European Film Award 2008

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The “Forum Copenhagen”, venue of the European Film Awards 2008
Matteo Garrone , director of the winning film Gomorrah
British actress Judi Dench received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the TV gala .
Best Actor : Toni Servillo ( Gomorrah and Il Divo )
Couldn't accept the award because of a theater engagement in New York: Kristin Scott Thomas , Best Actress for So Many Years I Love You
Was unsuccessfully represented in the directing and scripting categories: Ari Folman ( Waltz with Bashir )
Gomorrah writer Roberto Saviano was awarded the Scriptwriting Prize, but stayed away from the award for security reasons.

The 21st European Film Prize was awarded on December 6, 2008. The gala, which was broadcast on television in over 40 countries, took place in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, and for the first time in Scandinavia . In cooperation with the Copenhagen International Film Festival , the European Film Award 2008 was held at Forum Copenhagen in Frederiksberg . 1,400 guests were expected. In addition to well-known personalities from the European film industry, the Danish Crown Prince couple Frederik and Mary and the EU Commissioner Viviane Reding had announced their appearance. The journalist and presenter Mikael Bertelsen, who is popular in Denmark, has been won as a moderator . As the successor to the Finnish band Leningrad Cowboys , the jazz orchestra Danmarks Radios Big Band performed musically through the evening. In addition to Reding and EFA President Wim Wenders , European actors such as Marianne Faithfull , Hannah Herzsprung , Julia Jentsch , Anamaria Marinca , the nominated Mads Mikkelsen and Santiago Segura were announced as laudators .

In Germany, the award ceremony will be broadcast on December 8th by the Franco-German TV channel ARTE , in Austria by ORF on December 9th.

Favorite films

The nominations were announced by the European Film Academy (EFA) on November 8th, 2008 at the European Film Festival in Seville . Films with political and socially critical topics dominated the selection. The Italian film productions Gomorrah - Journey to the Empire of the Camorra by Matteo Garrone prevailed as the favorite at the award ceremony . The film adaptation of Roberto Saviano 's bestseller of the same name, which is dedicated to the Neapolitan crime syndicate Camorra , was able to convert all five nominations into victories. Gomorrah dethroned Michael Haneke's 2005 four-time award-winning film Caché , which had previously been considered the most awarded film. Among the winners were director Garrone, leading actor Toni Servillo , the script and the camera work. Garrones Film, also Italy's candidate for the upcoming Academy Awards in the category Best Foreign Language Film , prevailed against his compatriot Paolo Sorrentino , who filmed the life of seven-time Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti (also played by Toni Servillo) with the political satire Il Divo connections to the Mafia are also said to have been made. The two Italian film productions led the field of favorites with five nominations each.

Also nominated for best European film were Juan Antonio Bayona's horror film The Orphanage , Mike Leigh's comedy Happy-Go-Lucky and Laurent Cantet's golden palm winner Die Klasse (France's candidate for an Oscar abroad), which went unprivileged. Ari Folman's animated documentary film Waltz with Bashir, which was also considered in the category, won the award for the best film music. This went to the German film composer Max Richter, who lives in Great Britain .

Besides judges, German filmmakers were only represented in secondary categories. Andreas Dresen received a nomination for best director for his love drama Cloud Neun , but was left behind compared to Matteo Garrone. The German-Irishman Michael Fassbender ( Hunger ), Jürgen Vogel ( Die Welle ) and the German Film Prize winner Elmar Wepper ( Cherry Blossoms - Hanami ) competed together with the British James McAvoy ( apology ) and the Danes Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelsen ( Tage des Zorns ) for the Acting Award, which went to Toni Servillo for his roles in Gomorrah and Il Divo . In the Best Actress category , Ursula Werner ( Cloud Nine ) had to give way to the British Kristin Scott Thomas ( So many years I love you ), who also beat Hiam Abbass ( Lemon Tree ), the Albanian Arta Dobroshi ( Lorna's Silence ) the British Sally Hawkins ( Happy-Go-Lucky ) and the Spaniard Belén Rueda ( The Orphanage ) prevailed. The Austrian contribution Revanche by Götz Spielmann , Austria’s contribution to the upcoming Oscars, and the two Swiss contributions Home by Ursula Meier and Gioni e Nuvole by Silvio Soldini were not even considered.

