AWARDS: EFA names “Gomorrah” Best Picture

At the 21st annual European Film Awards, "Gomorrah" took best picture honors in a highly contested race.  

21st European Film Awards: WINNERS

EUROPEAN FILM 2008  – "Gomorrah"

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2008 – Matteo Garrone,"Gomorrah"

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2008 – Toni Servillo, "Gomorrah" and "Il Divo"

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2008 – Kristin Scott Thomas,"I've Loved You So Long"

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2008  – Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano,"Gomorrah"

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2008  – Marco Onorato, "Gomorrah"

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D'EXCELLENCE 2008  – Magdalena Biedrzycka, costume design, "Katyn"

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2008 -  Max Richter,"Waltz With Bashir"

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2008  – "Hunger" directed by Steve McQueen written by Enda Walsh & Steve McQueen

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS' AWARD 2008 – Prix FIPRESCI Abdellatif Kechiche,"The Secret of the Grain"

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2008 – Pix "Arte Rene",Helena Trestikova

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2008 – Prix "Uip Frankie", Darren Thornton

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD  – Dame Judi Dench

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2008 -  Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Lars von Trier, and Thomas Vinterberg

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD 2008 – "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"