The thirty seventh European Film Awards are underway in Lucerne, Switzerland. Variety might be bringing you the winners stay right here.
The European Discovery Award, given to a director for his or her first full-length characteristic movie, went to Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s “Armand.” The different nominees had been “Hoard” by Luna Carmoon, “Kneecap” by Rich Peppiatt, “Santosh” by Sandhya Suri, “The New Year That Never Came” by Bogdan Mureșanu, and “Toxic” by Saulė Bliuvaitė.
Jacques Audiard gained the European screenwriter prize for “Emilia Pérez,” forward of Magnus Von Horn and Line Langebek for “The Girl With the Needle,” Pedro Almodóvar for “The Room Next Door,” Mohammad Rasoulof for “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” and Coralie Fargeat for “The Substance.”
Best documentary was “No Other Land,” written and directed by Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal. Other contenders had been Lina Soualem’s “Bye Bye Tiberias,” Mati Diop’s “Dahomey,” Alina Maksimenko’s “In Limbo,” and Johan Grimonprez’s “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat.”
Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow” gained greatest animated characteristic movie. The different nominees had been “Living Large” by Kristina Dufková, “Savages” by Claude Barras, “Sultana’s Dream” by Isabel Herguera, and “They Shot the Piano Player” by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal.
The European director award went to Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez,” who beat Andrea Arnold for “Bird,” Pedro Almodóvar for “The Room Next Door,” Mohammad Rasoulof for “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” and Maura Delpero for “Vermiglio.”
The greatest movie nominees embrace narrative options “Emilia Perez,” “The Room Next Door,” “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” “The Substance” and “Vermiglio,” in addition to documentaries “Bye Bye Tiberias,” “Dahomey,” “In Limbo,” “No Other Land” and “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” and animated movies “Flow,” “Living Large,” “Savages,” “Sultana’s Dream” and “They Shot the Piano Player.”
Screenwriter prize contenders are Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez,” Magnus Von Horn and Line Langebek for “The Girl With the Needle,” Pedro Almodóvar for “The Room Next Door,” Mohammad Rasoulof for “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” and Coralie Fargeat for “The Substance.”
The statuette for greatest European actress is being chased by Renate Reinsve in “Armand,” Karla Sofía Gascón in “Emilia Pérez,” Trine Dyrholm in “The Girl With the Needle,” Vic Carmen Sonne in “The Girl With the Needle” and Tilda Swinton in “The Room Next Door.”
The actor award is fought over by Franz Rogowski in “Bird,” Ralph Fiennes in “Conclave,” Lars Eidinger in “Dying,” Daniel Craig in “Queer” and Abou Sangare in “Souleymane’s Story.”
Other award-winners had been:
European Cinematography
Benjamin Kračun for “The Substance”
European Editing
Juliette Welfling for “Emilia Pérez”
European Production Design
Jagna Dobesz for “The Girl With the Needle”
European Costume Design
Tanja Hausner for “The Devil’s Bath”
European Make-Up & Hair
Evalotte Oosterop for “When the Light Breaks”
European Original Score
Frederikke Hoffmeier for “The Girl With the Needle”
European Sound
Marc-Olivier Brullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak, Samuel Aïchoun & Rodrigo Diaz for “Souleymane’s Story”
European Visual Effects
Bryan Jones, Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky, Chervin Shafaghi & Guillaume Le Gouez for “The Substance”
European Achievement in World Cinema Award
Isabella Rossellini
Lifetime Achievement Award
Wim Wenders
