Sentimental Value was the big winner at the 38th European Film Awards on Saturday evening (1/17) in Berlin. The feature took home six awards from the European Film Academy–best European film, best director for Joachim Trier, best screenwriter for Trier and Eskil Vogt, best actress for Renate Reinsve, best actor for Stellan Skarsgard, and best original score for composer Hania Rani.
Also enjoying a highlight evening was director and co-writer Oliver Laxe’s Sirat which dominated the crafts categories with five awards–for best cinematographer (Mauro Herce), editor (Cristobal Fernandez), production designer (Laia Ateca), sound designer (Laia Casanovas), and casting director (Nadia Acimi, Luis Bertolo, Maria Rodrigo).
Here’s a full rundown of the winners:
European Film:
SENTIMENTAL VALUE (titled AFFEKSJONSVERDI in Norwegian) (Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden) – directed by Joachim Trier, produced by Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Juliette Schrameck, Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz, Fionnuala Jamison, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Lizette Jonjic, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Atilla Salih Yücer & Lars Thomas Skare
European Documentary:
FIUME O MORTE! (Croatia, Slovenia, Italy), directed by Igor Bezinović
European Animated Feature Film:
This award is presented in co-operation with CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film.
ARCO (France), directed by Ugo Bienvenu
European Director:
Joachim Trier for SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI)
European Actress:
WINNER: Renate Reinsve in SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI)
European Actor:
Stellan Skarsgård in SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI)
European Screenwriter:
Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier for SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI)
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI:
This award is presented in co-operation with FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, to a director for the first full-length fiction film.
ON FALLING (United Kingdom, Portugal), directed by Laura Carreira
European Young Audience Award:
SIBLINGS (LA VITA DA GRANDI) (Italy) by directed Greta Scarano
European Casting Director
Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo & María Rodrigo for SIRĀT
European Cinematographer
Mauro Herce for SIRĀT
European Composer (Original Score)
Hania Rani for SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI)
European Costume Designer
Sabrina Krämer for SOUND OF FALLING (IN DIE SONNE SCHAUEN)
European Editor
Cristóbal Fernández for SIRĀT
European Make-up & Hair Artist
Torsten Witte for BUGONIA
European Production Designer
Laia Ateca for SIRĀT
European Sound Designer
Laia Casanovas for SIRĀT
European Short Film – Prix Vimeo
CITY OF POETS directed by Sara Rajaei (Netherlands)
The winners of the categories European Lifetime Achievement Award (Liv Ullmann), European Achievement in World Cinema Award (Alice Rohrwacher) and Eurimages International Co-Production Award (Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski) were also honored on Saturday evening. The recipients of those special honors had been announced beforehand.
