27th European Film Awards
27th European Film Awards www.europeanfilmawards.eu European Film Academy e.V. Kurfürstendamm 225 10719 Berlin GERMANY tel. +(49)30 887 167-0
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IMPRINT: EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY e.V. Editor: Pascal Edelmann Graphic design: Andrés Castoldi Photos: © EFA / Andrejs Strokins / API Michael Tinnefeld / Erik Riikoja /Riga2014 - Mārtiņš Otto
Welcome and laipni lūdzam Rīga! EFA Chairwoman Agnieszka Holland, Liv Ullmann and Agnès Varda
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The 27th European Film Awards were celebrated in Riga, European Capital of Culture 2014, on 13 December and brought European filmmakers, EFA Members, guests, nominees and winners to the Latvian capital at the mouth of the Daugava river.
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The Awards Weekend After rehearsals at the Latvian National Opera, a press conference and interviews with nominees and winners at the hotel, Friday evening saw a special screening of LES PLAGES D’AGNÈS in honour of Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Agnès Varda.
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The EFA Statuette Justine Wright (centre), European Editor 2014
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The EFA Statuette is a silver woman in a star-covered gown. Designed by Theo Fennell in London, the statuette is 27 cm tall and weighs 2kg. EFA sponsor GLS transported them to Riga and provided a special display at the party where winners could safely leave their statuette.
Pierfrancesco “Pif� Diliberto European Comedy 2014
Alessandro Rak European Animated Feature Film 2014
Marc Bauder European Documentary 2014
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Welcome Reception
Creative Europe Desk Latvia and RIGA 2014 hosted a special welcome reception for EFA Members and the international press at the spectacular Small Guild. 8
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Honouring the nominees 10
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Short film nominees Vincent Patar and StĂŠphane Aubier (THE CHRISTMAS LOG), documentary nominee Jon Bang Carlsen (JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE),discovery nominees Fernando Franco (WOUNDED) and Carlos Marques-Marcet (10,000 KM) and documentary nominee Hubert Sauper (WE COME AS FRIENDS) with EFA Deputy Chairman Mike Downey
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Presenter Ariane Labed, discovery nominee Yann Demange (’71) and Leah Walker
Discovery nominee Carlos Marques-Marcet (10,000 KM) and short film nominee Una Gunjak (THE CHICKEN)
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EFA Deputy Chairmen Mike Downey and Antonio Saura with discovery nominee Yann Demange (’71)
The Nominees’ Celebration took place at Riga’s Blackheads House, residence of the Latvian president. Each nominee received a certificate and had a chance to meet and mingle with the others and celebrate European cinema.
...and with nominee Andrey Zvyagintsev (LEVIATHAN) 14
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Liv Ullmann with Agnès Varda, recipient of the EFA Lifetime Achievement Award
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Getting ready
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Presenter Sylvia Hoeks
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EFA Member Carice van Houten
Presenter Ariane Labed
Actress Inga Alsiņa and company
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Nominees Marie Kjellson, Ruben Ă–stlund and Erik Hemmendorff (FORCE MAJEURE)
EFA Member Ivars Seleckis and his wife, film editor Maija Selecka
Nominated actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (HUMAN CAPITAL)
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EFA President Wim Wenders, his wife Donata, EFA Director Marion Dรถring, and EFA Chairwoman Agnieszka Holland
Steve McQueen, recipient of the award European Achievement in World Cinema
Producer Eric Goossens and director StĂŠphane Berla (JACK AND THE CUCKOO-CLOCK HEART)
Liv Ullmann, Agnieszka Holland and presenter Andrzej Chyra
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Presenter Rēzija Kalniņa
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Presenter Luca Zingaretti and company
Presenters Branko Đurić and Tanja Ribič
Nominated actress Agata Kulesza and director Paweł Pawlikowski (IDA) 27
Presenters Gustavs Terzens and Marta Selecka (RIGA2014 ambassadors) 28
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Comedy nominee Paco LĂŠon (CARMINA & AMEN)
EFA Deputy Chairman Antonio Saura and actress Ruth Gabriel
Documentary nominee Teodora Ana Mihai (WAITING FOR AUGUST) with her husband Habacuc Antonio de Rosario (left) and brother Bogdan
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Short film nominees and guests: Wojciech Sobczyk (SUMMER 2014), Sebastian Buerkner (THE CHIMERA OF M.), Peter Tanai, Eszter Ducsai, Pavel Vesnakov (PRIDE), Morgan Knibbe (SHIPWRECK), Albert Czomba, Simon Szabo (WALL), Sebastian Morsch, Jelena Goldbach, Una Gunjak (THE CHICKEN) 30
