More than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy – filmmakers from across Europe – have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented:
EUROPEAN FILM 2011:
MELANCHOLIA, Denmark, Sweden, France and Germany WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Lars von Trier, produced BY: Meta Louise Foldager & Louise Vesth.
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2011:
Susanne Bier for HÆVNEN (In a Better World)
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2011:
Tilda Swinton in WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2011:
Colin Firth in THE KING’S SPEECH
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2011:
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)
CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2011: Manuel Alberto Claro for MELANCHOLIA
EUROPEAN EDITOR 2011:
Tariq Anwar for THE KING’S SPEECH
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2011: Jette Lehmann for MELANCHOLIA
EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2011: Ludovic Bource for THE ARTIST
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2011:
ADEM (Oxygen) by Hans Van Nuffel, Belgium/theNetherlands
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2011 – Pix ARTE: PINA by Wim Wenders, Germany
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2011: CHICO & RITA by Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2011: THE WHOLLY FAMILY by Terry Gilliam, Italy
EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2011 – Prix EURIMAGES: Mariela Besuievsky, Spain
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2011: Mads Mikkelsen, Denmark
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Stephen Frears, UK
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SPECIAL HONORARY AWARD: Michel Piccoli, France
THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2011: THE KING’S SPEECH by Tom Hooper, UK
The European Film Awards 2011 were presented by the European Film Academy e.V. and EFA Productions gGmbH with the support of the Capital Cultural Fund, FFA German Federal Film Board, the German State Lottery Berlin, the German State Minister for Culture and the Media, the MEDIA Programme of the EU, Medienboard Berlin- Brandenburg, CinePostproduction, Hôtel Concorde Berlin, PanAm Lounge, Pinewood Studio Berlin, ŠKODA AUTO Deutschland GmbH, Tempodrom and TNT Express.
