Monday, November 5---------The European Film Academy has announced the nominations for the 20th European Film Awards during this past weekend's Seville Film Festival. Academy members, who number over 1800, will now vote for the winners, which will be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on December 1st. The nominees and ultimate winners should give an indication of what European films will be nominated for Oscar and BAFTA Awards later this season.

BEST EUROPEAN FILM

4 LUNI, 3 SAPTAMINI SI 2 ZILE (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), Romania
directed by Cristian Mungiu
produced by Mobra Film SRL

AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE (The Edge of Heaven), Germany/Turkey
directed by Fatih Akin
produced by Corazón International GmbH & Co KG/Anka Film/Dorje Film/NDR

THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, UK
directed by Kevin Macdonald
produced by DNA Films

LA MOME (La Vie En Rose), France/Czech Republic/UK
directed by Olivier Dahan
produced by Légende/ TF1 International/TF1 Films Production/Okko
Production s.r.o./Songbird Pictures Ltd

PERSEPOLIS, France
directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud
produced by 2.4.7. Films/France 3 Cinéma/Diaphana Distribution/The
Kennedy/Marshall Company/Franche Connection Animations

THE QUEEN, UK/France/Italy
directed by Stephen Frears
produced by Granada/Pathé Renn/BIM Distribuzione

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR

Fatih Akin for AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE (The Edge of Heaven)
Roy Andersson for DU LEVANDE (You, the Living)
Stephen Frears for THE QUEEN
Kevin Macdonald for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Cristian Mungiu for 4 LUNI, 3 SAPTAMINI SI 2 ZILE (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
Giuseppe Tornatore for LA SCONOSCIUTA (The Unknown)

BEST EUROPEAN ACTRESS

Marion Cotillard in LA MOME (La Vie en Rose)
Marianne Faithful in IRINA PALM
Carice van Houten in ZWARTBOEK (Black Book)
Anamaria Marinca in 4 LUNI, 3 SAPTAMINI SI 2 ZILE (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
Helen Mirren in THE QUEEN
Ksenia Rappoport in LA SCONOSCIUTA (The Unknown)

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR

Sasson Gabai in BIKUR HATIZMORET (The Band’s Visit)
Elio Germano in MIO FRATELLO É FIGLIO UNICO (My Brother is an Only Child)
James McAvoy in THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Miki Manojlovic in IRINA PALM
Michel Piccoli in BELLE TOUJOURS
Ben Whishaw in DAS PARFUM – DIE GESCHICHTE EINES MÖRDERS (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)

BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER

Fatih Akin for AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE (The Edge of Heaven)
Eran Kolirin for BIKUR HATIZMORET (The Band’s Visit)
Peter Morgan for THE QUEEN
Cristian Mungiu for 4 LUNI, 3 SAPTAMINI SI 2 ZILE (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)

BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER

Anthony Dod Mantle for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Frank Griebe for DAS PARFUM – DIE GESCHICHTE EINES MÖRDERS (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)
Mikhail Krichman for IZGNANIE (Banishment)
Fabio Zamarion for LA SCONOSCIUTA (The Unknown)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D’EXCELLENCE

Uli Hanisch for Production Design, DAS PARFUM – DIE GESCHICHTE EINES MÖRDERS (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)
Annette Focks, Jörg Höhne, Robin Pohle & Andreas Ruft for Sound, VIER MINUTEN (Four Minutes)
Didier Lavergne for Make-up, LA MOME (La Vie en Rose)
Francesca Sartori for Costume, ALATRISTE
Lucia Zucchetti for Editing, THE QUEEN

BEST EUROPEAN COMPOSER

Alexandre Desplat for THE QUEEN
Alex Heffes for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Dejan Pejovic for GUCHA
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil for DAS PARFUM – DIE GESCHICHTE EINES MÖRDERS (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)

Sandy Mandelberger, Awards Watch Editor