The 1,800 members of the European Film Academy voted on the winners of the individual categories before the award ceremony. The winner was the actress Judi Dench and the filmmakers Lars von Trier , Thomas Vinterberg , Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen . The Oscar -Preisträgerin and Golden Globe -Gewinnerin Judi Dench received the award for lifetime achievement . The British woman was nominated for the Audience Award twice in 2001 and 2005 for Iris and The Scent of Lavender . The Danes Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen made a name for themselves in 1995 as the founders of the Dogma movement and received the award in the category Best European Performance in World Cinema . The film movement exerted a strong influence on the film scene and showed directors all over the world that one can make films successfully even with little money, according to the European Film Academy in its judgment. Von Trier had already received film awards and a directing award from the EFA in 1997, 2001 and 2003 for Breaking the Waves , Dancer in the Dark and Dogville . Vinterberg had received the award in the category Best European New Discovery for the first Dogma film Das Fest in 1998 .

As part of the award ceremony, the Prix ​​Eurimages , with which European co-producers are honored, was awarded for the second time , this time to the Danish Vibeke Windeløv and the German Bettina Brokemper . In the past, both had been responsible for the production of Lars von Trier's award-winning films Dogville and Manderlay , among other things . The European FIPRESCI Prize awarded at the ceremony went to Abdellatif Kechiches César winner Couscous with Fish , who did not make it into the nominee ranks.

Winners and nominees

Best European film

Gomorrah - Journey into the Realm of Camorra ( Gomorrah ) - Director: Matteo Garrone

Best director

Matteo Garrone - Gomorrah - Journey into the realm of Camorra ( Gomorrah )

Best Actor

Toni Servillo - Gomorrah - Journey into the realm of the Camorra ( Gomorrah ) and Il Divo

Best Actress

Kristin Scott Thomas - I love you for so many years ( Il ya longtemps que je t'aime )

Best script

Maurizio Braucci , Ugo Chiti , Gianni di Gregorio , Matteo Garrone , Massimo Gaudioso and Roberto Saviano - Gomorrah - Journey into the realm of Camorra ( Gomorrah )

Best camera ("Carlo Di Palma Prize")

Marco Onorato - Gomorrah - Journey into the realm of Camorra ( Gomorrah )

Best film score

Max Richter - Waltz with Bashir ( ואלס עם באשיר )

Prix ​​D'Exellence

Magdalena Biedrzycka - Costumes in The Katyn Massacre ( Katyń )

Official shortlist - feature films

20 out of 21 nominated film productions were selected from a shortlist ("longlist") for the European Film Prize. 44 film productions from 27 countries competed for nominations. All feature films were shown to the public at festivals or in cinemas between July 1, 2007 and April / May 2008. 20 of these were put directly on the list through the election of the EFA members in the respective European countries. The remaining 24 films were proposed by European film institutions, festivals and specialist magazines, among others, and selected by a selection committee made up of members of the EFA board and a group of experts.

The films nominated for the regular categories are highlighted in color. Philippe Claudel's drama So Many Years I Love You for which British actress Kristin Scott Thomas received an actor nomination is not included in the list . According to the applicable regulations, producers of European feature film productions who are not on the list of recommended films have the right to send DVDs of their films to members of the European Film Academy as candidates for nomination at their own expense. This happened in the case of So Many Years I Love You .

