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European Film Awards: 1998

European Film Award

Date:	4 December
Host:	Carole Bouquet; Mel Smith
Location:	Old Vic Theatre, London, England, UK

Best Film


Winner:
	Vita è bella, La (1997) - Gianluigi Braschi (producer); Elda Ferri (producer)
Other Nominees:
	Butcher Boy, The (1997) - Redmond Morris (producer); Stephen Woolley (producer) Carne trémula (1997) - Agustín Almodóvar (producer) Festen (1998) - Birgitte Hald (producer) Lola rennt (1998) - Stefan Arndt (producer) My Name Is Joe (1998) - Rebecca O'Brien (I) (producer) Vie rêvée des anges, La (1998) - François Marquis (producer)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Vita è bella, La (1997) - Roberto Benigni
Other Nominees:
	Carne trémula (1997) - Javier Bardem Festen (1998) - Ulrich Thomsen My Name Is Joe (1998) - Peter Mullan (I)

Best Actress


Winners:
	Vie rêvée des anges, La (1998) - Élodie Bouchez - Together with Natacha Régnier in Vie rêvée des anges, La (1998). Vie rêvée des anges, La (1998) - Natacha Régnier - Together with Élodie Bouchez in Vie rêvée des anges, La (1998).
Other Nominees:
	Kleine Teun (1998) - Annet Malherbe Pro urodov i lyudey (1998) - Dinara Drukarova

Best Cinematographer


Winner:
	Butcher Boy, The (1997) - Adrian Biddle
Other Nominees:
	Comedian Harmonists (1997) - Joseph Vilsmaier Crna macka, beli macor (1998) - Thierry Arbogast Nain rouge, Le (1998) - Danny Elsen

Best Screenwriter


Winner:
	Sliding Doors (1998) - Peter Howitt (II)
Other Nominees:
	Idioterne (1998) - Lars von Trier Kleine Teun (1998) - Alex van Warmerdam On connaît la chanson (1997) - Jean-Pierre Bacri; Agnès Jaoui

Best Documentary Award


Winner:
	Claudio Pazienza - For?

Best Short Film Award


Winner:
	Un jour (1997) - Marie Paccou (director)

European Discovery of the Year


Winners:
	Festen (1998) - Thomas Vinterberg Vie rêvée des anges, La (1998) - Erick Zonca

Screen International Award


Winner:
	Truman Show, The (1998) - Peter Weir - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Big Lebowski, The (1998) - Joel Coen - USA. Boogie Nights (1997) - Paul Thomas Anderson - USA. Castle, The (1997) - Rob Sitch - Australia. Deconstructing Harry (1997) - Woody Allen - USA. Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Steven Spielberg (I) - USA.

Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema


Winner:
	Amistad (1997) - Stellan Skarsgård - Also for Good Will Hunting (1997).
Other Nominees:
	Man in the Iron Mask, The (1998/I) - Gérard Depardieu Mask of Zorro, The (1998) - Antonio Banderas (I) Primary Colors (1998) - Emma Thompson (I) Titanic (1997) - Kate Winslet Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - Pierce Brosnan

Special Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Jeremy Irons

FIPRESCI Prize


Winner:
	Bure baruta (1998) - Goran Paskaljevic

Audience Award

Best Actor


Winner:
	Mask of Zorro, The (1998) - Antonio Banderas (I)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Titanic (1997) - Kate Winslet

Best Director


Winner:
	Godzilla (1998) - Roland Emmerich