Connery honoured in Europe

Scots star to receive lifetime achievement award from Academy

by Amber Wilkinson

This year's European Academy of Film Awards are set to honour Sean Connery in their annual ceremony.

Connery - who celebrates his 76th birthday on August 25th - will pick up the gong for Lifetime Achievement at the ceremony on December 3.

The EFA said: "Sir Sean Connery has not only amously embodied the world's best known secret agent, James Bond, but in a career which has spanned more than 50 years, he has created some of cinema's most unforgettable characters in such films as Marnie by Alfred Hitchcock, Murder on the Orient Express by Sidney Lumet, The Wind and the Lion by John Milius and The Untouchables by Brian de Palma."

A handful of UK, UK co-production and Irish films are also contenders for this year's awards in Berlin.

Adam & Paul, Asylum, Brothers, Manderlay, My Summer of Love and Hotel Rwanda have made it to the 46-strong shortlist.

Full Shortlist

ADAM & PAUL, Ireland, Directed by Lenny Abrahamson

AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (Så Som I Himmelen), Sweden, Directed by Kay Pollack

ASYLUM, UK/Ireland, Directed by David Mackenzie

THE AX (Le Couperet), France/Belgium/Spain, Directed by Costa-Gavras

THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED (De Battre Mon Coeur S'Est Arrêté), France, Directed by Jacques Audiard

BROTHERS (Brødre), Denmark/UK/Sweden/Norway, Directed by Susanne Bier

THE CHILD (L'Enfant), Belgium/France, Directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

THE CITY OF THE SUN (Slunecni Stat), Czech Republic/Slovakia, Directed by Martin Sulik

COME INTO THE LIGHT (Alla Luce Del Sole), Italy, Directed by Roberto Faenza

DALECARLIANS (Masjävlar), Sweden/Denmark, Directed by Maria Blom

DAYS AND HOURS (Kod Amidze Idriza), Bosnia & Herzegovina, Directed by Pjer Zalica

THE DEATH OF MR LAZARESCU (Moartea Domnului Lazarescu), Romania, Directed by Cristi Puiu

DON'T COME KNOCKING, Germany, Directed by Wim Wenders

FERPECT CRIME (Crimen Ferpecto), Spain/Italy, Directed by Alex de la Iglesia

THE FEVER (La Febbre), Italy, Directed by Alessandro d'Alatri

FROZEN LAND (Paha Maa), Finland, Directed by Aku Louhimies

GO FOR ZUCKER! (Alles Auf Zucker!), Germany, Directed by Dani Levy

GRAVEHOPPING (Odgrobadogroba), Slovenia /Croatia, Directed by Jan Cvitkovič

HABANA BLUES, Spain/Cuba/France, Directed by Benito Zambrano

HAWAII OSLO, Norway/Sweden/Denmark, Directed by Erik Poppe

HIDDEN (Caché), France/Austria/Germany/Italy, Directed by Michael Haneke

HOSTAGE (Omiros), Greece/Turkey, Directed by Konstantine Giannaris

HOTEL RWANDA, UK/South Africa/Italy, Directed by Terry George

KINGS AND QUEEN (Rois Et Reine), France, Directed by Arnaud Desplechin

THE LIFE I WANT (La Vita Che Vorrei), Italy/Germany, Directed by Giuseppe Piccioni

MANDERLAY, Denmark/Netherlands/UK/Sweden/France/Germany, Directed by Lars von Trier

MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM (San Zimske Noci), Serbia & Montenegro/Monaco/Spain, Directed by Goran Paskaljevic

THE MOUSTACHE (La Moustache), France, Directed by Emmanuel Carrere

MY SUMMER OF LOVE, UK, Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski

THE NINTH DAY (Der Neunte Tag), Germany/Luxembourg, Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

ONE LONG WINTER WITHOUT FIRE (Tout Un Hiver Sans Feu), Switzerland/Belgium, Directed by Greg Zglinski

PARADISE NOW, Netherlands/Israel/Germany/France, Directed by Hany Abu-Assad

PRIVATE, Italy, Directed by Saverio Costanzo

SILENTIUM, Austria, Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger

SIMON, Netherlands, Directed by Eddy Terstall

SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS (Sophie Scholl - Die Letzten Tage), Germany, Directed by Marc Rothemund

THE SYRIAN BRIDE, Israel/France/Germany, Directed by Eran Riklis

TO TAKE A WIFE (Ve Lakachta Lecha Isha), Israel, Directed by Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz

A TRIP TO KARABAKH (Gaseirneba Karabakhshi), Georgia, Directed by Levan Tutberidze

THE TUNER (Nastroyschik), Russia, Directed by Kira Muratova

ULTRANOVA, Belgium/France, Directed by Bouli Lanners

THE UNBURIED MAN (A Temetetlen Halott), Hungary/Slovakia/Poland, Directed by Márta Mészáros

UP AND DOWN (Horem Pádem), Czech Republic, Directed by Jan Hřebejk

A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles), France, Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

THE WEDDING (Wesele), Poland, Directed by Wojtek Smarzowski

THE WELTS, (Pręgi), Poland, Directed by Magdalena Piekorz

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