European Films

Europe Elsewhere: awards edition

Written by Boyd van Hoeij
Wednesday, 07 February 2007
An overview of interesting European film-related things published elsewhere on the web. The Finnish Jussi Award winners include Aki Kaurismäki's Laitakaupungin valot (Lights in the Dusk) for Best Film and Aku Louhimies's Valkoinen kaupunki (Frozen City) for Best Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay. (link: the list of winners at the Finnish Film Foundation website, in English) The Polish Orly or Eagle Award nominations include multiple nominees Plac Zbawiciela (Saviour Square) from the duo Joanna Kos-Krzysztof Krauze and Jan Jakub Kolski’s Jasminum. (link: Cineuropa reports on the nominations, in English) The Spanish Goya winners include the ubiquitous Volver and El labertino del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth. (link: The Alternative Film Guide has the news and a complete list, in English) The French César nominations are split mainly between Pascale Ferran's Lady Chatterley and Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One) from Guillaume Canet and Rachid Bouchareb's Indigènes (Days of Glory). (link: news article at Unifrance, in English, and the complete list of nominees at the César website, in French)