Father Geek here to introduce our Euro-editor Robert Bernocchi from Rome with the results of the 15th annual European Film Awards... I'm afraid I'll have to agree with Robert that Roman Polanski got robbed... in my opinion he and his great masterwork, "The Pianist" clearly deserved the top honors, although "Talk To Her" is a wonderful motion picture for sure...
Here's Robert with the winners...
Hi people, Robert here. Saturday evening here in Rome they announced the winners of the 15th European Fim Awards. It was a great ceremony for Pedro Almodovar, who was able to win five prizes for his movie "Talk to Her", including Best Movie, Best Director and Best Screenwriter. I'm probably the only critic in the world who didn't loved his pic and I'm very disappointed that Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" didn't receive what it deserved (it won only for the best cinematographer). There is also (not considering the Lefetime achievement Award for the Fellini and Antonioni's screenwriter Tonino Guerra) a prize for an Italian. In fact, Sergio Castellitto won in the category Best Actor. I like him very much, even if I don't reckon he gave his best performance ever in the movies for which he was nominated...
Anyway, this is a full list of the winners:
BEST EUROPEAN FILM 2002
Hi people, Robert here. Saturday evening here in Rome they announced the winners of the 15th European Fim Awards. It was a great ceremony for Pedro Almodovar, who was able to win five prizes for his movie "Talk to Her", including Best Movie, Best Director and Best Screenwriter. I'm probably the only critic in the world who didn't loved his pic and I'm very disappointed that Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" didn't receive what it deserved (it won only for the best cinematographer). There is also (not considering the Lefetime achievement Award for the Fellini and Antonioni's screenwriter Tonino Guerra) a prize for an Italian. In fact, Sergio Castellitto won in the category Best Actor. I like him very much, even if I don't reckon he gave his best performance ever in the movies for which he was nominated...
Anyway, this is a full list of the winners:
BEST EUROPEAN FILM 2002
Anyway, this is a full list of the winners:
BEST EUROPEAN FILM 2002
Talk to Her by Pedro Almodovar
BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
Pedro Almodovar for Talk to her
BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
Pedro Almodovar for Talk to Her
BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR
Sergio Castellitto for My Mother's Smile and Mostly Martha
BEST EUROPEAN ACTRESS
The ensemble cast of 8 femmes (Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant, Emanuelle Béart, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard)
BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
Pawel Edelman for The Pianist
SCREEN INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR NON-EUROPEAN FILM
Elia Suleiman for Divine Intervention
THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS
BEST DIRECTOR
Pedro Almodovar for Talk to Her
BEST ACTOR
Javier Camara for Talk to Her
BEST ACTRESS
Kate Winslet for Iris
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY
Hukkle by Gyorgy Palfi
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY AWARD-PRIX ARTE
Etre et avoir by Nicolas Philibert
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
10 Minutes by Ahmed Imamovic
EUROPEAN CRITICS' AWARD
Sweet Sixteen by Ken Loach
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA
Victoria Abril
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Tonino Guerra
Robert Bernocchi
http://www.caltanet.it/2003/?id_arg=2003&desc=CINEMA
