2008
The Nominations
EUROPEAN FILM 2008
IL DIVO, Italy
written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino
produced by Indigofilm, Lucky Red, Parco Film, Babe Films, StudioCanal,
Arte France Cinéma
ENTRE LES MURS (The Class), France
directed by Laurent Cantet
written by Laurent Cantet, François Begaudeau & Robin Campillo after
the novel of François Begaudeau
produced by Haut et Court, France 2 Cinéma
GOMORRA (Gomorrah), Italy
directed by Matteo Garrone
written by Maurizio Bracci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone,
Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano
produced by Fandango, RAI Cinema
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, UK
written and directed by Mike Leigh
produced by Thin Man Films Ltd., Summit Entertainment, Ingenious Film
Partners, Film4, UK Film Council
EL ORFANATO (The Orphanage), Spain
directed by Juan Antonio Bayona
written by Sergio G. Sánchez
produced by Rodar y Rodar S.L., Telecinco Cinema
WALTZ WITH BASHIR, Israel/France/Germany
written and directed by Ari Folman
produced by Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d’Ici, Razor Film
Produktion, ARTE France, ITVS International
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2008
Laurent Cantet for ENTRE LES MURS (The Class)
Andreas Dresen for WOLKE 9 (Cloud 9)
Ari Folman for WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Matteo Garrone for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)
Steve McQueen for HUNGER
Paolo Sorrentino for IL DIVO
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2008
Michael Fassbender in HUNGER
Thure Lindhardt & Mads Mikkelsen in FLAMMEN & CITRONEN (Flame & Citron)
James McAvoy in ATONEMENT
Toni Servillo in GOMORRA (Gomorrah) and IL DIVO
Jürgen Vogel in DIE WELLE (The Wave)
Elmar Wepper in KIRSCHBLÜTEN - HANAMI (Cherry Blossoms)
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2008
Hiam Abbass in LEMON TREE
Arta Dobroshi in LE SILENCE DE LORNA (Lorna’s Silence)
Sally Hawkins in HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
Belen Rueda in EL ORFANATO (The Orphanage)
Kristin Scott Thomas in IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME (I’ve Loved You So Long)
Ursula Werner in WOLKE 9 (Cloud 9)
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2008
Suha Arraf & Eran Riklis for LEMON TREE
Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)
Ari Folman for WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Paolo Sorrentino for IL DIVO
CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2008
Luca Bigazzi for IL DIVO
Oscar Faura for EL ORFANATO (The Orphanage)
Marco Onorato for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)
Sergey Trofimov & Rogier Stoffers for MONGOL
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D’EXCELLENCE 2008
Marton Agh for production design, DELTA
Magdalena Biedrzycka for costume design, KATYN
Laurence Briaud for editing, UN CONTE DE NOEL
Petter Fladeby for sound design, O’HORTEN
EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2008
Tuur Florizoone for AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU (Moscow, Belgium)
Dario Marianelli for ATONEMENT
Max Richter for WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Fernando Velázquez for EL ORFANATO (The Orphanage)
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2008
HUNGER, UK
directed by Steve McQueen
written by Enda Walsh & Steve McQueen
SNIJEG (Snow), Bosnia and Herzegovina / Germany / France / Iran
directed by Aida Begić
written by Aida Begić and Elma Tataragić
TATIL KITABI (Summer Book), Turkey
written and directed by Seyfi Teoman
TULPAN, Germany / Switzerland / Kazakhstan / Russia / Poland
directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy
written by Sergey Dvortsevoy and Gennady Ostrovskiy
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2008 - Prix ARTE
DURAKOVO – LE VILLAGE DES FOUS (Durakovo - Village of Fools)
Nino Kirtadzé, France
FADOS
Carlos Saura, Portugal/Spain
KINDER. WIE DIE ZEIT VERGEHT. (Children. As Time Flies.)
Thomas Heise, Germany
LA MÈRE (The Mother)
Antoine Cattin & Pavel Kostomarov, Switzerland
MAN ON WIRE
James Marsh, UK
NAUFRAGÉS DES ANDES (Stranded: I’ve come from a plane that crashed on the mountains)
Gonzalo Arijón, France
OBCAN VÁCLAV HAVEL (Citizen Havel)
Pavel Koutecký & Miroslav Janek, Czech Republic
PYHÄN KIRJAN VARJO (Shadow of the Holy Book)
Arto Halonen, Finland
RENÉ
Helena Trestikova, Czech Republic
THE DICTATOR HUNTER
Klaartje Quirijns, the Netherlands
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2008 - Prix UIP
Prix UIP Ghent: RAAK (Contact)
by Hanro Smitsman, Netherlands 2007, 10 min, fiction
Prix UIP Cork: THE APOLOGY LINE
by James Lees, UK 2007, 10 min, documentary
Prix UIP Valladolid: UN BISOU POUR LE MONDE (A Kiss to the World)
by Cyril Paris, France 2007, 9 min, fiction
Prix UIP Angers: PROCRASTINATION
by Johnny Kelly, UK 2007, 4 min 5 sec, animation
Prix UIP Rotterdam: JOY
by Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy, UK 2008, 10 min, fiction
Prix UIP Berlin: FRANKIE
by Darren Thornton, Ireland 2007, 12 min, fiction
Prix UIP Tampere: THE PEARCE SISTERS
by Luis Cook, UK 2007, 10 min, animation
Prix UIP Cracow: TIME IS RUNNING OUT
by Marc Reisbig, UK 2007, 7 min, animation
Prix UIP Grimstad: UGUNS (Fire)
by Laila Pakalnina, Latvia 2007, 12 min, fiction
Prix UIP Edinburgh: SMÁFUGLAR (2 Birds)
by Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland 2008, 15 min, fiction
Prix UIP Vila do Conde: LOVE YOU MORE
by Sam Taylor-Wood, UK 2007, 15 min, fiction
Prix UIP Sarajevo: TOLERANTIA (Tolerance)
by Ivan Ramadan, Bosnia & Herzegovina 2008, 6 min, animation
Prix UIP Venice: DE ONBAATZUCHTIGEN (The Altruists)
by Koen Dejaegher, Belgium 2008, 14 min, fiction
Prix UIP Drama: TÜRELEM (With A Little Patience)
by Laszlo Nemes, Hungary 2007, 14 min, fiction
PEOPLE CHOICE AWARDS 2008
ARN – TEMPELRIDDAREN (Arn: The Knight Templar)
directed by Peter Flinth
written by Jan Guillou & Hans Gunnarsson
ATONEMENT
directed by Joe Wright
written by Ian McEwan & Christopher Hampton
BEN X
written and directed by Nic Balthazar
BIENVENUE CHEZ LES CH’TIS (Welcome to the Sticks)
directed by Dany Boon
written by Dany Boon & Alexandre Charlot
DIE WELLE (The Wave)
directed by Dennis Gansel
written by Dennis Gansel & Peter Thorwarth
EL ORFANATO (The Orphanage)
directed by Juan Antonio Bayona
written by Sergio G. Sánchez
ENSEMBLE, C’EST TOUT (Hunting and Gathering)
directed by Claude Berri
written by Anna Gavalda & Claude Berri
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
directed by David Yates
written by Michael Goldenberg
KEINOHRHASEN (Rabbit Without Ears)
directed by Til Schweiger
written by Anika Decker & Til Schweiger
MONGOL
directed by Sergei Bodrov
written by Arif Aliyev & Sergei Bodrov
[REC]
directed by Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza
written by Jaume Balagueró & Luis Berdejo
SATURNO CONTRO
directed by Ferzan Ozpetek
written by Ferzan Ozpetek & Gianni Romoli