From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

24th European Film Awards

2011 film awards ceremony in Germany

Field	Value
number	24
award	European Film Awards
award_link	European Film Awards
date	3 December 2011
site	Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
host	Anke Engelke
organizer	European Film Academy
best_picture	Melancholia
best_direction	Susanne Bier
channel	Arte, HBO
last	2010
next	2012

The 24th European Film Awards were presented on 3 December 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The winners were selected by the over 2,500 members of the European Film Academy.

Winners and nominees

The nominations for the 24th European Film Awards were announced on 5 November.

Best Film

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Melancholia	Melancholia	Lars von Trier	Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Germany, France
The Artist	The Artist	Michel Hazanavicius	France
The Kid with a Bike	Le Gamin au vélo	Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne	Belgium, France, Italy
In a Better World	Hævnen	Susanne Bier	Denmark, Sweden
The King's Speech	The King's Speech	Tom Hooper	Great Britain
Le Havre	Le Havre	Aki Kaurismäki	Finland, France, Germany

Best Director

Director(s)	Nationality	English title	Original title
Susanne Bier	Denmark	In a Better World	Hævnen
Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne	Belgium	The Kid with a Bike	Le Gamin au vélo
Aki Kaurismäki	Finland	Le Havre	Le Havre
Béla Tarr	Hungary	The Turin Horse	A torinói ló
Lars von Trier	Denmark	Melancholia	Melancholia

Best Actress

Actress	Nationality	English title	Original title
Tilda Swinton	Great Britain	We Need to Talk about Kevin	We Need to Talk about Kevin
Kirsten Dunst	Germany and United States	Melancholia	Melancholia
Cécile de France	Belgium	The Kid with a Bike	Le Gamin au vélo
Charlotte Gainsbourg	France and Great Britain	Melancholia	Melancholia
Nadezhda Markina	Russia	Elena	Елена

Best Actor

Actor	Nationality	English title	Original title
Colin Firth	Great Britain	The King's Speech	The King's Speech
Jean Dujardin	France	The Artist	The Artist
Mikael Persbrandt	Sweden	In a Better World	Hævnen
Michel Piccoli	France	We Have a Pope	Habemus Papam
André Wilms	France	Le Havre	Le Havre

Best Screenwriter

Writer(s)	Nationality	English title	Original title
Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne	Belgium	The Kid with a Bike	Le Gamin au vélo
Anders Thomas Jensen	Denmark	In a Better World	Hævnen
Aki Kaurismäki	Finland	Le Havre	Le Havre
Lars von Trier	Denmark	Melancholia	Melancholia

Best Cinematographer

Cinematographer	Nationality	English title	Original title
Manuel Alberto Claro	Denmark	Melancholia	Melancholia
Fred Kelemen	Germany and Hungary	The Turin Horse	A torinói ló
Guillaume Schiffman	France	The Artist	The Artist
Adam Sikora	Poland	Essential Killing	Essential Killing

Best Editor

Editor	Nationality	English title	Original title
Tariq Anwar	India and Great Britain	The King's Speech	The King's Speech
Mathilde Bonnefoy	France	Three	Drei
	Denmark	Melancholia	Melancholia

Best Production Designer

Production Designer	Nationality	English title	Original title
	Denmark	Melancholia	Melancholia
	Italy	We Have a Pope	Habemus Papam
{{ill	Antxón Gómez	ca	es	eu	Antxon Gómez	it}}	Spain

Best Composer

Composer	Nationality	English title	Original title
Ludovic Bource	France	The Artist	The Artist
Alexandre Desplat	France	The King's Speech	The King's Speech
Alberto Iglesias	Spain	The Skin I Live In	La piel que habitoi
Mihály Víg	Hungary	The Turin Horse	A torinói ló

Best Documentary

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Pina	Pina	Wim Wenders	Germany
Position Among the Stars	Stand van de Sterren	Leonard Retel Helmrich	Netherlands
''{{ill	¡Vivan las Antipodas!	cy	¡Vivan Las Antipodas!	fr	ru	Да здравствуют антиподы!}}''	¡Vivan las Antipodas!	Viktor Kossakovsky

Best Animated Feature Film

The nominees for Best Animated Feature Film were selected by a committee consisting of EFA Board Members and representatives from the European Association of Animation Film.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Chico and Rita	Chico & Rita	Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba	Spain and Isle of Man
The Rabbi's Cat	Le Chat du rabbin	Antoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar	France
A Cat in Paris	Une vie de chat	Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol	France, Belgium

Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

The nominees for best feature-film debut were selected by a committee consisting of representatives from EFA and the International Federation of Film Critics.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Oxygen	Adem	{{ill	Hans Van Nuffel	fr	nl}}
Breathing	Atmen	Karl Markovics	Austria
Michael	Michael	{{ill	Markus Schleinzer	de	es
Nothing's All Bad	Smukke menesker		Denmark
Tilva Roš	Tilva Roš	Nikola Ležaić	Serbia

Best Short Film

The nominees for Best Short Film were selected by independent juries at a series of film festivals throughout Europe.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
The Wholly Family	The Wholly Family	Terry Gilliam	Italy
Berik	Berik	Daniel Borgman	Denmark
Little Children, Big Words	Små barn, stora ord		Sweden
Incident by a Bank	Händelse vid bank	Ruben Östlund	Sweden
Derby	Derby		Romania
Jessi	Jessi		Germany
The Wolves	I lupi		Italy and Netherlands
The Unliving	Återfödelsen		Sweden
Silent River	Apele tac	Anca Miruna Lăzărescu	Germany and Romania
Paparazzi	Paparazzi		Poland
The Great Race	La gran carrera	Kote Camacho	Spain
Dimanches	Dimanches		Belgium
Out	Tse	Roee Rosen	Israel
Frozen Stories	Opowieści z chłodni	Grzegorz Jaroszuk	Poland
Hypercrisis	Hypercrisis		Austria

People's Choice Award

The winner of the People's Choice Award was selected by online votes.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
The King's Speech	The King's Speech	Tom Hooper	Great Britain
Animals United	Konferenz der Tiere	and {{ill	Holger Tappe	ca	de}}
Even the Rain	También la lluvia	Icíar Bollaín	Spain
In a Better World	Hævnen	Susanne Bier	Denmark and Sweden
Little White Lies	Les Petits Mouchoirs	Guillaume Canet	France
Potiche	Potiche	François Ozon	France and Belgium
Unknown	Unknown	Jaume Collet-Serra	Germany, United States, Great Britain
Welcome to the South	Benvenuti al Sud	Luca Miniero	Italy

References

Staff writer. (2011-09-20). "EFA Nominates Three Animation Films". [[European Film Awards]].
Staff writer. (2011-10-11). "Five Debut Films nominated for European Film Awards". [[European Film Awards]].
Staff writer. (2011-09-26). "15 Short Films Nominated for European Film Awards". [[European Film Awards]].
Staff writer. (2011-09-01). "EFA Opens Vote for People's Choice Award". [[European Film Awards]].

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

2011-film-awards 2011-in-berlin december-2011-in-germany european-film-awards-ceremonies organised-events-in-berlin

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 24th European Film Awards — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report