European Film Awards Nominations
Posted by Eugene Hernandez at Indiewire:
EUROPEAN FILM 2008
“Il Divo,” Italy, written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino
produced by Indigofilm, Lucky Red, Parco Film, Babe Films, StudioCanal, Arte France Cinema
“Entre Les Murs” (The Class), France, directed by Laurent Cantet
written by Laurent Cantet, Francois Begaudeau & Robin Campillo after the novel of Francois Begaudeau
produced by Haut et Court, France 2 Cinema
“Gomorra” (Gomorrah), Italy, directed by Matteo Garrone
written by Maurizio Bracci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano
produced by Fandango, RAI Cinema
“Happy-Go-Lucky,” UK, written and directed by Mike Leigh
produced by Thin Man Films Ltd., Summit Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners, Film4, UK Film Council
“El Orfanao” (The Orphanage), Spain, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona
written by Sergio G. Sanchez
produced by Rodar y Rodar S.L., Telecinco Cinema
“Waltz With Bashir,” Israel/France/Germany, written and directed by Ari Folman
produced by Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d’Ici, Razor Film Produktion, ARTE France, ITVS International
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2008
Laurent Cantet for “Entre Les Murs” (The Class)
Andreas Dresen for “Wolke 9” (Cloud 9)
Ari Folman for “Waltz With Bashir“
Matteo Garrone for “Gomorra” (Gomorrah)
Steve McQueen for “Hunger“
Paolo Sorrentino for “Il Divo”
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2008
Michael Fassbender in “Hunger”
Thure Lindhardt & Mads Mikkelsen in “Flammen & Citronen” (Flame & Citron)
James McAvoy in “Atonement”
Toni Servillo in “Gomorra” (Gomorrah) and “Il Divo”
Juergen Vogel in “Die Welle” (The Wave)
Elmar Wepper in “Kirschbluten – Hanami” (Cherry Blossoms)
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2008
Hiam Abbass in “Lemon Tree”
Arta Dobroshi in “Le Silence de Lorna” (Lorna’s Silence)
Sally Hawkins in “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Belen Rueda in “El Orfanato” (The Orphanage)
Kristin Scott Thomas in “Il y a Longtemps Que Je T’aime” (I’ve Loved You So Long)
Ursula Werner in “Wolke 9” (Cloud 9)
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2008
Suha Arraf & Eran Riklis for “Lemon Tree”
Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano for “Gomorra” (Gomorrah)
Ari Folman for “Waltz With Bashir”
Paolo Sorrentino for “Il Divo”
CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2008
Luca Bigazzi for “Il Divo”
Oscar Faura for “El Orfanato” (The Orphanage)
Marco Onorato for “Gomorra” (Gomorrah)
Sergey Trofimov & Rogier Stoffers for “Mongol”
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D’EXCELLENCE 2008
Marton Agh for production design, “Delta”
Magdalena Biedrzycka for costume design, “Katyn”
Laurence Briaud for editing, “Un Conte de Noel”
Petter Fladeby for sound design, “O’Horten”
EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2008
Tuur Florizoone for “Aanrijding in Moscou” (Moscow, Belgium)
Dario Marianelli for “Atonement”
Max Richter for “Waltz With Bashir”
Fernando Velazquez for “El Orfanato” (The Orphanage)
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2008
“Hunger,” UK, directed by Steve McQueen
written by Enda Walsh & Steve McQueen
“Snijeg” (Snow), Bosnia and Herzegovina / Germany / France / Iran, directed by Aida Begi
written by Aida Begi and Elma Tataragi
“Tatil Kitabi” (Summer Book), Turkey, written and directed by Seyfi Teoman
“Tulpan,” Germany / Switzerland / Kazakhstan / Russia / Poland, directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy
written by Sergey Dvortsevoy and Gennady Ostrovskiy
Previously announced award recipients will include the Prix Eurimages to producers Vibeke Windelov from Scandinavia and Bettina Brokemper from Germany, and honorary awards to Dame Judi Dench and Dogma founders Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Lars von Trier, and Thomas Vinterberg.
The Prix Arte for best documentary will be presented to Helena Trestikova‘s “Rene” from the Czech Republic.
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[...] Italy leads the European Film Awards pack, with “Il Divo” and “Gomorrah” getting mass love with 5 nominations each including Best Picture, while “The Orphanage” and “Waltz with Bashir” scoring five nominations. [AwardsDaily] [...]
Ziyad says:
Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 11:59am
I’m specially happy with El Orfanato (you missed a T in the title, Sasha), and Waltz with Bashir, definitely two of the best movies of the year.
Rob says:
Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 3:00pm
Kristen Scott Thomas is taking Actress.
daniele says:
Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 3:01pm
Gomorrah and Il Divo rule! 5 nominations both! It’s a great moment for italian movies – great stories, strong directors, beautiful cinematographies! I hope that Academy will recognize them too (Gomorrah is the official selected movie to enter the race for best foreign language film for Italy, but both of them could make it into other categories).
iggy says:
Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 3:40pm
As much as I’d love to love these awards, I just can’t. I don’t know if it is because they don’t have a good marketing campaign, or if it’s because they mix up “older” movies with more recent ones or what, but in a few months nobody will be able to name the winners. And still, somehow, counting also with movies from months ago seems fairer than counting just on the most recent releases.
Tufas says:
Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 6:17pm
The race has started for The Class and Happy-go-lucky. Expect to see these films come Oscar night in some form or another.
Alan of Montreal says:
Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 6:22pm
It’ll take some time for me to see the name “Steve McQueen” and not think of the other Steve McQueen. And I’ll probably confuse Fassbender with Fassbinder, too. But that’s just me.
Alan of Montreal says:
Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 6:23pm
Who decides the European Film Awards, by the way? Journalists or professionals in the film industry?
César says:
Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 9:07pm
The members of the European Film Academy (1.800 film professionals) will vote the winners. I’m a little bit confused about the nom of Kristin Scott Thomas. The film wasn’t mentioned in the official longlist:
http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2008/09/04/2-birds-wins-prix-uip-edinburgh/
I’m a little bit disappointed that Kechiche (this year’s César winner) isn’t mentioned and Desplechin got only one nom for Laurence Briaud’s Sound.
But you never know, who will win Europe’s Main Film Award … Last year The Queen and King of Scotland got the most noms and finally Mungiu won the awards for best film and direction.
Greetings from Germany
César