Women of Srebrenica win at the Efa, Sorrentino disappoints

IT WAS THE HAND OF GOD by Paolo Sorrentino can't make it to the Efa and missing the appointment in the three categories in which he was nominated (best screenplay, direction and film). The winner, on the other hand, is QUO VADIS, AIDA ?, a family drama within the Srebrenica tragedy by the Bosnian Jasmila Žbanić who also took home the award for director and the one for best actress, Jasna Đuričić, a sort of Anna Magnani ready to do anything to save husband and child It's also okay for THE FATHER - NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS by Florian Zeller who gets, in addition to the European Film Award for screenplay, written by the director himself with Christopher Hampton, that too for the best European actor which deservedly goes to a champion like Anthony Hopkins who, thanks to this role, won the Oscar.These are the main results of the 34th edition of the European Film Awards 2021 which were held tonight in the Berlin Arena, via live streaming in a remote live ceremony conducted by the actress and writer Annabelle Mandeng and with nominees and winners who, at due to Covid, they took part in the event digitally, with pre-produced videos or live online interventions. Among the other excellent winners of this edition: the Hungarian director Márta Mészáros who obtained the Lifetime Achievement Award, while the best European success in 2021 world cinema went to Danish director Susanne Bier. Finally, British director Steve McQueen (12 YEARS A SLAVE) received the award for theInnovative European Storytelling 2021 for the SMALL AX series which tells the story of the West Indian community in London in the seventies and eighties. The director dedicated his victory to the victims and survivors of the fire at the Greenfell Tower, which took place in London on the night of June 14, 2017. Among the defeated there is certainly the plumble and sometimes infernal TITANE by Julia Ducournau, Palma d ' gold in Cannes, which only gets the makeup award went to Flore Masson, Olivier Afonso & Antoine Mancini, while on the eve she ran for four nominations. Among the other prizes: best European comedy is the Norwegian NINJABABY by Yngvild Sve Flikke, best short is MY UNCLE TUDOR by Olga Lucovnicova. A real surprise for the animated film FLEE by Danish director Jonas Poher Rasmussen which, in addition to the animation category,also wins as best documentary. Among the thanks to be underlined that of the victorious director of QUO VADIS AIDA ?, Jasmila Žbanić who first pays tribute to our Lina Wertmuller thanking her for having shown the way to the other directors and then, having received the most important award, the one for the best film, underlines : "This work of mine is dedicated to the women and mothers of Srebrenica who fought to find a way to peace in a country completely destroyed by the war of men. I dedicate it to them and to our mothers who taught us how to turn into love destruction ".Jasmila Žbanić who first pays tribute to our Lina Wertmuller thanking her for having shown the way to the other directors and then, having received the most important award, the one for the best film, underlines: "This work of mine is dedicated to the women and mothers of Srebrenica who they fought to find a way to peace in a country completely destroyed by the war of men. I dedicate it to them and to our mothers who taught us how to turn destruction into love. "Jasmila Žbanić who first pays tribute to our Lina Wertmuller thanking her for having shown the way to the other directors and then, having received the most important award, the one for the best film, underlines: "This work of mine is dedicated to the women and mothers of Srebrenica who they fought to find a way to peace in a country completely destroyed by the war of men. I dedicate it to them and to our mothers who taught us how to turn destruction into love. "I dedicate it to them and to our mothers who taught us how to turn destruction into love ".I dedicate it to them and to our mothers who taught us how to turn destruction into love ".