LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Lars von Trier’s apocalyptic drama “Melancholia” walked away with the top award, European Film 2011, at the 24th European Film Awards in Berlin on Saturday.
The film also won for Best Cinematographer (Manuel Alberto Claro) and Best Production Designer (Jette Lehmann). It topped a field of nominees that included the 2010 Oscar Best Picture winner, “The King’s Speech,” which was released in 2011 in Europe.
The latter film’s star, Oscar winner Colin Firth, did win the award for Best European Actor. Tilda Swinton, who lost the Cannes Film Festival best actress award to “Melancholia” star Kirsten Dunst, won for Best European Actress for her role in “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
“King’s Speech” also won Best Editor and the People’s Choice Award. Danish director Susanne Bier, who was seemingly slammed by von Trier at the same inflammatory Cannes press conference that caused him to be named persona non grata for his jokes about Nazis, beat von
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