“What is Vadis, Aida?” and a short film co-produced by Universidade Lusófona won the European Film Awards – Current Events

“What is Vadis, Aida?” was voted Best European Film of 2021 at the European Film Awards, which took place this Saturday in Berlin.

Due to selection rules, films released in some countries even in 2020 were nominated: Another Round, Best European Film of 2020, will be nominated for several Oscars and will receive a statuette for Best International Film in April 2021. … “Quo Vadis, Aida?”

Also marked by the direction of Jasmila banić and the interpretation of actress Jasna Djuricic, the film from Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was shown in Portuguese cinemas in June, puts the international community and, in particular, the United Nations blue helmets on the dock. … its officials and their decisions regarding the 1995 Srebrenica massacre were considered the greatest atrocity in Europe since World War II.

Accepting the main prize of the evening, Yasmila Zbanich recalled that the film “is dedicated to the women and mothers of Srebrenica”.

“Titan” (winner of the Palme d’Or at the last Cannes show), Florian Zeller’s O Pye (winner of two Oscars), Juho Kuosmanen’s Coupe No. 6 (Grand Prix) also competed for the Best. European Film Jury in Cannes) and A Mão de Deus by Paolo Sorrentino (Main Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival).

Nanu Tudor (Free translation of My Uncle Tudor) by Moldovan director Olga Lukovnikova, co-producer of the Universidade Lusófona and awarded at the Berlin Film Festival, won the Best European Short Film category. In a 20-minute biographical work, the director addresses a childhood abuse situation in a family environment that she has kept secret for several years.

The European Film Awards recognize the excellence of films produced in Europe and is awarded annually by the European Film Academy, which is composed of some 3,500 professionals in the field.

The 34th ceremony, hosted by actress and screenwriter Annabelle Mandeng, took place this Saturday in Berlin in a hybrid format after the worsening pandemic in Germany forced the organization to cancel the in-person event in early December, choosing only the category leaders, some of which were nominated and awarded career awards.

Winners of the Escape – Escape Award by Jonas Poher Rasmussen in the categories Best European Animated Film and European Documentary, as well as the European University Award: a film by Danish director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, which is already in production, won the Grand Prize at the Annecy Festival and still awaiting its premiere in Portugal, it focuses on the true story of an Afghan refugee currently attending university in Denmark about to marry his partner who recalls escaping from his country of origin when I was still a child.

The list also includes two awards for “Oh Pye” in exactly the same categories that he received at the Oscars: Best European Actor for Anthony Hopkins and European Screenplay (he won the American Awards as an Adapted Screenplay).

OR PALMARE

EUROPEAN FILM

“Where are you going, Aida?”

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENTS

Yasmila Zhbanich (“Quo Vadis, Aida?”)

EUROPEAN ACTOR

Anthony Hopkins (“Oh Pye”)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS

Jasna Djuricic (“Quo Vadis, Aida?”)

EUROPEAN ARGUMENT

“Father”

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY

Escape – Escape by Jonas Poer Rasmussen.

EUROPEAN COMEDY

“Ninjababy” Ingvild Sve Flicke

EUROPEAN CARTOON

Escape – Escape by Jonas Poer Rasmussen.

EUROPEAN OPENINGS – FIPRESCI PRIZE

“Girl with Potential” by Emerald Fennell

EUROPEAN SHORT FILM

“Nanu Tudor” (“My Uncle Tudor”) by Olga Lukovnikova.

EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHY

“Great freedom”

EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY

“Unclenching of fists”

EUROPEAN ARTISTIC DIRECTION

“Natural light”

EUROPEAN WARDROBE

“Ammonite”

DESCRIPTION

“Titanium”

EUROPEAN SOUND RANGE

“Great freedom”

WE ARE EUROPEAN

“Innocent”

EUROPEAN VISUAL EFFECTS

“Lamb”

EURIMAGES COPRODUCTION AWARD

Producer Maria Eckerkhovd

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY AWARD

Escape – Escape by Jonas Poer Rasmussen.

AWARD OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF FILM INNOVATIVE

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