The 23rd European Film Awards were presented on 4 December, 2010, in

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Winners and nominees

The nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards were announced on 6 November at the

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Best Film

Best Director

Roman Polanski Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a ( né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, tw ...

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The Ghost Writer ''The Ghost Writer'' is a 1979 novel by the American author Philip Roth. It is the first of Roth's novels narrated by Nathan Zuckerman, one of the author's putative fictional alter egos, and constitutes the first book in his '' Zuckerman Bound' ...

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Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas (born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Assayas is known for his slow-burning period pieces, psychological thrillers, neo-noirs and French comedies. His work has become synonymous with th ...

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Semih Kaplanoğlu Semih Kaplanoğlu (born 4 April 1963) is a Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer. Life and career In 1984, Kaplanoğlu moved to Istanbul and worked for a couple of years as a copywriter for advertising companies like Güzel Sanatlar ...

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Samuel Maoz Samuel Maoz (Hebrew: שמואל מעוז; born c. 1962) is an Israeli film director. His 2009 film, ''Lebanon'' won the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice International Film Festival. He also won the award for Best Screenplay for Lebanon at the Asi ...

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Paolo Virzì Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spending ...

– '' The First Beautiful Thing'' (''La prima cosa bella'')

Best Actress

Sylvie Testud Sylvie Testud (born 17 January 1971) is a French actress hose film career est Actress for '' Fear and Trembling'' (2003), and the European Film Award for Best Actress for '' Lourdes'' (2009). Her other film roles include '' Beyond Silence'' ( ...

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'' * Zrinka Cvitešić – '' On the Path'' (''Na putu'') *

Sibel Kekilli Sibel Kekilli (born 16 June 1980) is a German actress. She gained public attention after starring in the 2004 film '' Head-On''. She won two Lolas, the most prestigious German film awards, for her performances in ''Head-On'' and ''When We Leave ...

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When We Leave ''When We Leave'' (german: Die Fremde, tr, Ayrılık) is a 2010 German-Turkish drama film, produced, written and directed by Austrian filmmaker Feo Aladag. The film received worldwide acclaim, and represented Aladag's debut as a producer, wri ...

'' (''Die Fremde'') * Lesley Manville – '' Another Year'' *

Lotte Verbeek Lotte Verbeek (born 24 June 1982) is a Dutch actress, dancer and model. She is known for her role as Giulia Farnese in '' The Borgias'' television series created by Neil Jordan, and as Geillis Duncan in the Starz series '' Outlander''. Early ...

– '' Nothing Personal''

Best Actor

Ewan McGregor Ewan Gordon McGregor ( ; born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British ...

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Jakob Cedergren Jakob Cedergren (born 10 January 1973) is a Swedish-born Danish actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films and television shows since 1998. He starred in the film '' Dark Horse'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 ...

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Submarino ''Submarino'' is a 2010 Danish drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg, starring Jakob Cedergren and Peter Plaugborg. It is based on the 2007 novel ''Submarino'' by Jonas T. Bengtsson, and focuses on two brothers on the bottom of Danish socie ...

'' * Elio Germano – '' Our Life'' (''La nostra vita'') *George Piştereanu – ''

If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle ''If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle'' ( ro, Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier) is a 2010 Romanian drama film directed by Florin Șerban. Plot Romanian youth Silviu (George Piștereanu) serves a four-year prison sentence. A few days before his re ...

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Luis Tosar Luis López Tosar (born 13 October 1971) is a Spanish actor and musician from Galicia. He is one of the most recognizable and versatile actors in Spain, best known for performances in films such as '' Cell 211'', '' Take My Eyes'', '' Sleep Tig ...

– '' Cell 211'' (''Celda 211'')

Best Animated Feature Film

'' The Illusionist'' –

Sylvain Chomet Sylvain Chomet (; born 10 November 1963) is a French comic writer, animator and film director. Early career Born in Maisons-Laffitte, Seine-et-Oise (now Yvelines), near Paris, he studied art at high school until he graduated in 1982. Chomet ...

• United Kingdom/France *'' Planet 51'' – • Spain/United Kingdom *'' Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage'' –

Ben Stassen Ben Stassen is a Belgian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing and producing several computer-animated films such as '' A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures'' (2010), ''Robinson Crusoe'' (2016), and ''The Quee ...

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Best Screenwriter

Robert Harris and

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'' *Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Daniel Monzón – '' Cell 211'' (''Celda 211'') *

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– '' The Concert'' (''Le concert'')

Best Cinematographer

Giora Bejach – ''

'' *Caroline Champetier – '' Of Gods and Men'' (''Des hommes et des dieux'') *Pavel Kostomarov – ''

How I Ended This Summer ''How I Ended This Summer'' (russian: Как я провёл этим летом, translit. ''Kak ya provyol etim letom'') is a 2010 Russian drama film directed by Alexei Popogrebski. It was critically acclaimed and garnered several awards ...

'' (''Как я провел этим летом'') *Barış Özbiçer – ''

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Best Editor

Luc Barnier and Marion Monnier – ''

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Hervé de Luze Hervé de Luze (born 1949) is a French film editor with about fifty feature film credits.Tylski, Alexandre (2004) (in French). de Luze had a long collaboration with the director Claude Berri, for whom he edited eight films between 1981 and 1999. ...

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Best Production Designer

Albrecht Konrad – ''

'' *Paola Bizzarri and Luis Ramirez – ''I, Don Giovanni'' (''Io, Don Giovanni'') *Markku Pätilä and Jaagup Roomet – '' The Temptation of St. Tony'' (''Püha Tõnu kiusamine'')

Best Composer

Alexandre Desplat Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer and conductor. He has won many awards, including two Academy Awards, for his musical scores to the films '' The Grand Budapest Hotel'' and '' The Shape of Water'' ...

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'' *Ales Brezina – ''

Kawasaki's Rose ''Kawasaki's Rose'' ( cs, Kawasakiho růže) is a 2009 Czech drama film directed by Jan Hřebejk. The film was selected in the Czech Republic as the Czech entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at t ...

'' (''Kawasakiho růže'') *Pasquale Catalano – '' Loose Cannons'' (''Mine vaganti'') *

Gary Yershon Gary Bernard Stewart Yershon (born 2 November 1954) is an English composer. His works include music for theatre, radio, television, film, and dance. He is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Born in London, he began his career a ...

– '' Another Year''

Best Documentary

Nostalgia for the Light (''Nostalgia de la luz'') –

Patricio Guzmán Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (born August 11, 1941) is a Chilean documentary film director. He is most known for his films '' The Battle of Chile'' (1975-1979) and ''Salvador Allende'' (2004). Career Guzmán also teaches documentary film classes in ...

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Janus Metz Janus Metz Pedersen (born 1974) is a Danish people, Danish film director and documentary filmmaker. Work Metz worked as a documentary researcher and moved to South Africa. There he worked on the television drama ''Soul City'' before making his de ...

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Steam of Life ''Steam of Life'' ( fi, Miesten vuoro) is a Finnish documentary film about male saunas directed by Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen. The movie was produced by Joonas Berghäll. It opened theatrically in New York City on 30 July 2010 and opened ...

'' (''Miesten vuoro'') – Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen • Finland/Sweden

Best Short Film

Hanoi - Warsaw'' (''Hanoi - Warszawa'') – Katarzyna Klimkiewicz • Poland'' *''Amor'' – Thomas Wangsmo • Norway *''Lights'' (''Ampelmann'') – Giulio Ricciarelli • Germany *''Joseph’s Snails'' (''Les escargots de Joseph'') – Sophie Roze • France *''Stay, Away'' (''Blijf bij me, weg'') – Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito • Netherlands *''Out of Love'' (''Ønskebørn'') – Birgitte Stærmose • Denmark *''Venus VS Me'' – Nathalie Teirlinck • Belgium *''The Little Snow Animal'' (''Lumikko'') – Miia Tervo • Finland *''Tussilago'' –

Jonas Odell Jonas Odell (born 10 November 1962 in Stockholm) is a Swedish music video and film director and founder of FilmTecknarna. Odell, who specializes in a mix of animation and live action, has directed a number of short films, music videos and commerci ...

• Sweden *''Maria's Way'' – Anne Milne • United Kingdom/Spain *''Talleres Clandestinos'' – Catalina Molina • Austria/Argentina *''Rendezvous in Stella-Plage'' (''Rendez-vous à Stella-Plage'') – Shalimar Preuss • France *''Diarchy'' (''Diarchia'') – Ferdinando Cito Filomarino • Italy/France *''The External World'' – David O'Reilly • Germany *''Here I Am'' (''Itt vagyok'') – Bálint Szimler • Hungary

People's Choice Award for Best European Film

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'' (''Flickan som lekte med elden'') * '' Soul Kitchen'' * '' Baarìa'' * '' Loose Cannons'' (''Mine vaganti'') * ''

An Education ''An Education'' is a 2009 coming-of-age drama film based on a memoir of the same name by British journalist Lynn Barber. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby. It stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright school ...

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References

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