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European Film Awards: 1999

European Film Award

Date:	4 December
Host:	Carole Bouquet; Mel Smith
Location:	Schiller Theater, Berlin, Germany

Best Film


Winner:
	Todo sobre mi madre (1999) - Agustín Almodóvar
Other Nominees:
	Fucking Åmål (1998) - Lars Jönsson (I) Mifunes sidste sang (1999) - Birgitte Hald; Morten Kaufmann Molokh (1999) - Aleksandr Sokurov Notting Hill (1999) - Duncan Kenworthy Rosetta (1999) - Jean-Pierre Dardenne; Luc Dardenne; Laurent Pétin; Michèle Pétin Sunshine (1999) - Andras Hamori; Robert Lantos War Zone, The (1999) - Dixie Linder; Sarah Radclyffe

Best Actor


Winner:
	Sunshine (1999) - Ralph Fiennes
Other Nominees:
	Ideal Husband, An (1999) - Rupert Everett Mifunes sidste sang (1999) - Anders W. Berthelsen Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999) - Götz George War Zone, The (1999) - Ray Winstone Ça commence aujourd'hui (1999) - Philippe Torreton

Best Actress


Winner:
	Todo sobre mi madre (1999) - Cecilia Roth
Other Nominees:
	Mifunes sidste sang (1999) - Iben Hjejle Niña de tus ojos, La (1998) - Penélope Cruz Rosetta (1999) - Émilie Dequenne Une liaison pornographique (1999) - Nathalie Baye

Best Cinematographer


Winner:
	Leggenda del pianista sull'oceano, La (1998) - Lajos Koltai - Also for Sunshine (1999).
Other Nominees:
	Günese yolculuk (1999) - Jacek Petrycki Humanité, L' (1999) - Yves Cape Molokh (1999) - Aleksei Fyodorov (I)

Best Screenwriter


Winner:
	Sunshine (1999) - István Szabó (I); Israel Horovitz
Other Nominees:
	East Is East (1999) - Ayub Khan-Din Návrat idiota (1999) - Sasa Gedeon

Best Documentary Award

Jury:

Diane Weyermann (Soros Documentary Fund, New York); Stephan Jarl; Jerzy Sladkovski


Winner:
	Buena Vista Social Club (1999) - Wim Wenders
Other Nominees:
	Chaconne d'Auschwitz, La (1999) - Michel Daeron Commission de la vérité, La (1999) - André van In Herr Zwilling und Frau Zuckermann (1999) - Volker Koepp Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski (1999) - Werner Herzog Mobutu, roi du Zaïre (1999) - Thierry Michel (I) Pripyat (1999) - Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Best Documentary Award - Special Mention


Winner:
	Mobutu, roi du Zaïre (1999) - Thierry Michel (I)

Best Short Film Award

Notes:

The short film festivals of Clermont-Ferrand (France), Oberhausen (Germany), and Tampere (Finland) were involved as nominating bodies.


Winner:
	Benvenuto a San Salvario (1999) - Enrico Verra
Other Nominees:
	Différence, La (1999) - Rita King Senhor Jerónimo (1998) - Inês de Medeiros Vacancy (1999) - Matthias Müller (I) Wanted (1999/III) - Milla Moilanen

European Discovery of the Year


Winner:
	War Zone, The (1999) - Tim Roth

Screen International Award


Winner:
	Straight Story, The (1999) - David Lynch (I) - USA
Other Nominees:
	American Beauty (1999) - Sam Mendes - USA Boys Don't Cry (1999) - Kimberly Peirce - USA Phörpa (1999) - Khyentse Norbu - Bhutan/Australia Yi ge dou bu neng shao (1999) - Yimou Zhang - China

Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema


Winners:
	Crazy in Alabama (1999) - Antonio Banderas (I) - For his directorial achievement and also the body of his work. Ninth Gate, The (1999) - Roman Polanski - Also for his whole works.

Life Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Ennio Morricone

FIPRESCI Prize


Winner:
	Adieu, plancher des vaches! (1999) - Otar Iosseliani

Audience Award

Best Actor


Winner:
	Entrapment (1999) - Sean Connery

Best Actress


Winner:
	Entrapment (1999) - Catherine Zeta-Jones

Best Director


Winner:
	Todo sobre mi madre (1999) - Pedro Almodóvar