Nominations for the European Film Awards were announced on November 4, with Pedro Almodovar's Volver leading the field, appearing in six of the seven major categories.

The Wind That Shakes The Barley , which surprised many by taking beating the much-fancied Volver for the Palm d'Or, has five nominations, including one for leading actor Cillian Murphy, who receives his Best Actor nod for his performance in Loach's film and Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto.

The Academy also announced Die Grosse Stille/Into Great Silence as the winner of the Documentary Prix Arte award.

Running for over two-and-a-half hours, Philip Groening's portrait of life in a French monastery was commended by the EFA's jury as 'a great film about humanity and our shared European heritage'.

The awards will be presented in Warsaw on December 2.

Award Categories

EUROPEAN FILM 2006

Breakfast On Pluto (Ireland/UK)

Directed by Neil Jordan

The Lives Of Others ( Germany )

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Grbavica (Austria/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Germany/Croatia)

Directed by Jasmila Zbanic

The Road To Guantanamo ( UK )

Directed by Michael Winterbottom

Volver ( Spain )

Directed by Pedro Almodovar

The Wind That Shakes The Barley (UK/Ireland/Germany/Italy/Spain)

Directed by Ken Loach

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2006

Pedro Almodovar (Volver)

Susanne Bier (After The Wedding)

Emanuele Crialese (Golden Door)

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives Of Others)

Ken Loach (The Wind That Shakes The Barley)

Michael Winterbottom (The Road To Guantanamo )

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2006

Nathalie Baye (Le Petit Lieutenant)

Penelope Cruz (Volver)

Martina Gedeck (The Lives Of Others)

Sandra Hüller (Requiem)

Mirjana Karanovic (Grbavica)

Sarah Polley (The Secret Life Of Words)

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2006

Patrick Chesnais (Not Here To Be Loved)

Jesper Christensen (Manslaughter)

Mads Mikkelsen (After The Wedding)

Ulrich Mühe (The Lives Of Others)

Cillian Murphy (The Wind That Shakes/ The Barley & Breakfast On Pluto)

Silvio Orlando (The Caiman)

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2006

Barry Ackroyd (The Wind That Shakes The Barley)

Jose Luis Alcaine (Volver)

Roman Osin (Pride And Prejudice)

Timo Salminen (Lights In The Dusk)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2006

Pedro Almodovar (Volver)

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives Of Others)

Paul Laverty (The Wind That Shakes The Barley)

Corneliu Porumboiu ( 12:08 East Of Bucharest )

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2006

Alberto Iglesias (Volver)

Tuomas Kantelinen (Mother of Mine)

Dario Marianelli (Pride And Prejudice)

Gabriel Yared & Stephane Moucha (The Lives of Others)

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