With four nominations each, European Film winner “Another Round,” “Corpus Christi,” and “Martin Eden” led the way. Also nominated in the main category were “Berlin Alexanderplatz,” “The Painted Bird,” and “Undine.” This year, the Academy upped the number of nominees in the European Film and European Documentary from five to six. Documentary nominees are “Acasa, My Home,” “Gunda,” “Little Girl,” “Saudi Runaway,” and “The Cave,” with “Collective” winning the prize.
Earlier this week, Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland was elected as the new president of the European Film Academy, succeeding Wim Wenders. Holland, also a nominee for European Director for “Charlatan,” was on hand to present awards. “Phantom Thread” star Vicky Krieps presented the award for European Director to Thomas Vinterberg for “Another Round.” The film also grabbed the Actor prize for lead Mads Mikkelsen, and screenplay for Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm. Paula Beer took the Actress award for her performance in Christian Petzold’s “Undine.” Last year’s top prizes went to “The Favourite” for Best Film, Actress for Olivia Colman, Director for Yorgos Lanthimos, and Comedy, with Antonio Banderas winning the Actor prize for “Pain and Glory.” EUROPEAN FILM “Another Round” EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY ”Collective” EUROPEAN ACTRESS Paula Beer, “Undine” EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER Thomas Vinterberg & Tobias Lindholm, “Another Round” EUROPEAN DISCOVERY Carlo Sironi, “Sole” EUROPEAN ACTOR Mads Mikkelsen, “Another Round” EFA AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE STORYTELLING Mark Cousins, “Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema” EUROPEAN DIRECTOR Thomas Vinterberg, “Another Round” EUROPEAN COMEDY “The Big Hit” (dir. Emmanuel Courcol) EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM “Josep” (dir. Aurel) EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHY Matteo Cocco, “Hidden Away” EUROPEAN EDITING Maria Fantastica Valmori, “Once More Unto the Breach” EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGN Cristina Casali, “The Personal History of David Copperfield” EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGN Ursula Patzak, “Hidden Away” EUROPEAN MAKEUP & HAIR Yolanda Piña, Félix Terrero & Nacho Diaz, “The Endless Trench” EUROPEAN SCORE Dascha Dauenhauer, “Berlin Alexanderplatz” EUROPEAN SOUND Yolande Decarsin, “Little Girl” EUROPEAN VISUAL EFFECTS Iñaki Madariaga, “The Platform” Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
