7th Seville European Film Festival Award Winners

A while ago the fest announced the award winners and here they are.

Golden Girarldillo: Son of Babylon, Mohamed Al-Daradji, Irak, UK, Netherlands, France, EUA, Egypt, Palestine, 2010

Silver Giraldillo: Mavro Livadi (Black Field), Vardis marinakis, Greece, 2010
Special Jury Prize: Szelíd Teremtés - A Frankenstein Terv (Tender Son – The Frankenstein Project), Kornél Mundruczó, Hungary, Germany, and Austria, 2010
Best Director: Susanne Bier for Hævnen (In a Better World), Denmark, 2010

Best Actress (tie):
Samira Maas in Joy, Mijke de Jong, Netherlands, 2010
Sofia Georgovassili in Mavro Livadi (Black Field), Vardis marinakis, Greece, 2010
Best Actor: Rhys Ifans in Mr. Nice, Bernard Rose, UK and Spain, 2009

Silver Giraldillo for First Feature Film: Gigola, Laure Charpentier, France, 2010 (lesbian interest)

Euroimages Award: La Prima Linea, Renato De Maria, Italy, Belgium, UK and France
Audience Choice Award: Tamara Drewe, Stephen Frears, UK
Campus Jury Award: Son of Babylon, Mohamed Al-Daradji, Irak, UK, Netherlands, France, EUA, Egypt, Palestine, 2010

ASECAN Award: Ovsyanki (Silent Souls), Aleksei Fedorchenko, Russia, 2010
Special Mention: Naufragio (Wreckage), Pedro Aguilera, Spain, 2010

You have no idea how glad I’m that Gigola was honored as means that film has to be interesting beyond the lesbian interest genre. Here is what the jury said:
The jury is pleased to announce that the award is given to an unusual director that drags us on a trip to Paris during a period when women's sexual freedom was always a challenge. Special mention to Lou Doillon for her role in “Gigola”.

To check winners in all categories please go here. So that’s for this year and as always I’ll be looking forward to next year edition mainly because is in this fest where the EFA’s nominations are announced. Olè!!!