European Film Awards 2012

Although Michael Haneke's "Love" has caused relative stir among audiences around the world, noone would have guessed, that it might get so many awards in Europe this year during European Film Awards 2012. Especially not when so many other wonderful movies have stood against it for the main prizes. To me, a fanatic of Mads Mikkelsen and Thomas Vinterberg dream duo ("Jagten") or Michael Fassbender - Steve McQueen's "Shame" it came as a surprise that none of these films actually got the most important nods. Hopefully this march for awards does not end here for them, it might only be a beginning of a wonderful journey for recognition. If you wish to have a look at the whole list of nominees, it's already in the blog here. Variety writes about it as well, The Hollywood Reporter and The Guardian follow.

European Film 2012: "AMOUR" dir. Michael Haneke
Director: Michael HANEKE for "AMOUR"
Actress: Emmanuelle RIVA for "AMOUR"
Actor: Jean-Louis TRINTIGNANT for "AMOUR"

European Film Awards nominations

On November 3rd, the European Film Academy has announced the nominees for the annual prize - the European Film Award. This year the ceremony will take place in Malta, and it will be quite a show - the 25th anniversary, watch out on December 1st, 2012!
Good news for all the cinema goers on the Old Continent - European cinema might have never been better.
Have a look at the best of the best in main categories. Especially the "Best Film" might be a hard nut. Personally, I can't really say. I haven't yet seen "Jagten" and really hope for the best. BUT the harder it get, the better for European cinema. Notice that each film comes from a different country and each of them is really good, although perhaps in different genres. And not all in English at last. Too bad there wasn't any Polish film worth a nod this time.

Best European Film 2012

"AMOUR" dir. Michael Haneke
"BARBARA" dir. Christian Petzold
"CESARE DEVE MORIRE" dir. Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
"INTOUCHABLES" dir. Oliver Nakache & Eric Toledano
"JAGTEN" dir. Thomas Vinterberg
"SHAME" dir. Steve McQueen