2005 European Film Academy Awards

Another year has passed, out of more than 400 competing films in Europe annually, here comes the nominations in my favorite award giving body (major categories):

EUROPEAN FILM 2005
Brothers directed by Susanne Bier (Denmark/UK/Sweden/Norway)
Hidden (Cache) directed by Michael Haneke (France/Austria/Ger/Italy)
Don't Come Knocking directed by Wim Wenders (Germany)
The Child (L'Enfant) directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (Belgium/France)
My Summer Of Love directed by Pawel Pawlikowski (UK)
Sophie Scholl directed by Marc Rothemund (Germany)

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2005
Susanne Bier for Brothers
Roberto Faenza for Come into the Light (Alla Luce Del Sole)
Michael Haneke for Hidden (Cache)
Alex de la Iglesia for Crimen Ferpecto
Pawel Pawlikowski for My Summer Of Love
Cristi Puiu for The Death of Mr Lazarescu
Wim Wenders for Don't Come Knocking

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2005
Juliette Binoche for Hidden (Cache)
Sandra Ceccarelli for The Life I Want (La Vita Che Vorrei)
Julia Jentsch for Sophie Scholl
Connie Nielsen for Brothers
Natalie Press for My Summer Of Love
Audrey Tautou for A Very Long Engagement

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2005
Daniel Auteuil for Hidden (Cache)
Romain Duris for The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Henry Hubchen for Go for Zucker!
Ulrich Matthes for The Ninth Day
Jeremie Renier for The Child
Ulrich Thomsen for Brothers

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2005
Hany Abu-Assad & Bero Beyer for Paradise Now
Mark O'Halloran for Adam And Paul
Michael Haneke for Hidden
Anders Thomas Jensen for Adam's Apples and Brothers
Dani Levy and Holger Franke for Go for Zucker!
Cristi Puiu and Razvan Radulescu for The Death of Mr Lazarescu

In the Best Film category, I am keeping my eye on the two festival circuits favorites that will probably dominate the awards night...

Caché
Disturbing, Stunning, Daring and Dark… Georges and Anne is a happily married middle class couple who both work in the arts. The balance of their lives is suddenly disturbed when they begin to receive video cassettes seemingly surveying the exterior of their home. Anne is quite dismissive of the tape but immediately Georges believes there is a sinister element to the tape. Soon they receive more tapes and disturbing drawings. As Georges fears for the safety of his family he suddenly has to confront his past and allow his wife to learn the hidden secrets of his past.

Brothers
Brødre / Brothers has two interwoven story lines: one about the relationship between two brothers, the other about the difference between comfortable Western civilizations sending out soldiers to various missions and the actual war zones. These stories mirror each other and both brothers change roles during the movie: One starts in prison, the other ends up there; one is a family man; the other takes over this role after his brother's death.

Here are the past Best Picture winners in the European Film Academy Awards:
2004: Head-On (Germany)
2003: Good Bye Lenin! (Germany)
2002: Talk To Her (Spain)
2001: Amelie (France)
2000: Dancer in the Dark (Denmark)
1999: All About My Mother (Spain)
1998: Life is Beautiful (Italy)

posted by basmayor @ 9:09 PM