Movie Director country Actor (selection)
3 días Francisco Javier Gutiérrez Spain Victor Clavijo, Mariana Cordero, Eduard Fernández
12 Nikita Mikhalkov Russia Nikita Michalkow, Sergei Garmasch, Sergei Makowezki
Recently in Belgium * (Aanrijding in Moscou) Christophe Van Rompaey Belgium Johan Heldenbergh, Barbara Sarafian , Sofia Ferri
Apology Joe Wright Great Britain Keira Knightley , James McAvoy , Saoirse Ronan
Battle for Haditha * Nick Broomfield Great Britain Elliot Ruiz, Falah Abraheem Flayeh, Yasmine Hanani
Boogie Radu Muntean Romania Dragoș Bucur , Anamaria Marinca , Mimi Branescu
Caotica Ana Julio Médem Spain Manuela Vellés, Charlotte Rampling , Bebe
Un conte de Noël Arnaud Desplechin France Mathieu Amalric , Anne Consigny , Catherine Deneuve
Couscous with fish * Abdellatif Kechiche France Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi , Farida Benkhetache
Cztery noce z Anna Jerzy Skolimowski Poland Kinga Price , Artur Steranko, Jerzy Fedorowicz
Delta* Kornél Mundruczó Hungary, Germany Félix Lajkó , Orsolya Tóth, Lili Monori
Diorthosi * Thanos Anastopoulos Greece Ornela Kapetani, Giorgos Symeonidis, Savina Alimani
Il Divo Paolo Sorrentino Italy Toni Servillo , Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti
Duska * Jos Stelling Netherlands Gene Bervoets, Sylvia Hoeks, Sergei Makowezki
Eden* Declan Recks Ireland Aiden Kelly, Eileen Walsh, Pádraic Delaney
Giorni e nuvole Silvio Soldini Italy, Switzerland Margherita Buy , Antonio Albanese , Giuseppe Battiston
Gomorrah - Journey to the Realm of Camorra * Matteo Garrone Italy Salvatore Cantalupo, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale
Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh Great Britain Sally Hawkins , Alexis Zegerman, Andrea Riseborough
Home * Ursula Meier Switzerland Isabelle Huppert , Olivier Gourmet, Adélaïde Leroux
hunger Steve McQueen Great Britain Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon, Michael Fassbender
Jas Sum or Titov Veles Teona Strugar Mitevska Macedonia Labina Mitevska , Nikolina Kujaca, Ana Kostovska
Kærlighed Pa film Ole Bornedal Denmark Not so W. Berthelsen, Rebecka Hemse , Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Karamazovi * Petr Zelenka Czech Republic, Poland Martin Myšička , Igor Chmela, David Novotny
Cherry blossoms - Hanami * Doris Dörrie Germany Elmar Wepper , Hannelore Elsner , Nadja Uhl
The class Laurent Cantet France François Bégaudeau , Franck Keita, Esmerelda Ouertani
Lemon tree Eran Riklis Israel, Germany, France Hiam Abbass , Ali Suliman, Rona Lipaz-Michael
Ljubav i drugi zlocini Stefan Arsenijević Serbia, Germany Anica Dobra , Fedja Stojanovic, Vuk Kostic
Lorna's silence Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium Arta Dobroshi , Jérémie Renier , Olivier Gourmet
The Katyn Massacre * Andrzej Wajda Poland Artur Żmijewski, Maja Ostaszewska , Andrzej Chyra
The Mongol * Sergei Bodrov Russia, Germany, Kazakhstan Tadanobu Asano , Sun Honglei, Khulan Chuluun
Moram spavat ', andjele Dejan Acimovic Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina Karlo Barbaric, Natasa Dorcic, Olga Pakalovic
Musta yeah * Petri Kotwica Finland Outi Mänenpää , Ria Kataja, Martti Suosalo
O'Horten * Bent Hamer Norway Baard Owe, Ghita Nørby , Espen Skjønberg
Ping-pongkingen * Jens Jonsson Sweden Jerry Johansson, Hampus Johansson, Ann-Sofie Nurmi
Revenge * Götz Spielmann Austria Johannes Krisch , Ursula Strauss , Andreas Lust
Days of Wrath * Ole Christian Madsen Denmark Mads Mikkelsen , Thure Lindhardt, Stine Stengade
Tesko je biti fin Srdjan Vuletic Bosnia and Herzegovina Sasa Petrovic, Daria Lorenci, Emir Hadzihafisbegovic
Üç maymun Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey Yavuz Bingöl , Hatice Aslan, Ahmet Rıfat Şungar
The orphanage * Juan Antonio Bayona Spain Belén Rueda , Geraldine Chaplin , Mabel Rivera
Waltz with Bashir * Ari Folman Israel, France, Germany Animation film
The wave Dennis Gansel Germany Jürgen Vogel , Frederick Lau , Max Riemelt
Welcome to the Sh'tis Dany Boon France Kad Merad , Dany Boon, Zoé Félix
Cloud nine Andreas Dresen Germany Ursula Werner , Horst Rehberg , Horst Westphal
Pin Yavor Gardev Bulgaria Zahary Baharov, Tanya Ilieva, Vladimir Penev

* = Feature films were put directly on the list through the election of EFA members in the respective European countries

Further prices

European co-producer award - "Prix EURIMAGES"

Bettina Brokemper ( Heimatfilm GmbH + CO KG , Germany)

Vibeke Windeløv (Denmark)

"European Discovery"

On September 29, 2008, the European Film Academy announced the nominations for the “European Discovery” category, in which four debut directors compete against each other with their feature film productions. The winner was chosen by the 1,800 members of the EFA, which was announced at the award ceremony on December 6th. The four nominated films were selected by a jury consisting of three European members of the international film critics association FIPRESCI and two members of the EFA board. The British contribution Hunger by Steve McQueen prevailed.

