Triangle of Sadness

Triangle of Sadness won four awards at the 2022 European Film Awards while Corsage's Vicky Krieps took European Actress.

Vicky Krieps took European Actress for “Corsage,” a performance she was also honored for at Cannes. [the Palme d’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival ](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/75-editions/retrospective/2022/palmares/all-awards)but fizzled with critics in the U.S. [READ MORE: “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Fablemans” and “Severance” top AFI Film and TV Top 10 Lists](https://theplaylist.net/avatar-fablemans-afi-top-ten-lists-2022-20221209/)

Ruben Ostlund's Palme d'Or-winning satire takes best picture, director, actor and screenplay at continent's answer to the Oscars.

Though Triangle of Sadness is technically a UK co-production, British cinema had a threadbare night. But one of the award’s three presenters, a young Icelander called Vilhjálmur, warned that symbolic gestures were insufficient and that cinema had to make its commitment concrete. You have the power to change hearts and minds,” Von der Leyen told the assembled crowd. His daughter received a standing ovation as she told guests: “He lost his life in the kind of selflessness most of us can’t hope to achieve, delivering medicine to people.” Veteran Croatian actor Zlatko Burić scooped best actor for his role as a Russian fertiliser magnate who becomes an unlikely revolutionary aboard Ostlund’s puke-swilling ship of fools. “Just like the identity of our culture is under threat today.”

'Triangle of Sadness' won the top prize at the 35th European Film Awards, handed out in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Saturday.

Fernando León De Aranoa’s The Good Boss, starring Javier Bardem, won the best European comedy honor, though the film’s producer Jaume Roures protested the category. Kvedaravičius was killed during the making of the film, which documents events in Mariupol, Ukraine, amid the current Russian invasion. Von der Leyen accepted on behalf of the European Commission, which was honoured for its European Green Deal, a set of policy initiatives aimed at making the European Union climate-neutral by 2050. 24, this year’s Eurimages Co-Production Award honoring excellence in European co-production was given to all Ukrainian film producers. The best short film prize went to the Slovenian animated drama Granny’s Sexual Life, co-directed by Urška Djukic and Émilie Pigeard. But the night’s celebrations come during a crisis point for the European film industry. “We need every person, every community and every industry to change,” said von der Leyen, pushing the people in the room to do more to help transition Europe’s economy to a green future. A number of Ukrainian producers, including some currently fighting on the front lines of the war, sent video messages to the EFA thanking them for their support. Of this year’s best film nominees, only Östlund’s wildly entertaining Triangle of Sadness, which is a sleeper candidate in the Oscar race, can be properly called a hit. The European Film Academy, which organized the ceremony, celebrated in style at the Harpa concert hall in Reykjavik, with guests entering via a unique art installation created by local Icelandic artists Tanja Levý, Lilý Erla Adamsdóttir and Sean O’Brien. Presenters included Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, German actress Nina Hoss (Tár), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm breakout Maria Bakalova and Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur (Beast). Croatian actor Zlatko Burić, who plays Dimitry, a Russian fertilizer magnate in Triangle of Sadness, was the surprise best actor winner, beating out contenders including Paul Mescal for Aftersun and Close breakout Eden Dambrine.

The 35th European Film Awards are being held in Iceland, with “Close,” “Holy Spider” and “Triangle of Sadness” as top nominees.

Bush”) and Léa Seydoux (“One Fine Morning”). Nominated actors at the event include Zlatko Burić (“Triangle of Sadness”), Elliott Crosset Hove (“Godland”), Eden Dambrine (“Close”), Pierfrancesco Favino (“Nostalgia”), Meltem Kaptan (“Rabiye Kurnaz Vs. The most awkward moment of the night came when the award for best comedy was given to “The Good Boss,” which stars Javier Bardem. It proved to be the most moving moment of the evening. “Europe is the place where cinema originated, and it originated with the filmmakers, so all our industry is built around the filmmakers to support and distribute their work,” he said. “Maybe it is a little bit different on the other side of the Atlantic, where first you have the pipeline and then you have to find something to put in the pipeline.”

Kate McCullough picks up cinematography award for her work on the Irish film An Cailín Ciúin.

“Triangle of Sadness? Ostlund’s Palme d’Or winner was the pony to beat in Reykjavík. That award was accepted by Teja Kvedaraviciute, the daughter of late director Mantas Kvedaravicius, who received a standing ovation. If only someone thought to tell Ursula von der Leyen, accepting the bizarrely conceived European sustainability award – Prix Connect4climate in a pre-recorded message on behalf of the European Commission. “There’s been a mistake; The Good Boss is a drama,” said perplexed producer, Jaume Roures. The Harpa Centre in Reykjavík is home to the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and The Icelandic Opera.

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Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical book Belfast only won two technical honors for production and costume design, missing out on best actor for his role in the 1990s drama Aftersun. Ostlund would have no doubt enjoyed the 35th awards ceremony, which was held at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, an upmarket glass structure with more than a whiff of globalized privilege. Just like our culture’s identity is under threat today.”