European Film Award 2007
The 20th European Film Prize was awarded on December 1, 2007. The award ceremony took place for the tenth time in Berlin . The German actor Jan Josef Liefers and the French actress Emmanuelle Béart , who won the European Film Prize for Best Actress in 2002, took on the moderation in the Arena Berlin . The gala was broadcast on television in 61 countries around the world, in Germany one day later on the Franco-German broadcaster ARTE .
The nominations were announced by the European Film Academy (EFA) on November 3rd, 2007 at the Seville Film Festival . The favorites were the dramas The Last King of Scotland - In the Clutches of Power and The Queen by British directors Kevin Macdonald and Stephen Frears . The two Oscar- winning films received a total of five nominations, but were neglected by Cristian Mungius in the important categories of film and directing for 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days . Mungius Drama, which had won the main prize at the Cannes Film Festival a few months earlier , tells the story of two Romanian students who plan to have one of the unborn children aborted in communist Romania under the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu . Also with two awards were Frears' Die Queen (best leading actress, best film music), Eran Kolirin's Israeli contribution The Band Next Door (best leading actor, best newcomer film) and Tom Tykwer's bestselling film adaptation The Perfume - The Story of a Murderer (best camera, Prix D'Exellence) that scored points in the technical categories. The co-favorite German contribution On the Other Side by Fatih Akin was honored with the script award, as at the Cannes Film Festival. From an Austrian and Swiss perspective, Ulrich Seidl's drama Import Export and Bettina Oberli's comedy Die Herbstzeitlosen , which will represent their country at the 2008 Academy Awards, were not taken into account .
The 1,800 members of the European Film Academy voted on the winners of the individual categories before the award ceremony. The Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh , the German cameraman Michael Ballhaus and the French directors Alain Resnais and Jean-Luc Godard had already been selected as the winners . Panh received the Prix Arte for his documentary Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise , which documents the life of young prostitutes in Phnom Penh ; Resnais for Hearts the Fipresci Prize . Ballhaus and Godard were honored with honorary awards for their services to the film. The latter stayed away from the event. The founding members Jeanne Moreau and Liv Ullmann were among the other guests at the 20th Film Awards , while the laudators and guest speakers included Alicja Bachleda-Curuś , Jean-Marc Barr , Maria Grazia Cucinotta , Mehmet Kurtuluş , Virginie Ledoyen , Sergi López , Mads Mikkelsen , Maia Morgenstern , Johanna ter Steege and Maciej Stuhr performed. The evening was played musically by the Finnish band Leningrad Cowboys , which gained international fame through Aki Kaurismäki's films .
Winners and nominees
Best European film
4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days ( 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile ) - Director: Cristian Mungiu
- On the other hand - Director: Fatih Akin
- The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power ( The Last King of Scotland ) - Director: Kevin Macdonald
- La vie en rose ( La Môme ) - Director: Olivier Dahan
- Persepolis - Directors: Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
- The Queen ( The Queen ) - Director: Stephen Frears
Best director
Cristian Mungiu - 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days ( 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile )
- Fatih Akin - On the other hand
- Roy Andersson - The Recent Thunderstorm (Du levande)
- Stephen Frears - The Queen ( The Queen )
- Kevin Macdonald - The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power ( The Last King of Scotland )
- Giuseppe Tornatore - The Unknown ( La sconosciuta )
Best Actor
Sasson Gabai - The Band Next Door ( Bikur Ha-Tizmoret )
- Elio Germano - My brother is an only child ( Mio fratello è figlio unico )
