The European Film Awards
December 2 at the Palais Chaillot in Paris

It was Cannes deja vu at the Paris awards ceremony, with the Best Film prize once again going to Lars von Trier for Dancer in the Dark, and the Best Actress prize once again going to Bjork (who starred in the film). Both winners missed the festival, as did Roberto Benigni, who was a mysterious no-show despite earlier announcements that he would receive an Achievement Award. Besides these conspicuous absences, the other winners made the trek to Paris.

And the Winners are ...

Best Film
Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier (Denmark, Sweden, France)

Best Actor
Sergi Lopez, for Harry, a friend who wishes you well (France)

Best Actress
Björk, for Dancer in the Dark (Denmark, Sweden, France)

Best Screenwriter
Agnes Jaoui et Jean Pierre Bacri, for The Taste of Others (France)

Best Cinematographer
Vittorio Storato, for Goya in Bordeaux (Spain)

Best non-European film
In the mood for Love, by Wong Kar-Wai (France, Hong-Kong)

Best Documentary
Les glaneurs et la glaneuse, by Agnès Varda (France)

Special Mention
Heimspiel by Pepe Danquart (Germany)

Best First Film
Ressources Humaines, by Laurent Cantet (France)

Best Short Film
Notre Cigogne, de Livia Gyarmarthy (Hungary)

Fipresci International Critics' Prize
Mayis Sikintisi, for Clouds of May (Turkey)

Audience Prize for Best Film
Dancer in the Dark, by Lars von Trier (Denmark, Sweden, France)

Audience Prize for Best Actress
Björk, for Dancer in the Dark, by Lars von Trier (Denmark, Sweden, France)

Audience Prize for Best Actor
Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, for Angels of the Universe (Iceland)