Awards for 2011

European Film Award

Best Film

WINNER

Melancholia: Meta Louise Foldager (producer), Louise Vesth (producer), Lars von Trier (writer/director)

NOMINEES

The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius (writer/director), Thomas Langmann (producer), Emmanuel Montamat (producer)
The Kid with a Bike: Jean-Pierre Dardenne (writer/director/producer), Denis Freyd (producer), Luc Dardenne (writer/director/producer), Andrea Occhipinti (producer)
In a Better World: Anders Thomas Jensen (writer), Susanne Bier (director), Sisse Graum Jørgensen (producer)
Le Havre: Reinhard Brundig (producer), Aki Kaurismäki (writer/director/producer), Fabienne Vonier (producer)
The King's Speech: Gareth Unwin (producer), David Seidler (writer), Emile Sherman (producer), Tom Hooper (director), Iain Canning (producer)

Best Actor

WINNER

The King's Speech: Colin Firth

NOMINEES

Le Havre: André Wilms
In a Better World: Mikael Persbrandt
We Have a Pope: Michel Piccoli
The Artist: Jean Dujardin

Best Actress

WINNER

We Need to Talk About Kevin: Tilda Swinton

NOMINEES

Melancholia: Charlotte Gainsbourg
Melancholia: Kirsten Dunst
Elena: Nadezhda Markina
The Kid with a Bike: Cécile De France

Best Director

WINNER

In a Better World: Susanne Bier

NOMINEES

Le Havre: Aki Kaurismäki
The Kid with a Bike: Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
The Turin Horse: Béla Tarr
Melancholia: Lars von Trier

Best Cinematographer

WINNER

Melancholia: Manuel Alberto Claro

NOMINEES

The Artist: Guillaume Schiffman
The Turin Horse: Fred Kelemen
Essential Killing: Adam Sikora

Best Screenwriter

WINNER

The Kid with a Bike: Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne

NOMINEES

Melancholia: Lars von Trier
Le Havre: Aki Kaurismäki
In a Better World: Anders Thomas Jensen

Best Animated Film

WINNER

Chico & Rita: Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba

NOMINEES

The Rabbi's Cat: Joann Sfar, Antoine Delesvaux
A Cat in Paris: Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli

Best Composer

WINNER

The Artist: Ludovic Bource

NOMINEES

The Skin I Live In: Alberto Iglesias
The King's Speech: Alexandre Desplat
The Turin Horse: Mihály Vig

Best Production Designer

WINNER

Melancholia: Jette Lehmann

NOMINEES

The Skin I Live In: Antxón Gómez
We Have a Pope: Paola Bizzarri

Best Editor

WINNER

The King's Speech: Tariq Anwar

NOMINEES

Melancholia: Molly Marlene Stensgaard
3: Mathilde Bonnefoy

Best Documentary Award

WINNER

Pina: Wim Wenders

NOMINEES

Position Among the Stars: Leonard Retel Helmrich
¡Vivan las Antipodas!: Victor Kossakovsky

Best Short Film Award

WINNER

The Wholly Family: Terry Gilliam
Drama

NOMINEES

Berik: Daniel Borgman
Ghent
Incident by a Bank: Ruben Östlund
Cork
Derby: Paul Negoescu
Bristol
Little Children, Big Words: Lisa James-Larsson
Valladolid
Out: Roee Rosen
Sarajevo
Jessi: Mariejosephin Schneider
Angers
La gran carrera: Kote Camacho
Grimstad
Silent River: Anca Miruna Lazarescu
Tampere
Frozen Stories (Opowiesci z chlodni): Grzegorz Jaroszuk
Locarno
The Wolves: Alberto De Michele
Rotterdam
Paparazzi: Piotr Bernas
Cracow
Sundays: Valéry Rosier
Conde
The Unliving: Hugo Lilja
Berlin
Hypercrisis: Josef Dabernig
Venice

European Discovery of the Year

WINNER

Oxygen: Hans Van Nuffel

NOMINEES

Tilva Ros: Nikola Lezaic
Michael: Markus Schleinzer
Nothing's All Bad: Mikkel Munch-Fals
Breathing: Karl Markovics

Prix Eurimages

WINNER

Mariela Besuievski

Life Achievement Award

WINNER

Stephen Frears

Honorary Award

WINNER

Michel Piccoli

Audience Award

Best Film

WINNER

The King's Speech: Tom Hooper

NOMINEES

Even the Rain: Icíar Bollaín
In a Better World: Susanne Bier
Potiche: François Ozon
Welcome to the South: Luca Miniero
Unknown: Jaume Collet-Serra
Little White Lies: Guillaume Canet
Animals United: Holger Tappe, Reinhard Klooss

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