Triangle of Sadness Wins Big at 2022 European Film Awards

Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness has won four categories at the 35th European Film Awards (EFA) with wins for European Film, European Director and Screenplay for Östlund, and European Actor for Zlatko Burić.

Winners in bold below.

European Film:
• ALCARRÀS, directed by Carla Simón, produced by María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera & Giovanni Pompili (Spain/Italy)
• CLOSE, directed by Lukas Dhont, produced by Michiel Dhont, Dirk Impens, Michel Saint-Jean, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel & Jacques-Henri Bronckart (Belgium/France/Netherlands)
• CORSAGE, directed by Marie Kreutzer, produced by Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz, Bernard Michaux, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade & Jean-Christophe Reymond (Austria/Luxembourg/Germany/France)
• HOLY SPIDER, directed by Ali Abbasi, produced by Sol Bondy & Jacob Jarek (Denmark/Germany/Sweden/France)
• TRIANGLE OF SADNESS, directed by Ruben Östlund, produced by Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober (Sweden/Germany/France/United Kingdom)

European Director:
• Lukas Dhont for CLOSE
• Marie Kreutzer for CORSAGE
• Jerzy Skolimowski for EO
• Ali Abbasi for HOLY SPIDER
• Alice Diop for SAINT OMER
• Ruben Östlund for TRIANGLE OF SADNESS

European Actress:
• Vicky Krieps in CORSAGE
• Zar Amir Ebrahimi in HOLY SPIDER
• Léa Seydoux in ONE FINE MORNING
• Penélope Cruz in PARALLEL MOTHERS
• Meltem Kaptan in RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH

European Actor:
• Paul Mescal in AFTERSUN
• Eden Dambrine in CLOSE
• Elliott Crosset Hove in GODLAND
• Pierfrancesco Favino in NOSTALGIA
• Zlatko Burić in TRIANGLE OF SADNESS

European Screenwriter:
• Carla Simón & Arnau Vilaró for ALCARRÀS
• Kenneth Branagh for BELFAST
• Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens for CLOSE
• Ali Abbasi & Afshin Kamran Bahrami for HOLY SPIDER
• Ruben Östlund for TRIANGLE OF SADNESS

European Documentary:
• A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS, directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont (Denmark/Sweden/Finland/Ukraine)
• GIRL GANG, directed by Susanne Regina Meures (Switzerland)
• MARIUPOLIS 2, directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius (Lithuania/France/Germany)
• THE BALCONY MOVIE (FILM BALKONOWY), directed by Paweł Łoziński (Poland)
• THE MARCH ON ROME (MARCIA SU ROMA), directed by Mark Cousins (Italy)

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
• 107 MOTHERS (CENZORKA), directed by Peter Kerekes (Slovakia/Czech Republic/Ukraine)
• LOVE ACCORDING TO DALVA (DALVA), directed by Emmanuelle Nicot (Belgium/France)
• OTHER PEOPLE (INNI LUDZIE), directed by Aleksandra Terpińska (Poland/France)
• PAMFIR, directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (Ukraine/France/Poland/Germany/ Chile)
• SMALL BODY (PICCOLO CORPO), directed by Laura Samani (Italy/Slovenia/France)
• SONNE, directed by Kurdwin Ayub, produced by Ulrich Seidl (Austria)

Animated Film

  • LITTLE NICHOLAS – HAPPY AS CAN BE (LE PETIT NICOLAS – QU’EST-CE QU’ON ATTEND POUR ÊTRE HEUREUX?)
  • MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE
  • MY NEIGHBORS’ NEIGHBORS (LES VOISINS DE MES VOISINS SONT MES VOISINS)
  • NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED (INTERDIT AUX CHIENS ET AUX ITALIENS)
  • OINK (KNOR)

Comedy Film

  • COP SECRET (LEYNILÖGGA) directed by Hannes Þór Halldórsson (Iceland)
  • THE GOOD BOSS (EL BUEN PATRÓN) directed by Fernando León de Aranoa (Spain)
  • THE DIVIDE (LA FRACTURE) directed by Catherine Corsini (France)

Short Film

  • GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE (BABIČINO SEKSUALNO ŽIVLJENJE)
  • ICE MERCHANTS
  • LOVE, DAD (MILÝ TATI)
  • TECHNO, MAMA
  • WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME

European University Film Award

  • ALCARRÀS
  • CLOSE
  • EO
  • THE ECLIPSE
  • TRIANGLE OF SADNESS

European Cinematography
Kate McCullough for THE QUIET GIRL

European Editing
Özcan Vardar and Eytan İpeker for BURNING DAYS

European Production Design
Jim Clay for BELFAST

European Costume Design
Charlotte Walter for BELFAST

European Make-up and Hair
Heike Merker for ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

European Original Score
Paweł Mykietyn for EO

European Sound
Simone Paolo Olivero, Paolo Benvenuti, Benni Atria, Marco Saitta, Ansgar Frerich and Florian Holzner for THE HOLE

European Visual Effects
Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller and Markus Frank for ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.