Writer-director Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness, a satire about the privileged passengers and not-so-privileged workers aboard a luxury yacht, was the big winner at the 35th European Film Awards, topping the European Film, Director, Screenplay and Actor (Zlatko Buric) categories.
Named Best European Actress was Vicky Krieps for her performance in Corsage.
Other highlights included Mariupolis 2 winning for Best European Documentary, and No Dogs Or Italians Allowed for Best European Animated Feature Film.
Here’s a category-by-category rundown of this year’s European Film Awards’ winners:
Winners 2022
Winners of the 35th European Film Awards
EUROPEAN FILM
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Sweden, Germany, France, UK (142 min)
EUROPEAN COMEDY
THE GOOD BOSS / EL BUEN PATRÓN
Spain (115 min)
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – PRIX FIPRESCI
SMALL BODY / PICCOLO CORPO
Italy, France, Slovenia
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY
MARIUPOLIS 2
Lithuania, France, Germany (112 min)
EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED
France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal (70 min)
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE / BABIČINO SEKSUALNO ŽIVLJENJE
Slovenia, France (13 min)
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
RUBEN ÖSTLUND
for TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
EUROPEAN ACTRESS
VICKY KRIEPS
for CORSAGE
EUROPEAN ACTOR
ZLATKO BURIC
for TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
RUBEN ÖSTLUND
for TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More