EFA Announce 8 Technical Winners Ahead of the 31st European Film Awards Nominations

The continental big-hitters from Cannes back in May, are rolling up their sleeves once again as the European Film Awards revealed their nominations. All 5 European Film nominees came out of the French Riviera with prizes – Cold War (Best Director), Dogman (Best Actor), Happy as Lazzaro (Best Screenplay), Border (Un Certain regard), and Girl (FIPRESCI Prize, Camera d’Or, Queer Palm, Un Certain Regard Best Actor). Each film also competes in EFA’s acting submissions.

Meanwhile, over in Berlin, the EFA announced the very first winners in technical categories (earlier than the show as they usually do). The one-off congregation of the jury members (Luca Bigazzi, cinematographer; Dasha Danilova, editor; Dadi Einarsson, visual effects supervisor; Mattias Eklund, sound designer; Marcelle Genovese, hair & make-up artist; Malina Ionescu, costume designer; Monica Rottmeyer, production designer; Christopher Slaski, composer) declared the following winners.

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
Martin Otterbeck – U – JULY 22 / UTØYA 22. JULI
EUROPEAN EDITOR
Jarosław Kamiński – COLD WAR / ZIMNA WOJNA
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Andrey Ponkratov – THE SUMMER / LETO
EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER
Massimo Cantini Parrini – DOGMAN
EUROPEAN HAIR & MAKE-UP ARTIST
Dalia Colli, Lorenzo Tamburini & Daniela Tartari – DOGMAN
EUROPEAN SOUND DESIGNER
André Bendocchi-Alves & Martin Steyer – THE CAPTAIN / DER HAUPTMANN
EUROPEAN VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR
Peter Hjorth – BORDER / GRÄNS
EUROPEAN COMPOSER
Christoph M. Kaiser & Julian Maas – 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON / 3 TAGE IN QUIBERON

The announcement of the 31st European Film Awards will take place on 15th December 2018, in Seville, Spain. They can be streamed live on the official EFA website. Here are the nominees in case you missed them.

European Film
BOR­DER / GRÄNS – Sweden, Denmark (102 min)
COLD WAR / ZIMNA WOJNA – Poland, UK, France (89 min)
DOG­MAN – Italy, France (102 min)
GIRL – Belgium, The Netherlands (105 min)
HAPPY AS LAZ­ZARO / LAZ­ZARO FE­LICE – Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland (125 min)

European Comedy
C’EST LA VIE / LE SENS DE LA FETE – France (117 min)
DIA­MAN­TINO – Portugal, France, Brazil (92 min)
THE DEATH OF STALIN / LA MORT DE STALINE – France, UK, Belgium (106 min)
European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
GIRL – Belgium, The Netherlands (105 min)
ONE DAY / EGY NAP – Hungary (99 min)
SCARY MOTHER / SASHISHI DEDA – Georgia, Estonia (105 min)
THE GUILTY / DEN SKYLDIGE – Denmark (85 min)
THOSE WHO ARE FINE / DENE WOS GUET GEIT – Switzerland (71 min)
TOUCH ME NOT – Romania, Germany, Bulgaria, France, Czech Republic (125 min)

European Documentary
A WOMAN CAP­TURED – Hungary, Germany (89 min)
BERGMAN – A YEAR IN A LIFE / BERGMAN – ETT ÅR, ETT LIV – Sweden, Germany (117 min)
OF FA­THERS AND SONS – Germany, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar (98 min)
THE DIS­TANT BARK­ING OF DOGS – Denmark, Finland, Sweden (91 min)
THE SI­LENCE OF OTH­ERS – Spain, USA (96 min)
European Animated Feature Film
AN­OTHER DAY OF LIFE – Poland, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Hungary (86 min)
EARLY MAN – UK (89 min)
THE BREAD­WIN­NER – Ireland, Canada , Luxembourg (94 min)
WHITE FANG / CROC-BLANC – France, Luxembourg (85 min)
European Short Film
AQUA­PARQUE – Portugal (17 min)
BURK­INA BRAN­DEN­BURG KOM­PLEX – Germany (19 min)
GRAD­U­A­TION ’97 – Ukraine (19 min)
I SIGNED THE PE­TI­TION – UK, Germany, Switzerland (10 min)
KAP­I­TAL­IS­TIS – Belgium, France (15 min)
KON­TENER – Germany (30 min)
MERYEM – The Netherlands (16 min)
PRIS­ONER OF SO­CI­ETY – Georgia, Latvia (15 min)
RE­LEASE THE DOGS / LÂCHEZ LES CHIENS – France, Belgium (21 min)
SHAME – Bulgaria (24 min)
THE ES­CAPE / L’ÉCHAPÉE – France (10 min)
THE YEARS / GLI ANNI – Italy, France (20 min)
THOSE WHO DE­SIRE / LOS QUE DE­SEAN – Switzerland, Spain (24 min)
WHAT’S THE DAM­AGE – UK (7 min)
WILDE­BEEST – Belgium (19 min)

European Director
ALI AB­BASI – BORDER / GRÄNS
PAWEL PAW­LIKOWSKI – COLD WAR / Zimna wojna
MAT­TEO GAR­RONE – DOGMAN
SAMUEL MAOZ – for FOXTROT
ALICE ROHRWACHER – HAPPY AS LAZZARO / LAZZARO FELICE
European Actress
MARIE BÄUMER – 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON / 3 TAGE IN QUIBERON
EVA ME­LANDER – BORDER / GRÄNS
JOANNA KULIG – COLD WAR / Zimna wojna
ALBA ROHRWACHER – HAPPY AS LAZZARO / LAZZARO FELICE
BÁRBARA LENNIE – PETRA
HALLDÓRA GEIRHARÐSDÓTTIR – WOMAN AT WAR / KONA FER Í STRÍÐ

European Actor
SVER­RIR GUD­NA­SON – BORG/McENROE / BORG
TOMASZ KOT – COLD WAR / Zimna wojna
MAR­CELLO FONTE – DOGMAN
VIC­TOR POL­STER – GIRL
JAKOB CED­ER­GREN – THE GUILTY / DEN SKYLDIGE
RU­PERT EVERETT – THE HAPPY PRINCE
European Screenwriter
ALI AB­BASI, IS­ABELLA EKLÖF, JOHN AJ­VIDE LINDQVIST – BORDER / GRÄNS
PAWEL PAW­LIKOWSKI – COLD WAR / Zimna wojna
MAT­TEO GAR­RONE, UGO CHITI,MAS­SIMO GAU­DIOSO – DOGMAN
ALICE ROHRWACHER – HAPPY AS LAZZARO / LAZZARO FELICE
GUS­TAV MÖLLER, EMIL NY­GAARD AL­BERT­SEN – THE GUILTY / DEN SKYLDIGE