Good morning, it’s mid-December, and we even more awards for you. Over the weekend, the European Film Awards were handed out, and while the results usually have pretty much zero bearing on what will happen at Oscar in a couple of months time, the big winners just happens to be a movie that’s in the race for Best Foreign Film as well.
Poland’s Oscar entry, Pawel Pawlikowski’s "Ida," took home the major prizes — Best European Film, Best European Director, Best European Screenwriter, Best European Cinematographer, and the People’s Choice Award — in a near sweep of the European Film Awards, with Agata Trzebuchowska missing out on Best European Actress to Marion Cotillard for "Two Days, One Night." Other wins of note include Timothy Spall for Best European Actor for his work in "Mr. Turner," and Steve McQueen honored with a World Cinema award.
Agnes Varda used the occasion of her Lifetime Achievement award to call for more women to be recognized. “What I have noticed is that it is very sweet to receive this award but when I see the nominees here, I feel there are not enough women,” she said in her speech. “I think more women should be included. I know a lot of very good female directors and women editors and I would like them be more represented and helped by the European film academy.”
Check out the full list of winners below. [The Independent/The Guardian]
EUROPEAN FILM 2014IDA
DIRECTED BY: Paweł Pawlikowski
WRITTEN BY: Paweł Pawlikowski & Rebecca Lenkiewicz
PRODUCED BY: Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzięcioł & Ewa Puszczyńska
EUROPEAN COMEDY 2014
THE MAFIA ONLY KILLS IN SUMMER (LA MAFIA UCCIDE SOLO D’ESTATE) by Pierfrancesco Diliberto
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2014 – Prix FIPRESCI
THE TRIBE (PLEMYA) by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2014
MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE by Marc Bauder
EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2014
THE ART OF HAPPINESS (L’ARTE DELLA FELICITÁ) by Alessandro Rak
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2014
THE CHICKEN by Una Gunjak
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2014
Paweł Pawlikowski for IDA
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2014
Marion Cotillard in TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (DEUX JOURS, UNE NUIT)
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2014
Timothy Spall in MR. TURNER
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2014
Paweł Pawlikowski & Rebecca Lenkiewicz for IDA
EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2014 – Prix CARLO DI PALMA
Łukasz Żal & Ryszard Lenczewski for IDA
EUROPEAN EDITOR 2014
Justine Wright for LOCKE
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2014
Claus-Rudolf Amler for THE DARK VALLEY (DAS FINSTERE TAL)
EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER 2014
Natascha Curtius-Noss for THE DARK VALLEY (DAS FINSTERE TAL)
EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2014
Mica Levi for UNDER THE SKIN
EUROPEAN SOUND DESIGNER 2014
Joakim Sundström for STARRED UP
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2014
Agnès Varda
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2014
Steve McQueen
EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2014 – Prix EURIMAGES
Ed Guiney
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2014 for Best European Film
IDA by Paweł Pawlikowski