The more than 2,700 members of the European Film Academy – filmmakers from across Europe – have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony held in the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta on Saturday evening, the following awards were presented:

EUROPEAN FILM 2012: AMOUR

France / Germany / Austria, 127 min written & directed by Michael Haneke produced by Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka & Michael Katz

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2012:

Michael Haneke for AMOUR

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2012:

Emmanuelle Riva in AMOUR

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2012:

Jean-Louis Trintignant in AMOUR

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2012:

Tobias Lindholm & Thomas Vinterberg for JAGTEN (The Hunt)

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2012:

Sean Bobbitt for SHAME

EUROPEAN EDITOR 2012:

Joe Walker for SHAME

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2012:

Maria Djurkovic for TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2012:

Alberto Iglesias for TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2012 – Prix FIPRESCI:

KAUWBOY by Boudewijn Koole (The Netherlands)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2012:

HIVER NOMADE (Winter Nomads) by Manuel von Stürler (Switzerland)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2012:

ALOIS NEBEL by Tomáš Lunák (Czech Republic / Germany / Slovakia)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2012:

SUPERMAN, SPIDERMAN OR BATMAN by Tudor Giurgiu, Romania

EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2012 – Prix EURIMAGES:

Helena Danielsson, Sweden

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2012:

Dame Helen Mirren, UK

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy

THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2012:

HASTA LA VISTA (Come As You Are) directed by da Geoffrey Enthoven.

The very first European Film Awards took place in 1988 in Berlin to celebrate together with illustrous European filmmakers the achievements in European film and since then has grown to what it is today recognising the greatest achievements in European cinema in a total of 17 categories, among them European Film, European Director, European Actress and European Actor.

Guests present for the event included, EFA Ambassadors Moritz Bleibtreu (actor, Germany), Mads Mikkelsen (actor, Denmark), Kim Rossi Stuart (actor, Italy) and Danis Tanovic (director, Bosnia & Hercegovina), actresses Marama Corlett (Malta), Amira Casar (France), Carice van Houten (The Netherlands), Caterina Murino (Italy) and Marisa Paredes (Spain), their male colleagues Grigory Dobrygin (Russia), Sir Michael Gambon (UK), Thure Lindhardt (Denmark) and Sergi Lopez (Spain) together with directors Alexei Popogrebsky (Russia) and Jim Sheridan (Ireland). Helen Mirren will be honoured with the European Achievement in World Cinema award, Bernardo Bertolucci will receive this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Helena Danielsson will get the European Co-Production Award 2012 – Prix EURIMAGES. Among the guests of the ceremony will also be Austrian Minister for Arts and Culture, Claudia Schmied, German State Minister for Culture and the Media, Bernd Neumann, Cultural Minister Meli Kraniqi (Kosovo) and Zaneta Jaunzeme-Grende (Minister for Culture, Latvia).

German comedienne Anke Engelke, a familiar face at the European Film Awards, was the host for the ceremony – introducing winners and presenters, supported by Brikkuni, contributing a unique touch of Malta to the show with their music.

Photo – Dame Helen Mirren, Award for European Achievement in World cinema 2012, by Giles Keyte.

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