Another awards ceremony is behind us, and Cold War was the biggest winner of the night. This black-and-white Polish drama took home five trophies at the 2018 European Film Awards.
Cold War premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it received rave reviews and won the award for Best Director. Pawel Pawlikowski replicated his success at this year’s European Film Awards, but it wasn’t the only category where his project came out victorious.
Cold War also scored a victory in the main category of best European film. Joanna Kulig was honored with the best actress award, and Pawlikowski received another trophy for writing the script for this groundbreaking love story.
This movie has been selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards, and it’s considered to be one of the front-runners.
Full List 2018 European Film Award Winners:
Best European Film: “Cold War”
European Director: Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War”
European Comedy: “The Death of Stalin”
European Actor: Marcello Fonte, “Dogman”
European Actress: Joanna Kulig, “Cold War”
European Screenwriter: Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War”
European Documentary: “Bergman –A Year in a Life”
European Animated Film: “Another Day of Life”
European Short Film: “The Years”
European Discovery/Prix Fipresci: “Girl”
European Cinematographer: Martin Otterbeck “U-July 22”
European Editor: Jaroslaw Kaminski, “Cold War”
European Production Designer: Andrey Ponkratov, “The Summer”
European Costume Designer: Massimo Cantini Parrini, “Dogman”
European Hair and Make-Up Artist: Dalia Colli, Lorenzo Tamburini & Daniela Tartari, “Dogman”
European Composer: Christoph M. Kaiser and Julian Maas, “3 Days in Quiberon”
European Sound Designer: Andre Bendocci-Alves and Martin Steyer, “The Captain”
European Visual Effects Supervisor: Peter Hjorth, “Border”
EFA People’s Choice Award: “Call Me by Your Name”
European Achievement in World Cinema: Ralph Fiennes
EFA Lifetime Achievement Award: Carmen Maura
Honorary Award: Costa-Gavras
