The European Film Awards winners have little influence if none on the award ceremonies stateside, but it’s still interesting to note the differences between the European picks and those by the Americans. Tonight the award ceremony presented their winners and Melancholia tied Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech as the big winners, each taking three awards. I’m not sure why The King’s Speech qualifies as a 2011 contender, considering it was released in the UK before it ever hit North American shores in 2010, but the same can be asked about Susanne Bier’s In A Better World.
Below is the complete list of winners.
Via THR
EUROPEAN FILM 2011
Melancholia Dir. Lars von Trier
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2011
Susanne Bier for In a Better World
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2011
Tilda Swinton in We Need To Talk About Kevin
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2011
Colin Firth in The King’s Speech
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2011
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for The Kid with a Bike
CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2011
Manuel Alberto Claro for Melancholia
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2011
Pina Dir. Wim Wenders
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2011
Mads Mikkelson
EFA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Stephen Frears
EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD – PRIX EURIMAGES
Mariela Besuievsky
EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2011
Chico & Rita Dir. Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba
EUROPEAN EDITOR 2011
Tariq Anwar for The King’s Speech
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jette Lehmann for Melancholia
EUROPEAN COMPOSER
Ludovic Bource for The Artist
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – PRIX FIPRESCI
Oxygen (Belgium/Netherlands) Dir. Hans Van Nuffel
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
The King’s Speech
EFA SHORT FILM AWARD
The Wholly Family