Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Cold War” has been named the best European film of 2018 at the European Film Awards, which were handed out on Saturday in Seville, Spain.
The decade-spanning drama, which was inspired by the stormy relationship between Pawlikowski’s parents, also won awards for its director, screenplay, lead actress (Joanna Kulig) and editor.
Marcello Fonte won the best-actor award for “Dogman,” which also took awards for its costume design and hair and makeup.
Armando Iannucci’s “The Death of Stalin” was named the best European comedy, while “Bergman – A Year in a Life” won for documentary, and “Another Day of Life” won for animated film.
Four of the Best European Film Award nominees — “Border,” “Cold War,” “Dogman” and “Girl” — are the foreign-language Oscar entries from Sweden, Poland, Italy and Belgium, respectively. The fifth, “Happy as Lazzaro,” played in Cannes but was bypassed as Italy’s Oscar selection in favor of “Dogman.”
No film that has won the European Film Award for best film has ever won the Best Picture Oscar, though three (“The Full Monty,” “Life Is Beautiful” and “Amour”) have been nominated. Six EFA winners — “Life Is Beautiful,” “All About My Mother,” “The Lives of Others,” “Amour,” “The Great Beauty” and “Ida” — have won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Best European Film: “Cold War” European Director: Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War” European Comedy: “The Death of Stalin” European Actor: Marcello Fonte, “Dogman” European Actress: Joanna Kulig, “Cold War”
European Screenwriter: Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War” European Documentary: “Bergman –A Year in a Life” European Animated Film: “Another Day of Life” European Short Film: “The Years” European Discovery/Prix Fipresci: “Girl”
European Cinematographer: Martin Otterbeck “U-July 22” European Editor: Jaroslaw Kaminski, “Cold War” European Production Designer: Andrey Ponkratov, “The Summer” European Costume Designer: Massimo Cantini Parrini, “Dogman” European Hair and Make-Up Artist: Dalia Colli, Lorenzo Tamburini & Daniela Tartari, “Dogman”
European Composer: Christoph M. Kaiser and Julian Maas, “3 Days in Quiberon” European Sound Designer: Andre Bendocci-Alves and Martin Steyer, “The Captain” European Visual Effects Supervisor: Peter Hjorth, “Border”
EFA People’s Choice Award: “Call Me by Your Name” European Achievement in World Cinema: Ralph Fiennes EFA Lifetime Achievement Award: Carmen Maura Honorary Award: Costa-Gavras
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