European Commission - Press release
MEDIA-backed films triumph at 2011 European Oscars
Brussels, 4 December 2011 - 6 films supported by the European Union's MEDIA programme for cinema were among those honoured at the 2011 European Film Awards in Berlin on 3 December. Melancholia received the award for best European film. In the other main award categories, Susanne Bier was named as best European Director, Colin Firth as best European Actor, and Tilda Swinton as best European Actress. In addition, The King's Speech received the People’s Choice Award for Best European Film and Stephen Frears was honoured with the European Film Academy's lifetime achievement award. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne took the award for European Scriptwriter.
Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, said: "I'm delighted that10 out of the 12 main European film awards were linked to MEDIA-supported films. My sincere congratulations to all the winners, who epitomise everything that is best of our creative Europe."
17 out of the 24 nominated films at the awards received support totalling more than €7.5 million from the MEDIA programme for production and distribution. Overall, the MEDIA programme is contributing €755 million for Europe's film and audiovisual industry in the period 2007-2013, with a focus on improving distribution and strengthening competitiveness.
Last week, the European Commission put forward its budget proposal for 2014-2020, which envisages €900 million in support of the cinema and audiovisual sector as part of the Commission's new 'Creative Europe' programme (see IP/11/1399).
The European Film Awards are organized by the European Film Academy.
Full list of MEDIA supported films at European Film Awards in annex.
For more information:
About the EU’s MEDIA programme:
About the European Film Awards:
http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/the-european-film-awards/
Annex
MEDIA-backed films at the European Film Awards 2011
BEST EUROPEAN FILM
LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike), directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (countries of production: Belgium/France/Italy)
HÆVNEN (In a Better World), Susanne Bier (Denmark)
THE KING’S SPEECH, Tom Hooper (UK)
LE HAVRE, Aki Kaurismäki (Finland/France/Germany)
MELANCHOLIA, Lars von Trier (Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany)
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
Susanne Bier for HÆVNEN (In a Better World)
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for LE GAMIN AU VELO
Aki Kaurismäki for LE HAVRE
Béla Tarr for A TORINOI LO (The Turin Horse)
Lars von Trier for MELANCHOLIA
EUROPEAN ACTRESS
Kirsten Dunst in MELANCHOLIA
Cécile de France in LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)
Charlotte Gainsbourg in MELANCHOLIA
Tilda Swinton in WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2011
Colin Firth in THE KING’S SPEECH
Mikael Persbrandt in HÆVNEN (In a Better World)
Michel Piccoli in HABEMUS PAPAM
André Wilms in LE HAVRE
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for LE GAMIN AU VELO
Anders Thomas Jensen for HÆVNEN (In a Better World)
Aki Kaurismäki for LE HAVRE
Lars von Trier for MELANCHOLIA
CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD
Manuel Alberto Claro for MELANCHOLIA
Fred Kelemen for A TORINOI LO (The Turin Horse)
Adam Sikora for ESSENTIAL KILLING
EUROPEAN EDITOR
Tariq Anwar for THE KING’S SPEECH
Mathilde Bonnefoy for DREI (Three)
Molly Malene Stensgaard for MELANCHOLIA
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Paola Bizzarri for HABEMUS PAPAM
Antxón Gómez for LA PIEL QUE HABITO (The Skin I Live in)
Jette Lehmann for MELANCHOLIA
EUROPEAN COMPOSER
Alexandre Desplat for THE KING’S SPEECH
Alberto Iglesias for LA PIEL QUE HABITO (The Skin I Live in)
Mihály Vig for A TORINOI LO (The Turin Horse)
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2011 - Prix FIPRESCI
MICHAEL, Austria by Markus Schleinzer
SMUKKE MENESKER (Nothing’s All Bad), by Mikkel Munch-Fals
TILVA ROŠ, Serbia by Nikola Ležaić
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2011 - Prix ARTE
PINA, Germany by Wim Wenders
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2011
LE CHAT DU RABBIN (The Rabbi’s Cat), France directed by Antoine Delesvaux & Joann Sfar
CHICO & RITA, Spain/Isle of Man by Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba
UNE VIE DE CHAT (A Cat in Paris), France/Belgium by Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol
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