‘The White Ribbon’ tops European Film Awards, when will it arrive in the U.S.?
When will The White Ribbon arrive in America?
The 22nd Annual European Film Awards wrapped up Saturday night in the German town of Bochum with Michael Haneke’s creepy film The White Ribbon, coming away as the night’s biggest winner.
The White Ribbon was also the winner of this year’s Palme d’Or, the biggest prize given at the Cannes Film Festival.
The haunting tale of a small German town on the eve of World War I also gave Haneke a best director win. Along with its win as best picture, The White Ribbon also won for best screenwriter and will be the German entry at this year’s Academy Awards.
According to Variety, Sony Pictures Classics will release The White Ribbon on Christmas Day in the United States.
Tahar Rahim from A Prophet, the French entry, won European Actor 2009. The film also won for best sound.
Kate Winslet won best actress for The Reader, a film that released in Europe in 2009.
Here’s the list of winners:
FILM: The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke (Germany, Austria, France, Italy)
DIRECTOR: Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon (Germany, Austria, France, Italy)
ACTRESS: Kate Winslet, The Reader (Germany, U.K.)
ACTOR: Tahar Rahim, A Prophet (France)
SCREENWRITER: Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon (Germany, Austria, France, Italy)
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Anthony Dod Mantle, Antichrist (Denmark, Germany, France) & Slumdog Millionaire (U.K.)
PRIX D’EXCELLENCE: Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier, Jean-Paul Hurier & Marc Doisne for Sound Design, A Prophet (France)
COMPOSER: Alberto Iglesias, Broken Embraces, (Spain)
DISCOVERY: Katalin Varga, Peter Strickland, (Romania, U.K., Hungary)
DOCUMENTARY – PRIX ARTE: The Sound of Insects — Record of a Mummy, Peter Liechti (Switzerland)
ANIMATED FEATURE: Mia and the Migoo, Jacques-Remy Girerd, Nora Twomey (France, Italy)
SHORT FILM – PRIX UIP: Poste restante, Marcel Lozinski (Poland)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Ken Loach
ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA: Isabelle Huppert
CO-PRODUCTION AWARD – Prix EURIMAGES: Diana Elbaum & Jani Thiltges
CRITICS AWARD – PRIX FIPRESCI: Sweet Rush, Andrzej Wajda (Poland)
PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM: Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle (U.K.)
