'Others' tops all others at EFA awards

December 04, 2006 Europe's top directors, producers and other leading professionals voted "The Lives of Others" (Das Leben der Anderen), from German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, the continent's film of the year Saturday at the 19th European Film Academy awards in Warsaw, Poland. SPC is promoting both films in the foreign language film category and also has hopes that "Volver" could figure in the best picture and other races. In addition to "Others" and "Volver," the other titles nominated for best European film included Irish director Neil Jordan's "Breakfast on Pluto"; British entries "The Road to Guantanamo," from Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross, and Ken Loach's "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"; and Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic's debut, "Grbavica."

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