European Film Award 2009
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Statistics (without considering the audience award) N = nomination; S = victory |
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| Movie | N | S. |
|---|---|---|
| A prophet | 6th | 2 |
| Slumdog millionaire | 5 | 1 |
| The White band | 4th | 3 |
| Fish tank | 3 | - |
| The Reader | 3 | 1 |
| Broken hugs | 3 | 1 |
| Antichrist | 2 | 1 |
| The Baader Meinhof Complex | 2 | - |
| Coco Chanel - The beginning of a passion | 2 | - |
| So dark the night | 2 | - |
| Delusion | 2 | - |
| Vincere | 2 | - |
| Bumazhnyy soldier | 1 | - |
| The feast in August | 1 | - |
| Looking for Eric | 1 | - |
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The 22nd European Film Prize was awarded on December 12, 2009. The television gala, broadcast in 44 countries, took place in the Ruhr area after the venue had changed between Berlin (in odd years) and a city in other European countries (in even years) in previous years. The Ruhr Metropolis became European Capital of Culture 2010 .
In cooperation with the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW , the Filmförderungsanstalt and RUHR.2010 GmbH , the awarding of the European Film Prize 2009 was held in Bochum's Jahrhunderthalle . 1400 guests were expected. In addition to well-known personalities from the European film industry, the German politicians Andreas Krautscheid , Norbert Lammert and EU Commissioner Viviane Reding had announced their appearance. The German comedian and actress Anke Engelke could be won as a presenter. As the successor to the jazz orchestra Danmarks Radios Big Band , the Bauhouse group led through the evening with a performance of video art, film and music. In addition to Reding and EFA President Wim Wenders , European actors such as Detlev Buck , Jesper Christensen , Ben Kingsley , Caterina Murino , Maciej Stuhr , Anatole Taubman and Johanna ter Steege were expected as laudators .
In Germany, the award ceremony was broadcast one day later on the Franco-German television broadcaster ARTE , and also in Austria on ORF .
The first European Film Academy - European Film Week Ruhr - took place from December 6th to 13th, 2009 at the same time as the award ceremony . The productions nominated for the European Film Prize were shown in cinemas in Bochum , Dortmund , Duisburg , Essen , Cologne and Oberhausen . Nominated filmmakers, guests and film fans took part in the gala on December 11th in Essen's Lichtburg . It is planned to hold the film week in the region every year.
Favorite films
The nominations were announced by the European Film Academy (EFA) on November 7th, 2009 at the European Film Festival in Seville . At the award ceremony, which took place five weeks later, Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story was the most successful film with three awards. The 2009 Golden Palm Winner, also Germany's candidate for the Oscar abroad, prevailed in the categories of Best European Film , Director and Screenplay. The black and white film is set in northern Germany shortly before the outbreak of World War I and reports on mysterious incidents in a fictional village.
The favorites were the French entry A Prophet by Jacques Audiard (6 nominations) and Slumdog Millionaire by Briton Danny Boyle (5), both of which won only two awards. Audiard's film won the Award for Best Sound ( Prix D'Exellence ), while the Award for Best Actor was given to Tahar Rahim . The 28-year-old Frenchman can be seen in the crime drama as a young prison inmate of Arab origin who, with the help of the Corsican mafia, becomes an influential criminal. A prophet received the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009 and is France's candidate for the Oscar abroad next year. Slumdog Millionaire was awarded the Best Camera Award and the Audience Award. The film won eight awards at the 2009 Academy Awards , including in the categories of best film, best director and best adapted screenplay. At the center of the film is a young tea pourer from a call center in Mumbai, India (played by Dev Patel ), who is a candidate in the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? occurs. Faced with allegations of fraud, he remembers his childhood in the slums of Mumbai. The field of nominated European films was the British entry Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold , which won an award in Cannes this year , Stephen Daldry's Oscar-winning literary adaptation The Reader (three nominations each) and the Swedish horror film So dark the night by Tomas Alfredson (two nominations) been added.
