The 2010 European Film Award Winners were announced this weekend, and the big takeaway is that the European Film Academy really liked The Ghost Writer. The Roman Polanski-directed feature was warmly received on this side of the Atlantic, but I'd be shocked if it swarms the Oscars with quite the ferocity it did the EFAs. Six awards in total, including best film, director (Polanski), actor (Ewan McGregor), screenwriter (Polanski and Robert Harris), production designer (Albrecht Konrad), and composer (Alexandre Desplat).
The ceremony wasn't entirely Ghost-written, though: Lourdes, The Illusionist, Carlos, and Lebanon were among the other winners. Hit the jump for the full list.
EUROPEAN FILM 2010
THE GHOST WRITER, France/Germany/UK
directed by Roman Polanski
written by Robert Harris & Roman Polanski
produced by Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde & Roman Polanski
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2010
Roman Polanski for THE GHOST WRITER
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2010
Sylvie Testud in LOURDES
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2010
Ewan McGregor in THE GHOST WRITER
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2010
Robert Harris & Roman Polanski for THE GHOST WRITER
CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2010
Giora Bejach for LEBANON
EUROPEAN EDITOR 2010
Luc Barnier & Marion Monnier for CARLOS
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2010
Albrecht Konrad for THE GHOST WRITER
EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2010
Alexandre Desplat for THE GHOST WRITER
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2010- Prix FIPRESCI
LEBANON, Israel/Germany/France
written & directed by Samuel Maoz
produced by Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, David Silber, Uri Sabag, Einat Bickel, Benjamina Mirnik & Illan Girard
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY - Prix ARTE 2010
NOSTALGIA DE LA LUZ (Nostalgia for the Light), France/Germany/Chile
directed by Patricio Guzmán
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2010
THE ILLUSIONIST by Sylvain Chomet
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2010
HANOI - WARSZAWA (Hanoi – Warsaw), Poland
by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD – Prix EURIMAGES 2010
Zeynep Özbatur Atakan, producer
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Bruno Ganz, actor
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2010
Gabriel Yared, composer
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD for Best European Film 2010
MR. NOBODY
written and directed by Jaco van Dormael
produced by Philippe Godeau