It was Jane Magnusson, who took home one of the heaviest prices for this year’s European Film Academy Awards. Her film ”Bergman – a year, a life” was awarded the 2018, the year’s best documentary.
“I am shocked and I am honored,” says Jane Magnusson, and adds:
– Ingmar Bergman was the first president of the European filmakademin, and he would have turned one hundred this year. I thank Ingmar Bergman, and say congratulations to him, where you now are.
the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish stunts this year’s European Film Academy Awards, in principle, completely-handed.
the Exceptions, at the side of Jane Magnusson’s film, is Danish Peter Hjorth, who won for the visual effects in the ”Limit”, and Norwegian cinematographer Martin Otterbeck as found fotopriset for ”Monday – 22 July”.
As expected, it was the Polish-sweden current ”Cold War”, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, who took home the most prizes. On the other hand, it was Sweden that swept clean last year, when Ruben Östlund’s ”The Square” won all the six awards it was nominated for the.
I am so incredibly honored to win, especially in this society, ” says Pawel Pawlowski.
to the best film, director, screenplay and actress, but the prices went to the ”Cold War”. The Danish ”The culprit”, directed by the Swedish Gustav Möller and with Swedish-Danish Jacob Cedergren in the lead role, had several nominations. Sverrir Gudnason was nominated for the ”Borg/McEnroe” and Jane Magnusson for his documentary on Ingmar Bergman – but it was slammed from the jury in the categories.
”the european contribution to the världsfilmen” (a prize previously awarded including Stellan Skarsgård) went to Ralph Fiennes, who gave an emotional acceptance speech against brexit and for european unification, both within the film and in politics.
On Monday presented the nine movies that are on Oscarsjuryns so-called short list. This will later be cut down to five films. It is very likely that both the “Cold War” and ”Limit” as ”The culprit” will be among the nine.