The European Film Awards were also announced at the weekend, revealing a few wins for Britain and a The King's Speech in particular. There are some great films from across all of Europe here, and if you haven't seen any of them this is a good list with which to start your viewing.

There are a few surprises in here too, and I'm glad to see Stephen Frears and Terry Gilliam making an appearance in the winners, and Melancholia, The Artist, Tilda Swinton and Mads Mikkelsen are also honoured.

It's a rather interesting list, well done the winners of the European Film Awards 2011:

European Film 2011:
The Artist, France
Le Gamin Au Velo (The Kid with A Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Hævnen (In a Better World), Denmark
The King's Speech, Uk
Le Havre, Finland/France/Germany
Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany

European Director 2011:
Susanne Bier for Hævnen (In a Better World)
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for Le Gamin Au Velo (The Kid with a Bike)
Aki Kaurismäki for Le Havre
Béla Tarr for A Torinoi Lo (The Turin Horse)
Lars Von Trier for Melancholia

European Actress 2011:
Kirsten Dunst in Melancholia
Cécile De France in Le Gamin Au Velo (The Kid with a Bike)
Charlotte Gainsbourg in Melancholia
Nadezhda Markina in Elena
Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin

European Actor 2011:
Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Colin Firth in The King's Speech
Mikael Persbrandt in Hævnen (In a Better World)
Michel Piccoli in Habemus Papam
André Wilms in Le Havre

European Screenwriter 2011:
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for Le Gamin Au Velo (The Kid with a Bike)
Anders Thomas Jensen for Hævnen (In a Better World)
Aki Kaurismäki for Le Havre
Lars Von Trier for Melancholia

Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award 2011:
Manuel Alberto Claro for Melancholia
Fred Kelemen for A Torinoi Lo (The Turin Horse)
Guillaume Schiffman for The Artist
Adam Sikora for Essential Killing

European Editor 2011:
Tariq Anwar for The King's Speech
Mathilde Bonnefoy for Drei (Three)
Molly Malene Stensgaard for Melancholia

European Production Designer 2011:
Paola Bizzarri for Habemus Papam
Antxón Gómez for La Piel Que Habito (The Skin I Live in)
Jette Lehmann for Melancholia

European Composer 2011:
Ludovic Bource for The Artist
Alexandre Desplat for The King's Speech
Alberto Iglesias for La Piel Que Habito (The Skin I Live in)
Mihály Vig for A Torinoi Lo (The Turin Horse)

European Discovery 2011 - Prix Fipresci:
Adem (Oxygen), Belgium/The Netherlands
Atmen (Breathing), Austria
Michael, Austria
Smukke Mennesker (Nothing's All Bad), Denmark
Tilva Roš, Serbia

European Film Academy Documentary 2011 - Prix Arte:
Pina, Germany
Stand Van De Sterren (Position Among the Stars), The Netherlands
¡Vivan Las Antipodas!, Germany / The Netherlands / Argentina / Chile

European Film Academy Animated Feature Film 2011:
Le Chat Du Rabbin (The Rabbi's Cat), France
Chico & Rita, Spain/Isle Of Man
Une Vie De Chat (A Cat in Paris), France/Belgium

European Co-Production Award 2011 - Prix Eurimages:
Mariela Besuievsky, Spain

European Achievement In World Cinema 2011:
Mads Mikkelsen, Denmark

European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award:
Stephen Frears, UK

European Film Academy Special Honorary Award:
Michel Piccoli, France

The People's Choice Award 2011:
The King's Speech By Tom Hooper, UK

European Film Academy Short Film 2011:
Efa Short Film Nominee Ghent:
Berik by Daniel Joseph Borgman

Efa Short Film Nominee Valladolid:
Små Barn, Stora Ord (Little Children, Big Words) by Lisa James-Larsson

Efa Short Film Nominee Cork:
Händelse Vid Bank (Incident by a Bank) by Ruben Östlund

Efa Short Film Nominee Bristol:
Derby by Paul Negoescu

Efa Short Film Nominee Angers:
Jessi by Mariejosephin Schneider

Efa Short Film Nominee Rotterdam:
I Lupi (The Wolves) by Alberto De Michele

Efa Short Film Nominee Berlin:
Återfödelsen (The Unliving) by Hugo Lilja

Efa Short Film Nominee Tampere:
Apele Tac (Silent River) by Anca Miruna Lazarescu

Efa Short Film Nominee Cracow:
Paparazzi by Piotr Bernas

Efa Short Film Nominee Grimstad:
La Gran Carrera (The Great Race) by Kote Camacho

Efa Short Film Nominee Vila Do Conde:
Dimanches by Valéry Rosier

Efa Short Film Nominee Sarajevo:
Tse (Out) by Roee Rosen

Efa Short Film Nominee Locarno:
Opowiesci Z Chlodni (Frozen Stories) by Grzegorz Jaroszuk

Efa Short Film Nominee Venice:
Hypercrisis by Josef Dabernig

Efa Short Film Nominee Drama:
The Wholly Family by Terry Gilliam

Well done Terry!