2nd European Film Awards

2nd European Film Awards
Date25 November 1989
SiteThéâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
Hosted byAgnès Soral and Fernando Rey
Organized byEuropean Film Academy
Official websitewww.europeanfilmawards.eu
Highlights
Best PictureLandscape in the Mist
Best DirectionGéza Bereményi
The Midas Touch
Best ActorPhilippe Noiret
Cinema Paradiso
Life and Nothing But
Best ActressRuth Sheen
High Hopes
Most awardsHigh Hopes (3)
Most nominationsThe Midas Touch and Little Vera (5)

The 2nd Annual European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy, recognized excellence in European cinema. The ceremony took place on 25 November 1989 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France and was hosted by Franco-Swiss actress Agnès Soral and Spanish actor Fernando Rey.[1]

Hungarian film The Midas Touch and Soviet film Little Vera led the nominations with five each[2] while British film High Hopes received the most awards with three wins.[3] Theo Angelopoulos's Landscape in the Mist received the award for Best European Film.

Italian director Federico Fellini received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

  1. ^ "1989: 2eme Prix du Cinéma Européen - Introduction". European Film Academy. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ "1989: 2eme Prix du Cinéma Européen - Nominations". European Film Academy. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ "1989: 2eme Prix du Cinéma Européen - Winners". European Film Academy. Retrieved 25 July 2021.