European Film Award 2004
The 17th European Film Prize was awarded on December 11, 2004 in Barcelona . With the film Gegen die Wand , a German film won the main prize for the second time in a row (after Good Bye, Lenin! ).
The big loser of the evening was the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar , who missed out on La mala Educación ( Bad Education ) despite five nominations. The 72-year-old Spanish director Carlos Saura was honored for his life's work . As an important pioneer for European cinema, the Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann was honored as (“European contribution to world cinema”).
Award winners and nominations
Best movie
Against the Wall - Director: Fatih Akin
- A Hole in My Heart ( Ett hål i mitt hjärta ) - Director: Lukas Moodysson
- La mala educación - Bad education ( La mala educación ) - Director: Pedro Almodóvar
- The children of Monsieur Mathieu ( Les Choristes ) - directed by Christophe Barratier
- The sea in me ( Mar adentro ) - Director: Alejandro Amenábar
- Vera Drake - Director: Mike Leigh
Best director
Alejandro Amenábar - The Sea Within Me ( Mar adentro )
- Fatih Akin - Against the Wall
- Pedro Almodóvar - La mala educación - Bad education ( La mala educación )
- Theo Angelopoulos - Trilogy I - The earth weeps ( Trilogia - To livadi pou dakrizi )
- Nimród Antal - control
- Agnès Jaoui - Look at me! ( Comme une image )
Best Actress
- Sarah Adler - Notre musique
- Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi - 5x2 - Five times two ( 5x2 )
- Penélope Cruz - Don't Move ( Non ti muovere )
- Sibel Kekilli - Against the Wall
- Asi Levi - Throw the First Stone ( Avanim )
Best actor
Javier Bardem - The Sea Within Me ( Mar adentro )
- Daniel Brühl - The fat years are over
- Bruno Ganz - The Downfall
- Gérard Jugnot - The children of Monsieur Mathieu ( Les Choristes )
- Bogdan Stupka - Svoi
- Birol Ünel - Against the wall
Best script
Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri - Look at me! ( Comme une image )
- Fatih Akin - Against the Wall
- Pedro Almodóvar - La mala educación - Bad education ( La mala educación )
- Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil - The Sea Within Me ( Mar adentro )
- Jean-Luc Godard - Notre musique
- Paul Laverty - Just a Kiss ( Ae fond kiss ... )
Best camera
Eduardo Serra - Girl with a Pearl Earring ( Girl With A Pearl Earring )
- Javier Aguirresarobe - The sea in me ( Mar adentro )
- José Luis Alcaine - La mala educación - Bad education ( La mala educación )
- Lajos Koltai - Being Julia
- Alwin Kuchler and Marcel Zyskind - Code 46
- Andreas Sinanos - Trilogy I - The earth weeps ( Trilogia - To livadi pou dakrizi )
Best Film Music ("Prize for the European Composer")
Bruno Coulais - The Children of Monsieur Mathieu ( Les Choristes )
- Alexandre Desplat - Girl with a Pearl Earring ( Girl with a Pearl Earring )
- The Free Association - Code 46
- Alberto Iglesias - La mala educación - Bad education ( La mala educación ) and Open my eyes ( Te doy mis ojos )
- Eleni Karaindrou - Trilogy I - The earth is crying ( Trilogia - To Livadi Pou Dakrizi )
- Stephen Warbeck - Made Dead - The Alzheimer Case ( De Zaak Alzheimer )
Discovery Prize ( Fassbinder Prize )
Andrea and Antonio Frazzi - Certi Bambini
- Eléonore Faucher - Brodeuses
- Sylke Enders - crocodile
- Keren Yedaya - Or (Mon trésor)
- Arsen Anton Ostojic - Ta divina splitska noc
- Marina Rasbeschkina - Vremya Shatvy (The Harvest Time)
Documentary Prize ("Prix ARTE")
Darwin's Nightmare - Hubert Sauper
- Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer - Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill
- The playful - Andres Veiel
- La pelota vasca. La piel contra la piedra - Julio Médem
- Le Monde selon Bush - William Karel
- Mahssomim - Yoav Shamir , (2003); international title: Checkpoint
- The last Victory - John Appel
- Touch the Sound - Thomas Riedelsheimer
Non-European film
- Bin-jip - Kim Ki-duk
- The Journey of Young Che ( Diarios de motocicleta ) - Walter Salles
- Forget Me Not! ( Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ) - Michel Gondry
- Fahrenheit 9/11 - Michael Moore
- Maria Full of Grace ( Maria Full of Grace / Maria, llena eres de gracia ) - Joshua Marston
- Moolaadé - Ban of Hope - Ousmane Sembene
- Oldboy ( Oldeuboi ) - Park Chan-wook
- House of Flying Daggers ( Shí Miàn Mái Fú ) - Zhang Yimou
Audience Award (Jameson People's Choice Award)
Best director
- Pedro Almodovar - La mala educación - Bad education ( La mala educación )
- Theo Angelopoulos - Trilogy I - The earth weeps ( Trilogia - To livadi pou dakrizi )
- Bernardo Bertolucci - The Dreamers ( The Dreamers )
- Julie Bertuccelli - Since Otar left ... ( Depuis qu'Otar est parti ... )
- Icíar Bollaín - Open my eyes ( Te doy mis ojos )
- Richard Curtis - Actually ... love ( Love Actually )
- Patrice Leconte - Intimate Strangers ( Confidences trop intimes )
- Hilmar Oddson - Cold Light ( Kaldaljós )
- Michael Winterbottom - Code 46
Best Actor
Daniel Brühl - What use is love in thoughts
- Sergio Castellitto - Don't Move ( Non ti muovere )
- Daniel Craig - The Mother ( The Mother )
- Colin Farrell - Intermission
- Colin Firth - Girl with a Pearl Earring ( Girl with a Pearl Earring )
- Hugh Grant - Actually ... love ( Love Actually )
- Thomas Kretschmann - Immortal - New York 2095: The Return of the Gods ( Immortal (Ad Vitam) )
- Fele Martínez - La mala educación - Bad education ( La mala educación )
- Ingvar Eggert Igurdsson - Cold Light ( Kaldaljós )
- Birol Ünel - Against the wall
Best Actress
Penélope Cruz - Don't Move ( Non ti muovere )
- Fanny Ardant - Nathalie ( Nathalie ... )
- Emmanuelle Béart - Nathalie ( Nathalie ... )
- Eva Green - The Dreamers ( The Dreamers )
- Isabelle Huppert - My Mother ( Ma mère )
- Laia Marull - Open My Eyes ( Te doy mis ojos )
- Samantha Morton - Code 46
- Charlotte Rampling - Immortal - New York 2095: The Return of the Gods ( Immortal (Ad Vitam) )
- Anne Reid - The Mother ( The Mother )
- Paz Vega - Carmen
European Film Academy Critics Award of the FIPRESCI
Trilogy I - The earth weeps ( Trilogia - To livadi pou daktizi ) by Theo Angelopoulos
The film about "Eleni" ( trilogy - The earth is crying ) is the first part of a trilogy depicting the developments in Greece in the 20th century.
Prix UIP (short film award)
J'attendrai le suivant… - Director: Philippe Orreindy (Prix UIP Ghent)
- 7:35 de la mañana - Director: Nacho Vigalondo (Prix UIP Drama)
- Alt i alt - Director: Torbjørn Skårild (Prix UIP Cracow)
- Les baisers des autres - Director: Carine Tardieu (Prix UIP Valladolid)
- Un cartus de kent si un pachet de cafea - Director: Cristi Puiu (Prix UIP Berlin)
- Fender Bender - Director: Daniel Elliott (Prix UIP Tampere)
- Goodbye - Director: Steve Hudson (Prix UIP Venezia)
- Me and the Universe - Director: Hajo Schomerus (Prix UIP Sarajevo)
- Love Me or Leave Me Alone - Director: Duane Hopkins (Prix UIP Vila do Conde)
- La nariz de Cleopatra - Director: Richard Jordan (Prix UIP Edinburgh)
- Panique au village: Les voleurs des cartes - Directed by Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier (Prix UIP Grimstad)
- Poveste la scara “C” - Director: Cristian Nemescu (Prix UIP Angers)