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.
Hungarian film The Midas Touch and Soviet film Little Vera led the nominations with five each while British film High Hopes received the most awards with three wins. 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.
Best European Film English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Producer(s)Country Landscape in the Mist Τοπίο στην ομίχλη Theo Angelopoulos Theo Angelopoulos, Eric Heumann, Amedeo Pagani & Stéphane Sorlat The Midas Touch Eldorádó Géza Bereményi - Magnús Þráinn Bertelsson Þráinn Bertelsson Recollections of the Yellow House Recordações da casa amarela João César Monteiro Joâo Pedro Benard & Joaquim Pinto High Hopes Mike Leigh Victor Glynn & Simon Channing-Williams Little Vera Маленькая Вера Vasili Pichul Gorky Film Studio
Best European Director Recipient(s)English titleOriginal title Géza Bereményi The Midas Touch Eldorádó Theo Angelopoulos Landscape in the Mist Τοπίο στην ομίχλη Maciej Dejczer 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba Vasili Pichul Little Vera Маленькая Вера Jim Sheridan My Left Foot
Best European Actress Recipient(s)English titleOriginal titleRole Ruth Sheen High Hopes Shirley Sabine Azéma Life and Nothing But La vie et rien d'autre Irène de Courtil Snežana Bogdanović Kuduz Badema Kuduz Corinna Harfouch Treffen in Travers Therese Forster Natalya Negoda Little Vera Маленькая Вера Vera
Best European Actor Recipient(s)English titleOriginal titleRole Philippe Noiret Cinema Paradiso Nuovo Cinema Paradiso Alfredo Life and Nothing But La vie et rien d'autre Commandant Delaplane Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot Christy Brown Davor Dujmović Time of the Gypsies Dom za vesanje Perhan Károly Eperjes The Midas Touch Eldorádó Sándor Monori Jozef Króner Thou, Which Art in Heaven Ти, който си на небето Geprg Henih
Best Supporting Performance Recipient(s)English titleOriginal titleRole Edna Doré High Hopes Mrs Bender Sabine Berg A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom Anke Keipes Roger Jendly The Woman from Rose Hill La femme de Rose Hill Marcel Alessandro Di Sanzo Forever Mery Mery per sempre Mario "Mery" Libassi Lyudmila Zaytseva Little Vera Маленькая Вера Rita
Best Young Film English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Producer(s)Country 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba Maciej Dejczer TOR Film Production My Left Foot Jim Sheridan Noel Pearson Cinema Paradiso Nuovo Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore Franco Cristaldi Kuduz Ademir Kenović Bakir Tanović Scandal Michael Caton-Jones Stephen Woolley Waller's Last Trip Wallers letzter Gang Christian Wagner Christian Wagner Mist Sis Zülfü Livaneli Ülker Livanelli
Best European Screenwriter Recipient(s)English titleOriginal title Mariya Khmelik Little Vera Маленькая Вера Thanassis Valtinos Landscape in the Mist Τοπίο στην ομίχλη Géza Bereményi The Midas Touch Eldorádó Þráinn Bertelsson Magnús Maciej Dejczer 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba
Best European Cinematographer Recipient(s)English titleOriginal title Ulf Brantas and Jörgen Persson The Women on the Roof Kvinnorna på taket Giorgos Arvanitis Landscape in the Mist Τοπίο στην ομίχλη Sándor Kardos The Midas Touch Eldorádó Krzysztof Ptak 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba Yefim Reznik Little Vera Маленькая Вера
Best European Composer Recipient(s)English titleOriginal title Andrew Dickson High Hopes Goran Bregović Kuduz Ferenc Darvas The Midas Touch Eldorádó Michał Lorenc 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba Maggie Parke Gast Waltzing A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom
Best Documentary ResultEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(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 Documentary Film Jury Special Award A Tale of the Wind Een verhaal van de wind Joris Ivens & Marceline Loridan
Lifetime Achievement Award Federico Fellini
Special Jury Award Bertrand Tavernier for Life and Nothing But Giuseppe Tornatore for Cinema Paradiso
Special Mention Film / Person – Special Mention for the creative spirit of the new films from Sarajevo. Pictures of the Old World (Obrazy starého sveta) – Dušan Hanák The Road to God Knows Where – Alan Gilsenan
European Cinema Society Special Award Anatole Dauman
References
External links Official site