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	...Best Director
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	Life Achievement Award
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	Audience Award
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European Film Awards: 2006

European Film Award

Date:	2 December
Host:	Sophie Marceau; Maciej Stuhr
Location:	Warsaw, Poland

Best Film


Winner:
	Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) - Max Wiedemann (producer); Quirin Berg (producer)
Other Nominees:
	Breakfast on Pluto (2005) Grbavica (2006) Road to Guantanamo, The (2006) Volver (2006/I) Wind That Shakes the Barley, The (2006)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) - Ulrich Mühe
Other Nominees:
	Caimano, Il (2006) - Silvio Orlando Drabet (2005) - Jesper Christensen (I) Efter brylluppet (2006) - Mads Mikkelsen Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (2005) - Patrick Chesnais Wind That Shakes the Barley, The (2006) - Cillian Murphy - Also for Breakfast on Pluto (2005).

Best Actress


Winner:
	Volver (2006/I) - Penélope Cruz
Other Nominees:
	Grbavica (2006) - Mirjana Karanovic Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) - Martina Gedeck Petit lieutenant, Le (2005) - Nathalie Baye Requiem (2006) - Sandra Hüller Secret Life of Words, The (2005) - Sarah Polley (I)

Best Director


Winner:
	Volver (2006/I) - Pedro Almodóvar
Other Nominees:
	Efter brylluppet (2006) - Susanne Bier Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Nuovomondo (2006) - Emanuele Crialese Road to Guantanamo, The (2006) - Michael Winterbottom; Mat Whitecross Wind That Shakes the Barley, The (2006) - Ken Loach

Best Cinematographer


Winners:
	Volver (2006/I) - José Luis Alcaine Wind That Shakes the Barley, The (2006) - Barry Ackroyd
Other Nominees:
	Laitakaupungin valot (2006) - Timo Salminen Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Roman Osin

Best Artistic Contribution


Winner:
	Science des rˆves, La (2006) - Pierre Pell; Stéphane Rosenbaum - For the production design.

Best Screenwriter


Winner:
	Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Other Nominees:
	A fost sau n-a fost? (2006) - Corneliu Porumboiu Volver (2006/I) - Pedro Almodóvar Wind That Shakes the Barley, The (2006) - Paul Laverty

Best Composer


Winner:
	Volver (2006/I) - Alberto Iglesias (I)
Other Nominees:
	Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) - Gabriel Yared; Stéphane Moucha Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Dario Marianelli Äideistä parhain (2005) - Tuomas Kantelinen

Best Documentary Award

Jury:

Adela Peeva (Bulgaria); Thomas Riedelsheimer (Germany); Dorota Roszkowska (Poland)


Winner:
	Große Stille, Die (2005) - Philip Gröning
Other Nominees:
	37 Uses for a Dead Sheep (2006) - Ben Hopkins (I) Casa de mi abuela, La (2005) - Adán Aliaga Dreaming by Numbers (2006) - Anna Bucchetti Maradona, un gamin en or (2006) - Jean-Christophe Rosé Moadon beit hakvarot (2006) - Tali Shemesh Rybak i tantsovshitsa (2006) - Valeriy Solomin Unser täglich Brot (2005) - Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Best Short Film Award


Winner:
	Before Dawn (2005) - Bálint Kenyeres - Prix UIP Tampere.
Other Nominees:
	Aldrig som första gången! (2006) - Jonas Odell - Prix UIP Cork. By the Kiss (2006) - Yann Gonzalez - Prix UIP Vila do Conde. Cerco, El (2005) - Ricardo Íscar; Nacho Martín - Prix UIP Berlin. Comme un air (2006) - Yohann Gloaguen - Prix UIP Drama. Delivery (2005) - Till Nowak - Prix UIP Ghent. For intérieur (2004) - Patrick Poubel - Prix UIP Cracow. Making of Parts, The (2006) - Daniel Elliott - Prix UIP Venezia. Meander (2005) - Joke Liberge - Prix UIP Rotterdam. Pistache (2005) - Valérie Pirson - Prix UIP Angers. Sniffer (2006) - Bobbie Peers - Prix UIP Grimstad. Sretan put Nedime (2006) - Marko Santic - Prix UIP Sarajevo. Vincent (2004) - Giulio Ricciarelli - Prix UIP Valladolid. Zakaria (2005) - Gianluca De Serio; Massimiliano De Serio - Prix UIP Edinburgh.

European Discovery of the Year


Winner:
	13 Tzameti (2005) - Géla Babluani

Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema


Winner:
	Jeremy Thomas (I)

Life Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Roman Polanski

FIPRESCI Prize


Winner:
	Amants réguliers, Les (2005) - Philippe Garrel

Audience Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Volver (2006/I) - Pedro Almodóvar
Other Nominees:
	Elementarteilchen (2006) - Oskar Roehler Enfant, L' (2005) - Luc Dardenne; Jean-Pierre Dardenne Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Joe Wright (IV)