Karla Sofia Gascón Named Best Actress at France’s Lumière Awards

Karla Sofia Gascón is celebrating an illuminating win…

The winners of the 30th edition of France’s Lumière Awards were announced Monday evening, with the 52-year-old Spanish actress winning Best Actress for her work in Netflix’s Emilia Perez.

Karla Sofia GascónThe Spanish-language musical film, directed by Jacques Audiard, swept the Lumière Awards, winning Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Music in addition to Gascon’s prize.

The wins add further steam to the Cannes Jury Prize winner’s awards season run following its quadruple Golden Globes triumph and European Film Awards victory, where it also clinched Best Film, Director, Screenplay and Actress for Gascón.

The film is currently on six of the 10 announced category shortlists for the 97th Academy Awards and nominated in 11 categories for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards.

The Lumière awards, which are regarded as France’s equivalent of the Golden Globes, were voted on by members of the international press hailing from 38 countries this year.

Here’s the full list of winners i:

Best Film
Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard

Best Director
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez

Best Screenplay
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez

Best Documentary
Dahomey by Mati Diop

Best Animation
Flow by Gints Zilbalodis

Best Actress
Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez

Best Actor
Abou Sangare for Souleymane’s Story

Female Revelation
Maïwène Barthélemy for Holy Cow
Ghjuvanna Benedetti for The Kingdom
Malou Khebizi for Wild Diamond
Clara-Maria Laredo for In His Image
Megan Northam for Rabia

Male Revelation
Clément Faveau for Holy Cow

Best First Film
Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier

Best International Co-Production
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof

Best Cinematography
Nicolas Bolduc for The Count Of Monte-Cristo
Josée Deshaies for The Beast
Tristan Galand for Souleymane’s Story
Paul Guilhaume for Emilia Pérez
Claire Mathon for Misericordia

Best Music
Camille et Clément Ducol for Emilia Pérez

Selena Gomez Earns Two Golden Globe Nominations

Selena Gomez is celebrating a special double

The 2025 Golden Globes nominations have been announced, with the 32-year-old American singer, actress, producer, and businesswoman scoring two nods.

Selena GomezGomez picked up her third consecutive Golden Globe nomination for her acclaimed work as Mabel Mora in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building.

Additionally, Gomez picked up a nod in the Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture category for work in Emilia Perez, a Netflix musical that received the most nominations from the Golden Globes Foundation with 10.

Gomez and her Emilia Perez co-stars won the Best Actress prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Gomez’s Emilia Perez cast mates, Karla Sofia Gascon and Zoe Saldana, have also earned Golden Globe nods. 

Gascon, a 52-year-old Spanish actress who was recently named Best Actress at the European Film Awards, earned a nod for Best Comedy/Musical Actress – Motion Picture, becoming the first out transgender woman to be nominated in a film category.

Meanwhile, Saldana will compete against Gomez in the Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture category. It’s the 46-year-old Puerto Rican and Dominican American actress’ first-ever Golden Globe nomination.

Colman Domingo has picked up a nod in the Best Drama Actor – Motion Picture category.

The 55-year-old Emmy-winning Belizean-Guatemalan American actor and activist, who recently won the Outstanding Lead Performance at the Gotham Awards, earned the nod for his work in Sing Sing.

Fernanda Torres has earned her first-ever Golden Globe nomination.

The 59-year-old Brazilian film, stage and television actress and writer is up for Best Drama Actress – Motion Picture for her performance in the Brazilian film Im Still Here, which earned Brazilian director Walter Salles his fourth Best Foreign Language Film nod.

It’s an award her previously won in 1999 for his film Central Station.

Sofía Vergara is nominated in the Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actress category for Griselda.

It’s the 52-year-old Colombian actress’ fifth Golden Globe nod.

Javier Bardem has picked up a monster nod.

The 55-year-old Spanish Oscar-winning actor, who previously won a Golden Globe for No Country for Old Men, is nominated in the Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film category for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

Bardem will compete against Diego Luna in the Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film category.

The 44-year-old Mexican actor, director and producer, who previously earned his first-ever Golden Globes nod last year for his work on Andor, received the nod for his performance in La Máquina this year.

