THE EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANNOUNCES THE MAIN NOMINATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS ON 1ST DECEMBER IN BERLIN
7 November 2001, London….The European Film Academy today announced the nominations in the major categories for the European Film Awards 2001. The winners will be announced during the star-studded gala ceremony at the Tempodrom in Berlin on Saturday 1 December, which will be broadcast across the world.
EUROPEAN FILM 2000:
BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, UK
directed by Sharon Maguire
produced by Working Title
DAS EXPERIMENT (The Experiment), Germany
directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
produced by Typhoon Films, Fanes Film, Senator Film, Seven Pictures
INTIMACY, France/Italy
directed by Patrice Chéreau
produced by Téléma, StudioCanal, Arte-WDR, Arte France Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma, Azor Films, Mikado Films
ITALIENSK FOR BEGYNDERE (Italian for Beginners), Denmark
directed by Lone Scherfig
produced by Zentropa Entertainments6, Danish Broadcasting Corporation
LA PIANISTE (The Piano Teacher), Austria/France
directed by Michael Haneke
produced by Wega Filmproduktions GmbH, MK2 SA, Les Films Alain Sarde, Arte France Cinéma
LA STANZA DEL FIGLIO (The Son's Room), Italy/France
directed by Nanni Moretti
produced by Sacher Films, Studio Canal
LE FABULEUX DESTIN D'AMELIE POULAIN (Amélie), France
directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
produced by UGC Images, Tapioca Films, France 3 Cinéma, MMCI
THE OTHERS , Spain
directed by Alejandro Amenábar
produced by Sogecine, Las Producciones del Escorpión
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2001
JOSÉ LUIS GARCI for You're The One
PÉTER GOTHÁR for Paszport
JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET for Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
ERMANNO OLMI for Il Mestiere delle Armi (The Profession of Arms)
FRANÇOIS OZON for Sous le Sable (Under the Sand)
ERIC ROHMER for L'Anglaise et le Duc (The Lady and the Duke)
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2001
JESPER CHRISTENSEN in Baenken (The Bench)
BRANCO DJURIC in No Man's Land
BEN KINGSLEY in Sexy Beast
MICHEL PICCOLI in Vou Para Casa (I'm Going Home)
STELLAN SKARSGĹRD in Taking Sides
THE ENSEMBLE CAST in Last Orders (Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone)
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2001
ARIANE ASCARIDE in La Vie est Tranquille (The Town is Quiet)
ISABELLE HUPPERT in La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher)
LAURA MORANTE in La Stanza del Figlio (The Son's Room)
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING in Sous le Sable (Under the Sand)
STEFANIA SANDRELLI in L'Ultimo Bacio (The Last Kiss)
AUDREY TAUTOU in Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie)
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2001
LAURENT CANTET & ROBIN CAMPILLO for L'Emploi du Temps (Time Out)
MICHAEL HANEKE for La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher)
ACHERO MANAS for El Bola (Pellet)
JEAN-LOUIS MILESI & ROBERT GUEDIGUIAN for La Ville est Tranquille (The Town is Quiet)
ETTORE SCOLA & SILVIA SCOLA & GIACOMO SCARPELLI & FURIO SCARPELLI for Concorrenza Sleale (Unfair Competition)
DANIS TANOVIC for No Man's Land
EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2001
TAMAS BABOS for Paszport
BRUNO DELBONNEL for Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
ERIC GAUTIER for Intimacy
FRANK GRIEBE for Der Krieger und Die Kaiserin (The Princess and the Warrior)
REIN KOTOV for Karu Süda (The Heart of the Bear)
FABIO OLMI for Il Mestiere delle Armi (The Profession of Arms)
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2001 - Fassbinder Award
ALASKA.DE, Esther Gronenborn, Germany
DE ZEE DIE DENKT (The Sea that Thinks), Gert de Graaff, Netherlands
EL BOLA, Achero Manas, Spain
HUNDSTAGE (Dog Days), Ulrich Seidl, Austria
JALLA!JALLA!, Josef Fares, Sweden
KLISTI DROMI (Roadblocks), Stavros Ioannou, Greece
LAST RESORT, Pawel Pawlikowski, UK
LOVELY RITA, Jessica Hausner, Austria
MAIMIL (Le Singe), Aktan Abdykalykov, Russia/Kirgisistan
SZCZESLIWY CZLOWIEK (Happy Man), Malgorzata Szumowska, Poland
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2001 - Prix UIP
PRIX UIP GHENT: THE HEIST, Dennis Petersen & Frederik Meldal Norgaard, Denmark
PRIX UIP VALLADOLID: LO BASICO, José García Hérnandez, Spain
PRIX UIP LONDON: JE T'AIME JOHN WAYNE, Toby MacDonald, UK
PRIX UIP ANGERS: PEAU DE VACHE, Gérald Hustache-Mathieu, France
PRIX UIP BERLIN: Ĺ SE EN BĹT MED SEIL, Anja Breien, Norway
PRIX UIP TAMPERE: SVITJOD 2000 +, Mĺrten Nilsson & David Flamholc, Sweden
PRIX UIP GRIMSTAD: BETTER OR WORSE?, Jocelyn Cammack, UK
PRIX UIP VILA DO CONDE: CORPO E MEIO, Sandro Aguilar, Portugal
PRIX UIP SARAJEVO: COPY SHOP, Virgil Widrich, Austria
PRIX UIP EDINBURGH: MESKA SPRAWA, Slawomir Fabicki, Poland
PRIX UIP VENEZIA: FREUNDE / THE WHIZ KIDS, Jan H. Krüger, Germany
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY AWARD 2001 -
Prix Arte
BLACK BOX BRD (Black Box Germany), Andres Veiel, Germany
CASTING, Emmanuel Finkiel, France
ELEGIA DOROGI (Elegy of a Voyage), Alexander Sokurov, France/Russia/Netherlands
HEFTIG & BEGEISTRET (Cool & Crazy), Knut Erik Jensen, Norway
JOUTILAAT (The Idle Ones), Susanna Helke & Virpi Suutari, Finland
SUPER 8 STORIES BY EMIR KUSTURICA, Germany/Italy
SCREEN INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN FILM AWARD 2001
BARAN, Majid Majidi, Iran
THE BELIEVER, Henry Bean, US
LAGAAN, Ashutosh Gowariker, India
MILLENIUM MAMBO, Hou Hsiao Hsiu, Taiwan
MONSOON WEDDING, Mira Nair, India
MOULIN ROUGE, Baz Luhrmann, Australia/US
SAFAR E GANDEHAR (KANDAHAR), Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN, Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico
Over the weekend of 30th November to 2nd December, Berlin will be the centre of European film-making when about 1500 European and international film-makers gather for the European Film Awards ceremony (1st December). The Ceremony will be opened, for the first time by a European head of government, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
The Awards will be complemented by an extensive weekend programme, and will be broadcast in the UK by FilmFour/ Channel Four, across most of Europe and in the USA, Latin America, New Zealand and South Africa.
For the first time, private individuals, companies and institutions can, by purchasing „sponsor tickets" (Euro 500 each), also show their support of the European film industry and of the Awards.
As in the 1999 Awards also in Berlin, British director, actor, presenter and comedian, Mel Smith (High Heels & Low Lifes, 2001; Bean, 1997) will host the show, with the support of many European stars.
In addition to the nominations listed above, the following will be announced and presented during the Awards Ceremony:
THE EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2001
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2001
THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2001 for:
BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR
BEST EUROPEAN ACTRESS
BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
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