director, Stephen
Frears, whose Dirty Pretty Things [+see also:
trailer
film profile] was nominated in 4 categories but left the award ceremony empty handed. The award for Best European Actress went to Charlotte Rampling.
This is the the full listing of the winners of the 2003 European Film Awards
BEST FILM
GOOD BYE, LENIN! [+see also:
trailer
interview: Wolfgang Becker
film profile], Germany
directed by Wolfgang Becker
BEST DIRECTOR
Lars von Trier for Dogville
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Brühl in Good Bye, Lenin!
BEST ACTRESS
Charlotte Rampling in Swimming Pool
BEST SCREENPLAY
Bernd Lichtenberg for Good Bye, Lenin!
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Anthony Dod Mantle for Dogville & 28 Days Later
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT
IN WORLD CINEMA
AWARD
Carlo Di Palma
PRIX FIPRESCI
Marco Bellocchio for
Good Morning, Night [+see also:
trailer
interview: Marco Bellocchio, director …
film profile]
BEST DISCOVERY – FASSBINDER PRIZE
The Return
by Andrei Zvyagintsev/Russia
BEST SHORT FILM - UIP PRIZE
(A) Torzija
by Stefan Arsenijevic/Slovenia
BEST DOCUMENTARY - ARTE PRIZE
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
by Rithy Panh/France
BEST NON-EUROPEAN FILM - PRIX SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
The Barbarian Invasions [+see also:
trailer
film profile]
by Denys Arcand/Canada
(Translated from Italian)
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