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	Life Achievement Award
	FIPRESCI Prize
	Audience Award
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European Film Awards: 2008

European Film Award

Date:	6 December
Host:	Mikael Bertelsen
Location:	Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark

Best Film


Winner:
	Gomorra (2008)
Other Nominees:
	El orfanato (2007) Entre les murs (2008) Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) Il divo (2008) Vals Im Bashir (2008)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Il divo (2008) - Toni Servillo - Also for Gomorra (2008).
Other Nominees:
	Atonement (2007) - James McAvoy Die Welle (2008) - J�rgen Vogel Flammen & Citronen (2008) - Thure Lindhardt Flammen & Citronen (2008) - Mads Mikkelsen Hunger (2008) - Michael Fassbender Kirschblüten - Hanami (2008) - Elmar Wepper

Best Actress


Winner:
	Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008) - Kristin Scott Thomas
Other Nominees:
	El orfanato (2007) - Bel�n Rueda Etz Limon (2008) - Hiam Abbass Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) - Sally Hawkins (I) Le silence de Lorna (2008) - Arta Dobroshi Wolke Neun (2008) - Ursula Werner

Best Director


Winner:
	Gomorra (2008) - Matteo Garrone
Other Nominees:
	Entre les murs (2008) - Laurent Cantet Hunger (2008) - Steve McQueen (III) Il divo (2008) - Paolo Sorrentino Vals Im Bashir (2008) - Ari Folman Wolke Neun (2008) - Andreas Dresen

Best Cinematographer


Winner:
	Gomorra (2008) - Marco Onorato
Other Nominees:
	El orfanato (2007) - �scar Faura Il divo (2008) - Luca Bigazzi Mongol (2007) - Sergey Trofimov (I); Rogier Stoffers

Best Screenwriter


Winner:
	Gomorra (2008) - Maurizio Braucci; Ugo Chiti; Gianni Di Gregorio; Matteo Garrone; Massimo Gaudioso; Roberto Saviano
Other Nominees:
	Etz Limon (2008) - Suha Arraf; Eran Riklis Il divo (2008) - Paolo Sorrentino Vals Im Bashir (2008) - Ari Folman

Best Composer


Winner:
	Vals Im Bashir (2008) - Max Richter (II)
Other Nominees:
	Aanrijding in Moscou (2008) - Tuur Florizoone Atonement (2007) - Dario Marianelli El orfanato (2007) - Fernando Vel�zquez (I)

Prix d'Excellence


Winner:
	Katyn (2007) - Magdalena Biedrzycka - For costume design.
Other Nominees:
	Delta (2008) - M�rton �gh - For production design. O' Horten (2007) - Petter Fladeby - For sound design. Un conte de Noël (2008) - Laurence Briaud - For editing.

Best Documentary Award


Winner:
	René (2008/II) - Helena Trestikova
Other Nominees:
	Durakovo: Le village des fous (2007) - Nino Kirtadze Fados (2007) - Carlos Saura Kinder. Wie die Zeit vergeht. (2008) - Thomas Heise La mère (2007) - Antoine Cattin; Pavel Kostomarov Man on Wire (2008) - James Marsh (I) Obcan Havel (2008) - Pavel Kouteck�; Miroslav Janek Pyhän kirjan varjo (2007) - Arto Halonen Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains (2007) - Gonzalo Arijon The Dictator Hunter (2007) - Klaartje Quirijns

Best Short Film Award


Winner:
	Frankie (2007) - Darren Thornton - Prix UIP Berlin.
Other Nominees:
	De Onbaatzuchtigen (2008) - Koen Dejaegher - Prix UIP Venice. Joy (2008/II) - Joe Lawlor (II); Christine Molloy - Prix UIP Rotterdam. Love You More (2008) - Sam Taylor Wood - Prix UIP Vila do Conde. Procrastination (2007) - Johnny Kelly (II) - Prix UIP Angers. Raak (2006) - Hanro Smitsman - Prix UIP Ghent. Smáfuglar (2008) - R�nar R�narsson - Prix UIP Edinburgh. The Apology Line (2007) - James Lees (I) - Prix UIP Cork. The Pearce Sisters (2007) - Luis Cook - Prix UIP Tampere. Time is Running Out (2007) - Marc Reisbig - Prix UIP Cracow. Tolerantia (2008) - Ivan Ramadan - Prix UIP Sarajevo. Türelem (2007) - Laszlo Nemes - Prix UIP Drama. Uguns (2007) - Laila Pakalnina - Prix UIP Grimstad. Un bisou pour le monde (2007) - Cyril Paris - Prix UIP Valladolid.

European Discovery of the Year


Winner:
	Hunger (2008) - Steve McQueen (III)
Other Nominees:
	Snijeg (2008) - Aida Begic Tatil kitabi (2008) - Seyfi Teoman Tulpan (2008) - Sergei Dvortsevoy

Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema


Winner:
	S�ren Kragh-Jacobsen; Kristian Levring; Lars von Trier; Thomas Vinterberg - To the Dogma founders.

Life Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Judi Dench

FIPRESCI Prize


Winner:
	La graine et le mulet (2007) - Abdel Kechiche

Audience Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - David Yates (II)
Other Nominees:
	Arn - Tempelriddaren (2007) - Peter Flinth Atonement (2007) - Joe Wright (IV) Ben X (2007) - Nic Balthazar Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (2008) - Dany Boon Die Welle (2008) - Dennis Gansel El orfanato (2007) - Juan Antonio Bayona Ensemble, c'est tout (2007) - Claude Berri Keinohrhasen (2007) - Til Schweiger Mongol (2007) - Sergei Bodrov Saturno contro (2007) - Ferzan Ozpetek [Rec] (2007) - Jaume Balaguer�; Paco Plaza