Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez triumphed at this yr’s European Movie Awards, taking residence 5 prizes together with finest movie at tonight’s (December 7) ceremony in Lucerne.
The Mexico-set musical drama, a few feared drug lord who undergoes gender-affirming surgical procedure, clinched one of the best movie, director, screenwriter and actress prizes, along with its beforehand introduced enhancing prize.
Receiving the primary prize of the night, for European director, Audiard stated he had ready no fewer than three speeches. “I used to be being very optimistic,” he joked. Accepting one of the best director award he quoted British paediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott’s well-known phrase: “It’s a pleasure to be hidden, and catastrophe to not be discovered,” and thanked the Academy for recognising him. Later within the night, receiving the screenwriting prize, Audiard devoted it to French-Danish actor Niels Arestrup, who he directed in The Beat That My Coronary heart Skipped and A Prophet, and who died final week.
Moreover, Emilia Perez’s breakout star Karla Sofía Gascón gained one of the best actress prize. “Thanks to one of the best European director for making one of the best European actress – thanks Jacques,” stated Gascón.
One of many large surprises of the night was newcomer Abou Sangare’s finest actor win for his half in Souleymane’s Story in a class that additionally included hotly tipped names comparable to Ralph Fiennes for Conclave and Daniel Craig for Queer. Sangare performs a Guinean asylum seeker who tries to work the gig financial system on the streets of Paris within the drama which premiered in Cannes’ Sure Regard, successful the jury prize and incomes Sangare a finest actor award.
Political ceremony
A politically charged awards ceremony started with an introduction by Oscar successful actress Juliette Binoche, the brand new president of the European Movie Academy. She stated that movie is a solution to enlighten one another and divulge heart’s contents to variations. “The European Movie Academy is a superb image to that dream. Our creative reunion consists of Palestine, Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Georgia and plenty of different international locations. We’re right here to share our work with care and respect.”
The documentary prize was gained by No Different Land, about the Israeli demolition of villages in Masafer Yatta within the West Financial institution. It’s the newest in a string of wins for Berlinale premiere No Different Land, which prior to now weeks has additionally gained documentary prizes on the New York Movie Critics Circle and the Gothams.
Two of its co-directors – Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham and Palestinian activist Basel Adra – accepted the reward remotely by video feed. Adra stated it was very laborious to rejoice the award at a time when “the occupation is committing a genocide towards my individuals,” whereas Abraham stated ethnic cleaning was being carried out towards the Palestinian individuals in Gaza. Addressing European governments, Abraham stated: “It’s not sufficient to demand a ceasefire. A ceasefire must be imposed.” As they completed their acceptance speech, a shout of “Free Palestine” rang out within the auditorium.
There was an added political dimension to the documentary prize class, which was offered by Belarusian filmmaker and activist Andrei Gnyot. The European Movie Academy campaigned this yr to forestall him being extradited again to Belarus. “Because of open letters from European movie neighborhood I used to be freed. You can’t think about my gratitude…you must perceive that you just saved my life, that’s the reason I’m right here now.”
The animation prize was gained by director Gints Zilbalodis’s Circulate. It’s the newest prize for the Latvian movie, which is constructing actual awards momentum. Earlier this week it additionally gained finest animation on the New York Movie Critics Circle. Circulate debuted in Cannes’ Un Sure Regard and went on to display screen at Annecy, the place it gained 4 prizes together with the competitors jury and viewers award.
Through the ceremony, Italian actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini obtained the European Achievement In World Cinema award, whereas German filmmaker Wim Wenders was awarded the European Lifetime Achievement prize, and Macedonian producer Labina Mitovska was honoured with the Eurimages Worldwide Co-Manufacturing award.
Kôji Yakusho, who starred as a public rest room cleaner in Wenders’ current hit movie Good Days, appeared in a video tribute to the director. Branding a rest room brush, he joked that he would clear Wenders’ rest room to rejoice his victory.
In his acceptance speech, Wenders urged the viewers to serve the European movie neighborhood. “Europe wants you, the movie neighborhood, to supply to a extra constructive and emotional picture of a continent that could be a little bit misplaced in translation, as a result of too many individuals consider it as an financial or monetary neighborhood. However it’s an emotional unity. It provides us energy and we must always give it energy.”
This yr’s ceremony occurred on the KKL live performance corridor Lucerne, Switzerland and was hosted by Swiss voiceover actor Fernando Tiberini. Switzerland is a four-language nation and Tiberini billed this yr’s EFAs as multilingual awards present. He inspired winners to talk in personal language when accepting awards; their phrases had been interpreted stay in English. “Come up on stage and be yourselves,” he stated.
