The 29th European Film Awards were held in Wroclaw Poland today and they went all in for the very popular German father/daughter comedy Toni Erdmann with five major prizes. It was also a huge night for women with wins in Direction, Screenplay, Cinematography, Costume Design and more! Super high profile titles like Isabelle Huppert & Paul Verhoeven's Elle and Pedro Almodóvar's Julieta went home empty handed, though.
Maren Ade was the belle of the EFA ball
The winners are after the jump...
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Besides Toni Erdmann, five other high profile foreign film Oscar contenders also had reason to celebrate: Land of Mine from Denmark, A Man Called Ove from Sweden, Fire at Sea from Italy and My Life as Courgette from Switzerland, and The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki from Finland.
Best Film Toni Erdmann (Germany)
Best Director Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann (German)
Best Actress Sandra Hüller, Toni Erdmann (Germany)
Best Actor Peter Simonischek, Toni Erdmann (Germany)
Best Screenwriter Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann (Germany)
Best Cinematographer, Camilla Hjelm, Land of Mine (Denmark)
Best Costume Designer Stefanie Bieker, Land of Mine (Denmark)
Best Sound Designer Radoslaw Ochnio, 11 Minutes (Poland)
Best Editor Janus Billeskov Jansen, and Anne Osterud, The Commune (Denmark)
Best Composer Ilya Demutskiy, The Student (Russia)
Best Comedy A Man Called Ove (Sweden)
Best Documentary Fire at Sea (Italy)
I don't like competition -especially cultural competition -- but I am happy to have this
-Claude Barras for My Life as Courgette
Best Animated Feature My Life as a Courgette (Switzerland)
Best Short Film 9 Days From My Window in Aleppo (The Netherlands/Syria)
Fipresci Prize Juho Kuosmanen, The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (Finland)
Young Audience Award Emilie Deleuze, Miss Impossible (France)
Audience Award Body (Poland)
Oscar winning Danish director Susanne Bier introduced Pierce Brosnan for his award
Achievement in World Cinema Pierce Brosnan (Ireland)
Lifetime Achievement Jean-Claude Carriere (France)
For the fina "Best Film" prize they had representatives from each film come up and describe something about them or the process of making them. You can watch the ceremony online here.