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Documentary nominee Hubert Sauper (WE COME AS FRIENDS) and producer Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Documentary Nominee Laurent BĂŠcue-Renard (right, OF MEN AND WAR), DoP Camille Cottagnoud, and Flore Benguigui
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Short film nominees and guests: Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar (THE CHRISTMAS LOG), Cristina Martinez, Jorge Lopez Navarrete (LITTLE BLOCK OF CEMENT WITH DISHEVELLED HAIR CONTAINING THE SEA), Kobi Azran, Idan Hubel (DAILY BREAD) 32
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Short film nominee Mariam Khatchvani (DINOLA) and Doron Rapaport
State Secretary Sandis Voldiņš, Diana Civle (director Riga 2014) and Dace Melbārde (Ministry of Culture of Latvia)
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Justine Wright, European Editor 2014 for LOCKE, and her daughter Elliot 34
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Nominee Steven Knight (LOCKE)
Nominees Sergey Melkumov & Alexander Rodnyansky (LEVIATHAN) and company 35
Discovery nominee Carlos Marques-Marcet (10,000 KM) 36
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Presenter Melisa Sรถzen
Presenter Tobias Moretti, his wife Julia and the Austrian cultural minister Josef Ostermayer 37
Short film nominee Guรฐmundur Arnar Guรฐmundsson (WHALE VALLEY) and company 38
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Nominated actor Alexey Serebryakov (LEVIATHAN)
Producer Angus Lamont and discovery nominee Yann Demange (’71) 39
Actor Andres Gertrudix, Discovery nominee Fernando Franco, nominated actress Marian Alvarez and producer Koldo Zuazua (WOUNDED) 40
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Presenter Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Nominee Paolo VirzĂŹ (HUMAN CAPITAL) and actress Micaela Ramazotti 41
The Awards Ceremony
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Host Thomas Hermanns
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Bringing a taste of Latvia to the ceremony: the cello trio Melo-M
Presenters Ada Condeescu and Barry Atsma
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Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy European Discovery 2014 – Prix Fipresci THE TRIBE
Una Gunjak European Short Film 2014 THE CHICKEN
Steve McQueen European Achievement in World Cinema
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Paweł Pawlikowski and Rebecca Lenkiewicz European Screenwriter 2014 IDA, with presenter Sylvia Hoeks 48
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Justine Wright European Editor 2014 LOCKE
Presenter Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Łukasz Żal European Cinematographer 2014 - Prix Carlo di Palma IDA
Ed Guiney European Co-Production Award 2014 – Prix EURIMAGES 49
Pierfrancesco “Pif” Diliberto European Comedy 2014 THE MAFIA ONLY KILLS IN SUMMER, with presenter Andrzej Chyra
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Natascha Curtius-Noss European Costume Designer 2014 Claus-Rudolf Amler European Production Designer 2014 THE DARK VALLEY
Marc Bauder European Documentary 2014 MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE 51
Behind the Scenes
Łukasz Żal, European Cinematographer 2014 – Prix Carlo di Palma (IDA), and Timothy Spall, European Actor 2014 (MR TURNER) 52
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The press centre
The photo call
Paweł Pawlikowski, European Screenwriter and European Director 2014 for IDA, European Film 2014 and EFA People’s Choice Award
Mica Levi, European Composer 2014 for UNDER THE SKIN
Marc Bauder, European Documentary 2014 for MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE
Joakim Sundström, European Sound Designer 2014 for STARRED UP 55
Host Thomas Hermanns and presenter Johannes Kuhnke 56
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Presenter Liv Ullmann
Alessandro Rak, European Animated Feature Film 2014 THE ART OF HAPPINESS
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The European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Agnès Varda 58
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European Film 2014: IDA
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The AfterShow Party
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Short film nominee Jan-Gerrit Seyler (STILL GOT LIVES_) and company
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Presenter Johannes Kuhnke, Willemijn Tuip, nominee Ruben Ă–stlund (FORCE MAJEURE) and presenter Sylvia Hoeks
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Short film nominee Eoin Duffy (THE MISSING SCARF)
Discovery nominee Yann Demange (’71) and Steve McQueen, recipient of the award European Achievement in World Cinema 67
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