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The 24th European Film Awards with the presentation of the winners - streamed live on http://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/ - will take place in Berlin on 3 December.

EFA Nominations 2011

The nominations for the 24th European Film Awards were just announced at the Seville European Film Festival on Saturday, 5 November.

nominated are:

EUROPEAN FILM 2011:

THE ARTIST, France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Michel Hazanavicius
PRODUCED BY: Thomas Langmann & Emmanuel Montamat

LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
PRODUCED BY: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd & Andrea Occhipinti

HÆVNEN (In a Better World), Denmark
DIRECTED BY: Susanne Bier
WRITTEN BY: Anders Thomas Jensen
PRODUCED BY: Sisse Graum Jørgensen

THE KING'S SPEECH, UK
DIRECTED BY: Tom Hooper
WRITTEN BY: David Seidler
PRODUCED BY: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

LE HAVRE, Finland/France/Germany
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Aki Kaurismäki
PRODUCED BY: Aki Kaurismäki,

MELANCHOLIA, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Lars von Trier
PRODUCED BY: Meta Louise Foldager & Louise Vesth

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2011:
Susanne Bier for HÆVNEN (In a Better World)
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)
Aki Kaurismäki for LE HAVRE
Béla Tarr for A TORINOI LO (The Turin Horse)
Lars von Trier for MELANCHOLIA

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2011:
Kirsten Dunst in MELANCHOLIA
Cécile de France in LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)
Charlotte Gainsbourg in MELANCHOLIA
Nadezhda Markina in ELENA
Tilda Swinton in WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2011:
Jean Dujardin in THE ARTIST
Colin Firth in THE KING'S SPEECH
Mikael Persbrandt in HÆVNEN (In a Better World)       
Michel Piccoli in HABEMUS PAPAM     
André Wilms in LE HAVRE

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2011:
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)        
Anders Thomas Jensen for HÆVNEN (In a Better World)
Aki Kaurismäki for LE HAVRE
Lars von Trier for MELANCHOLIA

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2011:
Manuel Alberto Claro for MELANCHOLIA
Fred Kelemen for A TORINOI LO (The Turin Horse)
Guillaume Schiffman for THE ARTIST
Adam Sikora for ESSENTIAL KILLING

EUROPEAN EDITOR 2011:
Tariq Anwar for THE KING'S SPEECH
Mathilde Bonnefoy for DREI (Three)
Molly Malene Stensgaard for MELANCHOLIA

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2011:
Paola Bizzarri for HABEMUS PAPAM    
Antxón Gómez for LA PIEL QUE HABITO (The Skin I Live in)
Jette Lehmann for MELANCHOLIA

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2011:
Ludovic Bource for THE ARTIST
Alexandre Desplat for THE KING'S SPEECH
Alberto Iglesias for LA PIEL QUE HABITO (The Skin I Live in)
Mihály Vig for A TORINOI LO (The Turin Horse)

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2011 - Prix FIPRESCI:
ADEM (Oxygen), Belgium/the Netherlands
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Hans Van Nuffel

ATMEN (Breathing), Austria
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Karl Markovics

MICHAEL, Austria
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Markus Schleinzer

SMUKKE MENESKER (Nothing's All Bad), Denmark
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Mikkel Munch-Fals

TILVA ROŠ, Serbia
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Nikola Ležaić

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2011 - Prix ARTE:
PINA, Germany
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Wim Wenders
PRODUCED BY: Gian-Piero Ringel & Wim Wenders

STAND VAN DE STERREN (Position Among the Stars), the Netherlands
DIRECTED BY: Leonard Retel Helmrich
WRITTEN BY: Leonard Retel Helmrich & Hetty Naaijkens
PRODUCED BY: Hetty Naaijkens

¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!, Germany / the Netherlands / Argentina / Chile
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Victor Kossakovsky
PRODUCED BY: Heino Deckert

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2011:
LE CHAT DU RABBIN (The Rabbi's Cat), France
DIRECTED BY: Antoine Delesvaux & Joann Sfar

CHICO & RITA, Spain/Isle of Man
DIRECTED BY: Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba

UNE VIE DE CHAT (A Cat in Paris), France/Belgium
DIRECTED BY: Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2011:
EFA Short Film Nominee Ghent:
BERIK by Daniel Joseph Borgman
EFA Short Film Nominee Valladolid.
SMÅ BARN, STORA ORD (Little Children, Big Words) by Lisa James-Larsson
EFA Short Film Nominee Cork:
HÄNDELSE VID BANK (Incident by a Bank) by Ruben Östlund
EFA Short Film Nominee Bristol:
DERBY by Paul Negoescu
EFA Short Film Nominee Angers:
JESSI by Mariejosephin Schneider
EFA Short Film Nominee Rotterdam:
I LUPI (The Wolves) by Alberto de Michele
EFA Short Film Nominee Berlin:
ÅTERFÖDELSEN (The Unliving) by Hugo Lilja
EFA Short Film Nominee Tampere:
APELE TAC (Silent River) by Anca Miruna Lăzărescu
EFA Short Film Nominee Cracow:
PAPARAZZI by Piotr Bernas
EFA Short Film Nominee Grimstad:
LA GRAN CARRERA (The Great Race) by Kote Camacho
EFA Short Film Nominee Vila do Conde:
DIMANCHES by Valéry Rosier
EFA Short Film Nominee Sarajevo:
TSE (Out) by Roee Rosen
EFA Short Film Nominee Locarno:
OPOWIESCI Z CHLODNI (Frozen Stories) by Grzegorz Jaroszuk
EFA Short Film Nominee Venice:
HYPERCRISIS by Josef Dabernig
EFA Short Film Nominee Drama:
THE WHOLLY FAMILY by Terry Gilliam

Click here for further information on the nominated films

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Stephen Frears, director, UK
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EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2011
Mads Mikkelsen, actor, Denmark
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Founded in 1988, the European Film Academy currently unites 2,500 European film professionals with the common aim of promoting Europe's film culture.