- James McAvoy - The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power ( The Last King of Scotland )
- Miki Manojlović - Irina Palm
- Michel Piccoli - Belle toujours
- Ben Whishaw - The Perfume - The Story of a Murderer
Best Actress
Helen Mirren - The Queen ( The Queen )
- Marion Cotillard - La vie en rose ( La Môme )
- Marianne Faithfull - Irina Palm
- Carice van Houten - Black Book ( Zwartboek )
- Anamaria Marinca - 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days ( 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile )
- Xenia Rappoport - The Unknown ( La sconosciuta )
Best script
Fatih Akin - On the other hand
- Eran Kolirin - The Band Next Door ( Bikur Ha-Tizmoret )
- Peter Morgan - The Queen ( The Queen )
- Cristian Mungiu - 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days ( 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile )
Best camera
Frank Griebe - The Perfume - The Story of a Murderer
- Anthony Dod Mantle - The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power ( The Last King of Scotland )
- Mikhail Krichman - The Exile ( Изгнание ; Isgnanije)
- Fabio Zamarion - The Unknown ( La sconosciuta )
Best film score
Alexandre Desplat - The Queen ( The Queen )
- Alex Heffes - The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power ( The Last King of Scotland )
- Dejan Pejović - Gucha ( Guca! )
- Tom Tykwer , Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil - Perfume - The story of a murderer
Prix D'Exellence
Uli Hanisch - Production Design in Perfume - The Story of a Murderer
- Annette Focks , Jörg Höhne , Robin Pohle and Andreas Ruft - sound in four minutes
- Didier Lavergne - Make-Up in La vie en rose ( La Môme )
- Francesca Sartori - Costumes in Alatriste
Best young film
The Band Next Door ( Bikur Ha-Tizmoret ) - Director: Eran Kolirin
- Control - Director: Anton Corbijn
- Opposite - Director: Jan Bonny
- Takva - Godfear ( Takva ) - Director: Özer Kızıltan
Best Documentary (Prix Arte)
Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise - Director: Rithy Panh
- Sounds of Homeland - Director: Stefan Schwietert
- At the limit - directed by Pepe Danquart
- Belarusian Waltz - Director: Andrzej Fidyk
- Forever - Director: Heddy Honigmann
- Malon 9 Kohavim - Director: Ido Haar
- Ou est l'amour dans la palmeraie? - Director: Jérôme Le Maire
- Radzvod po Albanski - Director: Adela Peeva
- The Monastery - Director: Pernille Rose Groenkjaer
Best Short Film (Prix UIP)
Alumbramiento - Director: Eduardo Chapero-Jackson
- Adjustment - Director: Ian Mackinnon
- Amin - Director: David Dusa
- Dad - Director: Daniel Mulloy
- Le dinner - directed by Cécile Vernant
- Dreams and Desires: Family Ties - Director: Joanna Quinn
- Kwiz - Director: Renaud Callebaut
- Plot Point - Director: Nicolas Provost
- Rotten Apple - Director: Ralitza Petrova
- Salvador - Director: Abdelatif Hwidar
- Soft - Directed by Simon Ellis
- Tokyo Jim - Director: Jamie Rafn
- Tommy - Directed by Ole Giæver
European Audience Award - Best Film
The unknown ( La sconosciuta ) - Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
- 2 Days Paris ( Deux jours à Paris ) - Director: Julie Delpy
- 12:08 pm East of Bucharest ( A fost sau na fost? ) - Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
- Black Book ( Zwartboek ) - Director: Paul Verhoeven
- Alatriste - Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes
- I served the English king ( Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále ) - Director: Jiří Menzel
- The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power ( The Last King of Scotland ) - Director: Kevin Macdonald
- Perfume - The Story of a Murderer - Director: Tom Tykwer
- The Queen ( The Queen ) - Director: Stephen Frears
- At the beginning [: reprise] ( reprise ) - Director: Joachim Trier
- La vie en rose ( La Môme ) - Director: Olivier Dahan
Prix Fipresci film critic award
Alain Resnais - Hearts ( Cœurs )
Best European performance in world cinema
European film award for a lifetime achievement
Honorary award
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. European film award with Jeanne Moreau and Liv Ullmann , mz-web.de
- ↑ cf. Europe celebrates its cinema at tagesspiegel.de (November 21, 2007)