At the 28th European Film Awards on Saturday evening in Berlin, Germany, both Song of the Sea and The Brand New Testament were among the winners; both these films received finding from Film Fund Luxembourg.
- Song of the Sea: directed by Tomm Moore; Luxembourg's involvement was through Mélusine Productions and Studio 352 in Contern, with Stéphan Roelants as co-producer. Studio 352 was involved in the storyboard layout, the story background and the animation itself. It also received an Oscar nomination in 2014 for best animated feature film. It has received a total of 11 awards and 16 nominations. In his acceptance speech on stage last night, Tomm Moore thanked his co-producers and stressed that: "This tale from Celtic legends is the result of a great work of European co-production which I am particularly proud."
- The Brand New Testament: Juliette Films in Luxembourg was involved in the production, with David Grumbach co-producer. the film has also recently received a nomination for the Golden Globes.
More than 3,000 members of the European Film Academy – filmmakers from across Europe – voted for this year’s European Film Awards.
Winners
EUROPEAN FILM 2015: YOUTH – LA GIOVINEZZA (Italy/France/UK/Switzerland), WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino , PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima & Carlotta Calori
EUROPEAN COMEDY 2015: A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE (EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON) by Roy Andersson (Sweden, France, Germany, Norway)
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2015 – Prix FIPRESCI: MUSTANG by Deniz Gamze Ergüven (France, Germany, Turkey)
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2015: AMY by Asif Kapadia (UK)
EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2015: SONG OF THE SEA/LE CHANT DE LA MER by Tomm Moore (Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg)
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2015: PICNIC (Piknik) by Jure Pavlović (Croatia)
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2015: Paolo Sorrentino for YOUTH - La Giovinezza (Italy, France, UK, Switzerland))
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2015: Charlotte Rampling in 45 YEARS (UK)
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2015: Sir Michael Caine in YOUTH - La Giovinezza (Italy, France, UK, Switzerland)
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2015: Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou for THE LOBSTER (UK, Ireland, Greece, France, The Netherlands)
EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2015 – Prix CARLO DI PALMA: Martin Gschlacht for GOODNIGHT MOMMY / Ich Seh Ich She (Austria)
EUROPEAN EDITOR 2015: Jacek Drosio for BODY / Ciało (Poland)
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2015: Sylvie Olivé for LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT /THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (Belgium, France, Luxembourg)
EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER 2015: Sarah Blenkinsop for THE LOBSTER (UK, Ireland, France, France, The Netherlands)
EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2015: Cat's Eyes for THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY (UK, Hungary)
EUROPEAN SOUND DESIGNER 2015: Vasco Pimentel & Miguel Martins for ARABIAN NIGHTS – VOL. I-III / As Mil e uma noites – Vol. I-III (Portugal, Germany, France, Switzerland)
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Charlotte Rampling
EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA: Christoph Waltz
HONORARY AWARD: Sir Michael Caine
EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2015 – Prix EURIMAGES: Andrea Occhipinti
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2015 for Best European Film: MARSHLAND (LA ISLA MÍNIMA) by Alberto Rodríguez (Spain)
