Editor

The more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year's European Film Awards.

Melancholia, The King's Speech, Pina, and Susanne Bier were amongthe majror winners.

European Director for IN A BETTER WORLD  |  © Franziska Krug / action press

At the awards ceremony in Berlin (Dec 3rd, 2011) the following awards were presented:

EUROPEAN FILM 2011
MELANCHOLIA
by Lars von Trier

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2011
Susanne Bier for HÆVNEN (In a Better World)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2011
Tilda Swinton in WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2011
Colin Firth in THE KING'S SPEECH

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2011
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2011
Manuel Alberto Claro for MELANCHOLIA

EUROPEAN EDITOR 2011
Tariq Anwar for THE KING'S SPEECH

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2011
Jette Lehmann for MELANCHOLIA

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2011
Ludovic Bource for THE ARTIST

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2011
ADEM (Oxygen) by Hans Van Nuffel

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2011 - Prix ARTE
PINA by Wim Wenders

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2011
CHICO & RITA by Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2011
THE WHOLLY FAMILY by Terry Gilliam

EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2011 - Prix EURIMAGES
Mariela Besuievsky

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2011
Mads Mikkelsen

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Stephen Frears

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SPECIAL HONORARY AWARD
Michel Piccoli

THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD 2011
THE KING'S SPEECH by Tom Hooper