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'Melancholia,' Firth and Swinton Top European Film Awards

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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