The European Film Awards 2005

The European Film Awards ceremony took place for the eighteenth time December 3 in Berlin (the last one for DDA) and included 19 categories. Michael Haneke's Caché was one of the strong winners of the evening and took away best film, best director, best actor, best editor, and Fipresci award.


European Film
Hidden (Caché), Directed by Michael Haneke

European Director
Michael Haneke for Hidden (Caché)

European Actress
Julia Jentsch in Sophie Scholl, The Final Days

European Actor
Daniel Auteuil in Hidden (Caché)

European Screenwriter
Hany Abu-Assad & Bero Beyer for Paradise Now

European Cinematographer
Franz Lustig for Don't Come Knocking

European Composer
Rupert Gregson-Williams & Andrea Guerra for Hotel Rwanda

European Editor
Michael Hudecek & Nadine Muse for Hidden (Caché)

European Production Designer
Aline Bonetto for A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)

European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
Sir Sean Connery

European Achievement In World Cinema
Maurice Jarre

European Film Academy Discovery — Prix Fassbinder
Accused (Anklaget) by Jakob Thuesen

European Film Academy Critics Award — Prix FIPRESCI
Hidden (Caché) by Michael Haneke


European Film Academy Documentary — Prix ARTE
The Pipeline Next Door (Un dragon dans les eaux pures du Caucase) by Nino Kirtadzé

European Film Academy Short Film — Prix UIP
Undressing My Mother by Ken Wardrop

European Film Academy Non-European Film — Prix Screen International
Good Night, And Good Luck by George Clooney

The Jameson People's Choice Awards
for Best European Director
Marc Rothemund for Sophie Scholl - The Final Days

for Best European Actor
Orlando Bloom in Kingdom Of Heaven

for Best European Actress
Julia Jentsch in Sophie Scholl - The Final Days

Picture credit: Axel Schmidt, Action Press