European Film Awards 2009 – the winners

Posted on December 13, 2009

The 2009 European Film Awards were presented last night in Bochum, Germany. German director Michael Haneke won top honours (best film, best director, best screenplay) with The White Ribbon, a drama set in a German village in the months leading up to World War I. Haneke previously won the Golden Palm at Cannes and the FIPRESCI prize at the San Sebastian festival with the film.

Here is the list of winners of the 2009 European Film Awards:

European Film 2009
The White Ribbon, director Michael Haneke

European Director
Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon

European Actor
Tahar Rahim, A Prophet

European Actress
Kate Winslet, The Reader

European Screenwriter
Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon

Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award
Anthony Dod Mantle, for Antichrist and Slumdog Millionaire

European Film Academy Prix D’Excellence 2009
Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier, Jean-Paul Hurier and Marc Doisne, for sound design in A Prophet

European Composer
Alberto Iglesias, for Broken Embraces

European Documentary — Prix ARTE 2009
The Sound of Insects — Record of a Mummy, director Peter Liechti

European Animated Feature Film
Mia and the Migoo, director Jacques-Remy Girerd

European Film Academy Discovery
Katalin Varga, director Peter Strickland