2nd European Film Awards

2nd European Film Awards
Date25 November 1989
SiteThéâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
Hosted byAgnès Soral and Fernando Rey
Organized byEuropean Film Academy
Official websitewww.europeanfilmawards.eu
Highlights
Best PictureLandscape in the Mist
Best DirectionGéza Bereményi
The Midas Touch
Best ActorPhilippe Noiret
Cinema Paradiso
Life and Nothing But
Best ActressRuth Sheen
High Hopes
Most awardsHigh Hopes (3)
Most nominationsThe Midas Touch and Little Vera (5)

The 2nd Annual European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy, recognized excellence in European cinema. The ceremony took place on 25 November 1989 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France and was hosted by Franco-Swiss actress Agnès Soral and Spanish actor Fernando Rey.[1]

Hungarian film The Midas Touch and Soviet film Little Vera led the nominations with five each[2] while British film High Hopes received the most awards with three wins.[3] Theo Angelopoulos's Landscape in the Mist received the award for Best European Film.

Italian director Federico Fellini received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Winners and nominees

The winners are in a yellow background and in bold.

English title Original title Director(s) Producer(s) Country
Landscape in the Mist Topio stin omichli Theo Angelopoulos Theo Angelopoulos, Eric Heumann, Amedeo Pagani & Stéphane Sorlat Greece
The Midas Touch Eldorádó Géza Bereményi - Hungary
Magnús Þráinn Bertelsson Þráinn Bertelsson Iceland
Recollections of the Yellow House Recordações da casa amarela João César Monteiro Joâo Pedro Benard & Joaquim Pinto Portugal
High Hopes Mike Leigh Victor Glynn & Simon Channing-Williams United Kingdom
Little Vera Malenkaya Vera / Ма́ленькая Ве́ра Vasili Pichul Gorky Film Studio Soviet Union
Recipient(s) English title Original title
Hungary Géza Bereményi The Midas Touch Eldorádó
Greece Theo Angelopoulos Landscape in the Mist Topio stin omichli
Poland Maciej Dejczer 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba
Soviet Union Vasili Pichul Little Vera Malenkaya Vera / Ма́ленькая Ве́ра
Republic of Ireland Jim Sheridan My Left Foot
Recipient(s) English title Original title Role
United Kingdom Ruth Sheen High Hopes Shirley
France Sabine Azéma Life and Nothing But La vie et rien d'autre Irène de Courtil
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Snezana Bogdanovic Kuduz Badema Kuduz
East Germany Corinna Harfouch Treffen in Travers Therese Forster
Soviet Union Natalya Negoda Little Vera Malenkaya Vera / Ма́ленькая Ве́ра Vera
Recipient(s) English title Original title Role
France Philippe Noiret Cinema Paradiso Nuovo Cinema Paradiso Alfredo
Life and Nothing But La vie et rien d'autre Commandant Delaplane
Republic of Ireland Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot Christy Brown
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Davor Dujmovic Time of the Gypsies Dom za vesanje Perhan
Hungary Károly Eperjes The Midas Touch Eldorádó Sándor Monori
Czechoslovakia Jozef Króner Thou, Which Art in Heaven Ti, koyto si na nebeto Geprg Henih
Recipient(s) English title Original title Role
United Kingdom Edna Doré High Hopes Mrs Bender
Switzerland Sabine Berg A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom Anke Keipes
Switzerland Roger Jendly The Woman from Rose Hill La femme de Rose Hill Marcel
Italy Alessandro Di Sanzo Forever Mery Mery per sempre Mario "Mery" Libassi
Soviet Union Lyudmila Zaytseva Little Vera Malenkaya Vera / Ма́ленькая Ве́ра Rita
English title Original title Director(s) Producer(s) Country
300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba Maciej Dejczer TOR Film Production Poland
My Left Foot Jim Sheridan Noel Pearson Republic of Ireland
Cinema Paradiso Nuovo Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore Franco Cristaldi Italy
Kuduz Ademir Kenović Bakir Tanović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Scandal Michael Caton-Jones Stephen Woolley United Kingdom
Waller's Last Trip Wallers letzter Gang Christian Wagner Christian Wagner Germany
Mist Sis Zülfü Livaneli Ülker Livanelli Turkey
Recipient(s) English title Original title
Soviet Union Mariya Khmelik Little Vera Malenkaya Vera / Ма́ленькая Ве́ра
Greece Thanassis Valtinos Landscape in the Mist Topio stin omichli
Hungary Géza Bereményi The Midas Touch Eldorádó
Iceland Þráinn Bertelsson Magnús
Poland Maciej Dejczer 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba
Recipient(s) English title Original title
Sweden Ulf Brantas and Jörgen Persson The Women on the Roof Kvinnorna på taket
Greece Giorgos Arvanitis Landscape in the Mist Topio stin omichli
Hungary Sándor Kardos The Midas Touch Eldorádó
Poland Krzysztof Ptak 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba
Soviet Union Yefim Reznik Little Vera Malenkaya Vera / Ма́ленькая Ве́ра
Recipient(s) English title Original title
United Kingdom Andrew Dickson High Hopes
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Bregovic Kuduz
Hungary Ferenc Darvas The Midas Touch Eldorádó
Poland Michał Lorenc 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba
United States Maggie Parke
Luxembourg Gast Waltzing
A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom
Result English title Original title Director(s) Country
European Documentary Winner Recsk 1950-1953: The Story Of A Secret Concentration Camp In Communist Hungary Recsk 1950–1953, egy titkos kényszermunkatábor története Géza Böszörményi & Lívia Gyarmathy Hungary
Documentary Film Jury Special Award A Tale of the Wind Een verhaal van de wind Joris Ivens & Marceline Loridan Netherlands

Lifetime Achievement Award

Special Jury Award

Special Mention Film / Person

European Cinema Society Special Award

References

  1. ^ "1989: 2eme Prix du Cinéma Européen - Introduction". European Film Academy. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ "1989: 2eme Prix du Cinéma Européen - Nominations". European Film Academy. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ "1989: 2eme Prix du Cinéma Européen - Winners". European Film Academy. Retrieved 25 July 2021.