"Gomorrah" grants from the European Film Awards.

Huge success for "Gomorrah": The Mafia film by director Matteo Garrone is at the European Film Awards equal five awards. The German participants were on the other hand, almost nothing.
  Copenhagen - The Italian film "Gomorrah" about the Mafia in Naples has at the European Film Awards in Copenhagen with 5 of 15 prizes downright cleared. Besides the main prize for the European Film 2008 has been named best director and Toni Servillo as the best actor award. Servillo also received the award for his lead role in "Il Divo" ( "The Star").
To kick off the award had "Gomorrah" and the award for best screenplay and cameraman Marco Onorato for the best camera work won. The stripes on organized crime, the Camorra based on the book by Roberto Saviano was responsible for 10 of a total of 15 prizes nominated. The author was at the event in the Danish capital for security reasons not to participate because the criminal groups threaten him with murder.
In the past year was the film "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" Romanian director Cristian Mungiu won the European Film Awards. Since 1988 the prize was awarded before 2006, "The Lives of Others" by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and 2004 Fatih Akın "Against the Wall" and 2003 "Good Bye, Lenin!" by Wolfgang Becker.
In Copenhagen, on the other hand, prices for Germans remained scarce. Only in Germany, born in Britain living composer Max Richter was for the music to "Waltz With Bashir" by Ari Folman honored. Ursula Werner, Actress from Andreas Dresen's "Cloud 9", had in the competition for the prize as best actress Kristin Scott Thomas beaten, which for her role in "Il YA long Que je t'aime" was honored.
The audience prize at the 21st Presentation of the European Film Awards got 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'. The film by director David Yates was the fifth film adaptation of the Potter novels by JK Rowling.
The British actress Judi Dench received a prize for her life's work. Veronica also got the Danish directors Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Søren Krag Jacobsen and Kristian Levring for their "dogma" Manifesto of 1995.
Through the gala, with about 1500 guests, the Danish presenter and journalist Mikael Bertelsen. Among the guests were Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.