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European Film Awards

Tri­an­gle of Sad­ness wins big at the Euro­pean Film Awards

10 Dec 2022

Words by Hannah Strong

Three people conversing in formal setting, one person gesturing.
Three people conversing in formal setting, one person gesturing.
Host­ed in Reyk­javík, the 35th edi­tion of the Euro­pean Film Awards saw top hon­ours for Ruben Östlund’s satir­i­cal drama.

Tem­pa­tures of ‑5°c couldn’t freeze the spir­its of Europe’s cin­e­ma glit­terati in Reyk­javik, Ice­land on the evening of Decem­ber 9th 2022, as they descend­ed on Iceland’s cap­i­tal for the 35th annu­al Euro­pean Film Awards. Lukas Dhont’s Close and Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning Tri­an­gle of Sad­ness led the way in nom­i­na­tions, with four a piece, while Car­la Simón’s Alcar­ràs, Marie Kreutzer’s Cor­sage and Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spi­der joined them in the fight for Best Film.

Ger­man direc­tor Mar­garethe von Trot­ta was hon­oured with a Euro­pean Life­time Achieve­ment award pre­sent­ed to her by Euro­pean Film Acad­e­my pres­i­dent Agniesz­ka Hol­land, and Pales­tin­ian film­mak­er Elia Suleiman received the Euro­pean Achieve­ment in World Cin­e­ma Award. Suleiman joked about how the award would enable him to ​“enjoy doing noth­ing, as I have excelled at for many years of his life”.

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The craft awards were unveiled at the end of Novem­ber, with prizes going to The Qui­et Girl (cin­e­matog­ra­phy), Belfast (cos­tume design and pro­duc­tion design), Burn­ing Days (edit­ing), All Qui­et on the West­ern Front (make­up and hair and visu­al effects), The Hole (sound design) and EO (score).

But it was a clean sweep for Tri­an­gle of Sad­ness, which scooped all four of its nom­i­nat­ed cat­e­gories: Best Film, Best Direc­tor and Best Screen­writer for Ruben Östlund. He ded­i­cat­ed his Best Direc­tor award to actress Charl­bi Dean, who passed away in August. Croa­t­ian-Dan­ish actor Zlatko Burić – who played fer­tilis­er mag­nate Dim­it­ry – also picked up Best Actor.

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Best Actress went to Vicky Krieps for her wide­ly-praised per­for­mance as Empress Elis­a­beth of Aus­tria in Cor­sage and while she couldn’t attend due to ill­ness she did tear­ful­ly accept the award via live video.

Oth­er win­ners includ­ed Lau­ra Samani’s Small Body (Euro­pean Dis­cov­ery), No Dogs or Ital­ians Allowed (Euro­pean Ani­mat­ed Film) and Urš­ka Dju­kic and Émi­lie Pigeard’s short film Granny’s Sex­u­al Life (Euro­pean Short Film). Fer­nan­do León de Ara­noa picked up Best Euro­pean Com­e­dy for The Good Boss, in which Javier Bar­dem plays a med­dle­some fac­to­ry own­er. The Lithuan­ian doc­u­men­tar­i­an Man­tas Kvedar­avičius, who was mur­dered by Russ­ian forces in March, posthu­mous­ly received Best Euro­pean Doc­u­men­tary for his por­trait of the Ukrain­ian war Mar­i­upo­lis 2. His daugh­ter col­lect­ed his award on his behalf.

The Euro­pean film awards are an annu­al cel­e­bra­tion of the best in Euro­pean cin­e­ma, and the next cer­e­mo­ny will take place in Berlin in Decem­ber 2023.

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