“The European Film Awards (EFA), the top pan-European cinema honor, has kicked off in Berlin. You can check out the livestream of the awards ceremony here. For the first time, the EFAs are being held mid-January, smack in the middle of awards season, in an attempt to position the event as a harbinger for the Baftas and”, — write: www.hollywoodreporter.com
You can check out the livestream of the awards ceremony here.
For the first time, the EFAs are being held mid-January, smack in the middle of awards season, in an attempt to position the event as a harbinger for the Baftas and the Oscars and generate buzz around European contenders.
And, indeed, all of this year’s EFA Best Film nominees are Oscar contenders: Joachim Trier’s Norwegian melodrama Sentimental ValueJafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or winning Iranian/French thriller It Was Just an AccidentOlivier Laxe’s post-apocalyptic road movie SirātMascha Schilinski’s multi-generational German period film Sound of Fallingand Kaouther Ben Hania’s harrowing Gaza drama The Voice of Hind Rajab.
In the director’s race, LaxePanahi, Trier and Schilinski will be going up against Yorgos Lanthimos, nominated for the Emma Stone/Jessie Plemons starrer Bugonia.
Trier’s Sentimental Value has a slight edge in the overall nominations, with 5 noms across the top 5 categories. Laxe’s Sirāt is right behind it with 4 noms, for best feature, director, actor and screenplay, followed by It Was Just an Accident and Sound of Fallingwith 3 names each.
Liv Ullmann, the two-time Oscar-nominated Norwegian actress and director, best known for such 1970s classics as Cries and Whispersand Scenes From a Marriagewill receive a lifetime achievement honor at this year’s EFAs. Alice Rohrwacher, the Italian director of La Chimera, Futuraand Happy as Lazzaro will be honored with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award.
Check out the full list of winners below.
EUROPEAN FILM Afternoons of Solitude
Arco
Dog of God
Fiume o Morte!dir. Igor Bezinovic
It Was Just an Accidentdir. Jafar Panahi
Little Ameliedir. Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquakedir. Irene Iborra Rizo
Riefenstahldir. Andres Veiel
Sentimental Valuedir. Joachim Trier
Sirātdir. Oliver Laxe
Songs of Slow Burning Earthdir. Olha Zhurba
Sound of Fallingdir. Mascha Schilinski
Tales From the Magic Gardendir. David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar and Jean-Claude Rozec
The Voice of Hind Rajabdir. Kaouther Ben Hania
With Hasan in Gazadir. Kamal Aljafari
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY Afternoons of Solitudedir. Albert Serra
Fiume o Morte!dir. Igor Bezinovic
Riefenstahldir. Andres Veiel
Songs of Slow Burning Earthdir. Olha Zhurba
With Hasan in Gazadir. Kamal Aljafari
EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Arco
Dog of God
Little Amelie
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake
Tales From the Magic Garden
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR Yorgos Lanthimos for Bugonia
Oliver Laxe for Sirāt
Jafar Panahi for It Was Just an Accident
Mascha Schilinski for Sound of Falling
Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value
EUROPEAN ACTRESS Leonie Benesch for Late Shift
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi for Duse
Léa Drucker for Case 137
Vicky Krieps for Love Me Tender
Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value
EUROPEAN ACTOR Sergi López for Sirāt
Mads Mikkelsen for The Last Viking
Toni Servillo for La Grazia
Stellan Skarsgård for Sentimental Value
Idan Weiss for Franz
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER Santiago Fillol and Oliver Laxe for Sirāt
Jafar Panahi for It Was Just an Accident
Mascha Schilinski and Louise Peter for Sound of Falling
Paolo Sorrentino for La Grazia
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – PRIX FIPRESCI Little Trouble Girlsdir. Urška Djukić
My Father’s Shadowdir. Akinola Davies Jr
On Fallingdir. Laura Carreira
One of Those Days When Hemme Diesdir. Murat Fıratoğlu
Saunadir. Mathias Broe
Under the Gray Skydir. Mara Tamkovich
EUROPEAN YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD Arco
I Accidentally Wrote a Book
Siblings
EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER Mauro Herce for Sirāt
Fabian Gamper for Sound of Falling
Manu Dacosse for The Stranger
EUROPEAN EDITOR Yorgos Mavropsaridis for Bugonia
Toni Froschhammer for Die My Love
Cristóbal Fernández for Sirāt
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER James Price for Bugonia
Jørgen Stangebye Larsen for Sentimental Value
Laia Ateca for Sirāt
EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER Ursula Patzak for Duse
Michaela Horáčková Hořejší for Franz
Sabrina Krämer for Sound of Falling
EUROPEAN CASTING DIRECTOR Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman for Sentimental Value
Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo and María Rodrigo for Sirāt
Karimah El-Giamal and Jacqueline Rietz for Sound of Falling
EUROPEAN MAKE-UP & HAIR ARTIST Torsten Witte for Bugonia
Gabriela Poláková for Franz
Irina Schwarz and Anne-Marie Walther for Sound of Falling
EUROPEAN SOUND DESIGNER Johnny Burn for Bugonia
Laia Casanovas, Amanda Villavieja and Yasmina Praderas for Sirāt
Gwennolé Le Borgne, Marion Papinot, Lars Ginzel, Elias Boughedir and Amal Attia for The Voice of Hind Rajab
LUX AUDIENCE AWARD Christy
Deaf
It Was Just an Accident
Love Me Tender
Sentimental Value
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM – PRIX VIMEO Being John Smith
City of Poets
L’Avance
Man Number 4
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing