2008 European Film Academy Award Winners

At the 21st European Film Awards on 6 December 2008 in Copenhagen the following were honoured:

EUROPEAN FILM 2008: GOMORRA (Gomorrah), Matteo Garrone

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2008: Matteo Garrone for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2008: Toni Servillo in GOMORRA (Gomorrah) and IL DIVO

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2008: Kristin Scott Thomas in IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME (I’ve Loved You So Long)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2008: Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2008: Marco Onorato for GOMORRA (Gomorrah)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D’EXCELLENCE 2008: Magdalena Biedrzycka for costume design KATYN

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2008: Max Richter for WALTZ WITH BASHIR

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2008: HUNGER, Steve McQueen

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS’ AWARD 2008 - Prix FIPRESCI: Abdellatif Kechiche for LA GRAINE ET LE MULET (The Secret of the Grain / Couscous)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2008 - Pix ARTE: RENÉ by Helena Trestikova

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2008 - Prix UIP: FRANKIE by Darren Thornton

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Dame Judi Dench

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2008: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Lars von Trier, and Thomas Vinterberg

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2008: HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, David Yates

Great awards with many of my favorites winning!