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08 November, 2009

European Film Awards 2009 Nominations



At the Seville European Film Festival (6-15 November), the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the 22nd European Film Awards. At the same time, the new EFA website went online.

The more-than 2,000 EFA members will now vote for the winners, which will be honoured during the awards ceremony on 12 December in Bochum, Germany. And the nominations are:

EUROPEAN FILM 2009

Fish Tank, UK. Written and directed by Andrea Arnold produced by Kees Kasander & Nick Laws.

Låt den Rätte Komma In (Let the Right One in), Sweden. Directed by Tomas Alfredson, written by John Ajvide Lindqvist produced by John Nordling and Carl Molinder.

Un prophète (A Prophet), France. Directed by Jacques Audiard
written by Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain, based on an original idea by Abdel Raouf Dafri after an original screenplay by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit.
Produced by Chic Films, Page 114 and Why Not Productions.

The Reader (Der Vorleser), Germany, UK. Directed by Stephen Daldry, written by David Hare, produced by Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris.

Slumdog Millionaire, UK. Directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy produced by Christian Colson.

Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon), Germany, Austria, France, Italy. Written and directed by Michael Haneke, produced by Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Menegoz and Andrea Occhipinti.

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2009

Pedro Almodóvar for Los Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces)
Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank
Jacques Audiard for Un prophète (A Prophet)
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Michael Haneke for Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon)
Lars von Trier for Antichrist

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2009

Moritz Bleibtreu in Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (The Baader Meinhof
Complex
)
Steve Evets in Looking for Eric
David Kross in The Reader (Der Vorleser)
Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire
Tahar Rahim in Un prophète (A Prophet)
Filippo Timi in Vincere

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2009

Penélope Cruz in Los Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces)
Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist
Katie Jarvis in Fish Tank
Yolande Moreau in Sèraphine
Noomi Rapace in Män som Hatar Kvinnor (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Kate Winslet in The Reader (Der Vorleser)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2009

Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain for Un prophète (A Prophet)
Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
Gianni di Gregorio for Pranzo di Ferragosto (Mid-August Lunch)
Michael Haneke for Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon)

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2009

Christian Berger for Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon)
Anthony Dod Mantle for Antichrist and Slumdog Millionaire
Maxim Drozdov and Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev for Bumazhny Soldat (Paper Soldier)
Stéphane Fontaine for Un prophète (A Prophet)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D'EXCELLENCE 2009

Francesca Calvelli for editing, Vincere
Catherine Leterrier for costume design, Coco Avant Chanel (Coco
Before Chanel
)
Waldemar Pokromski for make-up and hair, Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (The Baader Meinhof Complex)
Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier, Jean-Paul Hurier and Marc Doisne for sound design, Un prophète (A Prophet)

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2009

Alexandre Desplat for Coco Avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel)
Jakob Groth for Män som Hatar Kvinnor (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Alberto Iglesias for Los Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces)
Johan Söderqvist for Låt den Rätte Komma In (Let the Right One in)

For information concerning all the EFA 2009 nominations, click here.

And, of course, your faithful reviwers will be providing their predictions as to the winners, ahead of the big night on 12 December. Keep it here!

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