European Film Award 2005
The 18th European Film Prize was awarded on December 3, 2005 in Berlin . The main winner was the thriller Caché by Austrian Michael Haneke with four prizes. German awardees were Julia Jentsch , who has received two awards , Franz Lustig , the cameraman, and Marc Rothemund , who received the audience award.
Award winners and nominations
Best movie
- Winner: Caché - Director: Michael Haneke
- Also nominated were:
- Brothers - Between Brødre (Brødre) - Director: Susanne Bier
- Don't Come Knocking - Director: Wim Wenders
- My Summer of Love - Director: Paweł Pawlikowski
- Sophie Scholl - The Last Days - Director: Marc Rothemund
Best director
- Winner: Michael Haneke - Caché
- Also nominated were:
- Susanne Bier - Brothers - Between Brødre
- Roberto Faenza - Alla luce del sole
- Álex de la Iglesia - A Ferpektes Crime (Crimen ferpecto)
- Paweł Pawlikowski - My Summer of Love
- Cristi Puiu - The Death of Lord Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lăzărescu)
- Wim Wenders - Don't Come Knocking
Best Actress
- Winner: Julia Jentsch - Sophie Scholl - The Last Days
- Also nominated were:
- Juliette Binoche - Caché
- Sandra Ceccarelli - Light of my eyes (La Vita che vorrei)
- Connie Nielsen - Brothers - Between Brødre
- Nathalie Press - My Summer of Love
- Audrey Tautou - Mathilde - A Great Love (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
Best Actor
- Winner: Daniel Auteuil - Caché
- Also nominated were:
- Romain Duris - The wild beat of my heart (De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté)
- Henry Hübchen - Everything on Sugar!
- Ulrich Matthes - The ninth day
- Jérémie Renier - The Child (L'Enfant)
- Ulrich Thomsen - Brothers - Between Brødre
Best script
- Winner: Hany Abu-Assad and Bero Beyer - Paradise Now
- Also nominated were:
- Michael Haneke - Caché
- Anders Thomas Jensen - Adam's Apples (Adams æbler) and Brothers - Between Brødre
- Dani Levy and Holger Franke - everything on sugar!
- Mark O'Halloran - Adam & Paul
- Cristi Puiu and Răzvan Rădulescu - The Death of Lord Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lăzărescu)
Best camera
- Winner: Franz Lustig - Don't Come Knocking
- Also nominated were:
- Christian Berger - Caché
- Bruno Delbonnel - Mathilde - A great love (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
- Ryszard Lenczewski - My Summer of Love
- Anthony Dod Mantle - Manderlay
- Gyula Pados - Fateless - Novel of a Fateless One (Sorstalanság)
Best film score
- Winner: Rupert Gregson-Williams and Andrea Guerra - Hotel Ruanda (Hotel Rwanda)
- Also nominated were:
- Joachim Holbek - Manderlay
- Cyril Morin - The Syrian Bride (The Syrian Bride)
- Ennio Morricone - Fateless - Novel of a Fateless (Sorstalanság)
- Stefan Nilsson - As in Heaven (Så som i Heaven )
- Johan Söderqvist - Brothers - Between Brødre
Best cut
- Winners: Michael Hudecek and Nadine Muse - Caché
- Also nominated were:
- Peter Przygodda and Oli Weiss - Don't Come Knocking
- Hervé Schneid - Mathilde - A great love (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
Best production design
- Winner: Aline Bonetto - Mathilde - Eine große Liebe (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
- Also nominated were:
Prix Screen International - Best Non-European Film
- Winner: Good Night, and Good Luck. - Directed by George Clooney ; United States
- Also nominated were:
- Battle in Heaven (Batalla en el cielo) - Director: Carlos Reygadas ; France , Mexico , Germany , Belgium
- Be With Me - Director: Eric Khoo ; Singapore
- Brokeback Mountain - Director: Ang Lee ; United States
- Broken Flowers - Director: Jim Jarmusch ; United States
- The Eternal Gardener (The Constant Gardner) - Director: Fernando Meirelles ; UK , Germany , Kenya
- LA Crash (Crash) - Director: Paul Haggis ; United States
- CRAZY - Crazy Life (CRAZY) - Director: Jean-Marc Vallée ; Canada
- Look Both Ways - Director: Sara Watt ; Australia
- Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Chinjeolhan geumjassi) - directed by Park Chan-Wook ; South Korea
- Tsotsi - Director: Gavin Hood ; UK , South Africa
Fassbinder Prize - Discovery of the Year
- Accused by Jakob Thuesen ( Denmark )
Prix Arte - European Documentary Film Award - Best Documentary Film
- Un dragon dans les eaux pures du Caucase by Nino Kirtadze ( France )
Prix UIP - European Short Film Award - Best Short Film
- Undressing my mother by Ken Wardop ( Ireland )
Jameson People's Choice Award - European Audience Award
Best director
- Marc Rothemund for Sophie Scholl - The Last Days ( Germany )
Best Actress
- Julia Jentsch for Sophie Scholl - The Last Days (Germany)
Best Actor
- Orlando Bloom for Kingdom of Heaven (Great Britain)