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The King’s Speech, Melancholia, and the other winners of the 2011 European Film Awards have been announced. The 24th Annual European Film Awards were presented “by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories of which the most important is the Film of the year. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.”

The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards winners is below.

European Film 2011

Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany

Written and Directed by: Lars von Trier; Produced by: Meta Louise Foldager & Louise Vesth

European Director 2011

Susanne Bier for Hævnen (In a Better World)

European Actress 2011

Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin

European Actor 2011

Colin Firth in The King’s Speech

European Screenwriter 2011

Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike)

Carlo Di Palma European...

The film to beat at the European Film Awards, "Melanchola," took home the top prize Saturday in Berlin. Lars von Trier was not present when his film won, as the eccentric director has stopped making public statements since his series of gaffes earlier this year.

"Melancholia"'s frontrunner status was hinted at during the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. At one point, host Anke Engelke walked on stage in a wedding dress in slow motion, alluding to Kirsten Dunst's character in the film. "Melancholia" was up for eight awards but went home with three, also taking cinematography (Manuel Alberto Claro) and production design (Jette Lehmann). The film came up short a win for director, which went to Susanne Bier for "In a Better World," the best foreign film winner at the Oscars earlier this year.

Other notable wins included best actor, going to Colin Firth for "The King's Speech.

The live stream of the European Film Awards from Berlin this evening was pretty spotty, but a few fine moments came through, particularly the moment when a special honorary award was inaugurated and presented to a very surprised Michel Piccoli by Volker Schlöndorff and Bruno Ganz.

Another special award was given to producer Mariela Besuievski, Stellan Skarsgård presented the European Achievement in World Cinema Award to Mads Mikkelsen, and Stephen Frears received this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.

The full list of winners and nominees:

European Film 2011: Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany

Written and Directed by Lars von Trier

Produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth.

Also nominated:

The Artist, France

Written and Directed by Michel Hazanavicius

Produced by Thomas Langmann and Emmanuel Montamat

Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy

Written and Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Produced by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne,...

Melancholia, The Artist, Le Havre and the other nominations for the 2011 European Film Awards have been announced. The 24th Annual European Film Awards are presented “by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories of which the most important is the Film of the year. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.” This year’s European Film Awards “ceremony will be held on December 3, 2011 in Berlin’s Tempodrom near Potsdamer Platz.”

The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards nominations is below.

European Film 2011

The Artist, France

Written and Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius; Produced by: Thomas Langmann & Emmanuel Montamat

Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy

Written and Directed by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne; Produced by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd & Andrea Occhipinti

Hævnen (In a Better World), Denmark...

The 24th European Film Awards has released the nominees for this year's European Discovery award, which is given annually to an up-and-coming director for his/her first feature film. Among the nominees are Markus Schleinzer's "Michael" and Karl Markovics' "Atmen." The ceremony will take place December 3 in Berlin. The nominees with information provided by the event: "Adem" (Oxygen), Belgium/the Netherlands Directed by: Hans Van Nuffel; Written by: Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem ...

The European Film Academy announces five films nominated for their European Discovery 2011 - Prix Fipresci Award. The award goes to a young director with a first-time feature. The nominees are listed below. The 2,500 members of the Efa will vote for the winner, which will be announced at the 24th annual awards show in Berlin on December 3. Here's more. The Nominees: Adem (Oxygen), Belgium/the Netherlands Directed By: Hans Van Nuffel Written By: Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem & Hans Van Nuffel Produced By: Dries Phlypo, Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Joost De Vries, Leontine Petit & Marleen Slot Atmen (Breathing), Austria Written & Directed By: Karl Markovics Produced By: Dieter Pochlatko & Nikolaus Wisiak Michael, Austria Written & Directed By: Markus Schleinzer Produced By: Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang ...

The Untitled Kartik Krishnan Project, a film directed by Srinivas Sunderrajan is one among the 12 films that will contend for the Transilvania Trophy at the tenth edition of Transilvania International Film Festival (Tiff).

Presented by Romanian Film Promotion, 10th Tiff will take place from June 3-12, 2011 in Cluj- Napoca and June 15-19, 2011 in Sibiu, Romania. The Untitled Kartik Krishnan Project will compete with films from Spain, Iceland, Sweden, USA, Germany, Denmark, Argentina, Belgium, Uruguay, Israel and Russia.

The film belonging to meta fiction genre stars Kartik Krishnan, Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy, Swara Bhaskar and D Santosh. A Hindi-English drama-thriller film shot in Mumbai, it was screened in Mumbai International Film Festival, 2010, South-Asian International Film Festival New York 2010 and Asian Hot Shots International Film Festival Berlin 2010.

The films in competition are:

A useful life / La vida util

Dir: Federico Veiroj, Uruguay – Spain, 2010

Innocent Saturday / V subbotu

Dir: Alexander Mindadze, Russia – Germany – Ukraine, 2011

King...

Marc.Aurelio Jury Award for Best Film: Kill Me Please by Olias Barco

Marc.Aurelio Grand Jury Award: Hævnen . In a Better World by Susanne Bier

Marc.Aurelio Special Jury Award: Poll by Chris Kraus

Marc.Aurelio Jury Award for Best Actor: Toni Servillo for Una Vita Tranquilla

Marc.Aurelio Jury Award for Best Actress: the entire female cast of Las Buenas hierbas

Special Plaque of the President of the Italian Republic for the film which best emphasizes human and social values: Dog Sweat by Hossein Keshavarz

Marc.Aurelio Audience Award for Best Film . Bnl: Hævnen . In a Better World by Susanne Bier

Marc.Aurelio Award for Best Documentary in the Extra section: De Regenmakers by Floris-Jan Van Luyn

Marc.Aurelio Award for Emerging New Talents: Kaspar Munk for Hold Om Mig

Marc.Aurelio Alice nella città Under 12 Award: I Want To Be a Soldier by Christian Molina

Marc.Aurelio...

Hans Van Nuffel's Oxygen. The Montreal World Film Festival winners were announced on Sept. 7. Feature Films Grand prix des Americas: Oxygen (Adem) by Hans Van Nuffel (Belgium/Netherlands) Special Grand Prix of the jury : Dalla Vita In Poi (From The Waist On) by Gianfrancesco Lazotti (Italy) Best Director ex-aequo: Limbo by Maria Sødahl (Norway/Sweden/Denmark/Trinidad and Tobago) TÊTE De Turc by Pascal Elbé (France) Best Actress : Eri Fukatsu for the film Akunin (Villain) by Lee Sang-Il (Japan) Best Actor : FRANÇOIS Papineau for the film Route 132 by Louis Bélanger (Canada) Best Screenplay: De La Infancia (From Childhood) by Carlos Carrera, screenplay by Silvia Pasternac, Fernando Leon, Carlos Carrera (Mexico) Best Artistic Contribution : Venice (Wenecja) by Jan Jakub Kolski (Poland) Innovation Award: Tromper Le Silence (Silence Lies) by Julie Hivon (Canada)   Short Films : 1st prize : El Vendedor Del AÑO (Salesman Of The...