European Film Award 2012
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Statistics (without taking into account the audience award and the award for the best debut film) N = nomination; S = victory |
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| Movie | N | S. |
|---|---|---|
| love | 6th | 4th |
| The hunt | 5 | 1 |
| Shame | 5 | 2 |
| Queen, King, Ace, Spy | 4th | 2 |
| Caesar must die | 3 | 0 |
| Pretty much best friends | 3 | 0 |
| Barbara | 2 | 0 |
| fist | 2 | 0 |
| The god of slaughter | 2 | 0 |
| The queen and the personal physician | 2 | 0 |
| Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | 2 | 0 |
| À perdre la raison | 1 | 0 |
| Angels' Share - A drink for the angels | 1 | 0 |
| Beyond the Hills | 1 | 0 |
| Io sono Li | 1 | 0 |
| Paradise: love | 1 | 0 |
The 25th European Film Awards ceremony took place on December 1st, 2012 in Valletta , Malta . After last year the TV gala in Berlin had taken place, it was for the first time at the European awarded island nation and found at the same time geographically as far south as never before held. The award for best film was Michael Haneke's Love , who was able to convert four of his six nominations into victories.
The award gala was held in the Mediterranean Conference Center at the port of Valletta. The German Anke Engelke took over the moderation for the fourth time . In addition to around 1000 European filmmakers, the German Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann , the Austrian Minister for Art and Culture, Claudia Schmied , and the Ministers of Culture Meli Kraniqi (Kosovo) and Zaneta Jaunzeme-Grende (Latvia) were expected.
British actress Helen Mirren , Italian director and screenwriter Bernardo Bertolucci and Swedish film producer Helena Danielsson have already been selected as winners . Mirren, who received the Actor Award in 2007 for her performance in The Queen, was awarded the prize in the category Best European Performance in World Cinema by the European Film Academy (EFA) at the end of September 2012 . In early October, Bertolucci was announced as the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award. The filmmaker received a special award for his Oscar-winning work The Last Emperor at the first European Film Award in 1988 and was last nominated for the Audience Director's Award in 2004 for The Dreamers . Danielsson was announced in mid-November as the winner of the annual Prix EURIMAGES, which honors the work of European co-producers through EURIMAGES . Danielsson founded the production company Hepp Film in 2003 and also works for Tre Vänner Produktion AB. With her participation, films such as the drama Bessere Zeiten or the action thriller Easy Money (2011) were made.
As in the previous year, the award ceremony was offered as a live stream over the Internet. Summaries of the gala will be broadcast in German-speaking countries by arte (Germany, December 2nd) and ORF (Austria, December 4th).
Award winners and nominations
The nominations were announced on November 3rd, 2012 at the Seville European Film Festival .
Best European film
presented by Amira Casar and Carlos Saura
Liebe ( Amour ) - Script and direction: Michael Haneke , Production: Margaret Ménégoz , Stefan Arndt , Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz
- Barbara - Script and direction: Christian Petzold , Production: Florian Koerner von Gustorf and Michael Weber
- Caesar must die ( Cesare deve morire ) - Director: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani , script: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, in collaboration with Fabio Cavalli , production: Grazia Volpi
- The Hunt ( Jagten ) - Director: Thomas Vinterberg , Script: Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm , Production: Morten Kaufmann and Sisse Graum Jørgensen
- Shame - directed by Steve McQueen , written by Steve McQueen and Abi Morgan, produced by Iain Canning and Emile Sherman
- Pretty Best Friends ( Intouchables ) - Written and Directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano , Produced by Nicolas Duval , Yann Zenou and Laurent Zeitoun