Liza Colón-Zayas has earned her first-ever Golden Globes nod.

The 52-year-old Latina actress and playwright is up for Best TV Supporting Actress for her work on The Bear, a role that earned her a Primetime Emmy earlier this year.

The 2025 Golden Globes take place on Sunday, January 5, 2025, beginning at 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT. The ceremony will air live on CBS linear television and also stream live via Paramount+ for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers.

This year’s show is hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser.

Here’s a look at the complete list of nominees:

The 2025 Golden Globes Nominees:

FILM

Best Drama
“The Brutalist”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Nickel Boys”
“September 5”

Best Drama Actor
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Daniel Craig, “Queer”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”

Best Drama Actress
Angelina Jolie, “Maria”
Nicole Kidman, “Babygirl”
Tilda Swinton, “The Room Next Door”
Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”
Pamela Anderson, “The Last Showgirl”
Kate Winslet, “Lee”

Best Comedy/Musical
“Anora”
“Challengers”
“Emilia Pérez”
“A Real Pain”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”

Best Comedy/Musical Actor
Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
Hugh Grant, “Heretic”
Gabriel LaBelle, “Saturday Night”
Jesse Plemons, “Kinds of Kindness”
Glen Powell, “Hit Man”
Sebastian Stan, “A Different Man”

Best Comedy/Musical Actress
Amy Adams, “Nightbitch”
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
Mikey Madison, “Anora”
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Zendaya, “Challengers”

Best Supporting Actor
Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II”
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”

Best Supporting Actress
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Selena Gomez, “Emilia Pérez”
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
Margaret Qualley, “The Substance”
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”

Best Director
Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
Edward Berger, “Conclave”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
Payal Kapadia, “All We Imagine as Light”

Best Screenplay
“Emilia Pérez”
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“A Real Pain”
“The Substance”
“Conclave”

Best Original Score
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“The Wild Robot”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Challengers”
“Dune: Part Two” 

Best Original Song
“The Last Showgirl” – “Beautiful That Way”
“Challengers” – “Compress/Repress”
“Emilia Pérez” – “El Mal”
“Better Man” – “Forbidden Road”
“The Wild Robot” — “Kiss the Sky”
“Emilia Pérez” – “Mi Camino”

Best Animated Feature
“Flow”
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Moana 2”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”

Best Film In a Language Other Than English
“All We Imagine as Light”
“Emilia Pérez”
“The Girl With the Needle”
“I’m Still Here”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
“Vermiglio”

Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
“Alien: Romulus”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Gladiator 2”
“Inside Out 2”
“Twisters”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”

TELEVISION 

Best Comedy Series
“Hacks”
“Abbott Elementary”
“Only Murders in the Building”
“Nobody Wants This”
“The Gentlemen”
“The Bear” 

Best TV Comedy Actor
Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
Ted Danson, “A Man on the Inside”
Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
Jason Segel, “Shrinking”
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”

Best TV Comedy Actress
Kathryn Hahn, “Agatha All Along”
Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”

Best Drama Series
“The Day of the Jackal”
“The Diplomat”
“Mr. and Mrs. Smith”
“Shōgun”
“Slow Horses”
“Squid Game”

Best TV Drama Actor
Donald Glover, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Presumed Innocent”
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Eddie Redmayne, “The Day of the Jackal”
Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun”
Billy Bob Thornton, “Landman” 

Best TV Drama Actress
Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
Emma D’Arcy, “House of the Dragon”
Maya Erskine, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”
Keira Knightley, “Black Doves”
Anna Sawai, “Shōgun”
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat” 

Best TV Movie/Limited Series
“Baby Reindeer”
“Disclaimer”
“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
“The Penguin”
“Ripley”
“True Detective: Night Country”

Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actor
Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”
Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”
Kevin Kline, “Disclaimer”
Cooper Koch, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
Ewan McGregor, “A Gentleman in Moscow”
Andrew Scott, “Ripley”

Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actress
Cate Blanchett, “Disclaimer”
Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country”
Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”
Sofía Vergara, “Griselda”
Naomi Watts, “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans”
Kate Winslet, “The Regime”

Best TV Supporting Actor
Tadanobu Asano, “Shōgun”
Javier Bardem, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
Harrison Ford, “Shrinking”
Jack Lowden, “Slow Horses”
Diego Luna, “La Máquina”
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”

