The European Film Prize devoid of glamour

The European Film Prize ceremony was held on the weekend in Copenhagen. De Standaard newspaper writes that despite its professionalism, the show was devoid of glamour. "It was painful to see how yet another well-run show suffered from a severe lack of stars. This had nothing to do with the quality of the films nominated. ... But language remains an insurmountable problem. A successful ceremony thrives from interesting and witty acceptance speeches. You could forget that altogether on Saturday, with five prizes for the Italian film 'Gomorrah'. The recipients brought forth no more than five words in the language of Shakespeare. ... Today - with the exception of the English - we have far fewer real European stars than in the days of Marcello Mastrioanni, Brigitte Bardot and Ingrid Bergman. Only two kinds of films make it at the box office: American hits and national films in their own country. But not those from other countries. At most we've only got ten European film stars."

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