Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ Sweeps Board At European Film Awards With Wins For Best Film, Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Actress & Score

Key Highlights

• Related Stories News European Film Awards Boss Talks New Era For Prizes; Golden Globes & AMPAS Talks & Human Touch Ahead Of Newly Dated & Revamped Ceremony News Outgoing European Film Academy Chair Mike Downey Talks Body's Future: "We Are Less Than Half The Age Of AMPAS & Still Growing" - Q&A Laxe’s Sirāt dominated the craft awards with wins for Best European Production Designer, Best European Sound Design, Best European Editor, Best European Casting Director and Best European Cinematographer.
• Watch on Deadline In other prizes, Ugo Bienvenu’s Arco continued it award-winning spree to scoop Best European Animated Feature Film.
• The work, produced by Natalie Portman produced with Sophie Mas under their joint Paris and New York banner MountainA and Félix de Givry, previously won Best Film At Annecy International Film Festival and is on the Bafta long-list for Best Animated Film.
• Iranian director Panahi opened the ceremony in Berlin with an impassioned plea asking the world not to remain silent in the wake of “the unprecedented massacre” unfolding in Iran.
• He was speaking ten days into a brutal crackdown by Iran’s hardline government of nationwide popular protests.