European Film Awards (EFA): ‘The Favourite’ is the craft fave with four wins
he European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the first winners who will be honored at this year’s European Film Awards and Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite was the runaway winner with four: Cinematography for Robbie Ryan, Costumes for Sandy Powell, Editing for Yorgos Mavropsaridis and Nadia Stacey for Hair and Makeup.
A special eight-member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the EFA Feature Film Selection, decided on the winners in the categories cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, hair & make-up, original score, sound and visual effects. The members of the jury are:
- Nadia Ben Rachid, editor, France
- Vanja Černul, cinematographer, Croatia
- Annette Focks, composer, Germany
- Gerda Koekoek, hair & make-up artist, Netherlands
- Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh, costume designer, Ireland
- Artur Pinheiro, production designer, Portugal
- Gisle Tveito, sound designer, Norway
- István Vajda, visual effects, Hungary
The 32nd European Film Awards will be held on December 1. You can find the full list of nominations here and the full list of craft winners below.
EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHY 2019:
Robbie Ryan for THE FAVOURITE
EUROPEAN EDITING 2019:
Yorgos Mavropsaridis for THE FAVOURITE
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGN 2019:
Antxon Gómez for PAIN AND GLORY
EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGN 2019:
Sandy Powell for THE FAVOURITE
EUROPEAN HAIR & MAKE-UP 2019:
Nadia Stacey for THE FAVOURITE
EUROPEAN ORIGINAL SCORE 2019:
John Gürtler for SYSTEM CRASHER
EUROPEAN SOUND 2019:
Eduardo Esquide, Nacho Royo-Villanova & Laurent Chassaigne for A TWELVE-YEAR NIGHT
EUROPEAN VISUAL EFFECTS 2019:
Martin Ziebell, Sebastian Kaltmeyer, Néha Hirve, Jesper Brodersen & Torgeir Busch for ABOUT ENDLESSNESS
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