European Film Awards 2023: France's 'Anatomy Of A Fall' Wins Big Award

Over the past month, the best of European cinema has been celebrated across the continent. And now the winners of the 36th European Film Awards have been revealed…

The five films nominated for Best European Film of 2023 are some of the strongest of the year, and not just in Europe.

Jonathan Glaser’s harrowing Holocaust drama zone of interest; Agnieszka Holland’s breathtaking and tense drama green border; Aki Kaurismäki A cozy Finnish love story Fallen leaves; critically acclaimed French courtroom drama directed by Justine Triet structure of overturning; and Matteo Garrone’s Io Capitanoit’s like green borderwhich tackled the theme of the refugee crisis at Europe’s borders.

The European Film Awards, which honors great achievements in European cinema, has decided to award the top prize to a film directed by Justine Triet. Autumn Anatomy.

The French film took everyone by storm, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actress for Sandra Hüller.

The film turns a compelling story of a murder in the Alps into a captivating courtroom drama, with Hüller’s masterful performance.

Torie’s unconventional detective stories deal with the messy parent-child relationship and the burden of responsibility in relationships. The director can use the justice system as a springboard to expose deep-seated misogynistic bias, especially when the relationship is publicly dissected for all to see. The main character, Sandra (Hüller), is not the ideal victim who fights to have her innocence heard. She speaks matter-of-factly about the imperfections of her relationships, and she feels like a fully-rounded human being, in contrast to the cliche picture of an impeccable martyr fighting to survive. It will be done.

You can watch the ceremony in the player below.

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After winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year, the film is going from strength to strength, winning over audiences and increasingly filling award shelves.

surely, structure of overturning has steadily emerged as an awards favorite, having already won Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best International Film. Gotham Independent Film Awards, won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film. As mentioned in our article, EFA predictionthere was good reason to believe it would win big in every category.

As we saw last year, EFA is not comfortable awarding multiple awards to the same film. love triangle of sadness. The same is the case this year.

Sandra Hüller was nominated twice this year for her performances in Anatomy of a Fall and Zone of Interest, making her a frontrunner for Best Actress. It’s worth it, because she is the beating heart of this film and its complex intricacies. Thanks to her brilliant development, it becomes clear that the film is much more interested in a weightier meditation on perception and storytelling, and as such the enveloping sense of uncertainty becomes addictive. It will be.

Stay tuned to Euronews Culture for the full interview with Hüller.

meanwhile structure of overturning is a thought-provoking drama with the right emotional depth and a worthy winner, but dare I say it’s a bit overblown. green border and zone of interest It could have been loved more – not just because it’s a great movie, but also because of its diversity.Jonathan Glazer really should have won the Best Director award for his formal audacity and making a Holocaust drama unlike any other, but it’s a shame Agnieszka Holland had so much influence. is green border I went home empty-handed. We hope you will keep an eye out for this during the ongoing awards season.

Still, don’t be surprised structure of overturning It continues to win big all the way to (and possibly including) next year’s Oscars.

Elsewhere, as predicted, Mads Mikkelsen won the Best Actor award for his stellar performance. promised land (Unfortunately, Mikkelsen wasn’t in Berlin to accept the award, but watched virtually). Oscar-winning British actress Vanessa Redgrave received her European Lifetime Achievement Award (unfortunately, Redgrave was also only seen virtually with her daughter Joely Richardson). Hungarian film director Béla Tarr was awarded the Academy President’s and Board of Directors’ Honor Award. He appeared. So that’s something.

Also worth noting is the European Young Audience Award. scrapper, by Charlotte Regan – with Molly Manning Walker as cinematographer.Manning Walker wins European Discovery Award FIPRESCI Award how to have sex, and we are delighted that two of Britain’s emerging talents have won the award. Both films feature in our list of the best movies of 2023, so come back to Euronews Culture for our thoughts and the full countdown to the best movies of the year…

(Scroll down to see the full list of winners.)

A good movie requires an equally impressive setup

This year’s European Film Awards once again demonstrated the vibrancy of European cinema through its lineup and nominations.

But if we want to elevate the quality of filmmaking, and establish ourselves as a can’t-miss event, on par with Hollywood awards shows, both in luxury and prestige, we’ll need to step up our aesthetics a bit.

Last year’s ceremony in Iceland showed great anticipation and proclaimed it to be a momentous day. In comparison, this year’s Berlin edition felt a little underwhelming. If the awards ceremony were to be held at the Berlin Arena, a bigger and grander stage would have been needed to showcase 2023’s glorious vintage films. The Berlinale Palast, for example, would have sent a much stronger message. The arena’s low stage and cheap chairs did not suit the conditions, giving the ceremony an unfortunately low-key feel.

And on the other hand, they could also invite the managers of the Berlinale, Cannes and Venice. After all, films that premiered at festivals make up most of the nominations…

As for marketing, billboards around Berlin could have advertised the ceremony a little more.