German filmmakers were represented in secondary categories. Moritz Bleibtreu ( Der Baader Meinhof Complex ) and David Kross ( The Reader ) competed together with Dev Patel, the British Steve Evets ( Looking for Eric ) and the Italian Filippo Timi ( Vincere ) for the actor's prize, which went to Tahar Rahim. In the Best Actress category , Oscar winner Kate Winslet ( The Reader ) triumphed over Best Actress from Cannes Charlotte Gainsbourg ( Antichrist ), Penélope Cruz ( Broken Hugs ), British amateur actress Katie Jarvis ( Fish Tank ), the current César Prize winner Yolande Moreau ( Séraphine ) and the Swede Noomi Rapace ( delusion ). The Austrian contribution The Bone Man by Wolfgang Murnberger and Brothers from Switzerland had not been considered in advance. Likewise, the German contributions All Others by Maren Ade and Jerichow by Christian Petzold were not shortlisted.
The 2000 members of the European Film Academy voted on the winners of the individual categories before the award ceremony. The British Ken Loach and the French Isabelle Huppert had already been confirmed as the winners . The filmmaker, 2006 winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, received the Lifetime Achievement Award . Loach was twice unsuccessfully nominated for the European Director's Award in 2002 and 2006 for Sweet Sixteen and The Wind That Shakes the Barley . The actress Isabelle Huppert, who has received the European Actor Award twice in the past , received the award in the category Best European Performance in World Cinema .
As part of the award ceremony, the Prix Eurimages , with which European co-producers are honored, was awarded for the third time , this time to Diana Elbaum and Jani Thiltges . Elbaum, head of the Belgian production company Entre Chien et Loup , and Thiltges, head of the Luxembourg-based Samsa Film , had in the past opted for productions such as Sam Gabarski's Irina Palm (2007) or Marina de Van's Don't Look Back - Shadows of the Past (2009) shown responsible. The FIPRESCI Prize , awarded since 1993 on the occasion of the European Film Prize Gala, was awarded to the Polish feature film Der Kalmus by Andrzej Wajda .
Award winners and nominations
Best European film
presented by Viviane Reding and Wim Wenders
The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story - Director: Michael Haneke
- Fish Tank - Director: Andrea Arnold
- Ein Prophet ( Un prophète ) - Director: Jacques Audiard
- Slumdog Millionaire ( Slumdog Millionaire ) - Director: Danny Boyle
- So dark the night ( Låt den rätte komma in ) - Director: Tomas Alfredson
- The Reader ( The Reader ) - Director: Stephen Daldry
Best director
presented by Nino Kirtadze and Jesper Christensen
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story
- Pedro Almodóvar - Broken Hugs ( Los abrazos rotos )
- Andrea Arnold - Fish Tank
- Jacques Audiard - A Prophet ( Un prophète )
- Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire ( Slumdog Millionaire )
- Lars von Trier - Antichrist
Best Actor
presented by Caterina Murino and Branko Đurić
Tahar Rahim - A Prophet ( Un prophète )
- Moritz Bleibtreu - The Baader Meinhof Complex
- Steve Evets - Looking for Eric
- David Kross - The Reader ( The Reader )
- Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire ( Slumdog Millionaire )
- Filippo Timi - Vincere
Best Actress
presented by Caterina Murino and Branko Đurić
Kate Winslet - The Reader ( The Reader )
- Penélope Cruz - Torn Hugs ( Los abrazos rotos )
- Charlotte Gainsbourg - Antichrist
- Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank
- Yolande Moreau - Séraphine
- Noomi Rapace - Delusion ( Man som hatar kvinnor )
Best script
presented by María Valverde and Anatole Taubman
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story
- Jacques Audiard , Thomas Bidegain , Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit - Ein Prophet ( Un prophète )
- Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire ( Slumdog Millionaire )
- Gianni Di Gregorio - The feast in August ( Pranzo di ferragosto )
Best camera ("Carlo Di Palma Prize")
presented by María Valverde and Anatole Taubman
Anthony Dod Mantle - Antichrist and Slumdog Millionaire ( Slumdog Millionaire )
Best film score
presented by Johanna ter Steege and Maciej Stuhr
Alberto Iglesias - Broken Hugs ( Los abrazos rotos )
- Alexandre Desplat - Coco Chanel - The beginning of a passion ( Coco avant Chanel )
- Jacob Groth - Delusion ( Män som hatar kvinnor )
- Johan Söderqvist - So dark the night ( Låt den rara comma in )
Prix D'Exellence
presented by Johanna ter Steege and Maciej Stuhr
Brigitte Taillandier , Francis Wargnier , Jean-Paul Hurier and Marc Doisne - Sound in Ein Prophet ( Un prophète )
- Francesca Calvelli - Editing in Vincere
- Catherine Leterrier - Costumes in Coco Chanel - The beginning of a passion ( Coco avant Chanel )
- Waldemar Pokromski - mask in the Baader Meinhof complex
Official shortlist - feature films
The 16 nominated film productions were selected from a shortlist ("longlist") from the 2000 members of the European Film Academy. 48 film productions from 28 countries competed for nominations. All feature films were shown to the public at festivals or in cinemas between July 1, 2008 and June 15, 2009. 20 of these were put directly on the list through the election of the EFA members in the respective European countries. The remaining films were proposed by European film institutions, festivals and specialist journals, 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.