Best director
presented by Mads Mikkelsen
Michael Haneke - Love ( Amour )
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ( Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da )
- Steve McQueen - Shame
- Paolo and Vittorio Taviani - Caesar must die ( Cesare deve the )
- Thomas Vinterberg - The Hunt ( hunts )
Best Actress
presented by Carice van Houten
Emmanuelle Riva - Love ( Amour )
- Émilie Dequenne - À perdre la raison
- Nina Hoss - Barbara
- Margarethe Tiesel - Paradise: Love
- Kate Winslet - The God of Slaughter ( Carnage )
Best Actor
presented by Maciej Stuhr
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Love ( Amour )
- François Cluzet and Omar Sy - Pretty Best Friends ( Intouchables )
- Michael Fassbender - Shame
- Mads Mikkelsen - The Hunt ( Chased )
- Gary Oldman - Queen, King, Ace, Spy ( Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy )
Best script
presented by Danis Tanović
Tobias Lindholm and Thomas Vinterberg - The Hunt ( hunts )
- Michael Haneke - Love ( Amour )
- Cristian Mungiu - Beyond the Hills ( După dealuri )
- Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano - Pretty Best Friends ( Intouchables )
- Roman Polański and Yasmina Reza - The God of Slaughter ( Carnage )
Best camera ("Carlo Di Palma Prize")
presented by Jim Sheridan
- Bruno Delbonnel - Faust (Фауст)
- Darius Khondji - Love ( Amour )
- Gökhan Tiryaki - Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ( Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da )
- Hoyte van Hoytema - Queen, King, As, Spy ( Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy )
Best cut
presented by Marama Corlett and Thure Lindhardt
- Janus Billeskov Jansen and Anne Østerud - The Hunt ( hunts )
- Roberto Perpignani - Caesar Must Die ( Cesare deve the )
Best production design
presented by Marama Corlett and Thure Lindhardt
Maria Djurkovic - Queen, King, Ace, Spy ( Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy )
- Niels Sejer - The Queen and the Personal Physician ( En kongelig affære )
- Jelena Schukowa - Faust (Фауст)
Best film score
presented by Jim Sheridan
Alberto Iglesias - Queen, King, As, Spy ( Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy )
- Cyrille Aufort and Gabriel Yared - The Queen and the Personal Physician ( En kongelig affære )
- François Couturier - Io sono Li
- George Fenton - Angels 'Share - A Sip for the Angels ( Angels' Share )
Official shortlist - feature films
The 16 nominated film productions - three more than in the previous year - were selected from a shortlist (“longlist”) from the 2700 members of the European Film Academy. The shortlist of the European Film Academy was presented on September 11, 2012 in Berlin . It contained 47 films from 31 European countries, two more than last year. European feature film productions that premiered publicly at a film festival after June 15, 2011 or had a theatrical release (the official submission deadline was June 15, 2012) qualify. The 20 countries with the most EFA members each directly selected a national film. The further field of participants was supplemented by a committee of EFA board members as well as Pierre-Henri Deleau from France, the Swede Marit Kapla, the Bulgarian Stefan Kitanow, Paz Lázaro from Spain, the British Derek Malcolm and Elma Tataragić from Bosnia and Herzegovina as invited experts.
The shortlist included the main prize winners of the Venice Film Festival 2011 ( Faust ), Berlin 2012 ( Caesar must die , Italy's Oscar candidate 2013 for a nomination in the category Best Foreign Language Film ) and Cannes 2012 ( Love , Austria's Oscar candidate 2013 ). Also on the shortlist were the official Oscar entries for 2013 from Belgium ( À perdre la raison ), Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Djeca ), Bulgaria ( Kezowe ), Denmark ( The Queen and the Personal Physician ), Germany ( Barbara ), Greece ( Unjust World ), the Netherlands ( Kauwboy ), Romania ( Beyond the Hills ), Switzerland ( Winter Thief ) and Hungary ( Just the Wind ).
The films nominated for the regular categories ( Barbara , Caesar Must Die , Love , etc.) are highlighted in light blue.
