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Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia” led the winners of the 2011 European Film Awards, which took place tonight in Berlin, Germany.
The film took honors for best film, best cinematography and best production design. Von Trier himself, however, lost the best director trophy to his fellow Dane Susanne Bier (who he infamously dissed at Cannes earlier this year).
Other major winners include Tilda Swinton and Colin Firth, who won best actress and actor for “We Need To Talk About Kevin” and “The King’s Speech,” respectively. “Speech” also took prizes for editing and the people’s choice award.
Despite being a frontrunner at the Oscars, “The Artist” only went home with a trophy for best score.
Full list of European Film Award winners:
EUROPEAN FILM 2011
Melancholia Dir. Lars von Trier
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2011
Susanne Bier for In a Better World
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2011
Tilda Swinton in We Need To Talk About Kevin
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2011
Colin Firth in The King’s Speech
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2011
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for The Kid with a Bike
CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2011
Manuel Alberto Claro for Melancholia
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2011
Pina Dir. Wim Wenders
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2011
Mads Mikkelson
EFA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Stephen Frears
EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD – PRIX EURIMAGES
Mariela Besuievsky
EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2011
Chico & Rita Dir. Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba
EUROPEAN EDITOR 2011
Tariq Anwar for The King’s Speech
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jette Lehmann for Melancholia
EUROPEAN COMPOSER
Ludovic Bource for The Artist
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – PRIX FIPRESCI
Oxygen (Belgium/Netherlands) Dir. Hans Van Nuffel
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
The King’s Speech
EFA SHORT FILM AWARD
The Wholly Family
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