Further prices
Prix Eurimages - Best European Co-Producers
presented by Victoria Abril
Diana Elbaum ( Entre Chien et Loup , Belgium) and Jani Thiltges ( Samsa Film , Luxembourg)
Best European performance in world cinema
presented by Volker Schlöndorff
Isabelle Huppert , French actress
Lifetime achievement award
presented by Éric Cantona
Ken Loach , British film director and screenwriter
Best debut film
On September 29, 2009, the European Film Academy announced the nominations for the category “Best First Feature”, in which five debut directors competed against each other with their feature film productions. The winner was chosen by the 2000 members of the EFA, who was announced by Nino Kirtadze and Jesper Christensen at the award ceremony on December 12th . The nominated films were selected by a jury consisting of two European members of the international film critics association FIPRESCI , a film festival director and three members of the EFA board.
Katalin Varga - Director: Peter Strickland (Romania, Great Britain, Hungary)
- Ajami - Director: Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani (Germany, Israel)
- Gagma napiri - Director: George Ovashvili (Georgia, Kazakhstan)
- Sois sage - Director: Juliette Garcias (France, Denmark)
- Sonbahar - Herbst (Sonbahar) - Director: Özcan Alper (Turkey, Germany)
Best short film
13 films qualified for the award in the Best European Short Film category , including animated films ( Zwemles ) and five documentaries ( Between Dreams , The Herd , Peter in Radioland , Poste restante , Szklana pułapka ). Short film directors from German-speaking countries are also represented with David Nawrath ( What remains ) and Lola Randl ( The Sorrows of Mr. Karpf - The Birthday ). The winner was chosen by the 2000 members of the EFA, who was announced at the award ceremony on December 12th by the Norwegian actor Aksel Hennie . The Polish contribution Poste restante prevailed.
| Movie | Director | country | Length (in min.) | Nomination (Festival) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | Asitha Ameresekere | Great Britain | 9 ' | Cork |
| Between dreams | Iris Olsson | France, Russia, Finland | 11 ' | Grimstad |
| Bonne nuit | Valery Rosier | Belgium, France | 18 ' | drama |
| The stove | Ken Wardrop | Ireland | 4 ' | Sarajevo |
| Lägg M for murder | Magnus Holmgren | Sweden | 8th' | Valladolid |
| The sufferings of Mr. Karpf - the birthday | Lola Randl | Germany | 10 ' | Berlin |
| Peter in Radioland | Johanna Wagner | Great Britain | 10 ' | Edinburgh |
| Poste restante | Marcel Łoziński | Poland | 14 ' | Krakow |
| Renovare | Paul Negoescu | Germany, Romania | 24 ' | Vila do Conde |
| Sinner | Meni Philip | Israel | 28 ' | Venice |
| Szklana pułapka | Paweł Ferdek | Poland | 15 ' | Tampere |
| What remains | David Nawrath | Germany | 17 ' | Angers |
| Zwemles | Danny de Vent | Hungary | 10 ' | Ghent |
European Documentary Film Award - "Prix ARTE"
Even before the official award ceremony, the winner of the documentary film prize “Prix ARTE”, jointly awarded with the Franco-German TV channel ARTE , was announced on October 12, 2009 . This went to Das Sum der Insektes by the Swiss Peter Liechti . The film is about the discovery of a farmer who finds the mummy of a suicide in a remote forest in winter. According to his records, the dead starved himself to death the previous summer. The award winner was chosen by a three-person jury selected by the EFA, which consisted of two documentary filmmakers and a producer. ARTE President Gottfried Langenstein presented the award during the official award ceremony.
