24th European Film Awards

24th European Film Awards
Date3 December 2011
SiteTempodrom, Berlin, Germany
Hosted byAnke Engelke
Organized byEuropean Film Academy
Highlights
Best PictureMelancholia
Best DirectionSusanne Bier
Television coverage
ChannelArte, HBO

The 24th European Film Awards were presented on 3 December 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The winners were selected by the over 2,500 members of the European Film Academy.[1]

Winners and nominees

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The nominations for the 24th European Film Awards were announced on 5 November.

Best Film

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Melancholia Melancholia Lars von Trier Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Germany, France
The Artist The Artist Michel Hazanavicius France
The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne Belgium, France, Italy
In a Better World Hævnen Susanne Bier Denmark, Sweden
The King's Speech The King's Speech Tom Hooper Great Britain
Le Havre Le Havre Aki Kaurismäki Finland, France, Germany

Best Director

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Director(s) Nationality English title Original title
Susanne Bier Denmark In a Better World Hævnen
Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne Belgium The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo
Aki Kaurismäki Finland Le Havre Le Havre
Béla Tarr Hungary The Turin Horse A torinói ló
Lars von Trier Denmark Melancholia Melancholia

Best Actress

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Actress Nationality English title Original title
Tilda Swinton Great Britain We Need to Talk about Kevin We Need to Talk about Kevin
Kirsten Dunst Germany and United States Melancholia Melancholia
Cécile de France Belgium The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo
Charlotte Gainsbourg France and Great Britain Melancholia Melancholia
Nadezhda Markina Russia Elena Elena

Best Actor

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Actor Nationality English title Original title
Colin Firth Great Britain The King's Speech The King's Speech
Jean Dujardin France The Artist The Artist
Mikael Persbrandt Sweden In a Better World Hævnen
Michel Piccoli France We Have a Pope Habemus Papam
André Wilms France Le Havre Le Havre

Best Screenwriter

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Writer(s) Nationality English title Original title
Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne Belgium The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo
Anders Thomas Jensen Denmark In a Better World Hævnen
Aki Kaurismäki Finland Le Havre Le Havre
Lars von Trier Denmark Melancholia Melancholia

Best Cinematographer

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Cinematographer Nationality English title Original title
Manuel Alberto Claro Denmark Melancholia Melancholia
Fred Kelemen Germany and Hungary The Turin Horse A torinói ló
Guillaume Schiffman France The Artist The Artist
Adam Sikora [ar; pl] Poland Essential Killing Essential Killing

Best Editor

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Editor Nationality English title Original title
Tariq Anwar India and Great Britain The King's Speech The King's Speech
Mathilde Bonnefoy France Three Drei
Molly Malene Stensgaard [de] Denmark Melancholia Melancholia

Best Production Designer

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Production Designer Nationality English title Original title
Jette Lehmann [no] Denmark Melancholia Melancholia
Paola Bizzarri [it] Italy We Have a Pope Habemus Papam
Antxón Gómez [ca; es; eu; it] Spain The Skin I Live In La piel que habito

Best Composer

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Composer Nationality English title Original title
Ludovic Bource France The Artist The Artist
Alexandre Desplat France The King's Speech The King's Speech
Alberto Iglesias Spain The Skin I Live In La piel que habitoi
Mihály Víg Hungary The Turin Horse A torinói ló

Best Documentary

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Pina Pina Wim Wenders Germany
Position Among the Stars Stand van de Sterren Leonard Retel Helmrich Netherlands
¡Vivan las Antipodas! [cy; fr; ru] ¡Vivan las Antipodas! Viktor Kossakovsky Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, Chile

Best Animated Feature Film

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The nominees for Best Animated Feature Film were selected by a committee consisting of EFA Board Members and representatives from the European Association of Animation Film.[2]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Chico and Rita Chico & Rita Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba Spain and Isle of Man
The Rabbi's Cat Le Chat du rabbin Antoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar France
A Cat in Paris Une vie de chat Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol France, Belgium

Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

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The nominees for best feature-film debut were selected by a committee consisting of representatives from EFA and the International Federation of Film Critics.[3]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Oxygen Adem Hans Van Nuffel [fr; nl] Belgium and the Netherlands
Breathing Atmen Karl Markovics Austria
Michael Michael Markus Schleinzer [de; es; fr; it; mg] Austria
Nothing's All Bad Smukke menesker Mikkel Munch-Fals [da] Denmark
Tilva Roš Tilva Roš Nikola Ležaić Serbia

Best Short Film

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The nominees for Best Short Film were selected by independent juries at a series of film festivals throughout Europe.[1]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Wholly Family The Wholly Family Terry Gilliam Italy
Berik Berik Daniel Borgman Denmark
Little Children, Big Words Små barn, stora ord Lisa James-Larsson [sv] Sweden
Incident by a Bank Händelse vid bank Ruben Östlund Sweden
Derby Derby Paul Negoescu [ro] Romania
Jessi Jessi Mariejosephin Schneider [de] Germany
The Wolves I lupi Alberto de Michele [Wikidata] Italy and Netherlands
The Unliving Återfödelsen Hugo Lilja [Wikidata] Sweden
Silent River Apele tac Anca Miruna Lăzărescu Germany and Romania
Paparazzi Paparazzi Piotr Bernaś [Wikidata] Poland
The Great Race La gran carrera Kote Camacho [es; eu] Spain
Dimanches Dimanches Valéry Rosier [fr] Belgium
Out Tse Roee Rosen Israel
Frozen Stories Opowieści z chłodni Grzegorz Jaroszuk Poland
Hypercrisis Hypercrisis Josef Dabernig [de] Austria

People's Choice Award

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The winner of the People's Choice Award was selected by online votes.[4]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The King's Speech The King's Speech Tom Hooper Great Britain
Animals United Konferenz der Tiere Reinhard Klooss [de] and Holger Tappe [ca; de] Germany
Even the Rain También la lluvia Icíar Bollaín Spain
In a Better World Hævnen Susanne Bier Denmark and Sweden
Little White Lies Les Petits Mouchoirs Guillaume Canet France
Potiche Potiche François Ozon France and Belgium
Unknown Unknown Jaume Collet-Serra Germany, United States, Great Britain
Welcome to the South Benvenuti al Sud Luca Miniero Italy

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Staff writer (26 September 2011). "15 Short Films Nominated for European Film Awards". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Awards. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  2. ^ Staff writer (20 September 2011). "EFA Nominates Three Animation Films". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Awards. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  3. ^ Staff writer (11 October 2011). "Five Debut Films nominated for European Film Awards". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Awards. Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  4. ^ Staff writer (1 September 2011). "EFA Opens Vote for People's Choice Award". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Awards. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
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