13-12-2009

Katalin Varga win European Discovery Award

By FNE Staff
    Katalin Varga, a Hungarian/Romanian/UK co-production, won the European Film Academy's award as European Discovery 2009 on December 12.

    The film was directed by Peter Strickland and produced by Strickland along with Tudor Giurgiu and Oana Giurgiu.

    Polish director Andrzej Wajda was recognized with the European Film Academy Critics Award 2009 Prix FIPRESCI
    for Sweet Rush (Tatarak).

    Other EFA (www.europeanfilmacademy.org) awards went to the following:

    EUROPEAN FILM 2009
    Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon), Germany/Austria/France/Italy
    written and directed by Michael Haneke
    produced by Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Menegoz
    & Andrea Occhipinti

    EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2009
    Michael Haneke for Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon)

    EUROPEAN ACTOR 2009
    Tahar Rahim in Un ProphEte (A Prophet)

    EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2009
    Kate Winslet in The Reader (Der Vorleser)

    EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2009
    Michael Haneke for Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon)

    CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2009
    Anthony Dod Mantle for Antichrist & Slumdog Millionaire

    EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D EXCELLENCE 2009
    Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier, Jean-Paul Hurier & Marc Doisne for
    the Sound Design, Un ProphEte (A Prophet)

    EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2009
    Alberto Iglesias for Los Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces)

    EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2009
    Mia et le Migou (Mia and the Migoo), France/Italy
    directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd, co-directed by Nora Twomey

    EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2009
    POSTE RESTANTE by Marcel Lozinski

    EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
    Ken Loach

    EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA
    Isabelle Huppert

    EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2009 Prix ARTE
    THE SOUND OF INSECTS - Record of a Mummy, Switzerland
    by Peter Liechti

    EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD Prix EURIMAGES
    Diana Elbaum and Jani Thiltges

    PEOPLE S CHOICE AWARD for Best European Film
    SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, UK
    directed by Danny Boyle
    written by Simon Beaufoy
    produced by Christian Colson

    The 22nd European Film Awards are presented by the European Film Academy
    and EFA Productions with the support of the European Capital of Culture
    RUHR.2010 "Essen for the Ruhr", the Minister President and the Minister
    for Federal and European Affairs and the Media of North Rhine-Westphalia,
    and the Filmstiftung NRW.

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