2009
The Nominations
EUROPEAN FILM
FISH TANK, UK
written and directed by Andrea Arnold
produced by Kees Kasander & Nick Laws
LÅT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA IN (Let the Right One in), Sweden
directed by Tomas Alfredson
written by John Ajvide Lindqvist
produced by John Nordling & Carl Molinder
UN PROPHETE (A Prophet), France
directed by Jacques Audiard
written by Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri & Nicolas Peufaillit
produced by Chic Films & Page 114 & Why Not Productions
THE READER (Der Vorleser), Germany, UK
directed by Stephen Daldry
written by David Hare
produced by Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti & Redmond Morris
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, UK
directed by Danny Boyle
written by Simon Beaufoy
produced by Christian Colson
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
Pedro Almodóvar for LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (Broken Embraces)
Andrea Arnold for FISH TANK
Jacques Audiard for UN PROPHETE (A Prophet)
Danny Boyle for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Michael Haneke for DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon)
Lars von Trier for ANTICHRIST
EUROPEAN ACTOR
Moritz Bleibtreu in DER BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX (The Baader Meinhof Complex)
Steve Evets in LOOKING FOR ERIC
David Kross in THE READER (Der Vorleser)
Dev Patel in SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Tahar Rahim in UN PROPHETE (A Prophet)
Filippo Timi in VINCERE
EUROPEAN ACTRESS
Penélope Cruz in LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (Broken Embraces)
Charlotte Gainsbourg in ANTICHRIST
Katie Jarvis in FISH TANK
Yolande Moreau in SERAPHINE
Noomi Rapace in MÄN SOM HATAR KVINNOR (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Kate Winslet in The Reader (Der Vorleser)
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri & Nicolas Peufaillit for UN PROPHETE (A Prophet)
Simon Beaufoy for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Gianni di Gregorio for PRANZO DI FERRAGOSTO (Mid-August Lunch)
Michael Haneke for DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon)
CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD
Christian Berger for DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon)
Anthony Dod Mantle for ANTICHRIST & SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Maxim Drozdov & Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev for BUMAZHNY SOLDAT (Paper Soldier)
Stéphane Fontaine for UN PROPHETE (A Prophet)
EUROPEAN COMPOSER
Alexandre Desplat for COCO AVANT CHANEL (Coco Before Chanel)
Jacob Groth for MÄN SOM HATAR KVINNOR (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Alberto Iglesias for LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (Broken Embraces)
Johan Söderqvist for LÅT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA IN (Let the Right One in)
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D’EXCELLENCE
Francesca Calvelli for the Editing, VINCERE
Catherine Leterrier for the Costume Design, COCO AVANT CHANEL (Coco Before Chanel)
Waldemar Pokromski for Make Up and Hair, DER BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX (The Baader Meinhof Complex)
Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier, Jean-Paul Hurier & Marc Doisne for the Sound Design, UN PROPHETE (A Prophet)
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY
AJAMI, Germany / Israel
written & directed by Scandar Copti & Yaron Shani
produced by Mosh Danon, Thanassis Karathanos & Talia Kleinhendler
GAGMA NAPIRI (The Other Bank), Georgia / Kazakhstan
directed by George Ovashvili
written by Nugzar Shataidze
produced by George Ovashvili & Sain Gabdullin
KATALIN VARGA, Romania / UK / Hungary
written & directed by Peter Strickland
produced by Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu & Peter Strickland
SOIS SAGE (Be Good), France / Denmark
written & directed by Juliette Garcias
produced by Marianne Slot
SONBAHAR (Autumn), Turkey / Germany
written & directed by Özcan Alper
produced by F. Serkan Acar & Kadir Sözen
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
MIA AND THE MIGOO (Mia et le Migou)
