The European Film Academy has given all its awards to The Great Beauty! Well, not quite, but not far off either. Technical category winners were previously announced, and can be found here.
Best European Film
The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino)
Best European Director
Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty)
Best European Actor
Toni Servillo (The Great Beauty)
Best European Actress
Veerle Baetens (The Broken Circle Breakdown)
Best European Screenwriter
Francois Ozon (In the House)
Best European Animated Feature
The Congress (Ari Folman)
Best European Documentary
The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer)
Best European Comedy
Love Is All You Need (Susanne Bier)
European Discovery Award - FIPRESCI
Oh Boy! (Jan Ole Gerster)
People's Choice Award
The Gilded Cage (Ruben Alves)
Best European Short Film
Death of a Shadow (Tom Van Avermaet)
When European lads aren't heralding Blue is the Warmest Color, what can we expect from AMPAS and North American groups? How did the two leads failed to get even a nom is out of my comprehension. Hoping LAFCA would show some affection today.
ReplyDeleteAmour sweeped last year.
Meant that Amour sweeped last year's European awards.
DeleteWeird, yeh. But I don't think this is any indication of what American groups will think. Or even BAFTA. I'm sure hoping Blue Is the Warmest Colour does well with lots of awards groups.
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