Italian director Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah, a tale of the Naples underworld based on the book by Roberto Saviano, won five of the 15 top awards, including Best Film, at the 21st European Film Awards.
The awards ceremony was held in Copenhagen, Denmark on Saturday, December 6.
Here is the list of the 2008 EFA winners:
BEST FILM
Gomorrah
BEST DIRECTOR
Matteo Garrone, Gomorrah
BEST ACTOR
Toni Servillo, Gomorrah
BEST ACTRESS
Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long
BEST SCREENWRITER
Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso and Roberto Saviano, Gomorrah
CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD
Marco Onorato, Gomorrah
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D’EXCELLENCE
Magdalena Biedrzycka for costume design, Katyn
BEST COMPOSER
Max Richter, Waltz With Bashir
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2008
Hunger, Steve McQueen
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS AWARD – PRIX FIPRESCI
Abdellatif Kechiche, The Secret of the Grain
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY – PRIX ARTE RENE
Rene, dir. Helena Trestikova
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM – PRIX UIP
Frankie by Darren Thornton
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dame Judi Dench
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA
Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Lars von Trier, and Thomas Vinterberg
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix