No EFA winner has ever gone on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, but six have won the foreign language Oscar<\/b>
\nPawel Pawlikowski\u2019s \u201cCold War\u201d has been named the best European film of 2018 at the European Film Awards, which were handed out on Saturday in Seville, Spain.
The decade-spanning drama, which was inspired by the stormy relationship between Pawlikowski\u2019s parents, also won awards for its director, screenplay, lead actress (Joanna Kulig) and editor.
Marcello Fonte won the best-actor award for \u201cDogman,\u201d which also took awards for its costume design and hair and makeup.
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Armando Iannucci\u2019s \u201cThe Death of Stalin\u201d was named the best European comedy, while \u201cBergman \u2013 A Year in a Life\u201d won for documentary and \u201cAnother Day of Life\u201d won for animated film.
Four of the Best European Film Award nominees \u2013 \u201cBorder,\u201d \u201cCold War,\u201d \u201cDogman\u201d and \u201cGirl\u201d \u2013 are the foreign-language Oscar entries from Sweden, Poland, Italy and Belgium, respectively. The fifth, \u201cHappy as Lazzaro,\u201d played in Cannes but was bypassed as Italy\u2019s Oscar selection in favor of \u201cDogman.\u201d
No film that has won the European Film Award for best film has ever won the Best Picture Oscar, though three (\u201cThe Full Monty,\u201d \u201cLife Is Beautiful\u201d and \u201cAmour\u201d) have been nominated. Six EFA winners \u2014 \u201cLife Is Beautiful,\u201d \u201cAll About My Mother,\u201d \u201cThe Lives of Others,\u201d \u201cAmour,\u201d \u201cThe Great Beauty\u201d and \u201cIda\u201d \u2014 have won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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The 2018 European Film Award winners:
Best European Film: \u201cCold War\u201d European Director: Pawel Pawlikowski, \u201cCold War\u201d European Comedy: \u201cThe Death of Stalin\u201d European Actor: Marcello Fonte, \u201cDogman\u201d European Actress: Joanna Kulig, \u201cCold War\u201d
European Screenwriter: Pawel Pawlikowski, \u201cCold War\u201d European Documentary: \u201cBergman \u2013A Year in a Life\u201d European Animated Film: \u201cAnother Day of Life\u201d European Short Film: \u201cThe Years\u201d European Discovery\/Prix Fipresci: \u201cGirl\u201d
European Cinematographer: Martin Otterbeck \u201cU-July 22\u201d European Editor: Jaroslaw Kaminski, \u201cCold War\u201d European Production Designer: Andrey Ponkratov, \u201cThe Summer\u201d European Costume Designer: Massimo Cantini Parrini, \u201cDogman\u201d European Hair and Make-Up Artist: Dalia Colli, Lorenzo Tamburini & Daniela Tartari, \u201cDogman\u201d
European Composer: Christoph M. Kaiser and Julian Maas, \u201c3 Days in Quiberon\u201d European Sound Designer: Andre Bendocci-Alves and Martin Steyer, \u201cThe Captain\u201d European Visual Effects Supervisor: Peter Hjorth, \u201cBorder\u201d
EFA People\u2019s Choice Award: \u201cCall Me by Your Name\u201d European Achievement in World Cinema: Ralph Fiennes EFA Lifetime Achievement Award: Carmen Maura Honorary Award: Costa-Gavras
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