Best TV Supporting Actress 
Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”
Liza Colón-Zayas, “The Bear”
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Dakota Fanning, “Ripley”
Allison Janney, “The Diplomat”
Kali Reis, “True Detective: Night Country”

Best Stand-Up Comedian on Television
Jamie Foxx, “What Had Happened Was”
Nikki Glaser, “Someday You’ll Die”
Seth Meyers, “Dad Man Walking”
Adam Sandler, “Love You”
Ali Wong, “Single Lady”
Ramy Youssef, “More Feelings”

“Emilia Perez” Star Karla Sofía Gascón Wins Best Actress at European Film Awards

Karla Sofía Gascón is celebrating a special European award..

The 52-year-old Spanish actress was named Best Actress at this year’s European Film Awards, which were held Saturday in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Karla Sofía Gascón,Gascon won the award for her performance in Emilia Pérez, which was named Best Film at the awards show.

The other nominees were Renate Reinsve in Armand, Trine Dyrholm in The Girl With the Needle, Vic Carmen Sonne in The Girl With the Needle and Tilda Swinton in The Room Next Door.

Here’s a look at all the award winners:

2024 European Film Awards Winners
European Film: EMILIA PÉREZ by Jacques Audiard
European Director: Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PÉREZ
European Screenwriter: Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PÉREZ
European Actress: Karla Sofía Gascón in EMILIA PÉREZ
European Actor: Abou Sangare in SOULEYMANE’S STORY
Best Documentary: NO OTHER LAND (Palestine, Norway) – documentary film, directed by Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal, produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor & Hamdan Ballal
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI: Armand, directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Young Audience Award: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Norway), directed by Benjamin Ree, produced by Ingvil Giske
European Animated Feature Film: FLOW directed by Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia, France, Belgium)
European Cinematography: The Substance (Benjamin Kračun)
European Editing: Emilia Pérez (Juliette Welfling)
European Production Design: The Girl With the Needle (Jagna Dobesz)
European Costume Design: The Devil’s Bath (Tanja Hausner)
European Make-up & Hair: When the Light Breaks (Evalotte Oosterop)
European Original Score: The Girl With the Needle (Frederikke Hoffmeier)
European Sound: Souleymane’s Story (Marc-Olivier Brullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak, Samuel Aïchoun, Rodrigo Diaz)
European Visual Effects: THE SUBSTANCE (Bryan Jones, Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky, Chervin Shafaghi, Guillaume Le Gouez)
European Short Film: THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT directed by Nebojša Slijepčević (Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia)
European Achievement in World Cinema: Isabella Rossellini

Pedro Almodóvar Earns Three European Film Awards Nominations for “The Room Next Door”

Pedro Almodóvar is this year’s European Film Awards darling…

The European Film Academy has announced the nominees for the 37th European Film Awards, which will take place in the Swiss lakeside city of Lucerne on December 7, with the 75-year-old Spanish Oscar-winning filmmaker earning three nods.

Pedro AlmodovarAlmodovar earned a nod in the Best European Film category for his first English-language film The Room Next Door, which stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.

He’s also nominated for European Director and Best Screenplay for the film.

Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal are up for two awards.

The 69-year-old Spanish filmmaker and the 74-year-old Spanish Spanish artist and designer are nominated for Best European Film and Best European Animated Film for They Shot the Piano Player.

Isabel Herguera is up for two awards…

The 63-year-old Spanish artist, filmmaker, cultural manager, professor and critic is nominated for Best European Film and Best European Animated Film for Sultana’s Dream.

Karla Sofía Gascón has earned her first European Film Awards nod.

The 52-year-old Spanish actress, who became the first openly trans actor to win a major prize at the Cannes Film Festival when she shared the Best Actress Award with her co-stars from Emilia Pérez, is up for Best Actress for Emilia Perez.

For the first time this year, under new rules announced last summer, films nominated for Best European Documentary and Best Animated Feature Film are also eligible in the Best European Film category.

The awards, which are voted on by the Berlin-based European Film Academy’s some 5,000 members based across Europe, are also seen as a bellwether for which European films are likely to pick up steam in the U.S. awards season.

This year’s ceremony in Lucerne will mark the last time it takes place in December with the dates shifting to mid-January, starting with the 38th edition in 2026, as part of a strategy to position the prizes within the wider awards season conversation on both sides of the Atlantic.

Awards for the craft categories of Best European Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, Make-up and Hair, Original Score, Sound and Visual Effects are decided by a specialized a jury and selected from the films in core Academy selection.

Here’s a look at the 2024 nominations:

Best European Film
BYE BYE TIBERIAS (BYE BYE TIBERIADE) (France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar) – documentary film, directed by Lina Soualem, produced by Jean-Marie Nizan, Guillaume Malandrin & Ossama Bawardi

DAHOMEY (France, Senegal) – documentary film, directed by Mati Diop, produced by Eve Robin, Judith Lou-Lévy & Mati Diop

EMILIA PÉREZ (France) – feature film, directed by Jacques Audiard, produced by Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann & Anthony Vaccarello

FLOW (STRAUME) (Latvia, France, Belgium) – animated feature film, directed by Gints Zilbalodis, produced by Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens & Gregory Zalcman

IN LIMBO (W ZAWIESZENIU) (Poland) – documentary film, directed by Alina Maksimenko, produced by Filip Marczewski

LIVING LARGE (ŽIVOT K SEŽRÁNÍ) (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia) – animated feature film, directed by Kristina Dufková, produced by Matej Chlupacek, Agata Novinski & Marc Faye

NO OTHER LAND (Palestine, Norway) – documentary film, directed by Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal, produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor & Hamdan Ballal

SAVAGES (SAUVAGES) (Switzerland, France, Belgium) – animated feature film, directed by Claude Barras, produced by Nicolas Burlet, Laurence Petit, Barbara Letellier, Carole Scotta, Vincent Tavier, Hugo Deghilage, Annemie Degryse & Olivier Glassey

SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT (France, Belgium, Netherlands) – documentary film, directed by Johan Grimonprez, produced by Daan Milius & Rémi Grellety

SULTANA’S DREAM (EL SUEÑO DE LA SULTANA) (Spain, Germany, India) – animated feature film, directed by Isabel Herguera, produced by Chelo Loureiro, Diego Herguera, Fabian Driehorst, Mariano Baratech & Iván Miñambres

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Spain) – feature film, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, produced by Agustín Almodóvar & Esther García

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (DANAYE ANJIR-E MOABAD) (Germany, France) – feature film, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, produced by Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner & Rozita Hendijanian

THE SUBSTANCE (UK, United States, France) – feature film, directed by Coralie Fargeat, produced by Coralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner

THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER (Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru) – animated feature film, directed by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, produced by Cristina Huete, Serge Lalou, Sophie Cabon, Bruno Felix, Janneke van de Kerkhoff, Femke Wolting & Humberto Santana

VERMIGLIO (Italy, France, Belgium) – feature film, directed by Maura Delpero, produced by Francesca Andreoli, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, Santiago Fondevila Sancet & Maura Delpero

Best European Documentary
BYE BYE TIBERIAS (BYE BYE TIBERIADE) (France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar), directed by Lina Soualem, produced by Jean-Marie Nizan, Guillaume Malandrin & Ossama Bawardi

DAHOMEY (France, Senegal), directed by Mati Diop, produced by Eve Robin, Judith Lou-Lévy & Mati Diop

IN LIMBO (W ZAWIESZENIU) (Poland), directed by Alina Maksimenko, produced by Filip Marczewski

NO OTHER LAND (Palestine, Norway), directed by Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal, produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor & Hamdan Ballal

SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT (France, Belgium, Netherlands), directed by Johan Grimonprez, produced by Daan Milius & Rémi Grellety

European Director
Andrea Arnold for BIRD
Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PÉREZ
Pedro Almodóvar for THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
Mohammad Rasoulof for THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Maura Delpero for VERMIGLIO

Best Actress
Renate Reinsve in ARMAND
Karla Sofía Gascón in EMILIA PÉREZ
Trine Dyrholm in THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Vic Carmen Sonne in THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Tilda Swinton in THE ROOM NEXT DOOR

