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Brits get awards nod
It looks like the Brits are odds on to pick up some awards at this year‘s European Film Awards which will take place in Berlin on December 1. Ahead of the pack is Stephen Frears‘ award-magnet, ’The Queen‘, which has managed to bag six nominations, and ’The Last King of Scotland‘ was comes in close behind with five.
The nominees for best European Film 2007 are Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or winner, ‘4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days’, Fatih Akin’s lacklustre ‘The Edge Of Heaven’; Kevin Macdonald’s 'The Last King Of Scotland', Olivier Dahan’s muddled Piaf biopic ‘La Vie En Rose’, Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud’s expressionist animation, ‘Persepolis’, and Frears’ ‘The Queen’.
While some of these films (especially ‘Last King…’) may be considered old hat by now, they have been allowed to enter because they came in too late for last year’s awards. Some producers are complaining that if the eligibility of films was moved back slightly, the EFAs may be considered more of a barometer for the BAFTAs and the Oscars.
Here is a list of this year’s nominations:
Best Film
‘4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days’ (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)
‘The Edge Of Heaven’ (Fatih Akin, Germany/Turkey)
‘The Last King Of Scotland’ (Kevin Macdonald, UK)
‘La Vie En Rose’ (Olivier Dahan, France/Czech Republic/UK)
‘Persepolis’ (Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud, France)
‘The Queen’ (Stephen Frears, UK)
European Director
Fatih Akin ('The Edge Of Heaven')
Roy Andersson’ ('You, The Living')
‘Stephen Frears’ ('The Queen')
Kevin Macdonald’ ('The Last King Of Scotland')
Cristian Mungiu’ ('4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days')
Giuseppe Tornatore’ ('The Unknown')
European Actress
Marion Cotillard ('La Vie en Rose')
Marianne Faithfull ('Irina Palm')
Carice van Houten ('Black Book')
Anamaria Marinca ('4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days')
Helen Mirren ('The Queen')
Ksenia Rappoport ('The Unknown')
European Actor
Sasson Gabai ('The Band's Visit')
Elio Germano ('My Brother is an Only Child')
James McAvoy ('The Last King Of Scotland')
Miki Manojlovic ('Irina Palm')
Michel Piccoli ('Belle Toujours')
Ben Whishaw ('Perfume: The Story of a Murderer')
European Screenwriter
Fatih Akin ('The Edge of Heaven')
Eran Kolirin ('The Band's Visit')
Peter Morgan ('The Queen')
Cristian Mungiu ('4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days')
European Cinematographer
Anthony Dod Mantle ('The Last King Of Scotland')
Frank Griebe: ('Perfume: The Story of a Murderer')
Mikhail Krichman ('Banishment')
Fabio Zamarion ('The Unknown')
Author: David Jenkins
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