Nominees for best European Film 2007 are Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Fatih Akin's The Edge Of Heaven; Kevin Macdonald's The Last King Of Scotland, Olivier Dahan's La Vie En Rose, Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis, and Stephen Frears' The Queen.
The two leading EFA nominees, which of course both won Oscars in February, underscore what some industry watchers says is a problem with the EFAs eligibility and timing. Some producers say that the timing of the awards (and eligible films) should be shifted to be more in line with the Oscars and the Baftas.
Films such as The Queen, Perfume and Black Book were launched in 2006 but weren't eligible for last year's EFAs. Films have to be submitted before the end of June.
The 1,800 members of the European Film Academy will now vote on the winners, which will be announced Dec 1 in Berlin.
The European Film Academy has planned this year's conference with the subject Europe On The Move - Migration In Movies. Film-makers to discuss the topic include Stephen Frears, Zuli Aladag, Gela Babluani, Neco Celik, Abdellatif Kechiche and Jocelyne Saab.
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BEST FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)
The Edge Of Heaven (Fatih Akin, Germany/Turkey)
The Last King Of Scotland (Kevin Macdonald, UK)
La Vie En Rose (Olivier Dahan, France/Czech Republic/UK)
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud, France)
The Queen (Stephen Frears, UK)
EUR0PEAN DIRECTOR
Fatih Akin (The Edge Of Heaven)
Roy Andersson (You, The Living)
Stephen Frears (The Queen)
Kevin Macdonald (The Last King Of Scotland)
Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
Giuseppe Tornatore (The Unknown)
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2007
Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
Marianne Faithfull (Irina Palm)
Carice van Houten (Black Book)
Anamaria Marinca (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Ksenia Rappoport (The Unknown)
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2007
Sasson Gabai (The Band's Visit)
Elio Germano (My Brother is an Only Child)
James McAvoy (The Last King Of Scotland)
Miki Manojlovic (Irina Palm)
Michel Piccoli (Belle Toujours)
Ben Whishaw (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2007
Fatih Akin (The Edge of Heaven)
Eran Kolirin (The Band's Visit)
Peter Morgan (The Queen)
Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2007
Anthony Dod Mantle (The Last King Of Scotland)
Frank Griebe: (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)
Mikhail Krichman (Banishment)
Fabio Zamarion (The Unknown)
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D'EXCELLENCE 2007
Uli Hanisch for Production Design (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)
Jorg Hohne, Robin Pohle & Andreas Ruft for Sound, (Four Minutes)
Didier Lavergne for Make-up, (La Vie en Rose)
Francesca Sartori for Costume, (Alatriste)
Lucia Zucchetti for Editing, (The Queen)
EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2007
Alexandre Desplat (The Queen)
Alex Heffes (Last King Of Scotland)
Dejan Pejovic (Gucha)
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)
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