Best Actor
Franz Rogowski in BIRD
Ralph Fiennes in CONCLAVE
Lars Eidinger in DYING
Daniel Craig in QUEER
Abou Sangare in SOULEYMANE’S STORY 

Best Screenplay
Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PÉREZ
Magnus von Horn & Line Langebek for THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Pedro Almodóvar for THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
Mohammad Rasoulof for THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Coralie Fargeat for THE SUBSTANCE

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
ARMAND (Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden), directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, produced by Andrea Berentsen Ottmar

HOARD (UK), directed by Luna Carmoon, produced by Loran Dunn, Helen Simmons & Andrew Starke

KNEECAP (Ireland, UK), directed by Rich Peppiatt, produced by Patrick O’Neill, Trevor Birney & Jack Tarling

SANTOSH (UK, France, Germany), directed by Sandhya Suri, produced by Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Roman Paul, Gerhard Meixner, Carole Scotta & Eliott Khayat

THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME (ANUL NOU CARE N-A FOST) (Romania, Serbia), directed and produced by Bogdan Mureșanu

TOXIC (AKIPLĖŠA) (Lithuania) directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė, produced by Giedre Burokaite

European Young Audience Award
LARS IS LOL (Norway, Denmark), directed by Eirik Sæter Stordahl, produced by Caroline Hitland & Matilda Appelin
THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN (Norway), directed by Benjamin Ree, produced by Ingvil Giske
WINNERS (Germany), directed by Soleen Yusef, produced by Sonja Schmitt, Marc Schmidheiny & Christoph Daniel

Best European Animated Film
FLOW directed by Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia, France, Belgium)
LIVING LARGE directed by Kristina Dufková (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia)
SAVAGES directed by Claude Barras (Switzerland, France, Belgium)
SULTANA’S DREAM directed by Isabel Herguera (Spain, Germany, India)
THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal (Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru)  

Best European Short Film
2720 directed by Basil da Cunha (Portugal, Switzerland)
CLAMOR directed by Salomé Da Souza (France)
THE EXPLODING GIRL directed by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel (France)
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT directed by Nebojša Slijepčević (Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia)
WANDER TO WONDER directed by Nina Gantz (The Netherlands, France, Belgium, United Kingdom)

Daniel Brühl to Receive Honorary President’s Award at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

It’s a presidential honor for Daniel Brühl.

The 46-year-old German-Spanish actor will receive the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Honorary Presidents Award during this year’s edition, which runs from June 28 to July 6.

Daniel BruhlBrühl is among a list of honorees that includes Viggo Mortensen and Clive Owen.

Brühl, who will receive his honor later during the festival, will screen his directorial debut Next Door.

He has received various accolades, including three European Film Awards and three German Film Awards, along with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA Award.

He received his first German Film Award for Best Actor for his roles in Das Weisse Rauschen (2001), Nichts Bereuen (2001) and Vaya con Dios (2002).

His starring role in the German film Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) received widespread recognition and critical acclaim, and garnered him the European Film Award for Best Actor and another German Film Award for Best Actor.[

The festival has also announced that Benicio del Toro will serve as the main protagonist of the 2024 festival trailer. Each year the festival produces a satirical ‘festival trailer’ that is screened during the opening ceremony. This year’s trailer was written and directed by long-time creator of KVIFF trailers Ivan Zachariáš.

“We filmed with Benicio del Toro in May in Berlin, where he took time out for us while shooting Wes Anderson’s new film. His first response was: ‘It’s a great idea, but we have to be quick.” said Zachariáš. “Benicio was a pro. He immediately understood what I wanted from him, and so we got most of the shots in one go. We were prepared in advance, we marked all the camera positions and lenses before the shoot, and in the end, Benicio himself was surprised at how we managed it all.”

British band Kosheen will perform as part of the opening concert of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The concert will be free for the public.

Penelope Cruz Earns European Film Awards Nomination for “Parallel Mothers” Performance

Penelope Cruz has landed a mother of a nomination…

Additional European Film Awards nominations have been announced, with the 48-year-old Spanish Oscar-winning actress earning a nod.

Penelope Cruz, Pedro Almodovar, Madres ParalelasCruz is up for European Actress for her work in Pedro Almodovar’s Parallel Mothers, a role that earned her an Academy Award nomination.

Carla Simón, meanwhile, has earned two EFA nominations.

The Spanish filmmaker is nominated for European Film for directing the Spanish/Italian film Alcarràs, as well as for European Screenwriter for co-writing the film alongside Arnau Vilaró.

The awards ceremony, overseen by the European Film Academy, will take place on December 10 in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík. The event will be preceded this year by the academy’s inaugural edition of the Month of European Film.

The nominations in the key categories of the spanning European Film, Director, Actor, and Actress are voted on by the 4,400 members of the academy in a three-stage process.

The Full List of EFA 2022 Nominations:

European Film
Alcarràs (Sp-It)
Director Carla Simón, producers María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera & Giovanni Pompili

Close (Bel-Fr-Neth)
Director Lukas Dhont, producers Michiel Dhont, Dirk Impens, Michel Saint-Jean, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel & Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Corsage (Austria-Lux-Ger-France)
Director Marie Kreutzer, producers Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz, Bernard Michaux, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade & Jean-Christophe Reymond

Holy Spider (Den-Ger-Swe-Fr)
Director by Ali Abbasi, producers Sol Bondy & Jacob Jarek

Triangle Of Sadness (Swe-Ger-Fr-UK)
Directed by Ruben Östlund, producers Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober

European Documentary
A House Made Of Splinters (Den-Swe-Fin-Ukr)
Director Simon Lereng Wilmont

Girl Gang (Switz)
Director Susanne Regina Meures (Switzerland)

Mariupolis 2 (Lithuania-Fr-Ger)
Director Mantas Kvedaravičius

The Balcony Movie (Pol)
Director Paweł Łoziński

The March On Rome (It)
Director Mark Cousins

European Director
Lukas Dhont for Close
Marie Kreutzer for Corsage
Jerzy Skolimowski for EO
Ali Abbasi for Holy Spider
Alice Diop for Saint Omer
Ruben Östlund for Triangle Of Sadness

European Actress
Vicky Krieps in Corsage
Zar Amir Ebrahimi in Holy Spider
Léa Seydoux in One Fine Morning
Penélope Cruz in Parallel Mothers
Meltem Kaptan in Rabiye Kurnaz Vs. George W. Bush

European Actor
Paul Mescal in Aftersun
Eden Dambrine in Close
Elliott Crosset Hove in Godland
Pierfrancesco Favino in Nostalgia
Zlatko Burić in Triangle Of Sadness

European Screenwriter
Carla Simón & Arnau Vilaró for Alcarràs
Kenneth Branagh for Belfast
Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens for Close
Ali Abbasi & Afshin Kamran Bahrami for Holy Spider
Ruben Östlund for Triangle Of Sadness

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
107 Mothers (Slovakia-Czech Rep-Ukr)
Director Peter Kerekes

Love According To Dalva (Bel-Fr)
Director Emmanuelle Nicot

Other People (Pol-Fr)
Director Aleksandra Terpińska

Pamfir (Ukr-Fr-Pol-Ger-Chile)
Director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk

Small Body (It-Slovenia-Fr)
Director Laura Samani

Sonne
Director Kurdwin Ayub

Javier Bardem’s “The Good Boss” Earns European Film Awards Nomination for Best Comedy Feature

Javier Bardem could prove to be a boss at this year’s European Film Awards.

The 53-year-old Spanish Oscar-winning actor’s The Good Boss, has been nominated in the comedy feature category for this year’s awards show by the European Film Academy.

Javier Bardem, Good BossDirected by Fernando León de AranoaThe Good Boss is described as a pitch-black, workplace comedy fueled by Bardem’s seductively slimy portrayal of a baron whose industrial-scale factory is decidedly out of balance.

Bardem earned a Goya Award for his performance in the film.

Other nominees in the comedy feature category include Hannes Þór Halldórsson’s Cop Secret (Iceland) and Catherine Corsini’s The Divide (France).

Meanwhile, the European Film Academy will honor Italian director March Bellocchio for his mini-series Exterior Night during the awards ceremony on December 10 in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik. He will receive the Award for European Innovative Storytelling for the drama, exploring the case of the kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades in 1978.

There are five productions are in the running for the best-animated feature award: Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre’s Little NicholasAs Happy As Can Be (France); Signe Baumane’s My Love Affair With Marriage (Latvia), Anne-Laure Daffis and Léo Marchand’s My NeighborsNeighbors (France), Alain Ughetto’s No Dogs Or Italians Allowed (France) and Mascha Halberstad’s Oink (Netherlands).

Voting by the EFA’s 4,400 members on the other categories of best European film, director, actor, actress, screenwriter and documentary is currently underway, with the final list of nominations due to be announced on November 8.

Library of Congress Adds “Buena Vista Social Club” Documentary to National Film Registry

The story of the Buena Vista Social Club’s effort to revive the music of pre-revolutionary Cuba is being celebrated.

The Library of Congress has unveiled its annual list of 25 movies to make the cut for the National Film Registry, with the documentary named after the ensemble of Cuban musicians, Buena Vista Social Club, making the cut.

Buena Vista Social Club

The Buena Vista Social Club project was organized by World Circuit executive Nick Gold, produced by American guitarist Ry Cooder and directed by Juan de Marcos González. They named the group after the homonymous members’ club in the Buenavista quarter of Havana, a popular music venue in the 1940s. To showcase the popular styles of the time, such as sonbolero and danzón, they recruited a dozen veteran musicians, many of whom had been retired for many years.

Wim Wenders captured the performance on film for a documentary that included interviews with the musicians conducted in Havana. The film was released in June 1999 to critical acclaim, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary feature and winning numerous accolades including Best Documentary at the European Film Awards.

Lourdes Portillo’s The Devil Never Sleeps is part of a record number of films directed by women that make the list this year.

The 76-year-old Mexican film director’s mystery/documentary centers on Oscar, who is found dead from a gunshot wound. His wife believes he committed suicide. But his nephew, Portillo, suspects that it was murder and investigates the death with no help from the authorities.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said, “With the inclusion of diverse filmmakers, we are not trying to set records but rather to set the record straight by spotlighting the astonishing contributions women and people of color have made to American cinema, despite facing often-overwhelming hurdles.”

This year’s list brings the number of films selected for preservation in the registry to 800.

Turner Classic Movies will host a television special from 8:00 pm ET on December. 15 to screen a selection of motion pictures named to the registry. Among the films to air are The Battle of the Century, Lilies of the Field, Illusions, The Joy Luck Club, Cabin in the Sky and The Man with the Golden Arm.

Here’s the full rundown of this year’s additions:

The Battle Of The Century (1927)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Bread (1918)
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
Cabin In The Sky (1943)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Devil Never Sleeps (1994)
Freedom Riders (2010)
Grease (1978)
The Ground (1993-2001)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Illusions (1982)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Kid Auto Races At Venice (1914)
Lilies Of The Field (1963)
Losing Ground (1982)
The Man With the Golden Arm (1955)
Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege (2006)
Outrage (1950)
Shrek (2001)
Suspense (1913)
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)
Wattstax (1973)
With Car And Camera Around The World (1929)

Antxon Gómez Wins European Film Awards Prize for “Pain and Glory”

It’s certainly pain and glory for Antxon Gómez

The first eight 2019 European Filn Awards winners have been revealed ahead of next month’s official ceremony, with the 67-year-old Spanish production designer picking up one of the prizes.

Antxon Gómez

The first round of prizes sees eight craft categories named prior to the event. 

Gómez won the European Production Design award for his work on Pedro Alomodovar’s Pain and Glory. He’d previously been nominated for an EFA in 2011 for his work on another Almodovar project… The Skin I Live In.

Eduardo Esquidehas picked up his own award…

The Latino sound engineer won theEuropean Sound award alongside Nacho Royo-Villanovaand Laurent Chassaignefor their work on A Twelve-Year Night.

The jury for the initial eight winners were: Nadia Ben Rachid, editor, France: Vanja Černul, cinematographer, Croatia; Annette Focks, composer, Germany; Gerda Koekoek, hair and make-up artist, Netherlands; Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh, costume designer, Ireland; Artur Pinheiro, production designer, Portugal; Gisle Tveito, sound designer, Norway; István Vajda, visual effects, Hungary.

Almodovar is still up for the European FilmEuropean Director and European Screenwriter awards for Pain and Glory, while the film’s star Antonio Banderasis up for European Actor.

Pedro Almodovar Earns Three European Film Awards Nominations for “Pain and Glory”

It’s all glory and no pain for Pedro Almodovar

The European Film Academy has unveiled its nominations for the 32nd European Film Awards, with the 70-year-old Spanish filmmaker’s latest project earning four nods.

Pedro Almodovar

Almodovar’s Pain and Glory, Spain’s official entry into the Oscar race in the Best International Feature Film category,is up for European Film 2019

Almodovar, a seven-time EFAswinner, is also up for two individual prizes… European Screenwriterand European Directorfor writing and helming Pain and Glory.

Meanwhile, Antonio Banderashas been nominated in the European Actor category for his acclaimed work in Almodovar’s film.

The Spanish actor previously won a Europe Film Award in 1998 for his performance in The Mask of Zorro.

The ceremony will be held on December 7 in Berlin. 

Here’s the list of nominations unveiled today (and see here for previously announced nominees):

EUROPEAN FILM 2019
AN OFFICER AND A SPY
France, Italy
DIRECTED BY Roman Polanski
WRITTEN BY Robert Harris & Roman Polanski
PRODUCED BY Alain Goldman

LES MISÉRABLES
France
DIRECTED BY Ladj Ly
WRITTEN BY Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini & Alexis Manenti
PRODUCED BY Christophe Barral & Toufik Ayadi

PAIN AND GLORY
Spain
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Pedro Almodóvar
PRODUCED BY Agustín Almodóvar & Esther García

SYSTEM CRASHER
Germany
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Nora Fingscheidt
PRODUCED BY Peter Hartwig, Jonas Weydemann, Jakob D. Weydemann & Frauke Kolbmüller

THE FAVOURITE
UK, Ireland
DIRECTED BY Yorgos Lanthimos
WRITTEN BY Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara
PRODUCED BY Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday & Yorgos Lanthimos

THE TRAITOR
Italy, Germany, France, Brazil
DIRECTED BY Marco Bellocchio
WRITTEN BY Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella & Francesco Piccolo
PRODUCED BY Giuseppe Caschetto & Simone Gattoni

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2019
Pedro Almodovar, “Pain and Glory”
Marco Bellocchio, “The Traitor”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”
Roman Polanski, “An Officer and a Spy”
Celine Sciamma, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2019
FOR SAMA
UK, USA
DIRECTED BY Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts
PRODUCED BY Waad al-Kateab

HONEYLAND
North Macedonia
DIRECTED BY Ljubomir Stefanov & Tamara Kotevska
PRODUCED BY Atanas Georgiev

PUTIN’S WITNESSES
Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Vitaly Mansky
PRODUCED BY Natalia Manskaia, Gabriela Bussmann, Filip Remunda & Vit Klusak

SELFIE
France, Italy
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Agostino Ferrente
PRODUCED BY Marc Berdugo, Barbara Conforti & Gianfilippo Pedote

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY MOTHER
LA SCOMPARSA DI MIA MADRE
Italy, USA
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Beniamino Barrese
PRODUCED BY Filippo Macelloni & Hayley Pappas

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2019
Olivia Colman in THE FAVOURITE
Trine Dyrholm in QUEEN OF HEARTS
Noémie Merlant & Adèle Haenel in PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Viktoria Miroshnichenko in BEANPOLE
Helena Zengel in SYSTEM CRASHER

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2019
Antonio Banderas in PAIN AND GLORY
Jean Dujardin in AN OFFICER AND A SPY
Pierfrancesco Favino in THE TRAITOR
Levan Gelbakhiani in AND THEN WE DANCED
Alexander Scheer in GUNDERMANN
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson in A WHITE, WHITE DAY

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2019
Pedro Almodóvar for PAIN AND GLORY
Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella & Francesco Piccolo for THE TRAITOR Robert Harris & Roman Polanski for AN OFFICER AND A SPY
Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini & Alexis Manenti for LES MISÉRABLES
Céline Sciamma for PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE