The 1st Annual European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy, recognized excellence in European cinema. The ceremony took place on 26 November 1988 at the Theater des Westens in West Berlin and was hosted by Luxembourgish presenter Desirée Nosbusch and German actor Jan Niklas.
British film Distant Voices, Still Lives led the nominations with five but the films Wings of Desire, Pelle the Conqueror and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown got the most wins with two each. Krzysztof Kieślowski's A Short Film About Killing received the award for Best European Film.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Swedish director Ingmar Bergman presented by German actress Nastasja Kinski and to Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni presented by Italian actress Giulietta Masina. English filmmaker Richard Attenborough received the Award of Merit, which was presented by Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida while two Special Awards were presented, one to Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci for The Last Emperor and one to Russian composer Yuri Khanon for the music of The Days of Eclipse.
Winners and nominees The winners are in a yellow background and in bold.
Best European Film English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Producer(s)Country A Short Film About Killing Krótki film o zabijaniu Krzysztof Kieslowski Ryszard Chutkowski Goodbye Children Au revoir les enfants Louis Malle The Animated Forest El bosque animado José Luis Cuerda Eduardo Ducay Distant Voices, Still Lives Terence Davies Jennifer Howarth Wings of Desire Der Himmel über Berlin Wim Wenders Pelle the Conqueror Pelle erobreren Bille August Per Holst
Best European Director Recipient(s)English titleOriginal title Wim Wenders Wings of Desire Der Himmel über Berlin Terence Davies Distant Voices, Still Lives Louis Malle Goodbye Children Au revoir les enfants Manoel de Oliveira The Cannibals Os canibais Sergei Parajanov The Lovelorn Minstrel Ashik Kerib /
Best European Actress Recipient(s)English titleOriginal titleRole Carmen Maura Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios Pepa Tinna GunnlaugsdóttirIn the Shadow of the RavenÍ skugga hrafnsins Isold Ornella MutiPrivate AccessCodice privato Anna Carol ScanlanReefer and the Model Teresa "the Model"
Best European Actor Recipient(s)English titleOriginal titleRole / Max von Sydow Pelle the Conqueror Pelle erobreren Lassefar "Lasse" Karlsson / Klaus Maria Brandauer Hanussen Klaus Schneider / Erik Jan Hanussen Alfredo LandaEl bosque animado Malvís / Bandid Fendetestas Udo SamelMit meinen heißen Tränen Franz Schubert Dorel VișanIacob Iacob
Best European Supporting Actress Recipient(s)English titleOriginal titleRole Johanna ter Steege The Vanishing Spoorloos Saskia Wagter Lene BrøndumHip Hip Hurrah! Hip hip hurra! / Hipp hipp hurra! Lille Freda Dowie Distant Voices, Still Lives Mother / Nell Davies Karin Gregorek Bear Ye One Another's Burden Einer trage des anderen Last Oberschwester Walburga
Best European Supporting Actor Recipient(s)English titleOriginal titleRole Curt Bois Wings of Desire Der Himmel über Berlin Homer Björn GranathPelle the Conqueror Pelle erobreren Erik Ray McBride Reefer and the Model Badger Wojciech Pszoniak Mit meinen heißen Tränen Kajetan Helgi Skúlason Shadow of the Raven Í skugga hrafnsins Grim
Best European Young Actor or Actress Recipient(s)English titleOriginal titleRole Pelle Hvenegaard Pelle the Conqueror Pelle erobreren Pelle Karlsson Ondřej Vetchý House for Two Dům pro dva Dan Michaela Widhalm Mit meinen heißen Tränen Schuberts Halbschwester Josefa Stefan Wood Cripples Go Christmas Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen Spasski
Best European Script Recipient(s)English titleOriginal title Louis Malle Goodbye Children Au revoir les enfants Manoel de Oliveira The Cannibals Os Canibais Terence Davies Distant Voices, Still Lives Angelo Pasquini It's Happening Tomorrow Domani accadrà Wolfgang Held Bear Ye One Another's Burden Einer trage des anderen Last
Best Young Film English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Producer(s)Country Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios Pedro Almodóvar Augustin Almodovár Damnation Kárhozat Béla Tarr József Marx, Tamas Liszkay Days of Darkness Дни затмения Aleksandr Sokurov - It's Happening Tomorrow Domani accadrà Daniele Luchetti Angelo Barbagallo, Nanni Moretti Pathfinder Ofelaš / Veiviseren Nils Gaup John M. Jacobsen Reefer and the Model Joe Comerford Lelia Doolan Stormy Monday Mike Figgis Nigel Stafford-Clark ,
Special Aspect Award Recipient(s)English titleOriginal titleWork Georgi Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Niko Sanukeli, Schota Gogolaschwili The Lovelorn Minstrel Ashik Kerib / Production Design Henri Alekan Wings of Desire Der Himmel über Berlin Cinematography Mário Barroso The Cannibals Os Canibais Terence Davies Distant Voices, Still Lives Original Score Félix Murcia Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios Production Design
Lifetime Achievement Award Ingmar Bergman Marcello Mastroianni
Special Jury Award Bernardo Bertolucci for The Last Emperor (L'ultimo imperatore) Yuri Khanon for The Days of Eclipse (Дни затмения) (Special Prize of the Jury for the music the film)
Award of Merit Richard Attenborough
References
External links Official site