Polish drama “Ida” tops European Film AwardsDecember 15, 2014 - 12:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The black-and-white Polish film “Ida” dominated the European Film Awards on Saturday, Dec 13 night in Latvia, winning the best-film award and also taking honors for its director, Pawel Pawlikowski, and its screenplay and cinematography, TheWrap said. Nominees for the top prize were four foreign-language Oscar entries, “Ida,” “Force Majeure,” “Leviathan” and “Winter Sleep,” plus Lars von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac Director’s Cut – Volume I & II.” Timothy Spall was named Best European Actor for his performance in Mike Leigh’s “Mr. Turner,” while the European Actress award went to Marion Cotillard for “Two Days, One Night.” The award for the best European comedy went to “The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer.” The last two European Film Award winners were “The Great Beauty” and “Amour,” both of which went on to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. But the two awards have only coincided three other times in the EFA’s 26-year history, with the Europeans often giving their top honor to English-language films (“The Ghost Writer,” “The Full Monty”) or Oscar also-rans (“The White Ribbon,” “Gomorrah,” “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”). The ceremony, which rotates between European cities each year, was held at the Latvian National Oscar House in Riga. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |