1st European Film Awards

Award ceremony

1st European Film Awards

Date| 1 December 1988
Site| Theater des Westens, West Berlin
Hosted by| Desirée Nosbusch and Jan Niklas
Organized by| European Film Academy
Official website| www.europeanfilmawards.eu
Highlights
Best Picture| A Short Film About Killing
Best Actor| Max von Sydow
Pelle the Conqueror
Best Actress| Carmen Maura
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Most awards| Wings of Desire
Pelle the Conqueror
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2)
Most nominations| Distant Voices, Still Lives (5)

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The 1st Annual European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy, recognized excellence in European cinema. The ceremony took place on 1 December 1988 at the Theater des Westens in West Berlin and was hosted by Luxembourgish presenter Desirée Nosbusch and German actor Jan Niklas.[1]

British film Distant Voices, Still Lives led the nominations with five[2] 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.[3] Krzysztof Kieślowski's A Short Film About Killing received the award for Best European Film.[4]

The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to two iconic European directors, to Swedish director Ingmar Bergman presented by German actress Nastasja Kinski and to Italian director Marcello Mastroianni presented by Italian actress Giulietta Masina. English actor Sir 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

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The winners are in a yellow background and in bold.

### Best European Film

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English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)  | Country

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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

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Recipient(s)  | English title  | Original title

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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 / აშიკ-ქერიბი

### Best European Actress

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Recipient(s)  | English title  | Original title  | Role

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Carmen Maura | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios | Pepa
Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir | In the Shadow of the Raven | Í skugga hrafnsins | Isold
Ornella Muti | Private Access | Codice privato | Anna
Carol Scanlan | Reefer and the Model | Teresa "the Model"

### Best European Actor

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Recipient(s)  | English title  | Original title  | Role

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/  Max von Sydow | Pelle the Conqueror | Pelle erobreren | Lassefar "Lasse" Karlsson
/  Klaus Maria Brandauer | Hanussen | Klaus Schneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
Alfredo Landa | El bosque animado | Malvís / Bandid Fendetestas
Udo Samel | Mit meinen heißen Tränen | Franz Schubert
Dorel Vișan | Iacob | Iacob

### Best European Supporting Actress

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Recipient(s)  | English title  | Original title  | Role

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Johanna ter Steege | The Vanishing | Spoorloos | Saskia Wagter
Lene Brøndum | Hip 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

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Recipient(s)  | English title  | Original title  | Role

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Curt Bois | Wings of Desire | Der Himmel über Berlin | Homer
Björn Granath | Pelle 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

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Recipient(s)  | English title  | Original title  | Role

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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

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Recipient(s)  | English title  | Original title

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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

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English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)  | Country

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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

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Recipient(s)  | English title  | Original title  | Work

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Gogi Aleksi-Meschischiwili, Niko Sanukeli, Schota Gogolaschwili | The Lovelorn Minstrel | Ashik Kerib / აშიკ-ქერიბი | 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

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* Ingmar Bergman
* Marcello Mastroianni

### Special Jury Award

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* 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

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* Sir Richard Attenborough

## References

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1. ^ "1988: 1st EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS - Introduction". European Film Academy. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
2. ^ "1988: 1st EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS - Nominations". European Film Academy. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
3. ^ "1988: 1st EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS - Winners". European Film Academy. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
4. ^ "A Short Film About Killing". EasternEuropeNews. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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