Brits lose out to European rivals at Film Awards

Volver and Das Leben Der Anderen take top gongs.

by Amber Wilkinson

Of the nine British and Irish films on the short-list for the European Film Awards, only Ken Loach's won a prize.

Barry Loach - cinematographer for the re-examination of the Irish Republican movement at the turn of the 20th century - shared the cinematography award with José Luis Alcaine for Spanish film .

The Pedro Almodovar flick about a dead woman's spirit which returns to comfort her daughters won a clutch of awards at the ceremony in Warsaw last week, including Director, Actress - for Penelope Cruz, Composer - for Alberto Iglesias and the People's Choice.

It was also a good night for German film Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives Of Others), which snagged the gongs for Best Film, Best actor - for Ulrich Muhe - and Screenwriter, for Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.

Other winners included (European Discovery), The Science Of Sleep (Artistic Contribution, Into Great Silence (Documentary), Before Dawn (Short Film) and Les Amants Reguliers (European Film Critics Award.

British producer Jeremy Thomas (, ) won the Achievement In World Cinema Award, while Roman Polanski (, ) picked up a special Lifetime Achievement Award.

For a full shortlist of the films, read our previous

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