07/12/2008

The Italian drama Gomorrah [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Domenico Procacci
interview: Jean Labadie
interview: Matteo Garrone
film profile] dominated the European Film Awards on Saturday, winning five prizes including best film, best director and best actor.

Based on a book by Roberto Saviano, the film directed by Matteo Garrone also won the Grand Prix at Cannes this year.

The 1,800-member European Film Academy awarded Garrone the director prize for Gomorrah at the 21st anniversary ceremony in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Britain's Kristin Scott Thomas won the actress award for her performance in I've Loved You So Long [+see also:
trailer
film profile].

Honorary awards went to British actress Judi Dench and the founders of the Dogma film movement, Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg of Denmark.

THE 21st EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: THE WINNERS

EUROPEAN FILM 2008
Gomorrah [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Domenico Procacci
interview: Jean Labadie
interview: Matteo Garrone
film profile] (Gomorrah)
directed by Matteo Garrone
written by Maurizio Bracci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso and Roberto Saviano
produced by Fandango, RAI Cinema

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2008
Matteo Garrone for Gomorrah

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2008
Toni Servillo in Gomorrah and Il Divo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Nicola Giuliano
interview: Paolo Sorrentino
interview: Philippe Desandre
film profile]

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2008
Kristin Scott Thomas in I've Loved You So Long [+see also:
trailer
film profile]

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2008
Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano for Gomorrah

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2008
Marco Onorato for Gomorrah)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D'EXCELLENCE 2008
Magdalena Biedrzycka for costume design, Katyń [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Andrzej Wajda
interview: Michal Kwiecinski
film profile]

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2008
Max Richter for Waltz with Bashir [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile]

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2008
Hunger [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Laura Hastings-Smith Rob…
interview: Steve McQueen
film profile]
directed by Steve McQueen
written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS' AWARD 2008 - Prix FIPRESCI
Abdellatif Kechiche for The Secret of the Grain [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hafsia Herzi
film profile]

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2008 - Pix ARTE
René by Helena Trestikova

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2008 - Prix UIP
Frankie by Darren Thornton

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dame Judi Dench

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2008
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Lars von Trier, and Thomas Vinterberg

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD 2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [+see also:
trailer
film profile]
directed by David Yates
written by Michael Goldenberg