‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Wins Best Film at European Film Awards

Justine Triet’s courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall” received greatest movie and greatest director on the thirty sixth European Movie Awards, which came about Saturday in Berlin. The French movie was the winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

“Anatomy of a Fall” additionally took the screenwriter award for Triet and Arthur Harari’s story a couple of marriage in disaster, and Sandra Hüller nabbed the award for greatest actress for her efficiency within the movie.

Triet stated that she “wrote this movie” for Hüller. “She was the proper actress to painting the complexity of this character,” she stated. Triet added that she didn’t need to make Hüller’s character, a spouse accused of the homicide of her husband, “right into a sufferer … she is a girl who’s judged for her independence, her sexuality, her artistic prowess, qualities thought of suspicious when exhibited by a girl.”

Hüller, who was competing in opposition to herself, for her spine-chilling function in “The Zone of Curiosity,” requested the viewers to sit down in silence for a second and “think about peace.”

“Anatomy of a Fall” additionally took the award for modifying for Laurent Sénéchal.

Mads Mikkelsen received the very best actor award for Nikolaj Arcel’s historic drama “The Promised Land,” which was in competitors in Venice. Mikkelsen stated the director had taken “10 years to name me … please don’t wait one other 10 years to name.” The movie additionally took the awards for Rasmus Videbæk’s cinematography and Kicki Ilander’s costume design.

Molly Manning Walker’s “The way to Have Intercourse,” about hard-partying youngsters at a Mediterranean vacation resort, took the European Discovery award. The movie, which nabbed the Un Sure Regard Award at Cannes, contains a standout efficiency by Mia McKenna-Bruce.

Anna Hints received the documentary award for “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” which focuses on a gaggle of girls as they collect in a conventional Estonian sauna. Hints delivered a track as a substitute of a speech.

Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet, who acquired the European Achievement in World Cinema award, joked that the statuette seemed like a intercourse toy.

Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, who acquired the Honorary Award, urged younger filmmakers “to be free,” including “all of us must be free.”

Different awards recipients included Lithuanian producer Uljana Kim (Eurimages Worldwide Co-Manufacturing Award), British actor Vanessa Redgrave (European Lifetime Achievement Award), and Turkish entrepreneur Güler Sabancı (European Sustainability Award – Prix Film4Climate).

The awards have been voted on by the 4,600 members of the European Movie Academy.

See the complete listing of winners and nominees under.

36TH EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS NOMINEES AND WINNERS 2023

European Movie:WINNER “Anatomy of a Fall” (Anatomie D’une Chute), directed by Justine Triet, produced by Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion (France)“Fallen Leaves” (Kuolleet Lehdet), directed by Aki Kaurismäki, produced by Aki Kaurismäki, Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff and Reinhard Brundig (Finland, Germany)“Inexperienced Border” (Zielona Granica), directed by Agnieszka Holland, produced by Marcin Wierzchosławski, Fred Bernstein and Agnieszka Holland (Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium)“Me Captain” (Io Capitano), directed by Matteo Garrone, produced by Matteo Garrone, Paolo Del Brocco, Ardavan Safaee and Joseph Rouschop (Italy, Belgium)“The Zone of Curiosity,” directed by Jonathan Glazer, produced by James Wilson and Ewa Puszczyńska (U.Okay., Poland, U.S.)

European Director:WINNER Justine Triet for “Anatomy of a Fall”Aki Kaurismäki for “Fallen Leaves”Agnieszka Holland for “Inexperienced Border”Matteo Garrone for “Me Captain”Jonathan Glazer for “The Zone of Curiosity”

European Screenwriter:WINNER Justine Triet and Arthur Harari for “Anatomy of a Fall”Aki Kaurismäki for “Fallen Leaves”Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko and Agnieszka Holland for “Inexperienced Border”İlker Çatak and Johannes Duncker for “The Lecturers’ Lounge”Jonathan Glazer for “The Zone of Curiosity”

European Actress:WINNER Sandra Hüller in “Anatomy of a Fall”Eka Chavleishvili in “Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry”Alma Pöysti in “Fallen Leaves”Mia Mckenna-Bruce in “The way to Have Intercourse”Leonie Benesch in “The Lecturers’ Lounge”Sandra Hüller in “The Zone of Curiosity”

European Actor:Thomas Schubert in “Afire”Jussi Vatanen in “Fallen Leaves”Josh O’Connor in “La Chimera”WINNER Mads Mikkelsen in “The Promised Land”Christian Friedel in “The Zone of Curiosity”

European Documentary:“Apolonia, Apolonia,” directed by Lea Glob (Denmark, Poland)“4 Daughters,” directed by Kaouther Ben Hania (France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia)“Motherland,” directed by Hanna Badziaka and Alexander Mihalkovich (Sweden, Ukraine, Norway)“On the Adamant,” directed by Nicolas Philibert (France, Japan)WINNER “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” directed by Anna Hints (Estonia, France, Iceland)

European Discovery – Prix Fipresci:“20,000 Species of Bees,” directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain)WINNER “The way to Have Intercourse,” directed by Molly Manning Walker (U.Okay., Greece)“La Palisiada,” directed by Philip Sotnychenko (Ukraine)“Secure Place,” directed by Juraj Lerotić (Croatia, Slovenia)“The Quiet Migration,” directed by Malene Choi (Denmark)“Vincent Should Die,” directed by Stéphan Castang (France, Belgium)

European Animated Characteristic Movie:“A Greyhound of a Lady,” directed by Enzo d’Alò (Luxembourg, Italy, Eire, U.Okay., Latvia, Estonia, Germany)“Hen for Linda!,” directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach (France, Italy)WINNER “Robotic Desires,” directed by Pablo Berger (Spain, France)“The Wonderful Maurice,” directed by Toby Genkel (Germany, U.Okay.)“White Plastic Sky,” directed by Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó (Hungary, Slovakia)

European Brief Movie:“27,” directed by Flóra Anna Buda (France, Hungary)“Aqueronte,” directed by Manuel Muñoz Rivas (Spain)“Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays,” directed by Christian Avilés (Spain)“Flores Del Otro Patio,” directed by Jorge Cadena (Switzerland, Colombia)WINNER “Hardly Working,” directed by Complete Refusal: Susanna Flock, Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner and Michael Stumpf (Austria)