Further prices
Best European performance in world cinema
presented by Alexei Popogrebski and Michael Gambon
Helen Mirren , British actress
Lifetime achievement award
presented by Marisa Paredes and Wim Wenders
Bernardo Bertolucci , Italian film director and screenwriter
European co-producer award - "Prix EURIMAGES"
presented by Kim Rossi Stuart
Helena Danielsson (Hepp Film / Tre Vänner Production AB, Sweden)
Best debut film
presented by Caterina Murino
On October 16, 2012, the European Film Academy announced the nominations for the “Best First Feature” category, in which five debut directors compete against each other with their feature film productions. The winner was chosen by the 2700 members of the EFA, which was announced at the award ceremony on December 1st. The nominated films were selected by a jury consisting of two EFA board members (the Swede Helena Danielson and the Dutch Els Vandevorst), two EFA members (the French Pierre-Henri Deleau and the Dane Jacob Neiiendam) as well as three European members of the international association of film critics FIPRESCI (Alin Taşçıyan from Turkey, Paulo Portugal from Portugal and Mihai Chirilov from Romania).
Kauwboy - Director: Boudewijn Koole (Netherlands)
- 10 timer til Paradis ( Teddy Bear ) - Director: Mads Matthiesen (Denmark)
- Broken - Director: Rufus Norris (United Kingdom)
- Portret v sumerkach (Портрет в сумерках / Twilight Portrait ) - Director: Angelina Nikonowa (Russia)
- The Missing - Director: Jan Speckenbach (Germany)
Best short film
presented by Grigori Dobrygin
14 films qualified for the award in the Best European Short Film category , one fewer than last year. The nominees also include two short documentaries ( L'ambassadeur & moi , Miten marjoja poimitaan ) and two directors from German-speaking countries, Rolando Colla ( Einspruch VI ) and Albert Sackl ( Outdoors ). The winner will be chosen by the 2700 members of EFA, who will be announced at the award ceremony on December 1st.
| Movie | Director | country | Length (in min.) | Nomination (Festival) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'ambassadeur & moi | Jan Czarlewski | Switzerland | 15 ' | Angers |
| Back of Beyond | Michael Lennox | United Kingdom | 25 ' | Locarno |
| Csicska ( Beast ) | Attila Till | Hungary | 20 ' | Tampere |
| Demain, ça sera bien | Pauline Gay | France | 16 ' | Ghent |
| Objection VI | Rolando Colla | Switzerland | 17 ' | drama |
| Outdoors | Albert Sackl | Austria | 23 ' | Rotterdam |
| Manhã de Santo António ( Morning of Saint Anthony's Day ) | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal | 25 ' | Vila do Conde |
| Miten marjoja poimitaan ( How To Pick Berries ) | Elina Talvensaari | Finland | 18 ' | Bristol |
| Sessiz - Be Deng ( Silent ) | L. Rezan Yeşilbaş | Turkey | 14 ' | Grimstad |
| Superman, Spiderman sau Batman ( Superman, Spiderman or Batman ) | Tudor Giurgiu | Romania | 11 ' | Valladolid |
| Titloi telous ( Out of Frame ) | Yorgos Zois | Greece | 10 ' | Venice |
| Two hearts | Darren Thornton | Ireland | 17 ' | Cork |
| Vilaine fille mauvais garçon ( Two Ships ) | Justine Triet | France | 30 ' | Berlin |
| Villa Antropoff |
Vladimir Leschiov Kaspar Jancis |
Latvia / Estonia | 13 ' | Krakow |
European Documentary Film Award
presented by Danis Tanović
The nominations were made by a committee made up of British Nik Powell (director of the British film school NFTS and deputy chairman of the EFA), EFA members Francine Brücher (Switzerland) and Despina Mouzaki (Greece) and documentary film experts Claas Danielsen ( Germany, director of the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film ), Ally Derks (Netherlands, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) and Jacques Laurent (Belgium, producer). In contrast to last year, there was no observer from the Arte television station , which is why the award was also known as the “Prix ARTE” in recent years.