Winners in daring
European Movie
- Bye Bye Tiberias (Fr-Bel- Pal-Qatar) dir. Lina Soualem
- Dahomey (Fr-Senegal) dir: Mati Diop
- Emilia Pérez (Fr) dir: Jacques Audiard
- Circulate (Lat-Fr- Belg) dir: Gints Zilbalodis
- In Limbo (Pol) dir: Alina Maksimenko
- Residing Giant (Cz-Fr-Slov) dir: Kristina Dufková
- No Different Land (Pal-Nor) dir: Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal
- Savages (Switz-Fr-Bel) dir: Claude Barras
- Soundtrack To A Coup D’etat (Fr- Bel-Neth) dir: Johan Grimonprez
- Sultana’s Dream (Sp- Ger-India) dir: Isabel Herguera
- The Room Subsequent Door (Sp) dir: Pedro Almodóvar
- The Seed Of The Sacred Fig (Ger-Fr) dir: Mohammad Rasoulof
- The Substance (UK-US- Fr) dir: Coralie Fargeat
- They Shot The Piano Participant (Sp-Fr-Neth- Port-Peru) dir: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
- Vermiglio (It-Fr-Bel) dir: Maura Delpero
European Actress
- Renate Reinsve in Armand
- Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Pérez
- Trine Dyrholm in The Lady With The Needle
- Vic Carmen Sonne in The Lady With The Needle
- Tilda Swinton in The Room Subsequent Door
European Actor
- Franz Rogowski in Hen
- Ralph Fiennes in Conclave
- Lars Eidinger in Dying
- Daniel Craig in Queer
- Abou Sangare in Souleymane’s Story
European Screenwriter
- Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez
- Magnus von Horn & Line Langebek for The Lady With The Needle
- Pedro Almodóvar for The Room Subsequent Door
- Mohammad Rasoulof for The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
- Coralie Fargeat for The Substance
European Documentary
- Bye Bye Tiberias dir: Lina Soualem
- Dahomey dir: Mati Diop
- In Limbo dir: Alina Maksimenko
- No Different Land dir: Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal
- Soundtrack To A Coup D’etat dir: Johan Grimonprez, produced by Daan Milius & Rémi Grellety
European Director
- Andrea Arnold for Hen
- Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez
- Pedro Almodóvar for The Room Subsequent Door
- Mohammad Rasoulof for The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
- Maura Delpero for Vermiglio
European Animation
- Circulate (Lat-Fr- Belg) dir: Gints Zilbalodis
- Savages (Switz-Fr-Bel) dir: Claude Barras
- Sultana’s Dream (Sp- Ger-India) dir: Isabel Herguera
- They Shot The Piano Participant (Sp-Fr-Neth- Port-Peru) dir: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
- Residing Giant (Cz-Fr-Slov) dir: Kristina Dufková
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
- Armand (Nor-Neth-Ger-Swe) dir: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
- Hoard (UK) dir: Luna Carmoon
- Kneecap (Ire-UK) dir: Wealthy Peppiatt
- Santosh (UK-Ger) dir: Sandhya Suri
- The New Yr That By no means Got here (Anul Nou Care N-A Fost) (Rom-Ser) dir: Bogdan Mureșanu
- Poisonous (Akiplėša) (Lith) dir: Saulė Bliuvaitė
European quick movie
- 2720 (Port-Swit) dir. Basil da Cunha
- Clamor (Fr) dir. Salomé Da Souza
- The Exploding Lady (Fr) dir. Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel
- The Man Who May Not Stay Silent (Croatia-Fr-Bulg-Slov) Dir. Nebojša Slijepčević
- Wander To Marvel (Neth- Fr-Bel-UK) dir Nina Gantz
European Younger Viewers Award
- Lars Is Lol (Nor-Den) dir: Eirik Sæter Stordahl
- The Outstanding Life Of Ibelin (Nor) dir: Benjamin Ree
- Winners (Ger) dir: Soleen Yusef
European Movie Awards 2024 craft winners (already introduced)
- Cinematography – Benjamin Kračun for The Substance
- Visible Results Bryan – Jones, Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky, Chervin Shafaghi and Guillaume Le Gouez for The Substance
- Manufacturing Design – Jagna Dobesz for The Lady With The Needle
- Authentic Rating – Frederikke Hoffmeier for The Lady With The Needle
- Enhancing – Juliette Welfling for Emilia Pérez
- Costume Design – Tanja Hausner for The Satan’s Tub
- Make-up & Hair – Evalotte Oosterop for When The Gentle Breaks
- Sound – Marc-Olivier Brullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak, Samuel Aïchoun & Rodrigo Diaz for Souleymane’s Story.
