December
6
Gomorra Dominates European Film Awards
Gomorra, the Italian submission for the Oscars, won five prizes at the 21st European Film Awards held on December 6 in Copenhagen. The gangster movie based on a novel book by Roberto Saviano won best film, best actor (Toni Servillo) and best director (Matteo Garonne). Gomorra will be released stateside by IFC Films, which is also releasing Hunger, which won an discovery award for Steve McQueen. (Here's Variety's review from Cannes, where it won the Grand Prix.)
Kristin Scott Thomas, a British actress who has lived in France for 25 years, won best actress for the French film I've Loved You So Long, which Sony PIctures Classics is releasing in the U.S.
The full list of winners is on the jump:
THE 21st EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: THE WINNERSEUROPEAN FILM 2008
GOMORRA (Gomorrah)
directed by Matteo Garrone
written by Maurizio Bracci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone,
Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano
produced by Fandango, RAI CinemaEUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2008
Matteo Garrone for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)EUROPEAN ACTOR 2008
Toni Servillo in GOMORRA (Gomorrah) and IL DIVOEUROPEAN ACTRESS 2008
Kristin Scott Thomas in IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T'AIME (I've Loved You So
Long)EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2008
Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo
Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2008
Marco Onorato for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D'EXCELLENCE 2008
Magdalena Biedrzycka for costume design, KATYNEUROPEAN COMPOSER 2008
Max Richter for WALTZ WITH BASHIREUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2008
HUNGER
directed by Steve McQueen
written by Enda Walsh & Steve McQueenEUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS' AWARD 2008 - Prix FIPRESCI
Abdellatif Kechiche
for LA GRAINE ET LE MULET (The Secret of the Grain / Couscous)EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2008 - Pix ARTE
RENÉ by Helena TrestikovaEUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2008 - Prix UIP
FRANKIE by Darren ThorntonEUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dame Judi DenchEUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2008
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Lars von Trier, and Thomas VinterbergPEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD 2008
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
directed by David Yates
written by Michael Goldenberg




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A minor correction: Roberto Saviano's book is a non-fiction expose of the Neapolitan mafia. It's not a novel.
Posted by: Andre | December 06, 2008 at 07:40 PM