European Film Awards 2006

2nd December 2006 - Warsaw

Please see below for winners highlighted in red

European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

In recognition of his outstanding dedication to cinema, Roman Polanski will receive the EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at the European Film Awards.

As an actor, writer, director and producer, Roman Polanski has created some of the most unforgettable moments in cinema. He has embodied characters like the clumsy assistant of Professor Abronsius in THE DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES from 1967 or quiet Trelkovsky in THE TENANT from 1976, both of which he also directed. And who could forget the silent horror creeping through the cinema during his 1968 drama ROSEMARY’S BABY or the despair of Harrison Ford as Dr. Richard Walker in FRANTIC from 1988, or his bloody adaptation of Shakespeare’s MACBETH from 1971. He has worked with an illustrious group of actors including Jack Nicholson in CHINATOWN from 1974, Nastassja Kinski in TESS, Polanski’s 1979 adaptation of the novel by Thomas Hardy, Ben Kingsley in his 1994 drama DEATH AND THE MAIDEN and Johnny Depp in the mystery thriller THE NINTH GATE from 1999.

Amongst his latest successes are THE PIANIST based on the book by Wladyslaw Szpilman from 2002 and his 2005 adaptation of the classic OLIVER TWIST by Charles Dickens.

It is a great pleasure for the European Film Academy to present the Lifetime Achievement Award to Roman Polanski for this impressive contribution to the world of film.

Roman Polanski will be among the guests at the European Film Awards Ceremony on December 2 in Warsaw during which a total of 15 awards will be presented.

At the Seville Film Festival the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the European Film Awards 2006. The 1,700 EFA Members will now vote for the winners which will be presented during the Awards Ceremony in Warsaw on December 2.
 
Nominated are:
 
EUROPEAN FILM 2006
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO; Ireland/UK
directed by Neil Jordan
produced by Parallel Film Productions Ltd./Number 9 Films
 
GRBAVICA; Austria/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Germany/Croatia
directed by Jasmila Zbanic
produced by coop99 filmproduktion GmbH/Deblokada/Noirfilm/Jadran Film
 
DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others); Germany
directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
produced by Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion/Bayerischer Rundfunk/ARTE/Creado Film
 
THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO; UK
directed by Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross
produced by Revolution Films Ltd.
 
VOLVER; Spain
directed by Pedro Almodóvar
produced by El Deseo D.A., S.L.U.
 
THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY; UK/Ireland/Germany/Italy/Spain
directed by Ken Loach
produced by Sixteen Films/Matador Pictures/Regent Capital/UK Film Council/Bord Scannán Na Héireann/The Irish Film Board/Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen/Element Films/Bim Distribuzione/EMC Produktion/Tornasol Films/Diaphana Distribution/Pathé Distribution/Cinéart/TV3 Ireland/Film Coopi

 
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2006
Pedro Almodóvar for VOLVER
Susanne Bier for EFTER BRYLLUPPET (After The Wedding)
Emanuele Crialese for NUOVOMONDO (Golden Door)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Ken Loach for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross for THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO

 
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2006
Nathalie Baye in LE PETIT LIEUTENANT
Penelope Cruz in VOLVER
Martina Gedeck in DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Sandra Hüller in REQUIEM
Mirjana Karanovic in GRBAVICA
Sarah Polley in LA VIDA SECRETA DE LAS PALABRAS (The Secret Life Of Words)

 
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2006
Patrick Chesnais in JE NE SUIS PAS LÀ POUR ÊTRE AIMÉ (Not Here To Be Loved)
Jesper Christensen in DRABET (Manslaughter)
Mads Mikkelsen in EFTER BRYLLUPPET (After The Wedding)
Ulrich Mühe in DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Cillian Murphy in BREAKFAST ON PLUTO & THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Silvio Orlando in IL CAIMANO (The Caiman)

 
EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2006
Barry Ackroyd for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
José Luis Alcaine for VOLVER
Roman Osin for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Timo Salminen for LAITAKAUPUNGIN VALOT (Lights In The Dusk)

 
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2006
Pedro Almodóvar for VOLVER  
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Paul Laverty for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Corneliu Porumboiu for A FOST SAU N-A FOST (12:08 East Of Bucharest)

 
EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2006
Alberto Iglesias for VOLVER
Tuomas Kantelinen for ÄIDEISTÄ PARHAIN (Mother of Mine)
Dario Marianelli for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Gabriel Yared & Stéphane Moucha for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives of Others)

 
In addition to the awards listed above, the following will be announced and presented during the Awards Ceremony:
 
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2006
13 Tzameti by Gela Babluani, France

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY AWARD FOR  AN ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION 2006
Pierre Pell & Stephane Rozenbaum for the production design in THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2006 - Prix UIP
BEFORE DAWN by Balint Kenyeres, Hungary

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Roman Polanski

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2006 - Prix Screen International
Jeremy Thomas

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS AWARD 2006 - Prix Fipresci
LES AMANTS REGULIERS by Philippe Garrel, France

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2006 - Prix Arte
DIE GROSSE STILLE (Into Great Silence) by Philip Groning, Germany/Switzerland

THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD 2006 for Best European Film
VOLVER by Pedro Almodovar, Spain

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