The hills are alive, with the sound of music (also mastication and the moaning of zombies) in Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska’s experimental, dialogue-free, home-movie-style riff on Elfriede Jelinek’s “Die Kinder Der Toten” (The Children of the Dead). A seminal text in Jelinek’s native Austria, the 1995 book has never been translated into English, and so the directors, who are part of New York-based performance group the Nature Theater of Oklahoma were reportedly working from a sort of CliffsNotes version of this sprawling, complex, metatextual novel — one that had hitherto been dubbed “unfilmable.”
That’s an assessment barely contradicted by Copper and Liska’s tiresome adaptation, which starts out buoyantly inventive but quickly turns grating, its one-joke premise wearing thinner as the grotesquerie is layered on thicker. Initially, however, it provides an aesthetic surprise, shot in deliciously grainy Super-8 footage, set to Wolfgang Mitterer’s bizarro-folksy score and...
That’s an assessment barely contradicted by Copper and Liska’s tiresome adaptation, which starts out buoyantly inventive but quickly turns grating, its one-joke premise wearing thinner as the grotesquerie is layered on thicker. Initially, however, it provides an aesthetic surprise, shot in deliciously grainy Super-8 footage, set to Wolfgang Mitterer’s bizarro-folksy score and...
- 4/19/2019
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
So far, La Grande Belleza, my choice for the Oscar is in the lead!
See the full list of winners below:
The 26th European Film Awards: Winners
The more than 2,900 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented:
European Film
La Grande Bellezza
The Great Beauty
Italy/France , 140 min
Directed By: Paolo Sorrentino
Written By: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
Produced By: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
European Comedy
Love Is All You Need
Denmark, 111 min
Directed By: Susanne Bier
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen & Susanne Bier
Produced By: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Vibeke Windeløv
European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
Oh Boy
Germany, 83 min
Written & Directed By: Jan Ole Gerster
Produced By: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
European Documentary
The Act Of Killing
Denmark/Norway/UK, 159 min
Directed By: Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced By: Signe Byrge Sørensen
European Animated Feature Film
The Congress
Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg/France/Belgium, 120 min
Written & Directed By: Ari Folman
Animation: Yoni Goodman
European Short Film
Dood Van Een Schaduw
Death Of A Shadow
directed by Tom Van Avermaet
Belgium/France 2012, 20 min, fiction
European Director
Paolo Sorrentino for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Actress
Veerle Baetens in The Broken Circle Breakdown
European Actor
Toni Servillo in La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Screenwriter
François Ozon for Dans La Maison (In The House)
European Cinematographer – Prix Carlo Di Palma
Asaf Sudry
for Lemale Et Ha’Halal (Fill The Void)
Israel
European Editor
Cristiano Travaglioli
for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
Italy/France
European Production Designer
Sarah Greenwood
for Anna Karenina
UK
European Costume Designer
Paco Delgado
for Blancanieves
Spain/France
European Composer
Ennio Morricone
for The Best Offer
Italy
European Sound Designer
Matz Müller & Erik Mischijew
for Paradies: Glaube (Paradise: Faith)
Austria/Germany/France
European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
Catherine Deneuve
European Achievement In World Cinema
Pedro Almodóvar
European Co-production Award– Prix Eurimages
Ada Solomon
People’S Choice Award for Best European Film
The Gilded Cage directed by Ruben Alves...
See the full list of winners below:
The 26th European Film Awards: Winners
The more than 2,900 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented:
European Film
La Grande Bellezza
The Great Beauty
Italy/France , 140 min
Directed By: Paolo Sorrentino
Written By: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
Produced By: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
European Comedy
Love Is All You Need
Denmark, 111 min
Directed By: Susanne Bier
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen & Susanne Bier
Produced By: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Vibeke Windeløv
European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
Oh Boy
Germany, 83 min
Written & Directed By: Jan Ole Gerster
Produced By: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
European Documentary
The Act Of Killing
Denmark/Norway/UK, 159 min
Directed By: Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced By: Signe Byrge Sørensen
European Animated Feature Film
The Congress
Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg/France/Belgium, 120 min
Written & Directed By: Ari Folman
Animation: Yoni Goodman
European Short Film
Dood Van Een Schaduw
Death Of A Shadow
directed by Tom Van Avermaet
Belgium/France 2012, 20 min, fiction
European Director
Paolo Sorrentino for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Actress
Veerle Baetens in The Broken Circle Breakdown
European Actor
Toni Servillo in La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Screenwriter
François Ozon for Dans La Maison (In The House)
European Cinematographer – Prix Carlo Di Palma
Asaf Sudry
for Lemale Et Ha’Halal (Fill The Void)
Israel
European Editor
Cristiano Travaglioli
for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
Italy/France
European Production Designer
Sarah Greenwood
for Anna Karenina
UK
European Costume Designer
Paco Delgado
for Blancanieves
Spain/France
European Composer
Ennio Morricone
for The Best Offer
Italy
European Sound Designer
Matz Müller & Erik Mischijew
for Paradies: Glaube (Paradise: Faith)
Austria/Germany/France
European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
Catherine Deneuve
European Achievement In World Cinema
Pedro Almodóvar
European Co-production Award– Prix Eurimages
Ada Solomon
People’S Choice Award for Best European Film
The Gilded Cage directed by Ruben Alves...
- 12/9/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty" dominated the 26th European Film Awards taking home the best film, director, actor, and editing trophies. The counterpart of the Academy Awards completely ignored the big Cannes winner (and possibly Oscar contender) "Blue is The Warmest Color."
