1st European Film Awards explained

Number:	1
Award:	European Film Awards
Award Link:	European Film Awards
Date:	1 December 1988
Site:	Theater des Westens, West Berlin
Host:	Desirée Nosbusch and Jan Niklas
Organizer:	European Film Academy
Best Picture:	A Short Film About Killing
Best Actor Film:	Pelle the Conqueror
Best Actress:	Carmen Maura
Best Actress Film:	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Most Wins:	Wings of Desire Pelle the Conqueror Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2)
Most Nominations:	Distant Voices, Still Lives (5)
Next:	1989

The 1st Annual European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy, recognized excellence in European cinema. The ceremony took place on 1 December 1988 at the Theater des Westens in West Berlin and was hosted by Luxembourgish presenter Desirée Nosbusch and German actor Jan Niklas.^[1]

The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to two iconic European directors, to Swedish director Ingmar Bergman presented by German actress Nastasja Kinski and to Italian director Marcello Mastroianni presented by Italian actress Giulietta Masina. English actor Sir Richard Attenborough received the Award of Merit, which was presented by Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida while two Special Awards were presented, one to Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci for The Last Emperor and one to Russian composer Yuri Khanon for the music of The Days of Eclipse.

Winners and nominees

The winners are in a yellow background and in bold.

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Role
Carmen Maura	*Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown*	*Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios*	Pepa
Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir	In the Shadow of the Raven	Í skugga hrafnsins	Isold
Ornella Muti	Private Access	Codice privato	Anna
Carol Scanlan	Reefer and the Model		Teresa "the Model"

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Role
/ Max von Sydow	*Pelle the Conqueror*	*Pelle erobreren*	Lassefar "Lasse" Karlsson
	Hanussen		Klaus Schneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
Alfredo Landa	El bosque animado		Malvís / Bandid Fendetestas
Udo Samel	Mit meinen heißen Tränen		Franz Schubert
Dorel Vişan	Iacob		Iacob

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Role
Johanna ter Steege	*The Vanishing*	Spoorloos	Saskia Wagter
Lene Brøndum	Hip Hip Hurrah!	Hip hip hurra! / Hipp hipp hurra		Lille
	Distant Voices, Still Lives		Mother / Nell Davies
Karin Gregorek	Bear Ye One Another's Burden	Einer trage des anderen Last	Oberschwester Walburga

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Role
Curt Bois	*Wings of Desire*	*Der Himmel über Berlin*	Homer
Björn Granath	Pelle the Conqueror	Pelle Erobreren	Erik
Ray McBride	Reefer and the Model		Badger
	Mit meinen heißen Tränen		Kajetan
	Shadow of the Raven	Í skugga hrafnsins	Grim

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Role
Pelle Hvenegaard	*Pelle the Conqueror*	*Pelle Erobreren*	Pelle Karlsson
	House for Two	Dům pro dva	Dan
Michaela Widhalm	Mit meinen heißen Tränen		Schuberts Halbschwester Josefa
Stefan Wood	Cripples Go Christmas	Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen	Spasski

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Country
*Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown*	*Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios*	Pedro Almodóvar	Augustin Almodovár
Damnation	Kárhozat	Béla Tarr	József Marx, Tamas Liszkay
Days of Darkness	Дни затмения		-
It's Happening Tomorrow	Domani accadrà		Angelo Barbagallo, Nanni Moretti
Pathfinder	Ofelaš
Reefer and the Model
Stormy Monday				,

Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Work
Gogi Aleksi-Meschischiwili, Niko Sanukeli, Schota Gogolaschwili	*The Lovelorn Minstrel*	*Ashik Kerib / აშიკ-ქერიბი)*	Production Design
	Wings of Desire	Der Himmel über Berlin	Cinematography
	The Cannibals	Os Canibais	Cinematography
	Distant Voices, Still Lives		Original Score
Félix Murcia	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios	Production Design

Ingmar Bergman

Marcello Mastroianni

Bernardo Bertolucci - for The Last Emperor

Yuri Khanon - The Days of Eclipse (Special Prize of the Jury for the music the film)