Melancholia, The Artist, Le Havre and the other nominations for the 2011 European Film Awards have been announced. The 24th Annual European Film Awards are presented “by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories of which the most important is the Film of the year. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.” This year’s European Film Awards “ceremony will be held on December 3, 2011 in Berlin’s Tempodrom near Potsdamer Platz.”
The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards nominations is below.
European Film 2011
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius; Produced by: Thomas Langmann & Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne; Produced by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd & Andrea Occhipinti
Hævnen (In a Better World), Denmark...
The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards nominations is below.
European Film 2011
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius; Produced by: Thomas Langmann & Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne; Produced by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd & Andrea Occhipinti
Hævnen (In a Better World), Denmark...
- 11/6/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Cologne, Germany -- Documentaries have made a comeback at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, with non-fiction titles spread across the festival's sections. The Perspektive Deutsches Kino lineup of young German cinema is no different. Docs make up nearly half of the 2010 program.
Most are unflinching looks at present-day reality, such as Anna Hoffmann's "The Housemaid," a portrait of Polish domestic servant working in Germany; or the self-explanatory "Portraits of German alcoholics" from Carolin Schmitz.
Even the fictional films this year have a strong strain of realism -- such as "Outside" from Florian Schewe, which follows a man trying to help his friend who has recently been released from prison. Or Juliane Engelmann's "Scars in Concrete" about a young mother trapped on the edges of society.
Perspektives will also welcome back director Rp Kahl, who took part in the section in it's inaugural year in 2002. Kahl is back with "Bedways,...
Most are unflinching looks at present-day reality, such as Anna Hoffmann's "The Housemaid," a portrait of Polish domestic servant working in Germany; or the self-explanatory "Portraits of German alcoholics" from Carolin Schmitz.
Even the fictional films this year have a strong strain of realism -- such as "Outside" from Florian Schewe, which follows a man trying to help his friend who has recently been released from prison. Or Juliane Engelmann's "Scars in Concrete" about a young mother trapped on the edges of society.
Perspektives will also welcome back director Rp Kahl, who took part in the section in it's inaugural year in 2002. Kahl is back with "Bedways,...
- 1/14/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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