Here's the complete list of winners of the 26th European Film Awards:
European Film
La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Director
Paolo Sorrentino for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Actress
Veerle Baetens in The Broken Circle Breakdown
European Actor
Toni Servillo in La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Screenwriter
François Ozon for Dans La Maison (In the House)
European Comedy
Love Is All You Need, Susanne Bier, Denmark
European Discovery - Prix Fipresci
Oh Boy!, Jan Ole Gerster, Germany
European Animated Feature Film
The Congress, Ari Folman, Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, France and Belgium
European Documentary
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark,...
Here's the complete list of winners of the 26th European Film Awards:
European Film
La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Director
Paolo Sorrentino for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Actress
Veerle Baetens in The Broken Circle Breakdown
European Actor
Toni Servillo in La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Screenwriter
François Ozon for Dans La Maison (In the House)
European Comedy
Love Is All You Need, Susanne Bier, Denmark
European Discovery - Prix Fipresci
Oh Boy!, Jan Ole Gerster, Germany
European Animated Feature Film
The Congress, Ari Folman, Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, France and Belgium
European Documentary
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark,...
- 12/8/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Other winners included Love Is All You Need, The Act of Killing, The Congress and The Broken Circle Breakdown.
Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty was the big winner at the 26th European Film Awards in Berlin, picking up four of the silver statuettes for European Film, European Director, European Actor for Toni Servillo, and European Editor for Cristiano Travaglioli.
The Great Beauty is Italy’s Oscar entry this year and had won the EurAsia Grand Prix at Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival a matter of days before the awards ceremony in Berlin.
Sorrentino could not personally accept the two awards as he is serving on the jury at the Marrakech Film festival, but producer Nicola Giuliano brought members of the cast and crew on stage to receive the audience’s applause.
Veteran Italian composer Ennio Morricone received the European Composer statuette for his score of Giuseppe Tornatore’s The Best Offer and was given a standing...
Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty was the big winner at the 26th European Film Awards in Berlin, picking up four of the silver statuettes for European Film, European Director, European Actor for Toni Servillo, and European Editor for Cristiano Travaglioli.
The Great Beauty is Italy’s Oscar entry this year and had won the EurAsia Grand Prix at Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival a matter of days before the awards ceremony in Berlin.
Sorrentino could not personally accept the two awards as he is serving on the jury at the Marrakech Film festival, but producer Nicola Giuliano brought members of the cast and crew on stage to receive the audience’s applause.
Veteran Italian composer Ennio Morricone received the European Composer statuette for his score of Giuseppe Tornatore’s The Best Offer and was given a standing...
- 12/8/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Other winners included Love Is All You Need, The Act of Killing, The Congress and The Broken Circle Breakdown.
Paolo Sorrentino’s Italian drama The Great Beauty picked up top prizes at the 26th European Film Awards in Berlin, including best film, director and actor.
The film, which premiered in Cannes, is Italy’s submission for the 2014 Best Foreign-Language Oscar.
Winning the top Efa prize, it beat features including Cannes-winner Blue is the Warmest Colour, which walked away empty-handed from the ceremony.
More than 2,900 members of the European Film Academy voted for the awards.
Full list of winners
European Film
The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino
European Comedy
Love Is All You Need, Susanne Bier
European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
Oh Boy, Jan Ole Gerster
European Documentary
The Act Of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer
European Animated Feature Film
The Congress, Ari Folman
European Short Film
Valladolid Short Film Nominee
Death Of A Shadow, Tom Van Avermaet
European...
Paolo Sorrentino’s Italian drama The Great Beauty picked up top prizes at the 26th European Film Awards in Berlin, including best film, director and actor.
The film, which premiered in Cannes, is Italy’s submission for the 2014 Best Foreign-Language Oscar.
Winning the top Efa prize, it beat features including Cannes-winner Blue is the Warmest Colour, which walked away empty-handed from the ceremony.
More than 2,900 members of the European Film Academy voted for the awards.
Full list of winners
European Film
The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino
European Comedy
Love Is All You Need, Susanne Bier
European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
Oh Boy, Jan Ole Gerster
European Documentary
The Act Of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer
European Animated Feature Film
The Congress, Ari Folman
European Short Film
Valladolid Short Film Nominee
Death Of A Shadow, Tom Van Avermaet
European...
- 12/8/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Italian composer, famous for his Spaghetti Western scores, honoured for his work on The Best Offer.
Ennio Morricone is one of the first six winners announced by the European Film Academy who will be honoured at this year’s 26th European Film Awards.
The 84-year-old Italian composer, best known for his scores to Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns such as The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, has been recognised by Efa for his work on Giuseppe Tornatore’s The Best Offer.
The jury praised Morricone for “proving once again his extraordinary capacity of always renewing his style while remaining faithful to the style of the director and the film – a universal composer, indeed, and a true master.”
A seven-member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the Efa Selection list, decided on the winners in the categories cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, composer and sound design.
This new addition to the awards procedures follows a decision...
Ennio Morricone is one of the first six winners announced by the European Film Academy who will be honoured at this year’s 26th European Film Awards.
The 84-year-old Italian composer, best known for his scores to Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns such as The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, has been recognised by Efa for his work on Giuseppe Tornatore’s The Best Offer.
The jury praised Morricone for “proving once again his extraordinary capacity of always renewing his style while remaining faithful to the style of the director and the film – a universal composer, indeed, and a true master.”
A seven-member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the Efa Selection list, decided on the winners in the categories cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, composer and sound design.
This new addition to the awards procedures follows a decision...
- 10/28/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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