2011 European Film Awards - winners

The European Film Academy held their 24th European Film Awards ceremony tonight in Berlin's Tempodrom near Potsdamer Platz. The main winner with three awards was Lars von Trier's Melancholia. It picked up the award for Best Film, edging out The Artist, Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Le Havre, Hævnen (In a Better World), and The King's Speech. Melancholia also won for Cinematography and Production Design, and had led with eight nominations.

Recent Oscar-winner The King's Speech also won three awards. Colin Firth won another acting award, and it won for Editing (Tariq Anwar) and the People's Choice Award.

Another Oscar-winner Susanne Bier won Best Director for Hævnen (In a Better World), beating her fellow-Dane Lars von Trier. Tilda Swinton won for Actress for her role in We Need to Talk About Kevin.

Yet another Dane Mads Mikkelson picked up the European Achievement in World Cinema Award. A Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Stephen Frears, while Michel Piccoli was the surprise recipient of a European Film Academy Special Honorary Award.

The Documentary Award went to Pina by Wim Wenders. It is one of the 15 shortlisted films for the Oscars in the Documentary category.

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Complete winners for the 24th European Film Awards

EUROPEAN FILM 2011
Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
Written and Directed by: Lars von Trier; Produced by: Meta Louise Foldager & Louise Vesth

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2011
Susanne Bier for Hævnen (In a Better World)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2011
Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2011
Colin Firth in The King's Speech

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2011
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike)

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2011
Manuel Alberto Claro for Melancholia

EUROPEAN EDITOR 2011
Tariq Anwar for The King's Speech

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2011
Jette Lehmann for Melancholia

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2011
Ludovic Bource for The Artist

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2011 - Prix FIPRESCI
Adem (Oxygen), Belgium/the Netherlands
written & directed by Hans Van Nuffel

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2011 - Prix ARTE
Pina, Germany
written & directed by Wim Wenders; produced by Gian-Piero Ringel & Wim Wenders

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2011
Chico & Rita, Spain/Isle of Man
directed by Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2011
The Wholly Family by Terry Gilliam

EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2011 - Prix EURIMAGES
Mariela Besuievsky, Spain

EUPROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA AWARD 2011
Mads Mikkelsen

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Stephen Frears, UK

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SPECIAL HONORARY AWARD
Michel Piccoli, France

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD 2011
The King's Speech