The humming of insects - Director: Peter Liechti (Switzerland)
- Below Sea Level - Director: Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)
- Burma VJ - Director: Anders Østergaard (Denmark)
- Cooking History - Director: Péter Kerekes (Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic)
- Les damnés de la mer - Director: Jawad Rhalib (Belgium)
- The woman with the 5 elephants - Director: Vadim Jendreyko (Switzerland, Germany)
- Defamation (Hashmatsa) - Director: Yoav Shamir (Denmark, Austria, Israel, USA)
- The Heart of Jenin - Direction: Leon Geller and Marcus Vetter (Germany)
- Pianomania - Directors: Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis (Germany, Austria)
- The beaches of Agnès (Les plages d'Agnès) - Director: Agnès Varda (France)
Best animated film
On September 23, 2009, the EFA announced that at the 22nd presentation of the European Film Prize, an award for the best European animated film will be given for the first time. The three nominated films were selected by a committee of experts. The winner was chosen by the 2000 members of the EFA, who was announced by Detlev Buck at the award ceremony on December 12th .
Mia et le Migou - Director: Jacques-Rémy Girerd (France, Italy)
- Niko - A reindeer takes off - Directors: Michael Hegner and Kari Juusonen (Finland, Germany, Denmark, Ireland)
- Brendan and the Secret of Kells (The Secret of Kells) - Directed by Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey (Koregie) (France, Ireland, Belgium)
European audience award
Through the Audience Award ( People's Choice Award ) moviegoers had the opportunity to nominate the best European film from a selection list. The candidates were presented on November 7, 2009 in Berlin. Among these were The Baader Meinhof Complex , Coco Chanel - The Beginning of a Passion , The Feast in August , Slumdog Millionaire , So Dark the Night , Delusion and Broken Hugs , which were already in the official competition . The winning film was announced by Ange Engelke at the award ceremony on December 12th.
Slumdog Millionaire ( Slumdog Millionaire ) - Director: Danny Boyle
- The Baader Meinhof Complex - Director: Uli Edel
- Coco Chanel - The Beginning of a Passion ( Coco avant Chanel ) - Director: Anne Fontaine
- The August Feast ( Pranzo di ferragosto ) - Gianni Di Gregorio
- Fly Me to the Moon 3D - Director: Ben Stassen
- The Duchess ( The Duchess ) - Director: Saul Dibb
- So dark the night ( Låt den rätte komma in ) - Director: Tomas Alfredson
- Transporter 3 - Director: Olivier Megaton
- Verblendung ( Män som hatar kvinnor ) - Director: Niels Arden Oplev
- Broken Hugs ( Los abrazos rotos ) - Director: Pedro Almodóvar
European FIPRESCI Prize
presented by Krystyna Janda
The Kalmus ( Tatarak ) - Director: Andrzej Wajda
Web links
- Official website of the European Film Awards (English)
- Official website of the European Film Academy (EFA) (English, German, French)
- Dossier with video from the highlights of the award ceremony on arte.tv
- Interview with Wim Wenders, President of the European Film Academy, about the 2009 award ceremony WAZ, December 12, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Official press release , December 8, 2009 (accessed December 11, 2009)
- ↑ cf. Official press release , November 4, 2009 (accessed November 8, 2009)
- ↑ cf. Broadcasters 2009 (accessed December 11, 2009)
- ↑ cf. ddp : European Film Week Ruhr starts on December 6th . October 22, 2009 Thursday 12:23 PM GMT (accessed October 8, 2009 via LexisNexis Economy)
- ↑ cf. Official press release , November 7, 2009 (accessed November 7, 2009)
- ↑ cf. EFA Night: Winner at europeanfilmawards.eu, December 12, 2009 (accessed December 12, 2009)
- ↑ cf. Five German candidates fight for the European Film Prize at tagesspiegel.de, September 8, 2009 (accessed November 8, 2009)
- ↑ cf. Official press release , October 6, 2009 (accessed November 8, 2009)
- ↑ cf. Official press release , October 19, 2009 (accessed November 8, 2009)
- ↑ cf. Official press release , December 3, 2009 (accessed December 11, 2009)
- ↑ cf. Official press release , September 29, 2009 (accessed November 7, 2009)
- ↑ cf. Official press release , September 28, 2009 (accessed November 8, 2009)
- ↑ cf. Official press release , October 12, 2009 (accessed November 8, 2009)