Roman Polanski’s drama has seven nominations include European Film and European Director; other leading nominees are Lebanon with five nods and Honey with three.

Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer leads the nominees for the European Film Awards, with seven nominations. The film is nominated for European Film, European Director, European Actor (Ewan McGregor), European Screenwriter (Polanski with Robert Harris), European Editor (Herve de Luze), European Production Designer (Albrecht Konrad) and European Composer (Alexandre Desplat).

Other leading nominees are Lebanon with five nods and Honey with three.

The other films nominated for European Film 2010 are: Semih Kaplanoglu’s Honey, Xavier Beauvois’ Of Gods and Men, Samuel Maoz’s Lebanon, Juan Jose Campanella’s The Secret In Their Eyes, and Fatih Akin’s Soul Kitchen.

Best director nominees are Polanski, Kaplanoglu, Maoz and Olivier Assayas for Carlos and Paolo Virzi for The First Beautiful Thing.

The awards will be handed out in Dec 4 in Tallinn, Estonia.

The nominees are:

EUROPEAN FILM 2010
BAL (Honey), Turkey/Germany, dir. Semih Kaplanoğlu
DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (Of Gods and Men), France, dir. Xavier Beauvois
THE GHOST WRITER, France/Germany/UK, dir. Roman Polanski
LEBANON, Israel/Germany/France, dir. Samuel Maoz
EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS (The Secret in their Eyes), Spain/Argentina, dir. Juan José Campanella
SOUL KITCHEN, Germany, dir. Fatih Akin

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2010
Olivier Assayas for CARLOS
Semih Kaplanoğlu for BAL (Honey)
Samuel Maoz for LEBANON
Roman Polanski for THE GHOST WRITER
Paolo Virzi for LA PRIMA COSA BELLA (The First Beautiful Thing)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2010
Zrinka Cvitešić for NA PUTU (On the Path)
Sibel Kekilli for DIE FREMDE (When We Leave)
Lesley Manville for ANOTHER YEAR
Sylvie Testud for LOURDES
Lotte Verbeek for NOTHING PERSONAL

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2010
Jakob Cedergren for SUBMARINO
Elio Germano for LA NOSTRA VITA (Our Life)
Ewan McGregor for THE GHOST WRITER
George Pistereanu for EU CAND VREAU SA FLUIER, FLUIER (If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle)
Luis Tosar for CELDA 211 (Cell 211)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2010
Jorge Guerricaechevarría & Daniel Monzón for CELDA 211 (Cell 211)
Robert Harris & Roman Polanski for THE GHOST WRITER
Samuel Maoz for LEBANON
Radu Mihaileanu for LE CONCERT (The Concert)

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2010
Giora Bejach for LEBANON
Caroline Champetier for DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (Of Gods and Men)
Pavel Kostomarov for Как я провел этим летом (How I Ended this Summer)
Barış Özbiçer for BAL (Honey)

EUROPEAN EDITOR 2010
Luc Barnier & Marion Monnier for CARLOS
Arik Lahav-Leibovich for LEBANON
Hervé de Luze for THE GHOST WRITER

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2010
Paola Bizzarri & Luis Ramirez for IO, DON GIOVANNI (I, Don Giovanni)
Albrecht Konrad for THE GHOST WRITER
Markku Pätilä & Jaagup Roomet for PÜHA TÕNU KIUSAMINE (The Temptation of St. Tony)

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2010
Ales Brezina for KAWASAKIHO RŮŽE (Kawasaki’s Rose)
Pasquale Catalano for MINE VAGANTI (Loose Cannons)
Alexandre Desplat for THE GHOST WRITER
Gary Yershon for ANOTHER YEAR