THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2006
THE NOMINATIONS

Nominated are:

EUROPEAN FILM 2006
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO; Ireland/UK
directed by Neil Jordan
produced by Parallel Film Productions Ltd./Number 9 Films

GRBAVICA; Austria/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Germany/Croatia
directed by Jasmila Zbanic
produced by coop99 filmproduktion GmbH/Deblokada/Noirfilm/Jadran Film

DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others); Germany
directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
produced by Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion/Bayerischer Rundfunk/ARTE/Creado Film

THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO; UK
directed by Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross
produced by Revolution Films Ltd.

VOLVER; Spain
directed by Pedro Almodóvar
produced by El Deseo D.A., S.L.U.

THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY; UK/Ireland/Germany/Italy/Spain
directed by Ken Loach
produced by Sixteen Films/Matador Pictures/Regent Capital/UK Film Council/Bord Scannán Na Héireann/The Irish Film Board/Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen/Element Films/Bim Distribuzione/EMC Produktion/Tornasol Films/Diaphana Distribution/Pathé Distribution/Cinéart/TV3 Ireland/Film Coopi

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2006
Pedro Almodóvar for VOLVER
Susanne Bier for EFTER BRYLLUPPET (After The Wedding)
Emanuele Crialese for NUOVOMONDO (Golden Door)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Ken Loach for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross for THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2006
Nathalie Baye in LE PETIT LIEUTENANT
Penelope Cruz in VOLVER
Martina Gedeck in DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Sandra Hüller in REQUIEM
Mirjana Karanovic in GRBAVICA
Sarah Polley in LA VIDA SECRETA DE LAS PALABRAS (The Secret Life Of Words)

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2006
Patrick Chesnais in JE NE SUIS PAS LÀ POUR ÊTRE AIMÉ (Not Here To Be Loved)
Jesper Christensen in DRABET (Manslaughter)
Mads Mikkelsen in EFTER BRYLLUPPET (After The Wedding)
Ulrich Mühe in DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Cillian Murphy in BREAKFAST ON PLUTO & THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Silvio Orlando in IL CAIMANO (The Caiman)

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2006
Barry Ackroyd for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
José Luis Alcaine for VOLVER
Roman Osin for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Timo Salminen for LAITAKAUPUNGIN VALOT (Lights In The Dusk)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2006
Pedro Almodóvar for VOLVER                                      
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Paul Laverty for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Corneliu Porumboiu for A FOST SAU N-A FOST (12:08 East Of Bucharest)

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2006
Alberto Iglesias for VOLVER
Tuomas Kantelinen for ÄIDEISTÄ PARHAIN (Mother of Mine)
Dario Marianelli for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Gabriel Yared & Stéphane Moucha for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives of Others)

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2006
13 TZAMETI by Gela Babluani, France/Georgia
Z ODZYSKU (Retrieval) by Slawomir Fabicki, Poland
PINGPONG by Matthias Luthardt, Germany
FRISS LEVEGÖ (Fresh Air) by Agnes Kocsis, Hungary

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2006 - Prix ARTE
37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP by Ben Hopkins, UK
DIE GROSSE STILLE (Into Great Silence) by Philip Gröning, Germany
DREAMING BY NUMBERS by Anna Bucchetti, The Netherlands
LA CASA DE MI ABUELA (Grandmother's House) by Adan Aliaga, Spain
MARADONA, UN GAMIN EN OR (Maradona, Tho Golden Kid)
by Jean-Christophe Rosé, France
MOADON BEIT HAKVAROT (The Cemetery Club) by Tali Shemesh, Israel
RYBAK I TANTSOVSHITSA (The Fisherman and the Dancing Girl)
by Valeriy Solomin, Russia
UNSER TÄGLICH BROT (Our Daily Bread) by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2006 - Prix UIP
Prix UIP Ghent: DELIVERY by Till Nowak, Germany
Prix UIP Valladolid: VINCENT by Giulio Ricciarelli, Germany
Prix UIP Angers: PISTACHE by Valérie Pirson, France
Prix UIP Rotterdam: MEANDER by Joke Liberge, Belgium
Prix UIP Berlin: EL CERCO by Ricardo Íscar & Nacho Martín, Spain
Prix UIP Tampere: BEFORE DAWN by Bálint Kenyeres, Hungary
Prix UIP Cracow: FOR INTÉRIEUR by Patrick Poubel, France
Prix UIP Grimstad: SNIFFER by Bobbie Peers, Norway
Prix UIP Vila do Conde: BY THE KISS by Yann Gonzalez, France
Prix UIP Edinburgh: ZAKARIA by Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio, Italy
Prix UIP Sarajevo: SRETAN PUT NEDIME (Good Luck Nedim) by Marko Šantić, Slovenia
Prix UIP Venezia: THE MAKING OF PARTS by Daniel Elliott, UK
Prix UIP Drama: COMME UN AIR... (It's in the Air...) by Yohann Gloaguen,  France
Prix UIP Cork: ALDRIG SOM FÖRSTA GÅNGEN! (Never Like The First Time!) by Jonas Odell, Sweden 

THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD 2006
ADAM'S APPLES (Adam's Æbler) by Anders Thomas Jensen
THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES (Elementarteilchen) by Oskar Roehler
THE CHILD (L'Enfant) by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
MERRY CHRISTMAS (Joyeux Noël) by Christian Carion
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (La Marche de l'Empereur) by Luc Jacquet
OLIVER TWIST by Roman Polanski
PARADISE NOW by Hany Abu-Assad
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Joe Wright
CRIME NOVEL (Romanzo Criminale) by Michele Placido
SOMETHING LIKE HAPPINESS (Stestí) by Bohdan Sláma
VOLVER by Pedro Almodóvar
WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT by Steve Box & Nick Park