Winter nomads ( Hiver Nomade ) - Director: Manuel von Stürler (Switzerland)
- London - The Modern Babylon - Director: Julien Temple (United Kingdom)
- Le thé ou l'électricité ( Tea or Electricity ) - Director: Jérôme le Maire (Belgium, France, Morocco)
Best animated film
presented by Caterina Murino
The three nominations for the best European animation film were announced in Berlin in mid-September 2012. The preselection was made by EFA board member Antonio Saura (producer, Spain), EFA member Per Holst (producer, Denmark) as well as Brigitte Baronnet (France), Tony Loeser (Germany) and Tomm Moore (Ireland), representatives of the European Association for Animated Films CARTOON . The winner was chosen by the 2,700 members of the European Film Academy, which was announced at the award ceremony on December 1st.
Alois Nebel - Director: Tomáš Luňák (Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia)
- Arrugas - Director: Ignacio Ferreras (Spain)
- The Pirates! - Bunch of Weird Guys ( The Pirates! - In an Adventure with Scientists ) - Director: Peter Lord (UK, United States)
European audience award
presented by Sergi López
With the People's Choice Award , cinema viewers had the opportunity until October 31, 2012 to choose their favorites from a shortlist via the Internet. The candidates were presented on September 1, 2012. Among them were Barbara , Caesar must die , Dame, König, As, Spion , Hasta la vista , In Darkness , Shame and Pretty Best Friends from the official shortlist as well as the production The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius , which was nominated for the European Film Prize last year , which triumphed at the 2012 Academy Awards .
Hasta la vista - Director: Geoffrey Enthoven
- The Artist - Director: Michel Hazanavicius
- Barbara - Director: Christian Petzold
- Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Director: John Madden
- Caesar must die ( Cesare deve morire ) - Director: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Dame, König, As, Spy - Director: Tomas Alfredson
- The Iron Lady - Director: Phyllida Lloyd
- Headhunters - Director: Morten Tyldum
- In Darkness - Director: Agnieszka Holland
- Salmon fishing in Yemen - Director: Lasse Hallström
- Shame - Director: Steve McQueen
- Pretty Best Friends - Directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
Web links
- Official website of the European Film Awards (English)
- Official website of the European Film Academy (EFA) (English, German, French)
Individual evidence
- ^ The European Film Awards Silver Jubilee at europeanfilmawards.eu, November 22, 2012 (accessed December 1, 2012).
- ↑ Helen Mirren receives European Achievement in World Cinema Award at europeanfilmawards.com, September 25, 2012 (accessed September 30, 2012).
- ↑ Co-production Award - Prix EURIMAGES - for Helena Danielsson at europeanfilmawards.com, November 13, 2012 (accessed November 21, 2012).
- ↑ Broadcast dates at europeanfilmacademy.org (English; accessed on December 1, 2012).
- ↑ Nominations 2012 at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on November 3, 2012).
- ↑ Regulations for feature films at europeanfilmacademy.org (English; accessed on September 30, 2012).
- ↑ EFA Selection 2012 at europeanfilmacademy.org, September 12, 2011 (accessed September 30, 2012).
- ↑ Oscar's 2012 Foreign-Language Submissions: The Master List (So Far) at thewrap.com, September 25, 2012 (accessed September 30, 2012).
- ↑ Five Debut Films Nominated for EFA Discovery Award at europeanfilmawards.eu, October 16, 2012 (accessed October 16, 2012).
- ↑ EFA Short Film Nominations 2012 completed at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed on October 16, 2012).
- ^ Three Documentaries Nominated for the European Film Awards at europeanfilmawards.eu, October 23, 2012 (accessed October 25, 2012).
- ↑ EFA Nominates Three Animation Films at europeanfilmacademy.org, September 17, 2012 (accessed September 30, 2012).
- ^ People's Choice Award at europeanfilmawards.eu (accessed September 30, 2012).