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Thomas Vinterberg’s
Another Round swept the European Film Awards on Saturday (December 12), winning four awards including best film, director, screenplay and actor for Mads Mikkelsen.
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Accepting the best screenplay prize via video link, sat alongside co-writer Tobias Lindholm, Danish filmmaker Vinterberg said: “In a time of confinement, financial crisis and death, our attempt to make a life-affirming film has somehow succeeded.”
Best actor winner Mikkelsen dedicated his award to “a shining light who is not here anymore”, Ida Vinterberg – the daughter of
Another Round’s director – who died in a car accident in 2019.
‘Another Round’ Wins Top Prize at European Film Awards
Acting honors go to Mads Mikkelsen and Paula BeerSteve Pond | December 12, 2020 @ 1:28 PM Last Updated: December 12, 2020 @ 1:58 PM
AWARDS BEAT
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Thomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round,” about a group of high school teachers who decide to live their lives in a perpetual state of inebriation, has been named the best European Film of 2020 at the European Film Awards.
The film also won awards for Vinterberg’s direction, Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm’s screenplay and Mads Mikkelsen’s lead performance. The film is Denmark’s entry in the Oscar race for Best International Feature Film.
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Mads Mikkelsen took best actor playing a high school teacher who engages in a lot of day drinking in Thomas Vinterberg s Danish dramedy.
Thomas Vinterberg s
Another Round was the big winner at the 33rd European Film Awards, taking best film, best director, and best actor for star Mads Mikkelsen who plays a day-drinking high school teacher in the Danish crowd-pleasing dramedy.
Vinterberg also won best screenplay for the feature, an honor he shared with co-writer Tobias Lindholm. This film was made in the most difficult time of my life, said Vinterberg, referring to the tragic death of his daughter Ida in a car accident shortly after shooting on
Danish film Another Round wins EFAs in four categories
The 33rd European Film Awards (EFA) went ahead without an audience due to COVID-19. But the event included all its nominees and winners via video links around the world. Another Round was the big winner of the evening.
The European Film Awards are among the most prestigious events in the European film industry
Danish tragicomedy Another Round was named best European film of the year at the European Film Awards on Saturday in addition to a series of further awards it won during the evening.
The presenter of the evening Steven Gätjen acknowledged right at the beginning of the ceremony in Berlin that 2020 had been a shitty year for everyone, while he also highlighted that despite all challenges, the film industry was still thriving around the world, pushing new boundaries and exploring their topics in unexpected ways.