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European Director NOMINATIONS 2011


Some of the continent’s most prominent and distinctive directors are in the running for the European Director Award


SUSANNE BIER IN A BETTER WORLD (Hævnen) Danish director Susanne Bier has attracted worldwide attention for her powerful human dramas. In A Better World stars Mikael Pers- brandt, Trine Dyrholm and Ulrich Thomsen, in a fi lm set between suburban Denmark and Africa. It follows a doctor working in a refugee camp and his son, who is being bullied at school. The film marks Bier’s return to Danish-language production after 2007 US drama Things We Lost In The Fire, which starred Halle Berry and Beni- cio Del Toro. Bier was previously nominated as European


Susanne Bier


Director at the European Film Awards for Broth- ers in 2005 and for After The Wedding in 2006 and has picked up a range of plaudits including an Oscar nomination in the best foreign-lan- guage film category for After The Wedding in 2007. Her further credits include the 2002 Dogme fi lm Open Hearts. In A Better World picked up the best foreign- language Oscar in February.


Aki Kaurismäki


In A Better World


JEAN-PIERRE AND LUC DARDENNE THE KID WITH A BIKE (Le Gamin Au Vélo) Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are admired for their naturalistic, resonant explorations of life in contemporary Belgium. The Kid With A Bike fi nds the duo on top form with a tale about a boy look- ing for his father and the woman who befriends him. “Filming a character who has someone else’s best interests at heart hasn’t often hap- pened to us,” says Jean-Pierre Dardenne. “Shoot- ing in the summer helped us give the film a certain brightness and softness. And Cécile de France conveys these qualities naturally.” The Dardennes have a reputation for discover-


Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne 28 n European Film Awards 2011


ing talent and The Kid With A Bike’s young star Thomas Doret has received acclaim for his performance. Cécile de France co-stars with Dardenne regulars Olivier Gourmet and Jérémie Renier.


Le Havre


The Kid With A Bike


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