European Film Awards 2009 – the winners
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 [...]
Haneke’s The White Ribbon wins Palme d’Or
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival closed yesterday, when this year’s winners were announced at the awards ceremony. German helmer Michael Haneke won the Palme d’Or with his black-and-white prison drama The White Ribbon. Haneke had previously won the director award for Cache (2005) and the Grand Prix for The Piano Teacher (2001) at the Cannes [...]
