European Film Awards Nominations

Amour, winner of the Palme D'Or at this years Cannes Film Festival earns 6 European Film Award nominations.

BEST EUROPEAN FILM

• Amour
• Barbara
• Caesar Must Die
• The Hunt
• The Intouchables
• Shame

Not all of these films many seem familiar, at least yet, but most should as Amour from director Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon, Cache) is Austria's official selection from Best Foreign Language Film, as is being positioned by distributor Sony Pictures Classics as a Best Picture nominee-- it's that strong; more on Amour coming soon.  Barbara is Germany's official selection, as Caesar Must Die is Italy's and The Intouchables, the biggest foreign hit in the United States in 2012, is France's.  The Hunt is from Dogma 95 co-inventor Thomas Vinterberg (1998's The Celebration) and of course, Shame is Shame, from 2011.

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR

• Niri Bigle Ceylan, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
• Michael Haneke, Amour
• Steve McQueen, Shame
• Vittorio & Paolo Taviani, Caesar Must Die
• Thomas Vinterberg, The Hunt

Double Best Actor nominee for The Intouchables duo.

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR

• Francois Cluzot & Omar Sy, The Intouchables
• Michael Fassbender, Shame
• Mads Mikkelsen, The Hunt
• Gary Oldman, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour

BEST EUROPEAN ACTRESS

• Emilie Dequenne, Our Children
• Nina Hoss, Barbara
• Emmanuel Rivas, Amour
• Margarethe Tiesel, Paradise: Love
• Kate Winslet, Carnage

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER

• Michael Haneke, Amour
• Cristian Mungiu, Beyond the Hills (Romania's submission)
• Roman Polanski & Yasmina Reza, Carnage
• Thomas Vinterberg & Tobias Lindholm, The Hunt
• Olivier Nakaache & Eric Toledano, The Intouchables

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Amour
• Faust
• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
• Shame
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

BEST FILM EDITING

• Caesar Must Die
• The Hunt
• Shame

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Faust
• A Royal Affair
• Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy

BEST SCORE

• The Angel's Share
• A Royal Affair
• Shin Li & the Poet
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Full list here.