2023-12-13 13:05:23
The legal thriller “Anatomy of a Fall” by Frenchwoman Justine Triet is the big winner of the 2023 European Film Awards awarded in Berlin. A list that celebrates the freedom of creation and expression dear to Europe.
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After Reykjavik last year, Berlin hosted, like every other year, the European Film Awards, prices created by the European Film Academy in the German capital in 1988, just before the fall of the wall, to highlight European cinema and its diversity.
Pour 2023, the competition was very strong, but it was “Anatomie of a Fall” by the Frenchwoman Justine Triet who won everything, with the Prizes for best screenplay, best direction and best film and the one for best actress for Sandra Hüller.
The story of a writer who finds herself suspected of the death of her husband and whose trial will expose her relationship and her identity as a woman.
“I think there is a freedom in Europe that must be preserved and protected and which is magnificent,” underlined Justine Triet, speaking to Euronews. “A freedom of expression, a freedom to really say what you think, which, in fact, is quite rare,” she indicated. “When you travel the world a lot, you realize that it’s very precious,” she insisted.
The “extraordinary work” des European Film Awards
Sandra Hüller also stars in “The Zone of Interest” (“La Zone d’intérêt”)a chilling film regarding the family life of the commander-in-chief of Auschwitz and which shows humanity in all its horror, without showing anything from the camp.
The film received nothing despite its excellence. Sandra Hüller prefers to emphasize the work of the European Film Academy which organizes these Awards.
“It’s extraordinary work, discreet but so important,” remarked the actress during the Berlin ceremony. “I think of all those who work in the shadows, magnificently, to bring us all together here, to make us meet and discuss interesting subjects,” she explained.
A reality “policy”
European subjects who take the pulse of the state of the world and of Europe.
So, “Green Border”, by Polish director Agnieszka Holland, shows, in a very realistic manner, the fate of migrants stuck between Belarus and Poland. A film which drew the wrath of conservatives and the Polish far-right. Here too, the film was nominated several times without winning anything…
“There are films that courageously tackle diverse subjects, and not just directly political ones,” declared the Polish director. “But at the same time, we live in a reality that is political regardless of the subject discussed,” she insisted.
“A subjective journey”
No prizes either for “Io Capitano”, “Me, Captain” by Matteo Garrone. The director of “Gomorr”a and “Dogman” delivers here a movie which puts us in the shoes of two young Africans who left everything and sacrificed to build a better future…
Here too, a committed film, but above all one which gives a large part to the human aspect.
“Cinema also tries to tell a story, to give the audience an experience,” stated Matteo Garrone, “to create in him an empathy with the characters and to give him the possibility of experiencing a subjective journey.”
Love according to Ari Kaurismäki
Finally, nominated but also empty-handed, “Fallen Leaves”a love film of infinite poetry.
And feature film directed by one of the major European authors, the Finnish Aki Kaurismäki.
THE COMPLETE AWARDS
Best European Film
ANATOMY OF A FALL, Justine Triet •
DEAD LEAVES, Aki Kaurismäki
GREEN BORDER, Agnieszka Holland
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MOI, CAPITAINE, Matteo Garrone
THE AREA OF INTEREST, Jonathan Glazer
Best Documentary
APOLLONIA, APOLLONIA, Lea Glob
THE DAUGHTERS OF OLFA, Kaouther Ben Hania
MOTHERLAND, Hanna Badziaka & Alexander Mihalkovich
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ON ADAMANT, Nicolas Philibert
SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD, Anna Hints •
Best direction
Justine Triet for ANATOMY OF A FALL •
Aki Kaurismäki for THE DEAD LEAVES
Agnieszka Holland pour GREEN BORDER
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Matteo Garrone for ME, CAPTAIN
Jonathan Glazer for THE AREA OF INTEREST
Best actress
Sandra Hüller in ANATOMY OF A FALL •
Eka Chavleishvili dans BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY
Alma Pöysti in DEAD LEAVES
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Mia McKenna-Bruce dans HOW TO HAVE SEX
Leonie Benesch in THE TEACHERS ROOM
Sandra Hüller in THE AREA OF INTEREST
Best actor
Thomas Schubert in THE RED SKY
Jussi Vatanen in DEAD LEAVES
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Josh O’Connor in THE CHIMERE
Mads Mikkelsen dance THE PROMISED LAND •
Christian Friedel in THE AREA OF INTEREST
Best screenplay
Justine Triet & Arthur Harari for ANATOMY OF A FALL •
Aki Kaurismäki for THE DEAD LEAVES
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Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko & Agnieszka Holland pour GREEN BORDER
İlker Çatak & Johannes Duncker for THE TEACHERS ROOM
Jonathan Glazer for THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Best discovery
20 000 ESPÈCES D’ABEILLES, Estibaliz Urresola Solagure
HOW TO HAVE SEX, Molly Manning Walker •
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THE PALACE, Philip Sotnychenko
SAFE PLACE, Juraj Lerotić
THE QUIET MIGRATION, Malene Choi
VINCENT MUST DIE, Stéphan Castang
Best Animated Film
A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL, Enzo d’Alò
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LINDA WANTS CHICKEN!, Chiara Malta & Sébastien Laudenbach
ROBOT DREAMS, Pablo Berger •
MAURICE THE FABULOUS CAT, Toby Genkel
SKY DOME, Tibor Bánóczki & Sarolta Szabó
Best Short Film
27, Flóra Anna Buda
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AQUERONTE, Manuel Muñoz Rivas
THE LUMINOUS WOUND, Christian Avilés
FLOWERS FROM THE OTHER PATIO, Jorge Cadena
HARDLY WORKING, Total Refusal: Susanna Flock, Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner & Michael Stumpf •
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