France / Italy
written & directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
NIKO & THE WAY TO THE STARS (Niko - Lentäjän poika),
Finland / Germany / Denmark / Ireland
directed by Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen
produced by Petteri Pasanen, Hannu Tuomainen
THE SECRET OF KELLS (Brendan et le Secret de Kells)
France / Ireland / Belgium
directed by Tomm Moore, co-directed by Nora Twomey
produced by Didier Brunner, Viviane Vanfleteren, Paul Young
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY - Prix ARTE
AKO SA VARIA DEJINY (Cooking History)
Peter Kerekes, Slovakia / Austria / Czech Republic
BELOW SEA LEVEL
Gianfranco Rosi, Italy / USA
BURMA VJ
Anders Østergaard, Denmark
LES DAMNES DE LA MER (The Damned of the Sea)
Jawad Rhalib, Belgium
DEFAMATION
Yoav Shamir, Denmark / Austria / Israel / USA
DIE FRAU MIT DEN 5 ELEFANTEN (The Woman with the 5 Elephants)
Vadim Jendreyko, Switzerland / Germany
DAS HERZ VON JENIN (The Heart of Jenin)
Leon Geller & Marcus Vetter, Germany
PIANOMANIA
Lilian Franck & Robert Cibis, Germany / Austria
LES PLAGES D’AGNES (The Beaches of Agnès)
Agnès Varda, France
DAS SUMMEN DER INSEKTEN - BERICHT EINER MUMIE
(The Sound of Insects - Records of a Mummy)
Peter Liechti, Switzerland
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM
EFA Short Film Nominee Ghent
ZWEMLES (Swimming Lesson)
by Danny de Vent (Belgium, 10′, animation)
EFA Short Film Nominee Cork
14
by Asitha Ameresekere (UK, 9′, fiction)
EFA Short Film Nominee Valladolid
LÄGG M FÖR MORD (Tile M For Murder)
by Magnus Holmgren (Sweden, 8′, fiction)
EFA Short Film Nominee Angers
WAS BLEIBT
by David Nawrath (Germany, 17′, fiction)
EFA Short Film Nominee Berlin
DIE LEIDEN DES HERRN KARPF. DER GEBURTSTAG
by Lola Randl (Germany, 10′, fiction)
EFA Short Film Nominee Tampere
SZKLANA PULAPKA (The Glass Trap)
by Pawel Ferdek (Poland, 15′, documentary)
EFA Short Film Nominee Krakow
POSTE RESTANTE
by Marcel Łoziński (Poland, 14′, documentary)
EFA Short Film Nominee Grimstad
BETWEEN DREAMS
by Iris Olsson (France/Russia/Finland, 11′, documentary)
EFA Short Film Nominee Edinburgh
PETER IN RADIOLAND
by Johanna Wagner (UK, 10′, documentary)
EFA Short Film Nominee Vila do Conde
RENOVARE
by Paul Negoescu (Germany/Romania, 24′, fiction)
EFA Short Film Nominee Sarajevo
THE HERD
by Ken Wardrop (Ireland, 4′, documentary)
EFA Short Film Nominee Venice
SINNER
by Meni Philip (Israel, 28′, fiction)
EFA Short Film Nominee Drama
BONNE NUIT (Good Night)
by Valéry Rosier (Belgium/France, 18′, fiction)
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD for Best European Film
DER BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX (The Baader Meinhof Complex)
directed by Uli Edel
written by Bernd Eichinger, Stefan Aust & Uli Edel
produced by Bernd Eichinger
LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (Broken Ebraces)
written & directed by Pedro Almodóvar
produced by Agustín Almodóvar
COCO AVANT CHANEL (Coco Before Chanel)
directed by Anne Fontaine
written by Anne & Camille Fontaine
produced by Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne & Simon Arnal
THE DUCHESS
directed by Saul Dibb
written by Jeffrey Hatcher, Anders Thomas Jensen & Saul Dibb
produced by Gabrielle Tana & Michael Kuhn
FLY ME TO THE MOON
directed by Ben Stassen
written by Domonic Paris
produced by Gina Gallo, Charlotte Huggins, Mimi Maynard & Caroline Van Iseghem
MÄN SOM HATAR KVINNOR (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)
directed by Niels Arden Oplev
written by Nikolaj Arcel & Rasmus Heisterberg
produced by Søren Stærmose
LÅT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA IN (Let The Right One in)
directed by Tomas Alfredson
written by John Ajvide Lindqvist
produced by John Nordling & Carl Molinder
PRANZO DI FERRAGOSTO (Mid-August Lunch)
directed by Gianni di Gregorio
written by Gianni di Gregorio & Simone Riccardini
produced by Matteo Garrone
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
directed by Danny Boyle
written by Simon Beaufoy
produced by Christian Colson
TRANSPORTER 3
directed by Olivier Megaton
written by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen
produced by Luc Besson & Steve Chasman