Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” took the lead at the 23rd European Film Awards with seven nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor for Ewan McGregor. Now on DVD in the US, The Ghost Writer is a political thriller starring Ewan McGregor as a ghost-writer who researches and works to complete the biography of former Prime Minister Adam Lang, played by Pierce Brosnan. Eventually the writer, played by McGregor, becomes suspicious that there may be more to Lang’s story than meets the eye.
Nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards
EUROPEAN FILM
BAL (Honey), Turkey/Germany
directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu
written by Semih Kaplanoğlu & Orçun Köksal
produced by Semih Kaplanoğlu & Johannes Rexin
DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (Of Gods and Men), France
directed by Xavier Beauvois
written by Etienne Comar & Xavier Beauvois
THE GHOST WRITER, France/Germany/UK
directed by Roman Polanski
written by Robert Harris & Roman Polanski
produced by Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde & Roman Polanski
LEBANON, Israel/Germany/France
written and directed by Samuel Maoz
produced by Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, David Silber, Uri Sabag, Einat Bickel, Benjamina Mirnik & Illan Girard
EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS (The Secret in their Eyes), Spain/Argentina
directed by Juan José Campanella
written by Eduardo Sacheri & Juan José Campanella
produced by Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky & Juan José Campanella
SOUL KITCHEN, Germany
directed by Fatih Akin
written by Fatih Akin & Adam Bousdoukos
produced by Fatih Akin & Klaus Maeck
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
Olivier Assayas for CARLOS
Semih Kaplanoğlu for BAL (Honey)
Samuel Maoz for LEBANON
Roman Polanski for THE GHOST WRITER
Paolo Virzi for LA PRIMA COSA BELLA (The First Beautiful Thing)
EUROPEAN ACTRESS
Zrinka Cvitešić in NA PUTU (On the Path)
Sibel Kekilli in DIE FREMDE (When We Leave)
Lesley Manville in ANOTHER YEAR
Sylvie Testud in LOURDES
Lotte Verbeek in NOTHING PERSONAL
EUROPEAN ACTOR
Jakob Cedergren in SUBMARINO
Elio Germano in LA NOSTRA VITA (Our Life)
Ewan McGregor in THE GHOST WRITER
George Pistereanu in EU CAND VREAU SA FLUIER, FLUIER (If I Want to Whistle,
I Whistle)
Luis Tosar in CELDA 211 (Cell 211)
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
Jorge Guerricaechevarría & Daniel Monzón for CELDA 211 (Cell 211)
Robert Harris & Roman Polanski for THE GHOST WRITER
Samuel Maoz for LEBANON
Radu Mihaileanu for LE CONCERT (The Concert)
CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD
Giora Bejach for LEBANON
Caroline Champetier for DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (Of Gods and Men)
Pavel Kostomarov for Как я провел этим летом (How I Ended this Summer)
Barış Özbiçer for BAL (Honey)
EUROPEAN EDITOR
Luc Barnier & Marion Monnier for CARLOS
Arik Lahav-Leibovich for LEBANON
Hervé de Luze for THE GHOST WRITER
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Paola Bizzarri & Luis Ramirez for IO, DON GIOVANNI (I, Don Giovanni)
Albrecht Konrad for THE GHOST WRITER
Markku Pätilä & Jaagup Roomet for PÜHA TÕNU KIUSAMINE (The Temptation
of St. Tony)
EUROPEAN COMPOSER
Ales Brezina for KAWASAKIHO RŮŽE (Kawasaki’s Rose)
Pasquale Catalano for MINE VAGANTI (Loose Cannons)
Alexandre Desplat for THE GHOST WRITER
Gary Yershon for ANOTHER YEAR
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – Prix FIPRESCI
LA DOPPIA ORA (The Double Hour), Italy
directed by Giuseppe Capotondi
written by Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi & Stefano Sardo
produced by Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
EU CAND VREAU SA FLUIER, FLUIER (If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle), Romania
directed by Florin Serban
written by Catalin Mitulescu & Florin Serban
produced by Catalin Mitulescu
DIE FREMDE (When We Leave), Germany
written & directed by Feo Aladag
produced by Feo Aladag & Züli Aladag
LEBANON, Israel/Germany/France
written & directed by Samuel Maoz
produced by Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, David Silber, Uri Sabag, Einat Bickel, Benjamina Mirnik & Illan Girard
NOTHING PERSONAL, the Netherlands/Ireland
written & directed by Urszula Antoniak
produced by Reinier Selen & Edwin van Meurs
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY – PRIX ARTE
ARMADILLO, Denmark/Sweden
Directed by: Janus Metz
MIESTEN VUORO (Steam of Life), Finland/Sweden
Directed by: Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen
NOSTALGIA DE LA LUZ (Nostalgia for the Light), France/Germany/Chile
Directed by: Patricio Guzmán
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE ILLUSIONIST, UK/France
Directed by: Sylvain Chomet
PLANET 51, Spain/UK
Directed by: Jorge Blanco
Co-directed by: Javier Abad and Marcos Martínez
SAMMY’S ADVENTURES: THE SECRET PASSAGE, Belgium
Directed by: Ben Stassen
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM
EFA Short Film Nominee Ghent
AMOR
Norway, 14′, fiction
by Thomas Wangsmo
EFA Short Film Nominee Valladolid
AMPELMANN (Lights)
Germany, 14’, fiction
by Giulio Ricciarelli
EFA Short Film Nominee Cork
LES ESCARGOTS DE JOSEPH (Joseph’s Snails)
France, 12’, animation
by Sophie Roze
EFA Short Film Nominee Angers
BLIJF BIJ ME, WEG (Stay, Away)
the Netherlands, 24’, fiction
by Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito
EFA Short Film Nominee Rotterdam
ØNSKEBØRN (Out of Love)
Denmark, 29′, documentary
by Birgitte Stærmose
EFA Short Film Nominee Berlin
VENUS VS ME
Belgium, 27′, fiction
by Nathalie Teirlinck
EFA Short Film Nominee Tampere
LUMIKKO (The Little Snow Animal)
Finland, 19′, documentary
by Miia Tervo
EFA Short Film Nominee Cracow
TUSSILAGO
Sweden, 14′, documentary animation
by Jonas Odell
EFA Short Film Nominee Grimstad
HANOI – WARSZAWA (Hanoi – Warsaw)
Poland 2009, 30′, fiction
by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
EFA Short Film Nominee Edinburgh
MARÍA’S WAY
UK/Spain, 16′, documentary
by Anne Milne
EFA Short Film Nominee Vila do Conde
TALLERES CLANDESTINOS
Austria/Argentina, 40′, fiction
by Catalina Molina
EFA Short Film Nominee Sarajevo
RENDEZ-VOUS A STELLA-PLAGE (Rendezvous in Stella-Plage)
France, 18′, fiction
by Shalimar Preuss
EFA Short Film Nominee Locarno
DIARCHIA (Diarchy)
Italy/France, 20′, fiction
by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino
EFA Short Film Nominee Venice
THE EXTERNAL WORLD
Germany, 15′, animation
by David OReilly
EFA Short Film Nominee Drama
ITT VAGYOK (Here I Am)
Hungary, 36′, fiction
by Bálint Szimler
The more than 2,300 EFA Members will now vote for the winners which will be presented during the Awards Ceremony on 4 December in Tallinn/Estonia. Watch the 23rd European Film Awards: 4 December 2010 live stream on www.europeanfilmawards.eu