Europe has nothing to envy Hollywood. Now, it needs a bigger platform to reflect its ambitions. The European Film Academy has a great team responsible behind the scenes and is more than capable of leading the way. That said, awards shows should reflect the quality of the films themselves.

Once again, last year’s 35th edition set an example and was of the highest standard. It was truly a memorable event. Unless this year’s budget cuts are to blame, European films need a little more oomph.

Complete list of this year’s winners

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• Winner: ANATOMY OF A FALL (ANATOMIE D’UNE CHUTE) – Director: Justine Triet (France)

• FALLEN LEAVES (KUOLLEET LEHDET) – Directed by Aki Kaurismäki (Finland, Germany)

• GREEN BORDER (ZIELONA GRANICA) – directed by Agnieszka Holland (Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium)

• ME CAPTAIN (IO CAPITANO) – directed by Matteo Garrone (Italy, Belgium)

• THE ZONE OF INTEREST – Directed by Jonathan Glaser (UK, Poland, USA)

Best European Manager Award

• Winner: Justine Triet for “ANATOMY OF A FALL”

• Aki Kaurismaki (FALLEN LEAVES)

• Agnieszka Holland of GREEN BORDER

•Matteo Garrone appointed as my captain

• Jonathan Glaser, “ZONE OF INTEREST”

Best European Actress Award

• Winner: Sandra Hüller for “ANATOMY OF A FALL”

• Sandra Hüller “ZONE OF INTEREST”

• Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry Eka Tyabrishvili

• Fallen Leaves Alma Poisti

•Mia McKenna-Bruce “HOW TO HAVE SEX”

• Leonie Benesch of THE TEACHERS’ Lounge

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• Winner: Mads Mikkelsen in “The Promised Land”

• Thomas Schubert of AFIRE

•Jussi Vatanen in “FALLEN LEAVES”

• Josh O’Connor of LA CHIMERA

• Christian Friedel, “ZONE OF INTEREST”

Europe’s best screenwriter

• Winner: Justin Torrier & Arthur Harari (ANATOMY OF A FALL)

• Aki Kaurismaki (FALLEN LEAVES)

• Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko, Agnieszka Holland for GREEN BORDER

• Ilker Chatak & Johannes Dunkel, THE TEACHERS’ Lounge

• Jonathan Glaser, “ZONE OF INTEREST”

Best European Documentary Award

• Winner: SMOKE SAUNA SÕSARAD (SAVVUSANNA SÕSARAD) – directed by Anna Hints (Estonia, France, Iceland)

• APOLONIA, APOLONIA – Directed by Lee Grob (Denmark, Poland)

• FOUR DAUGHTERS (LES FILLES D’OLFA) – Directed by Kauser Ben Hania (France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia)

• MOTHERLAND – Directed by Hanna Badosiaka & Aleksandar Mihalković (Sweden, Ukraine, Norway)

• ON THE ADAMANT (SUR L’ADAMANT) – Directed by Nicolas Philibert (France, Japan)

Discovery of Europe – FIPRESCI Prize

• Winner: HOW TO HAVE SEX, directed by Molly Manning Walker (UK, Greece)

• 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (20,000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS) directed by Aestivalis Uresola Solagren (Spain)

• LA PALISIADA (ЛЯ ПАЛІСІАДА) directed by Filip Sotnichenko (Ukraine)

• SAFE PLACE (SIGURNO MJESTO) directed by Juraj Lerotic (Croatia, Slovenia)

• THE QUIET MIGRATION (STILLE LIV) Directed by Marlene Choi (Denmark)

• VINCENT MUST DIE (VINCENT DOIT MOURIR) Directed by Stephane Castain (France)

European Animated Feature Film Award

• Winner: “ROBOT DREAMS” directed by Pablo Berger

• “The Little Greyhound” directed by Enzo Darro

• Chicken for Linda!Director: Chiara Malta, Sebastian Rodenbach

• “TEH AMAZING MAURICE” directed by Toby Genkel

• “WHITE PLASTIC SKY” directed by Tibor Banocki and Sarolta Szabo

Best European Short Film Award

• Winner: “Hardly Working” directed by Susannah Flock, Robin Krengel, Leonhard Müllner and Michael Stumpf

• 27 years old, directed by Flora Anna Buda

• “AQUERONTE” directed by Manuel Muñoz Rivas

• Director Christian Avilés vividly daydreams about holidays in Spain

• “Flores del Otro Patio” directed by Jorge Cadena

Nominations are based on the votes of 4,600 European Film Academy members who have seen the films included in the annual Academy Selection.

Stay tuned to Euronews Culture for the full interview with Sandra Hüller and Agnieszka Holland.

European Film Awards 2023: France’s ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ wins big award

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