European Film Awards winner: “Triangle Of Sadness” dominates with four wins, including best picture

Ruben Ostlund’s latest satire, triangle of sadnessdominated the European Film Awards with four wins, including Best Picture, the top prize of the night.

Östlund also won Best Screenplay and Best Director awards for his work on the film, and Zlatko Burić won Best Actor awards for his lead role.

The film, which won the Palme d’Or this year, follows Carl (Harris Dickinson) and Yaya (Charlbi Dean), a famous model couple who are invited on a luxury cruise for the very rich, led by a crazy boat captain ( Woody) Harrelson). ). What initially seemed Instagrammable ends disastrously, leaving the survivors stranded on a deserted island struggling to survive.

Among other things, Vicky Krieps received the best actress for the well-received historical drama. corsageand protagonist by Javier Bardem, The good bosswas awarded Best Comedy.

The award ceremony, organized by the European Film Academy, took place in the Icelandic capital Reykjavík. The 4,400 members of the academy vote on the nominations in the main categories, including European film, director, actor and actress, in a three-stage process.

This year’s event was preceded by the first edition of the Academy of European Film Month.

As previously announced, German director Margarethe von Trotta received the European Lifetime Achievement Award, while Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman received the European Achievement in World Cinema Award.

Italian director March Bellocchio received the award for European Innovative Storytelling for his miniseries Exterior Night.

On 23 November, the European Film Academy’s Excellence Awards were announced, recognizing achievements in the arts and crafts categories. Among the winners were Edward Bergers No news from the western front, which won Heike Merker for Best European Makeup and Hair and Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller and Markus Frank for Best European Special Effects. by Kenneth Branagh Belfast Recorded European production design for Jim Clay.

Check out the full list of EFA winners below:

European film:
ALCARRÀS directed by Carla Simón, produced by María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera & Giovanni Pompili (Spain/Italy)
CLOSE Directed by Lukas Dhont, produced by Michiel Dhont, Dirk Impens, Michel Saint-Jean, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel & Jacques-Henri Bronckart (Belgium/France/Netherlands)
CORSAGE Directed by Marie Kreutzer, produced by Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz, Bernard Michaux, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade & Jean-Christophe Reymond (Austria/Luxembourg/Germany/France)
HOLY SPIDER Directed by Ali Abbasi Produced by Sol Bondy & Jacob Jarek (Denmark/Germany/Sweden/France)
TRIANGLE OF SORRY directed by Ruben Östlund, produced by Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober (Sweden/Germany/France/UK)

European Documentary:
A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS Director: Simon Leerg Wilmont (Denmark/Sweden/Finland/Ukraine)
MEISIE GANG Director: Susanne Regina Meures (Switzerland)
MARIUPOLIS 2 directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius (Lithuania/France/Germany)
THE BALCONY FILM (FILM BALKONOWY) directed by Paweł Łoziński (Poland)
MARCIA SU ROMA Directed by Mark Cousins ​​​​(Italy)

European Director:
Lukas Dhont for CLOSE
Marie Kreutzer for CORSAGE
Jerzy Skolimowski for EO
Ali Abbasi for HOLY SPIDER
Alice Diop for SAINT OMER
Ruben Ostlund for TRIANGLE OF CARE

European actress:
Vicky Krieps in CORSAGE
Tsar Amir Ebrahimi in HOLY SPIDER
Léa Seydoux in A HAPPY MORNING
Penélope Cruz in PARALLEL MOTHERS
Meltem Kaptan in RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH

European actor:
Paul Mescal in TO THE SUN
Eden Dambrine in CLOSE UP
Elliott Crosset Hove in Godland
Pierfrancesco Favino in NOSTALGIA
Zlatko Buric in TRIANGLE OF SORRY

European screenwriter:
Carla Simon & Arnau Vilaró for ALCARRÀS
Kenneth Branagh for BELFAST
Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens for CLOSING
Ali Abbasi & Afshin Kamran Bahrami for HOLY SPIDER
Ruben Ostlund for TRIANGLE OF CARE

European comedy
COP SECRET (LEYNILÖGGA), directed by Hannes Þór Halldórsson (Iceland)
THE GOOD BOSS (EL BUEN PATRÓN), directed by Fernando León de Aranoa (Spain)
THE DIVIDE (LA FRACTURE), directed by Catherine Corsini (France)

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
107 MOTHERS (CENZORKA) directed by Peter Kerekes (Slovakia/Czech Republic/Ukraine)
LOVE FOR DALVA (DALVA) Directed by Emmanuelle Nicot (Belgium/France)
OTHER PEOPLE (INNI LUDZIE) directed by Aleksandra Terpińska (Poland/France)
PAMFIR directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (Ukraine/ France/ Poland/ Germany/ Chile)
SMALL BODY (PICCOLO CORPO) Directed by Laura Samani (Italy/Slovenia/France)
SUN directed by Kurdwin Ayub (Austria)

European animated film
LITTLE NICHOLAS – HAPPY AS CAN BE (LE PETIT NICOLAS – QU’EST-CE QU’ON ATTEND POUR ÊTRE HEUREUX?) Directed by Amandine Fredon & Benjamin Massoubre (France, Luxembourg)
MY LOVE WITH MARRIAGE Directed by Signe Baumane (Latvia, United States, Luxembourg)
THE NEIGHBORS OF MY NEIGHBORS (LES VOISINS DE MES VOISINS SONT MES VOISINS) directed by Anne-Laure Daffis & Léo Marchand (France)
NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED (INTERDIT AUX CHIENS ET AUX ITALIANS) Directed by Alain Ughetto (France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal)
OINK (KNOR) directed by Mascha Halberstad (Netherlands, Belgium)

European short film:
GRANDMA’S SEXUAL LIFE (BABIČINO SEKSUALNO ŽIVLJENJE) directed by Urška Djukič & Émilie Pigeard (Slovenia/France)
ICE CREAM directed by João Gonzalez (Portugal/France/Great Britain)
LOVE, DAD (MILÝ TATI), Director: Diana Cam Van Nguyen (Czech Republic/Slovakia)
TECHNO, MAMA directed by Saulius Baradinskas (Lithuania)
WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME, Director: Mo Harawe (Austria/Germany/Somalia)