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1st European Film Awards

1988 film award ceremony in West-Germany

Field	Value
number	1
award	European Film Awards
award_link	European Film Awards
date	26 November 1988
site	Theater des Westens, West Berlin
host	Desirée Nosbusch and Jan Niklas
organizer	European Film Academy
best_picture	A Short Film About Killing
best_actor	Max von Sydow
best_actor_film	Pelle the Conqueror
best_actress	Carmen Maura
best_actress_film	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
most_wins	Wings of Desire
Pelle the Conqueror
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2)
most_nominations	Distant Voices, Still Lives (5)
next	1989
website

Pelle the Conqueror Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2) The 1st Annual European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy, recognized excellence in European cinema. The ceremony took place on 26 November 1988 at the Theater des Westens in West Berlin and was hosted by Luxembourgish presenter Desirée Nosbusch and German actor Jan Niklas.

British film Distant Voices, Still Lives led the nominations with five but the films Wings of Desire, Pelle the Conqueror and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown got the most wins with two each. Krzysztof Kieślowski's A Short Film About Killing received the award for Best European Film.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Swedish director Ingmar Bergman presented by German actress Nastasja Kinski and to Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni presented by Italian actress Giulietta Masina. English filmmaker Sir Richard Attenborough received the Award of Merit, which was presented by Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida while two Special Awards were presented, one to Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci for The Last Emperor and one to Russian composer Yuri Khanon for the music of The Days of Eclipse.

Winners and nominees

The winners are in a yellow background and in bold.

[[European Film Award for Best Film|Best European Film]]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Country
A Short Film About Killing	Krótki film o zabijaniu	Krzysztof Kieslowski	Ryszard Chutkowski	Polish People's Republic
Goodbye Children	Au revoir les enfants	Louis Malle	FRA
The Animated Forest	El bosque animado	José Luis Cuerda	Eduardo Ducay	ESP
Distant Voices, Still Lives	Terence Davies	Jennifer Howarth	GBR
Wings of Desire	Der Himmel über Berlin	Wim Wenders	FRG
Pelle the Conqueror	Pelle erobreren	Bille August	Per Holst	DEN

[[European Film Award for Best Director|Best European Director]]

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title
FRG Wim Wenders	Wings of Desire	Der Himmel über Berlin
GBR Terence Davies	Distant Voices, Still Lives
FRA Louis Malle	Goodbye Children	Au revoir les enfants
POR Manoel de Oliveira	The Cannibals	Os canibais
USSR Sergei Parajanov	The Lovelorn Minstrel	Ashik Kerib / აშიკ-ქერიბი

[[European Film Award for Best Actress|Best European Actress]]

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Role
ESP Carmen Maura	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios	Pepa
Iceland Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir	In the Shadow of the Raven	Í skugga hrafnsins	Isold
Italy Ornella Muti	Private Access	Codice privato	Anna
Ireland Carol Scanlan	Reefer and the Model	Teresa "the Model"

[[European Film Award for Best Actor|Best European Actor]]

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Role
SWE / France Max von Sydow	Pelle the Conqueror	Pelle erobreren	Lassefar "Lasse" Karlsson
AUT / Germany Klaus Maria Brandauer	Hanussen	Klaus Schneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
ESP Alfredo Landa	El bosque animado	Malvís / Bandid Fendetestas
GER Udo Samel	Mit meinen heißen Tränen	Franz Schubert
ROU Dorel Vișan	Iacob	Iacob

[[European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best European Supporting Actress]]

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Role
Netherlands Johanna ter Steege	The Vanishing	Spoorloos	Saskia Wagter
Denmark Lene Brøndum	Hip Hip Hurrah!	Hip hip hurra! / Hipp hipp hurra!	Lille
United Kingdom Freda Dowie	Distant Voices, Still Lives	Mother / Nell Davies
East Germany Karin Gregorek	Bear Ye One Another's Burden	Einer trage des anderen Last	Oberschwester Walburga

[[European Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best European Supporting Actor]]

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Role
West Germany Curt Bois	Wings of Desire	Der Himmel über Berlin	Homer
Sweden Björn Granath	Pelle the Conqueror	Pelle erobreren	Erik
Ireland Ray McBride	Reefer and the Model	Badger
Poland Wojciech Pszoniak	Mit meinen heißen Tränen	Kajetan
Iceland Helgi Skúlason	Shadow of the Raven	Í skugga hrafnsins	Grim

[[European Film Award for Best Young Actor or Actress|Best European Young Actor or Actress]]

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Role
Denmark Pelle Hvenegaard	Pelle the Conqueror	Pelle erobreren	Pelle Karlsson
Czechoslovakia Ondřej Vetchý	House for Two	Dům pro dva	Dan
West Germany Michaela Widhalm	Mit meinen heißen Tränen	Schuberts Halbschwester Josefa
West Germany Stefan Wood	Cripples Go Christmas	Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen	Spasski

[[European Film Award for Best Screenwriter|Best European Script]]

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title
France Louis Malle	Goodbye Children	Au revoir les enfants
Portugal Manoel de Oliveira	The Cannibals	Os Canibais
UK Terence Davies	Distant Voices, Still Lives
Italy Angelo Pasquini	It's Happening Tomorrow	Domani accadrà
East Germany Wolfgang Held	Bear Ye One Another's Burden	Einer trage des anderen Last

[[European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year|Best Young Film]]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Country
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios	Pedro Almodóvar	Augustin Almodovár	SPA
Damnation	Kárhozat	Béla Tarr	József Marx, Tamas Liszkay	HUN
Days of Darkness	Дни затмения	Aleksandr Sokurov	-	SOV
It's Happening Tomorrow	Domani accadrà	Daniele Luchetti	Angelo Barbagallo, Nanni Moretti	ITA
Pathfinder	Ofelaš / Veiviseren	Nils Gaup	John M. Jacobsen	Norway
Reefer and the Model	Joe Comerford	Lelia Doolan	Ireland
Stormy Monday	Mike Figgis	Nigel Stafford-Clark	United Kingdom, United States

[[European Film Academy Award of Excellence|Special Aspect Award]]

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Work
Georgi Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Niko Sanukeli, Schota Gogolaschwili	The Lovelorn Minstrel	Ashik Kerib / აშიკ-ქერიბი	Production Design
Henri Alekan	Wings of Desire	Der Himmel über Berlin	Cinematography
Mário Barroso	The Cannibals	Os Canibais
Terence Davies	Distant Voices, Still Lives	Original Score
Félix Murcia	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios	Production Design

Lifetime Achievement Award

Sweden Ingmar Bergman
Italy Marcello Mastroianni

Special Jury Award

Italy Bernardo Bertolucci for The Last Emperor (L'ultimo imperatore)
USSR Yuri Khanon for The Days of Eclipse (Дни затмения) (Special Prize of the Jury for the music the film)

Award of Merit

UK Sir Richard Attenborough

References

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