It may not have won the Best Picture Oscar, but a little over nine months later “The Favourite” is in the winner’s circle again. Yorgos Lanthimos’ dramedy took European Film, European Director (Lanthimos), European Actress Olivia Colman and Best Comedy at the 32nd European Film Awards in Berlin, Germany on Saturday. It was the first almost completely English-language film to win the top prize since Paolo Sorrentino’s “Youth” in 2015.
“The Favourite” is also the third Fox Searchlight film to win the honor after “Youth” and “The Full Monty” in 1997.
Antonio Banderas took European Actor for “Pain and Glory” while Céline Sciamma took European Screenplay for “Portrait of a Girl on Fire.” Ladj Ly’s “Les Miserables,” won the European Discovery honor while “Cold War,” last’s year’s winner for European Film, won the People’s Choice Award (no, we don’t get that either).
A full list of this year’s winners are as follows:
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
The Christmas Gift, dir: Bogdan Mureșanu
EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bunuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles, dir: Salvador Simó
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
Céline Sciamma, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
EUROPEAN ACTOR
Antonio Banderas, Pain And Glory
EUROPEAN ACTRESS
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – Prix FIPRESCI
Les Misérables, dir: Ladj Ly
PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD
Cold War, dir: Pawel Pawlikowski
EUROPEAN COMEDY
The Favourite
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY
For Sama; dirs: Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
EUROPEAN FILM
The Favorite, dir: Yorgos Lanthimos
Editor-at-Large Gregory Ellwood is one of the entertainment industry's most respected journalists and critics. Based in Los Angeles, he's the only current awards expert who previously worked on Oscar campaigns at a major movie studio. Over the years, he has written for the LA Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and Vox, among others. He also co-founded the entertainment news site HitFix, which spawned a legion of influential Emmy and WGA Award-winning alumni.
