23/11/2022 - Belfast, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Quiet Girl, Burning Days, EO and Il buco shine in the European Film Awards' technical categories

The eight winners of the Excellence Awards have been unveiled by the European Film Academy today. The winners in the categories honouring the different arts and crafts will receive their awards at the European Film Awards ceremony on 10 December in Reykjavík.

Two films have received two awards each, and both of them period pieces, with the usual big scope of production that comes with this genre: Kenneth Branagh's look at his own memories in a war-ridden city, Belfast [+see also:
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Alongside the two double winners, a bunch of remarkable European titles have been highlighted by the awards' jury. Kate McCullough's pristine work in Colm Bairéad's The Quiet Girl [+see also:
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Some edgier fare has been awarded in the remaining categories. Jerzy Skolimowski's adventurous look at humankind through the eyes of a donkey, EO [+see also:
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A special eight-members jury consisting of the following representatives of the different arts and crafts chose the winners based on the European Film Awards Feature Film Selection: Henrich Borarós (production designer, Czech Republic), Pascal Capitolin (sound designer, France), Jaime Cebrian (VFX supervisor, Spain), Charlotte Chang (make-up & hair artist, Germany), Christina Georgiou (composer, Cyprus), Magdalena Labuz (costume designer, Luxembourg), Sarah McTeigue (editor, Ireland/Italy) and Nathalie Pitters (cinematographer, UK). Find the complete list of selection experts and nomination committees involved in the awarding procedures for the European Film Awards 2022 here.

The winners:

European Cinematography
Kate McCullough - The Quiet Girl [+see also:
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European Editing
Özcan Vardar & Eytan İpeker - Burning Days [+see also:
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interview: Emin Alper
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European Production Design
Jim Clay - Belfast [+see also:
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European Costume Design
Charlotte Walter - Belfast

European Make-up & Hair
Heike Merker - All Quiet on the Western Front [+see also:
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interview: Edward Berger
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European Original Score
Paweł Mykietyn - EO [+see also:
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European Sound
Simone Paolo Olivero, Paolo Benvenuti, Benni Atria, Marco Saitta, Ansgar Frerich & Florian Holzner - Il buco [+see also:
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interview: Michelangelo Frammartino
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European Visual Effects
Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller & Markus Frank - All Quiet on the Western Front

Find the nominations for the awards in the main categories, which will be handed out during the awards ceremony, here.