The Great Beauty named best at European Film Awards

Catherine Deneuve given lifetime achievement gong.

by Amber Wilkinson

Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) has won the top prize at the European Film Awards in Berlin.

Sorrentino also won the prize for best director for his film about a writer recalling the passions of his youth, while his star Tony Servillo was named best actor and Cristiano Travaglioli was named best editor.

The screenplay award went to François Ozon for his satire adaptation In the House. Veerle Baetens was took home the best actress accolade for Felix Van Groeningen’s The Broken Circle Breakdown.

The awards also paid tribute to French star Catherine Deneuve, who received the European Film Academy lifetime achievement award.

The full list of winners is below:

EUROPEAN FILM The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza)

EUROPEAN COMEDY Love Is All You Need (Den Skaldede Frisør) Dir: Susanne Bier

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR Paolo Sorrentino - The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS Veerle Baetens - The Broken Circle Breakdown

EUROPEAN ACTOR Toni Servillo - The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER François Ozon for In The House (Dans La Maison)

EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM The Congress Dir: Ari Folman Animation: Yoni Goodman

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY The Act Of Killing Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – Prix FIPRESCI Oh Boy Dir: Jan Ole Gerster

EUROPEAN SHORT FILM Death Of A Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw) Dir: Tom Van Avermaet

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER – Prix CARLO DI PALMA Asaf Sudry - Fill The Void (Lemale et ha'halal)

EUROPEAN EDITOR Cristiano Travaglioli - The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) Italy/France

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER Sarah Greenwood - Anna Karenina

EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER Paco Delgado for Blancanieves

EUROPEAN COMPOSER Ennio Morricone for The Best Offer Italy

EUROPEAN SOUND DESIGNER Matz Müller & Erik Mischijew for Paradise: Faith (Paradies: Faith)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Catherine Deneuve

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA Pedro Almodóvar

EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD– Prix EURIMAGES Ada Solomon (Child's Pose, A Month In Thailand etc)

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD for Best European Film The Gilded Cage (La Cage Dorée) Dir: Ruben Alves

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