The 19th European Film Awards were presented on December 2, 2006 in Warsaw, Poland. The winners were selected by the members of the European Film Academy.
Awards Best Film English title Original title Director(s) Country The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany Breakfast on Pluto Neil Jordan Ireland, United Kingdom Grbavica: Esma's Secret Grbavica Jasmila Žbanić Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, Croatia The Road to Guantanamo Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross United Kingdom Volver Pedro Almodóvar Spain The Wind That Shakes the Barley Ken Loach Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain
Best Director Director(s) English title Original title Pedro Almodóvar Volver Susanne Bier After the Wedding Efter brylluppet Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen Michael Winterbottom Mat Whitecross The Road to Guantanamo Ken Loach The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Best Screenwriter Screenwriter(s) English title Original title Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen Corneliu Porumboiu 12:08 East of Bucharest A fost sau n-a fost? Paul Laverty The Wind That Shakes the Barley Pedro Almodóvar Volver
Best Actor Actor English title Original title Ulrich Mühe The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen Mads Mikkelsen After the Wedding Efter brylluppet Cillian Murphy Breakfast on Pluto Jesper Christensen Manslaughter Drabet Patrick Chesnais Not Here to Be Loved Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé Silvio Orlando The Caiman Il caimano
Best Actress Actress English title Original title Penelope Cruz Volver Mirjana Karanović Grbavica: Esma's Secret Grbavica Sandra Hüller Requiem Martina Gedeck The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen Sarah Polley The Secret Life of Words La vida secreta de las palabras
Best Documentary English title Original title Director(s) Country Into Great Silence Die große Stille Philip Gröning Germany37 Uses for a Dead Sheep Ben Hopkins United Kingdom Dreaming by Numbers Anna Bucchetti Netherlands Grandmother's House La casa de mi abuela Adan Allaga Spain Maradona, the Golden Kid Maradona, un gamin en or Jean-Christophe Rosé France The Cemetery Club מועדון בית הקברות Tali Shemesh Israel The Fisherman and the Dancing Girl Рыбак и танцовщица Valeriy Solomin Russia Our Daily Bread Unser täglich Brot Nikolaus Geyrhalter Austria
European Discovery English title Original title Director(s) Country 13 Tzameti Géla Babluani France Fresh Air Friss levegö Ágnes Kocsis Hungary Pingpong Matthias Luthardt Germany Retrieval Z odzysku Slawomir Fabicki Poland
Best Cinematographer Cinematographer(s) English title Original title Barry Ackroyd The Wind That Shakes the Barley José Luis Alcaine Volver Timo SalminenLights in the DuskLaitakaupungin valot Roman Osin Pride & Prejudice
Best Composer Editor(s) English title Original title Alberto IglesiasVolver Tuomas Kantelinen Mother of Mine Äideistä parhain Dario MarianelliPride & Prejudice Gabriel Yared Stéphane Moucha The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen
References
External links European Film Academy Archive