Hunger - Director: Steve McQueen (Great Britain)

"Prix UIP"

14 films qualified for the award in the category Best European Short Film ( Prix ​​UIP ), including animated films ( The Pearce Sisters , Procrastination , Time Is Running Out and Tolerantia ) and a documentary film ( The Apology Line ). Short film directors from German-speaking countries are not represented among the nominees. The Irish contribution Frankie by Darren Thornton prevailed.

Movie Director country Length (in min.) Award
The Apology Line James Lees Great Britain 10 ' Prix ​​UIP Cork 2008
Un bisou pour le monde Cyril Paris France 9 ' Prix ​​UIP Valladolid 2008
Frankie Darren Thornton Ireland 12 ' Prix ​​UIP Berlin 2008
Joy Joe Lawlor
Christine Molloy 		Great Britain 10 ' Prix ​​UIP Rotterdam 2008
Love you more Sam Taylor-Wood Great Britain 15 ' Prix ​​UIP Vila do Conde 2008
De onbaatzuchtigen Koen Dejaegher Belgium 14 ' Prix ​​UIP Venice 2008
The Pearce Sisters Luis Cook Great Britain 10 ' Prix ​​UIP Tampere 2008
Procrastination Johnny Kelly Great Britain 5 ' Prix ​​UIP Angers 2008
Raak Hanro Smitsman Netherlands 10 ' Prix ​​UIP Gent 2008
Smáfuglar Rúnar Rúnarsson Iceland 15 ' Prix ​​UIP Edinburgh 2008
Time is running out Marc Reisbig Great Britain 7 ' Prix ​​UIP Krakow 2008
Tolerantia Ivan Ramadan Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 ' Prix ​​UIP Sarajevo 2008
Door element Laszlo Nemes Hungary 14 ' Prix ​​UIP Drama 2008
Uguns Laila Pakalnina Latvia 12 ' Prix ​​UIP Grimstad 2008

European Documentary Film Award - "Prix ARTE"

On October 21, 2008, the documentary film prize “Prix ARTE”, jointly awarded with the Franco-German TV broadcaster ARTE, was awarded to René the Czech Helena Třeštíková . The long-term documentary, filmed over twenty years, prevailed against nine other nominated productions, including the German contribution Kinder. How the time flies. by Thomas Heise .

René - Director: Helena Třeštíková

European audience award

Nominated for the European Audience Award: director and actor Til Schweiger ( Keinohrhasen )

Through the Audience Award ( People's Choice Award ) moviegoers will have the opportunity to nominate the best European film from a selection list. The candidates were presented on August 29, 2008 in Berlin. In addition to the Atonement , Der Mongole , Das Waisenhaus , Die Welle and Willkommen bei den Sch'tis , which were already in the official competition , Til Schweiger's successful comedy Keinohrhasen was also represented. From September 1 to October 31, 2008, the audience had voted on the films.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ( Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ) - Director: David Yates

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Gomorrah wins in five categories ( Memento from December 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) at tagesschau.de, December 6, 2008 (accessed on December 7, 2008)
  2. ↑ cf. Official press release , December 1, 2008 (German; accessed December 6, 2008)
  3. ↑ cf. Official press release , February 7, 2008 (accessed September 14, 2008)
  4. ↑ a b cf. Official press release , October 2, 2008 (accessed October 6, 2008)
  5. ↑ cf. Official press release , December 1, 2008 (German; accessed December 2, 2008)
  6. ↑ cf. The 21st European Film Awards: Broadcasters (accessed October 6, 2008)
  7. ↑ cf. European Film Award - The Gala at tv.orf.at (accessed December 6, 2008)
  8. ↑ cf. European film award: Italy is the favorite . In: Der Tagesspiegel , November 11, 2008, edition 20082, p. 21
  9. ↑ a b cf. Official press release , September 10, 2008 (accessed September 14, 2008)
  10. ↑ cf. Official press release , October 8, 2008 (accessed October 10, 2008)
  11. ↑ cf. Official press release , November 25, 2008 (German; accessed December 6, 2008)
  12. ↑ cf. Selection process at europeanfilmacademy.org (accessed on November 16, 2008)
  13. ↑ EURIMAGES - European Cinema Support Fund. December 6, 2008, accessed May 24, 2016 .
  14. ↑ cf. Official press release , September 29, 2008 (accessed October 6, 2008)