Michael Haneke's latest film was the big winner at the 25th European Film Awards ceremony held in Malta last Saturday evening.
Shame and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy also stood out, while The Intouchables went home empty-handed. A recap of the awards night:
The French-German-Austrian co-production Love, produced by Margaret Menegoz (Les Films du Losange), Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, and Michael Katz, waltzed off with four of the main prizes: European Film 2012, European Director 2012, European Actress 2012 for Emmanuelle Riva, and European Actor 2012 for Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Shame by Steve McQueen, which was nominated in five categories, picked up two awards: Euopean Editor 2012 for Joe Walker and the Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer Award 2012 for Sean Bobbitt.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by Thomas Alfredson, which received four nominations, won the European Production Designer 2012 Award for Marla Djurkovic and the European Composer Award for Alberto Iglesias.
Also nominaed in four categories (Best Film, Director, Actor, and the People's Choice Award), The Intouchables by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, did not win any awards.
The award for European Screenwriter 2012 went to Tobias Lindholm and Thomas Vinterberg for Jagten (The Hunt), while the People's Choice Award 2012 was given to the Belgian film du public Hasta La Vista (Come As You Are) by Geoffrey Enthoven.
