19th European Film Awards

The 19th European Film Awards were presented on December 2, 2006 in Warsaw, Poland. The winners were selected by the members of the European Film Academy.

19th European Film Awards
Date	December 2, 2006
Site	Centrum EXPO XXI, Warsaw, Poland
Hosted by	Maciej Stuhr, Sophie Marceau
Organized by	European Film Academy
Highlights
Best Picture	The Lives Of Others
Best Direction	Pedro Almodóvar Volver
Best Actor	Ulrich Mühe The Lives Of Others
Best Actress	Penélope Cruz Volver
Most awards	Volver (4)[1]
Most nominations	Volver (6), The Lives Of Others
Television coverage
Channel	Arte, TVP2
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Awards

Best Film

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
The Lives of Others	Das Leben der Anderen	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	Germany
Breakfast on Pluto		Neil Jordan	Ireland, United Kingdom
Grbavica: Esma's Secret	Grbavica	Jasmila Žbanić	Bosnia and Hercegovina, Austria, Germany, Croatia
The Road to Guantanamo		Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross	United Kingdom
Volver		Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
The Wind That Shakes the Barley		Ken Loach	Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain

Best Documentary

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Into Great Silence	Die große Stille	Philip Gröning	Germany
37 Uses for a Dead Sheep		Ben Hopkins	United Kingdom
Dreaming by Numbers		Anna Bucchetti	Netherlands
Grandmother's House	La casa de mi abuela	Adan Allaga	Spain
Maradona, the Golden Kid	Maradona, un gamin en or	Jean-Christophe Rosé	France
The Cemetery Club	מועדון בית הקברות	Tali Shemesh	Israel
The Fisherman and the Dancing Girl	Рыбак и танцовщица	Valeriy Solomin	Russia
Our Daily Bread	Unser täglich Brot	Nikolaus Geyrhalter	Austria